Maun Season 2010-2011-2012
 

Happy New Year to all!. Maun season 2009 threads can be found here http://www.pprune.org/african-aviation/395504-maun-2009-10-season.html.
Wishing all the guys who are out there in Maun and the Ones planning to make it there this season all the Best. :D

Happy Landings

Happy New Year to all the pilots I met in December in Maun ! Wish you good luck ; )

p.s. enjoy the weather, I'm freezing here !


Charles

Maun Update 2011
 

Thanks to morgan32 this is the current situation in maun
Aspirants - 30 (9 locals) Time ranging between 200-900 hrs
Vacancies - 4-5
no body is being hired so far, with me reaching there as soon as my renewal is completed will make the pool to 31. I m not trying to paint a bleak picture but may the best of us get hired!!!.

^i just got back from Maun so good luck to you and enjoy your stay ! You'll have a blast believe me ! Are you going to audi camp ?

May ALL of us get hired.
The majors are hiring, the regionals are hiring, the locals are hiring, the freight companies are hiring, it has to trickle down soon!

@ matc

Yes Audi is in my mind, do you recommend anything better and cheaper?.

@ darkroomsource

Total respect to you!! Yes it has to trickle down and maun yet has to feel its effect!. Hope to see you there soon!.

Audi camp is the cheapest !

Happy new years everybody,

@charles can you give me your mail adress please, I got a job by the way, with air shacawé.

Now I have to go through all the paperwork and permits but should be ok.

I'd say we are 35 now ....

Hey Guys,

happy new year 2011 and wish you all the best.

I got my CPL/IR licence (Frozen ATPL) from South african CAA about 4 months ago and now i'm looking for a job in Botswana and/or Namibia.
Could you please guide me that how can i get a job in these countries?


Thank you.:ok:

FaFa just read the previous threads on maun and namibia all the information is in there

Morgan 32 got wings
 

Morgan32 good going !!!

:D:D:DCelebrations are in order!!!.:D:D:D

Maun Update
 

Any updates on the Maun Scene? :}
Is the season over?
Whats the trend now?

And of those 42, I know roughly 15.

There is a lot of people here, but they aren't actually "here"
How can we recommend pilots when we don't know who they are?

Not there yet!!!!!
 

I m not there yet!!!!!. My renewal is taking a bit longer than expected!!!. will surely get in touch with you lilflyboy!!!. BTW i have send some mails to SUSI air and pt sky aviation and posted on the DCP board, hope you can answer them for me lilflyboy262

Well done on the job, but I think you were hired by ...... AIR SHAKAWE!

The current immigration officer (that is with holding all the permits and applications) will be leaving office at the end of this month and the prediction is that permits will be flowing better after that! :ok:

Some operators are still looking for new crew, although non is in a hurry to hire new crew. I know Sefofane is done hiring for this year, so dont even try at Sefo. I think they took about 14 new pilots this year.

Good luck for everybody still looking for work!

lilflyboy when you taking me up for a flight? are you waiting on those beers that i promised? you have to show up at s.bar to collect em you know.

Is the Maun hiring season coming to a close now? I'm not qualified as of yet but intend to head out to Maun as and when I am, and when the hiring season begins again. It's doubtful I'll be qualified by the next season either due to financial constraints so i'm asking only to see when the majority of the companies recruit; i've been advised Dec/Jan, which seems to fit what people are saying on here.

FS.

Hello

Im finishing my cpl this week, was wondering what is
best way getting to Muan from JHB. Bus ticket from JHB
are R250 to Gabs, but I can't find any info on Gabs to Muan.
Any advice??

Thanx

Many years ago now, but FWIW I rented a C182 with an instructor at lanseria and the instructor took it home.

30 years on there is probably a scheduled service by now, taking tourists from Lanseria to Maun in the C210 was a nice little hours building earner in those days as a sideline while still working in a "proper job".

That would be awesome, but i'm looking
for the cheap way, Air Botswana is R2000
from JHB

This question, and just about every other one you can possibly have, and some you've not thought of, are answered many, many, many, many, many (you get the idea) times on this board.
Search one or all of the following:
Maun, Botswana, Namibia, Windhoek, Swakopmund, Gaberone
There are several thousand posts, across at least two threads per year going back to at least 2002.
If you serious about going to Maun, you will want to read them all before you make the trip.

There is no cheaper way, unless there is a bus or you take a car. It is one of the most expensive routes per km travelled!

So I guess it will be the bus then. Just have to finish my last atp in JHB before I go. Darkroomsource I was just asking if someone did it recently and had good advice traveling there. Ive flown there and been there, my hour hour building is complete so I just want a economical way to get there. Thanx for the advice anyway, at least you posted. BTW are you going to nam? I was thinking bout going there, know some people.

S

There are buses.
In fact there are several options.
However it's all documented in the multitude of previous threads on this subject.
There is a bus from Gaberone to Francistown, and a bus from Francistown to Maun. Sometimes there is a bus from Gaberone to Maun. There is a bus from Johannesburg to Windhoek, and a bus from Windhoek to Maun. You can take the train into Zimbabwe and a bus down into Botswana. There are lots of options. But figure on just over USD 100 for the cheapest, 150 for some options, and as much as 500 to fly.

