Newcomer to SA Aviation
 

hello folks!

great site, and its my first post on it. Thought I'd throw a bone out there and see the response.

I am coming to South Africa and am wondering what the job market is like. I would like the regionals but I am not too picky.

My hours:
Total: 1280
Multi turbine: 500
Multi: 620
PIC:688

I unfortunately have FAA licences and need to get CAA ones, whihc may be a pain. I was also thinking of SA EXPRESS or Airlink, but you guys know better. Any thoughts?

Cheers

Good luck, loads of pale male's with double your experience after the same jobs.

SA Express just finished a large intake. Don't think any had less than 2000 hrs and all had multi-crew experience in Africa.

Good luck

If you have money - try Nationwide ;)

we got a live one 'ere bubba....

go fetch the vaseline!

You might get a job doing sheepspotting in a Bushbaby out on contract somewhere - here in Africa you need an ATP, 3000 hrs, Lockheed SR-71 time and Grade I Test Pilot rating to act as F/O on a Kingair apparently. :}

Jokes aside, it's like they said above. Plenty of people with plenty more hours in the running for what you want. Just do what I did - lower your expectations!

As for Nationwide, they seem to have stopped the pay-as-you-go thing. None of the newly hired (10 or so?) F/O's have payed, all have been bonded. And most of them, if not all, had more than 1500 hrs ATP etc, as I have been told by a decent source.

Hey Canyon Runner

Welcome and good luck finding a job.

Be patient...somebody somewhere needs you or none of us would have a job.

Thanks guys, l was under the impression the the US market was crap. Looks like you need to have done 3 landings on the moon in the past 6 months to get a job, in SA as well :}

Any thoughts on the conversion/validation process...any schools that do a decent job...or ppl to contact at the CAA?

Cheers

Welcome and best of luck Canyon Runner :ok:

:ok: hi Canyon Runner,

Welcome to SA i hope you have a good stay and some happy flying
i think the best people to talk to about validations will be BCFA in Midrand Johannesburg. THEY RUN C172 Arrow and a Baron they also have a charter Company so u could try them.

http://www.flyingacademy.co.za/


GOOD LUCK

Pepsipilot,

Thanks for the link. Thanks to the rest for the well wishes. It'll be interesting to say the least. Will keep this updated.

see you in SA in a week!

CR

Go do some contract flying contact kingair services norse air they might be able to use you

Canyon Runner?? FAA Licenses? Dont tell us you have been driving in the Ditch with Twotters??
If your not a South African and without a Work Visa, as far as a job goes, you can wish in one hand and **** in the other, see which fills up first.