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I know of a couple of F100 skippers that pulled the pin because management...and I use that term very loosely told them they could not have tours....but when they boys called their bluff management quickly backpedaled and gave them the tour option.
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Just at a time when they have started to operate the 737 to Cairns due to a sudden increase in demand due to the booming PNG economy. MMMmmmm perhaps because no drivers for F100/70 also heard that there are concerns about the quality of maintenance on the Fokker fleet both from a customer aesthetic viewpoint and also concerns about the low maintenance standard and the risks when the aircraft are audited by CASA Australia.
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Makes for a bit of a problem then, 73 reported to be short by about 3 drivers, fokker so desperately short they can't supply crew for its schedule let alone giving up one for type conversion, horrible b scale 737 salary of 422,881 PNG Peso (after PNG Tax etc equal to to about 126 K in AUS depending on the conversion rate this week) so not likely to attract rated and experienced to an airline whose management treats its pilots with almost total disdain.
Spose could use the Dash 8, hang on, thats right, they as well are high on duty due to picking up the uncrewed Fokker Flying..... could be a good time for PNG Air to get some more ATR's, maybe Pixie could enter into an ACMI contract with them for some coverage.
Greatest HR Manager was read about in the Post Courier, make pilots leave due to T&C's and now the aircraft spend more time on ground than in air... gotta admit does end up cutting costs on things like salaries, fuel and nav charges and maintenance, so some mangers will be making KPI bonuses. All about the accounting and them KPI's. Pity the poor manager who is responsible for revenue, not much bonus for him anymore....maybe???
Spose could use the Dash 8, hang on, thats right, they as well are high on duty due to picking up the uncrewed Fokker Flying..... could be a good time for PNG Air to get some more ATR's, maybe Pixie could enter into an ACMI contract with them for some coverage.
Greatest HR Manager was read about in the Post Courier, make pilots leave due to T&C's and now the aircraft spend more time on ground than in air... gotta admit does end up cutting costs on things like salaries, fuel and nav charges and maintenance, so some mangers will be making KPI bonuses. All about the accounting and them KPI's. Pity the poor manager who is responsible for revenue, not much bonus for him anymore....maybe???
And yet they have no problems attracting pilots.
ANG has a Fokker "hold file" full of expats some even accepting POM based full-time (true story).
There will be Fokker Ground Schools every month for 2018.
ANG has a Fokker "hold file" full of expats some even accepting POM based full-time (true story).
There will be Fokker Ground Schools every month for 2018.
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Dunno why anyone would want to flog their guts out as a Captain flying Pixies Fokkers for the princely sum of 372,237 Png Peso's. The horrendous tax you pay to the PNG tax man makes that a mind blowing $1,750 Aussie shekels week. No super with that either, just the insulting salary. And a 1.7% salary increase to salary on your anniversary date...whoopty f....doo, ....after tax less than 1%, just enough to buy one SP at Jacksons Bar to drown your sorrows each night for taking the plunge
As for the IAC advertised 18 days per roster with 10 calendar days off per 28 days, might be true but you wont get the 10 off in a row...at least 2 will be in POM to fit in the Flt and Duty times and travel will eat into the rest.
And signing before the appeals court ruling on the contract is given out is crazy....see yourself agreeing to a horrible B scale contract and get locked out of any chance of a return to something sensible.
"There will be Fokker Ground Schools every month for 2018." pffft ..they need numbers like that just to replenish, and who says they will have someone there on the day.
If this mob want to get the airline back on track they need to at least fix the terms & conditions, but seeing the country is in the financial toilet that wont happen any time soon. Any spare money???? (and then some) will have to be in the training bucket just to recover some of 125 pilots that have left since 2015.
As for the IAC advertised 18 days per roster with 10 calendar days off per 28 days, might be true but you wont get the 10 off in a row...at least 2 will be in POM to fit in the Flt and Duty times and travel will eat into the rest.
And signing before the appeals court ruling on the contract is given out is crazy....see yourself agreeing to a horrible B scale contract and get locked out of any chance of a return to something sensible.
"There will be Fokker Ground Schools every month for 2018." pffft ..they need numbers like that just to replenish, and who says they will have someone there on the day.
If this mob want to get the airline back on track they need to at least fix the terms & conditions, but seeing the country is in the financial toilet that wont happen any time soon. Any spare money???? (and then some) will have to be in the training bucket just to recover some of 125 pilots that have left since 2015.
No pilot with a airline job will leave it for a gig like this, if you are in between jobs with experience then there are a lot better opportunities available. Even Emirates have slashed their minimums and will consider turboprop pilots.
Selling out the country to China is one of the few options on the table. Rights to extract resources could be given in exchange for infrastructure development and an aid package. Money starts flowing again with a discreet donation into some private bank accounts and everyone is happy.
Selling out the country to China is one of the few options on the table. Rights to extract resources could be given in exchange for infrastructure development and an aid package. Money starts flowing again with a discreet donation into some private bank accounts and everyone is happy.
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ANG has a Fokker "hold file" full of expats some even accepting POM based full-time (true story)
Might have, but gonna take a long time to replace all the years and years of experience that has left Air Nogat due to the resignation of 127 pilots over 27 months (more than 1 each week since Jan 2015- yes siree, there is a better life out there guys).
As for those accepting POM bases!!!!....even the National pilots are finding ways to locate themselves in Brisbane, Cairns, Nadi and other places, just to get out of POM.
TANFU tru.
Might have, but gonna take a long time to replace all the years and years of experience that has left Air Nogat due to the resignation of 127 pilots over 27 months (more than 1 each week since Jan 2015- yes siree, there is a better life out there guys).
As for those accepting POM bases!!!!....even the National pilots are finding ways to locate themselves in Brisbane, Cairns, Nadi and other places, just to get out of POM.
TANFU tru.
Just to clarify, out of the 137 (?) resignations are they all long termers or do they include replacements over the last few years? It does make a difference to loss of experienced png drivers as opposed to those who have gone for some 'quick' experience. Just asking...
Total of 127.
125 were employed before the enforced contract, only 2 employed after have resigned.
1 from 1977
7 between 1994 and 1999
13 between 2000 and 2005
28 between 2006 and 2010
76 between 2011 and 2015
As for the CEO, yes but I have been asked not to post anything just yet.
For the others, no but live in hope.
125 were employed before the enforced contract, only 2 employed after have resigned.
1 from 1977
7 between 1994 and 1999
13 between 2000 and 2005
28 between 2006 and 2010
76 between 2011 and 2015
As for the CEO, yes but I have been asked not to post anything just yet.
For the others, no but live in hope.
Obviously you have not seen the email. Interim, Goroka and April are the important details.
Like I said I cannot provide further details at this stage except there will be change.
When given the green light I will post.
Definitely not fake news only fact.
Like I said I cannot provide further details at this stage except there will be change.
When given the green light I will post.
Definitely not fake news only fact.