Please help - Looking for South African recruitment advice!

[VinaV]

Hey all,

Please could you help if you have any ideas.

I have just about completed a UK license, and will hold a frozen ATPL. I will be getting married to a South African soon, so will be heading out to live in Joburg/Pretoria area.

Does anyone know of any charter companies that would consider my CV with zero experience?

I am planning on doing a type rating here before I go, so that I do not have to convert my license. I would prefer to do a validation on the rating there. Will cost more, but dont really want to sit more exams than necessary.

Also any recommendations of what type rating to get, some people say B1900 others say the King Air 200 series?

Any help will be very much appreciated.

Thanks

[MineDog]

Get your rating over there, it will be a lot cheaper (maybe even the company will pay for it).

Try Solenta, Executive Turbine, NAC, and the others. Seems they always need fresh pilots (it's quite a harsh lifestyle out in the bush of the most unpopular places on earth, but great experience)

1900 or 200: depends on what kind of contract they needed a pilot yesterday :}

Good luck and fly safe!

MD

[Shrike200]

Hmmm, contract work as a newlywed - that would suck really hard. Try some instruction, let your wife learn to hate the aviation industry slowly, not all in a big rush....

[Propellerpilot]

I agree with Shrike. They need instructors urgently in SA and your wife will be happy. Qwila has merged with Solenta, so I do not know if the latter would be short on pilots. With 0hrs experience nobody will pay for a type rating unless you are VERY VERY lucky - you would be lucky even to get a job - most people in SA have a few hundred hrs upwards before writing ATPs so the peace of paper you hold, will only be a limited criteria. Executive Turbine wants at least 1000 hrs and 50hrs on turbine type before they will even consider. Get an SA licence as you will probably have some time at idle and then get the type rating that you require when you get the job offer - you don´t want to waste money on a Beech rating if your employer wants you on an Embraer120 or what ever... or fly the Van, I imagine there is freelance work on that - however I remember times where they wouldn´t even let you fly the Van unless you can show 800-1000hrs. Most employers only see the license as a legal ticket, what really counts is your experience.

[VortexGen300]

My Information is that one is not allowed to earn money in South Africa on a validated license? But confirm to avoid disappointment. You can however fly on contract.

VG300

[skyshark]

then there is airlink. This will be a bonus for your wife, they will knaw your balls off and it wont be her fault