Getting off point, apologies. Your subscription continuing is simply covered by the insignificant fact that by imposing subscription, uptake drops off.
I've had the same, here and with other Murdoch newspapers.

Is it possible to obtain employment with minimal experience as a Co-pilot or First officer with: Indian CPL, New Zealand PPL, I have an Indian IFR which requires renewal and I have 1322 hours, which can all be verified and cross checked?

Mumbai,

Few years ago you wouldn’t have stood a chance in hell of getting a job with those hours, but with majority of people giving PX a miss these days you are probably one of the more experienced applicants.

So if you are happy to live in a real third world country where wandering outside the compound will likely get you get robbed or worse by Raskals, flying in aircraft that have long time ago passed their use by dates in a country with aviation infrastructure having just about all failed, for some of the worst money and conditions in the Pacific, with the added advantage of working for a Management team that would prefer you don’t exist, ..and pretend you don’t, you are the ideal candidate that PX are seeking.

But I have only mentioned the good things about PX, there maybe some others still there that might tell you some of the negatives about the job.

So if you take a job there….GOOD LUCK, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED IT!!!!!!

In addition to all that, there is one upside to all the doom and gloom mentioned. The medical for your PNG licence is pretty easy.

gulliBell,

I concur re the medical renewals.

One of the last ones I did was a complete joke.

I turned up for an appointment at 3 pm, no doc around, was told he was teaching at the hospital and would arrive shortly.In the meantime they could not weigh me because the scales were buggered,could not ecg me cos the machine was buggered but the nurse could fill out the paperwork whilst I waited.

About 45 mins later my medical certificate is handed to me, I say hang about I have not seen the doc yet ! the nurse replies oh he is in his car outside and we took your paperwork out to him. !!

I check and there is no stamp on it and its valid for 12 months,I am over 60 and tell the nurse it cannot be valid for more than 6 months because of my age, she goes and checks with the turkey who is pretending to be a doctor and he says no its valid for 12 months.!!!

At this point I figure stuff it, as far as I am concerned I will get my usual GP in oz to check me out once a year....if the CAA in PNG cannot be bothered enforcing the rules why should I lose any sleep over it :ugh::ugh::ugh:

Had a similar experience in PNG a few years back. The Doctor looked at me, said I looked pretty healthy, took 300 kina and that was that - got my medical. I had a good laugh about it at the time but looking back it just wasn't right!!!

Mumbai taxi
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Wind up?
Yep!

Worst money in the Pacific maybe, but he's gonna be a millionaire when he converts it to rupees :}

Worst money in the Pacific maybe, but he's gonna be a millionaire when he converts it to rupees ........

Good point, but...converting Kina, like thats is so stable a currency, and then he has to survive when the experience is leaving for any job they can go to. So no experience...No way id get on any aircraft there without experience up the front and that is disaperining so quick

PX hasn't had the problems of the others due to the experience it has employed and the power it gave to the Check Staff. Even 2 yrs ago that was diminished and I hear it is worse now.

Wasn't that long ago the other "1st Level" airline there killed around 30 pax.

Id prefer to take my changes on the highland highway tank u.

Dash Guy....Haha, not only the medical...what about the ATPL and IR conversion!!! wow that was hard so hard!!!!

Never ever worked in a company that went from every one wanting the best job kept secret to how the f.... can I get out of here within a short time. And that is not just tech crew, but ginger beers, Cabin, ground staff and all. I hear the last year is worse.

Flag carrier joke...Try Fiji Air if you want to live in the pacific, at least they have modernish aircraft ...and lots of pax.

older air head,


I don't know what you mean but I have secured a position, and I'm very happy. I know I have to start somewhere, but PAC750 will be good to start with.

Poxie don't operate PAC750's. Maybe you posted on the wrong thread?

What windup? :}

Next thing Mumbai Taxi is to keep yourself alive. Lots of short strips, dead end valleys and cumulonimbus granitus.

I am getting conflicting reports about the Tabubil contract.

One source tells me that National Jet did not want to renew it and another reports that the pollies had it given to Poxie.

Either way Poxie now has the contract and are using National Jet to operate the contract using Poxies AOC. National Jet crew are conducting the flights with PX Captains sitting in the jump seat as safety pilots.

Reports are this will continue until all National Jet crew conduct a SIM check in MEL.

All sounds above board to me.........not!

As for the appeal, all has gone a bit quiet. It has been suggested to me there may be some political interference going on in the background but very difficult to prove.

At cobham they do an anti-bribery and anti-corruption online course.☺

-41,If Cobham (National Jet) are "working" with PX, then that "Anti Bribery and Anti Corruption on-line Course" should be put to good, practical use!!

I had posted an ode to Sammy which was deleted but now have approval to post it via a link, so if you want a bit of a chuckle it is here, http://jmp.sh/7GMp2kT, and yes Anon you are still Anon.

Ode to toofar and co what a brilliant piece of eloquent poetry.Too close to the truth the reason for removing it from this forum?

No, it was a case of mistaken identity re Sam and MBA.

And FYI it has now been viewed 193 times.

And still no updates on the appeal.

Descending more and more into political interference, corruption and more than total ineptitude.