:uhoh: Serious sensitivity smelt here...:E

Strange things going on here - can't remember the guy's name - he made a rambling post then came back later & added an offensive image which I removed, leaving the original post. Today the whole post is missing. You aren't missing anything.

4HP

Pailleenqueue, where are you ???, it was just starting to get interesting, maybe a bit too much Mauritian rum before jumping on the computer !!!!.:}

Anyone know if MK are looking for ATR pilots now? What do they pay ATR Captains and F/Os?

Will they upgrade a high-time ATR F/O to Captain? If yes, what conditions, bond etc.?

9Ws
Pay for Cp is around US2500/month but paid in Mauritian Rupees which is devaluing as we speak, 25% in last couple of years.
On top of that you get 16000 mur housing which does not cover the cost of a bungalow, plus meal and travel allowances.

Could be position comming up as there are people leaving constantly due to the poor conditions and stupid management.
The contract is four years, or as the pilots say, 6 months, as thier favourite game is failing people in the 6 monthly sim.

I wouldn't bet on getting promoted to Cp, there are f/o's that have been there for ages trying that.

Other ATR operators are paying up to US$6000/month, look around.
As the Air Mauritius DFO stated "there is no career path here for expats"
Good one Bunny !!.

There was talk of MK reequipping with 777s to replace the 767s. Anything in that?

Dessas -

What are '773' and '346'? Are they B777s and A340s? If so, who gets to upgrade onto the 777s? - the B767 or current A340 pilots? What will they do with the 767s? Would you get an ATR captain upgrading directly to the 777/340 fleets as captain? What sort of salary is a medium-term A340 captain getting?

Applications are being taken for ab-initio and licence holders....anyone have any idea about how many people might be applying?? I handed over my application recently and expected a queue....maybe everyone's applying by email!

Hey Dessas,
Your a funny guy !, you had me going there for a minute, tell us which comedy club you work at and we'll come and see you.

And I thought Mauritians didn't have a sense of humour !!!.:E

Dessas,
I don't think there are too many people "hanging around" waiting to get into MK, especially not me.
Any prospective employee has to be aware of the facts before applying to any company.
I think the "fact" that the Mauritian Government is reviewing its financial involvement with MK and the chronically depreciating currency and lack of command upgrades are more important than a boat and fancy drinks.
To me, a couple of trips a week to India dosn't rate too highly.:yuk:
As a Mauritian of course you will get promoted.
I look forward to the official company statement regarding the purchase of these supposed aircraft.

I just wanted to thank the hiring team of MK for their behaviour: if they haven't been so arrogant, obnoxious, trying to reinvent aviation and make you feel like an ignorant with their stupid questions asked in a pigeon english I would be based in an island the size of my garden, only dirtyer, where the word "culture" only reffers to sugar cane and from where you may only leave with the permission of your chief pilot. Oh, of course Mr Dessas I won't have the immense privilege of flying North-South routes, but what the heck, if my flight starts at 23.00 local time I don't really care if I'm flying West or North, I only know that it's spoiling my night.
Instead of this paradise, I just was offered a command on a similar type of plane, based in a beautiful country, so no bitterness , only facts. :E :E :E

Management has made a terrific offer to it's ex-pat pilots at the recent meeting on the new MOU. It was so attractive that the union had no alternative but to reject it. An increase in the monthly housing allowance which amounts to less than the allowance for one flight to Paris.

Well things are certainly under control here and as dessas says the attrition rate is nothing that MK can't handle.

Let me go and pour a 'Pina Collada' and join dessas on the beach.

I wouldn't want to be hanging by the short and curlies waiting for these new aircraft either !!.
Me thinks a story to try and curb the flow.:hmm:

Where's that carrott.

Need an email address
 

Can one of you MK pilots please forward me Robbie Burt's email address. Need to meet up with him in London.

TooBadSoSad,
How would you like to know? Your personal email in your PM has been locked out.:D

3Mta3

Sounds like you are making excuses for not making the grade at an MK interview!!!:{
Maybe you should swallow some pride and stop telling everyone how you have just been offered a command and admit you weren't good enough for MK.
Why did you go for the interview in the first place, if you were never interested in working for the company at all.
You may be able to pull the wool over your own eyes,but the rest of us can see straight through you.

Don't shoot down companies if you are not qualified to comment on them.(That is having actually worked for them!!):uhoh:

I agree with the above post. Well said anti-skid. Remember you do have a choice!;)

So trouble in paradise it would seem. By the sounds of things there are a lot of unhappy pilots there. I enjoyed my time there but not always at the airport. From what my friends there tell me, the more things change the more they stay the same.
Just a quick point on the previous post from ANTI-SKID INOP, you point is valid. But the part about been good enough for MK made me laugh:D . Remember many a guys have worked for MK and have had the chance to fly alongside or do SIM with some of these "good enough for MK" pilots.
Collectively, I believe all will agree when i say, one doesnt need to know how to fly a plane or have any interest in aviation or been a professional airman to be "good enough for MK" now, does one?

Anybody care to let me know if Gavin Nash or Kurt Hill are still with MK; or Keith Sadler for that matter. Send PM:ok:

The Saviour, I agree.
I believe one of their good enough Mauritian training captains ran the ATR-72 off the side of the runway in Plaisance recently, the passengers must have loved that, and the CP over-temped the engines in a 42 on a go around during training, that's good enough !!.

Anti Skid Inop, you obviously work their with a name like that.