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I am afraid that you will find that the Swire colonial management, and GO especially, have a far different view of the word 'permanent' than most people when it comes to employment matters.......ask the 49'ers, the peanut man, or even the flight engineers sacked so that others could replace them on lower wages by, you guessed it...ASL and its eventual (wholly owned) 'client' AHK.........
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Note that AHK has advertised in Indonesia for flight crew... Don't think they can expect too many "traditional" expats to take the job with the package on offer.
Garuda captain (AFAIK) gets about 40K pa, so it might tempt some of them across to Singapore.
Permanent in HK = three months...
Garuda captain (AFAIK) gets about 40K pa, so it might tempt some of them across to Singapore.
Permanent in HK = three months...
Now I think we are getting close to what this is all about.
AHK is looking for cheap labour to fly the night sky and they just might get what they want, although I would bet London to a brick that GO won't be making USD70,000 pa.
It is, however, definitely not a job that anyone aspiring to an airline career would want.
If Fedex didn't mind supporting a movie that had their little boxes washing ashore in the Pacific to provide Tom Hanks with a companion...why should DHL/AHK worry about a few of their packages washing up on Pratas Reef...?
AHK is looking for cheap labour to fly the night sky and they just might get what they want, although I would bet London to a brick that GO won't be making USD70,000 pa.
It is, however, definitely not a job that anyone aspiring to an airline career would want.
If Fedex didn't mind supporting a movie that had their little boxes washing ashore in the Pacific to provide Tom Hanks with a companion...why should DHL/AHK worry about a few of their packages washing up on Pratas Reef...?
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I don"t think guys from this region will seriously consider joining except those from Indon and Philippines,definitely not Singaporeans or even Malaysians.. With the tax bracket, no retirement benefit,no travel benefits,no housing and transportation allowance, US60000-70000 is not much better than what we jet drivers are getting in this region. This is discounting the high cost of living in SIN. To maintain the same standard of living in SIN with that sort of pay is out of the question.
Perhaps the younger bachelors looking for better quality jet time
don't mind to bite the bullet for 3 years and move on. I was told for the 3 days interview in HK, candidates have to pay for their own passage and accomodation. Guess only serious guys will turn up afterall.
WHITE IS A BETTER COLOUR THAN BROWN
Perhaps the younger bachelors looking for better quality jet time
don't mind to bite the bullet for 3 years and move on. I was told for the 3 days interview in HK, candidates have to pay for their own passage and accomodation. Guess only serious guys will turn up afterall.
WHITE IS A BETTER COLOUR THAN BROWN
Moderate, Modest & Mild.
I don"t think guys from this region will seriously consider joining except those from Indon and Philippines
Whilst past accident records for Garuda and PAL leave a bit to be desired, at least the approach towards keeping various managments in check have been beyond reproach.
Hopefully a number of the gentlemen who lost their jobs at PAL a few years ago will get the opportunity to get back into the saddle again and let the eskirols suffer in purgatory.
btw triplegem, "WHITE IS A BETTER COLOUR THAN BROWN" - wtF*#"K is THAT supposed to mean??
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From what I have read recently, on this forum, your best bet may well be to go for cadet entry to either Cathay or Dragonair, should you choose to search the archives of this forum you will find a wealth of information!
