That's not very pleasant Mojo. Please take your emotional outbursts elsewhere. We're supposed to be professionals.

Don't let him get you to drop down to his level. He was a twit when he worked here! An arrogant obnoxious self centered p***k! Luck had it that he never made the left seat here!!!

I offered to buy every pilot in the world a beer the day he turned 65!

A340

Seconded! (no pun intended)


Fr8Dog has provided the necessary background and we can judge any future "contributions" from this unpleasant individual in the light of that knowledge.

Do they have a volcano in Tuvalu? Maybe the locals could drop him in to appease the gods.

There's always one.:mad:

GSS contract with BA terminated
 

Lol. 20000 hrs + on the 747 at Atlas and still never made the left seat?

In the idiots defense, he did not make the upgrade here because of seniority.
I do believe he was a Captain at Kalitta, what a joy he must have been to work with. I imagine he was a real tyrant! And I also think he meant 20k + in all types flown.

FR8

Tw@t.
 

I think we should be careful pigeonholing MoJoWoJo as a twit.

Quite clearly he isn't one.

He is in fact a massive c*nt.

My deepest sympathies to all the GSS workforce, I had the pleasure of flying for them for 4 years and was without doubt the best bunch of people I have ever worked with, both flying and office staff.

A great bunch of people and very well run and managed professional operation.

I don't think anyone saw this coming mid contract with BA, and just goes to show how much accountants run this game for BA Cargo to break the contract and jump ship to Qatar.

I wish all at GSS every success in securing future employment.

All ther best
 

Best wishes to all the GSS crew and staff looking for alternative employment.

PG

Pants well and truly p1ssed!

:D:D:D

Terribly bad news for the GSS pilots.

If it is any help, all of the US majors are hiring as is Atlas (for whom the 747-8 time would be a tremendous asset to your CV). I understand there would be a license conversion issue but the process of going from an EASA license to an FAA license is quite a bit easier than going the other way. Maybe these links would be of some help.

FAR Part 61 Sec. 61.153 effective as of 07/15/2013

Airmen Certification - Verify the Authenticity of a Foreign License, Rating, or Medical Certification

ATP Flight School: Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Written & Certificate

In any case, good luck with the upset recovery. Hopefully the hiring surge will help in some way.

EW

Nice thought, but just in case you didn't know: if a foreigner wants to live and work in the US, he needs a green card

GSS
 

Agreed Mojo is a total ass. Obviously bitter about something. Ex captain on Kalita ohhh wow. Got his facts wrong also. GSS is not 51% BA.
SICK, GSS pay is probably half that of easy jet because we fly half as much. I did 350 hours last year. I don't think the salary is bad. Getting paid to fly nice planes to not bad places, with a great bunch of guys. Sure the BA secondee thing sucks but thats the deal. If BALPA wasn't so far up BAs ass then maybe they would have done something to rectify that.
GSS is/was the best kept secret in the industry.
All the best to everyone there.

[With conclusion of the flying club at GSS, AAWW will better use the ACs as the EU econ improves and continuing expansion of the US economy.]

Mojo how many hours a day do Atlas planes fly? I think GSS averages around about 15 hours a day so I seriously doubt AAWW will better use the AC.
Haha 20000 hrs but still you know nothing.

Jobs
 

Enough of the bitching and moaning,
I was going to say welcome to the world of the Flight Engineer, but the difference is, with a -8 on your licence, you can all walk in to Korean, their desperate, they will take just about anybody, and all you lot have to do is change car park!:ugh:

Half the pay of easyjet?..... £114000 gross last year in the left seat at GSS for 400 hours... I really can't wait to leave here and get a 'real' airline job?!... As mentioned earlier.... Best kept secret in aviation... A real pity it is coming to an end.....

We cannot just walk in to Korean as you so blithely say, the maximum age limit is 45. The age limit is 50 in China and the Middle East and believe me, I've tried, all of which means that many of the GSS pilots are looking at the dole queue. As for Europe, forget it unless you are German, Dutch or Belgian. Common market?, bollocks, the traffic is one way only and we just bend over to Brussels. In the UK, jobs are only available to 12 year olds with a new licence and rich parents. The US is out unless you have a green card despite US registered aircraft and crews operating out of British Airbases on behalf of the MoD.

Personally, I should have left this disaster of a country years ago.

You want fries with that burger sir?:ugh::ugh:

Age
 

Correction, a UAE licence is age 59!

BALPA had nothing to do with it. It was the IPA who pressed the case. BAWC had been stalling the issue - apparently on the back of BALPA's indifference. But the British Airways Line Pilot's Association got their own back with the secondee commands.

Sorry, I forgot to say good luck to the GSS guys. Some great people there - you don't deserve it.