Yes Windhoek first, then probably Swakopmund, and maybe over to Maun. Taking intercape, change bus in uppington (I think that's the place), a/c, reclining seats, and looks like it would cost about the same as the bus through francistown, but maybe more than direct gabs-maun bus.
As to someone who's done it recently, there's some in the threads who have, plus there's a guy who's got it on video, he took a combi from jo'berg to gabs, then bus to maun.
My gut is telling me to go to Namibia. Maybe it's because I like German food? Maybe because it's a little cooler? Maybe because it's 210's instead of 206's. Although I hear (actually read) that it's less hours and less pay.
You know they're hiring new CPLs in Madagascar, right? You should check out air madagascar, online, there their phone number and give them a ring, see if they've filled up yet, or if you have a chance.

Thanks will give them a call. My friends in nam said I should rather go to Bots. His chief pilot recommends Muan coz nobody is getting work permits. Think I may have a change of plan, thinking of selling my car and buying bike and driving up from Cape Town. Would be an awesome adventure and at least I'll have transport there. Got a lot of plans, CPL test is on Wednesday.

S

I think that somebody should say to all the people thinking about going to Maun....
STOP!!!
I went there 2 weeks ago and there are alrady about 42 guys there.
Some of them waighting for more then 6 month... And maybe 3 or 4 jobs left...

It's depressing to know that nearly all the young guys that you cross on the street, at the bar,in the airport,.. are..like you pilots looking for a job!
And there is absolutly nothing to do in Maun..

It's a waiste of money to come here this year if you don't take it like a holiday and go do some activitises arround the contry..

I didn't get a job there and didn't want to get one there in fact, because I don't see myself living there for 3 or 4 years so I'm now in Namibia looking for a job but I had A HELL of a good holiday there!!:)

Thats the plan, mini holiday. You have to go and try. Nam is not giving work permits so your chances are better in Muan

Oh dear, too late, all booked. Will be there first week of March. Planning on popping into Audi and Backpackers to have a look. Any recommendations for a good drinking hole in town for an old(ish) pilot (with wife - not so old!). Happy to buy the beers for the info.

I have the stop watch out for the speed of reply on this one. (09.25 GMT)

Haha if i'm there, ill let you know.

I too am oldish. I too have flight booked. Actually I leave Oregon tomorrow morning. I am planning on Namibia first though, I might be in Maun when you get there. If not, I'll be in Namibia. See you there!

Flyinglion, that is excatly the reason why they prefer people who have been here for a while. Last thing they want is for someone to get sick of the place halfway through the season and then buggering off somewhere else.
It has happened before, and will continue to happen.

Is it not worth fighting it out over those last 4 spots? I thought a job that gives you around 800hrs a year, plus around 500hrs on a turbine is worth sticking around for?

And its only 2yrs for all the operators other than sefo... not 4.

We just sat down at our company and went through the guys we wanted and didn't want to hire. There will be some happening in the coming days.

Im afriad March will be too late for here, but that will be the perfect time for Namibia.

air madagascar
 

I looked at the air madagascar english website, couldn't find anywhere on there were they have hiring listed for anything, no hiring or employment section.

Could you provide the link for where you saw air madagascar hiring?

Thanks

lilflyboy262,

The reason I said 4 years was because I want to spend around that time here in Africa or more... Not because of a contract duration.

I suppose that it's a way of making a selection... But I find it realy strange to let guys doing nothing there for month waiting for a job.:ugh:

I have been reading over here for quiet sometime. Well, I am really planning to be at Maun by end of March 2011. Will it be a right time for me over there or do you suggest some where else where there could be more chances for freshers? Im really confused.
Currently hold an FAA CPL with only 344hrs of total flight time. In that have 212hrs of Multi Time(BE76). I do not yet have C206 or 208B ratings. Will be going to USA to get endorsed in C206 by middle of Feb 2011.

Though I read about Maun but still getting confused. Your suggestion would be really appreciated.

Subbu73,

Courtesy of lilflyboy262:

Best time to visit Maun.
The hiring season does vary a little from year to year, but it is safe to say that it generally goes from November to Feburary. It does sometimes start a little early with one or two people being hired, also sometimes goes into March with the odd person being hired.
If you plan to come during this time, then there is a chance you will be hired. The outlook for hiring is always good. There will always be a need each year for people to be hired to replace the guys leaving.
So get on a plane and find out by turning up and asking the companies themselves.
Outside of this time frame, then your chances of being hired drop sharply.

http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...ial-guide.html

Felix Saddler

Thanks a lot for your advice. I got to plan up things in short time before I reach at Maun . Got to get an endorsement in C206 from "Hillsboro Aviation(USA)". They are charging $379 per hr in C206 and $49 per hr ground instructions for transition into high performance.

Can you please tell me usually how many min hrs in C206 required to qualify for short listing for their requirements at Maun?

Thanks:)

Unfortunately I cannot help you there. I merely passed on info that was posted on here by lilflyboy262. I've heard 5/6 hours on the 206 will be sufficient, although, i've also heard that it's not always a requirement. Try the link above.

FS.

Felix
Thanks for the information. I read the Maun Guide. It has now cleared all my doubts.

Are you at Maun or have you been before?

It´s great to read what people can do in order to find a job, brave guys:D

How are things over there? any new jobs? has anybody been hired?

Don´t worry about me, I´m not an adversary going there to get a job and stealing your spot...at least this year hehe.

Do they keep without giving job permissions in Namibia?

Take care with the hippos ¡:}