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So let's start answering bit by bit.
Claycomm, yes I have been flying down there for a number of weeks in the summer of 2006 and 2005. And it wasn't flying for KM. Yes Libya ain't as bad as it used to be, but it still is a cultural shock when you get there. If you're flying most of the time, then you won't mind it as much, but when you're not the place was, is and will be a big **** hole. Multi-national companies want to go there because there is good money to be made. I'm just saying about actually living there. I've got nothing but respect for Medavia. It utterly deserves it's success. It's been through some pretty tough times (at one point during the US embargo when their planes were impounded in Tripoli, their mechanics in Malta were repairing construction equipment!!) and now it's enjoying it's hard earned successes.
Skycaptain, we'll talk about it again when you go there for a while. I never cried like a baby or made any tantrums when I had to go there mate. Work is work, and believe me, I have had worse jobs than flying planes in a **** hole country.
And again Clay, yes the 10 year bond with KM is indeed ridiculous, no doubt about that. I'm not arguing with anyone on that particular point. Regarding the Lm15,000 for the TR, again, yes it's expensive, but not as much as you guys are saying. The average price in Europe for an A320 type rating is approx 24000 Euros (Sabena, AeroMadrid etc) which is approx Lm10,000. On top of that, KM also puts in an MCC course of 20hrs on an A320 sim, which I would guess costs a few more grand.
In conclusion, the only MAJOR downside to the whole KM thing is the 10yrs/Lm20,000 bond. It is indeed insulting to bond pilots who have paid for all of their training in such a way. Then again, as I have said earlier, and as I know from experience, we're not exactly spoilt for choice in Malta. It's a fact of weighing all your options and going for what you think is best. In the end, it all boils down to a matter of opinion.
Claycomm, yes I have been flying down there for a number of weeks in the summer of 2006 and 2005. And it wasn't flying for KM. Yes Libya ain't as bad as it used to be, but it still is a cultural shock when you get there. If you're flying most of the time, then you won't mind it as much, but when you're not the place was, is and will be a big **** hole. Multi-national companies want to go there because there is good money to be made. I'm just saying about actually living there. I've got nothing but respect for Medavia. It utterly deserves it's success. It's been through some pretty tough times (at one point during the US embargo when their planes were impounded in Tripoli, their mechanics in Malta were repairing construction equipment!!) and now it's enjoying it's hard earned successes.
Skycaptain, we'll talk about it again when you go there for a while. I never cried like a baby or made any tantrums when I had to go there mate. Work is work, and believe me, I have had worse jobs than flying planes in a **** hole country.
And again Clay, yes the 10 year bond with KM is indeed ridiculous, no doubt about that. I'm not arguing with anyone on that particular point. Regarding the Lm15,000 for the TR, again, yes it's expensive, but not as much as you guys are saying. The average price in Europe for an A320 type rating is approx 24000 Euros (Sabena, AeroMadrid etc) which is approx Lm10,000. On top of that, KM also puts in an MCC course of 20hrs on an A320 sim, which I would guess costs a few more grand.
In conclusion, the only MAJOR downside to the whole KM thing is the 10yrs/Lm20,000 bond. It is indeed insulting to bond pilots who have paid for all of their training in such a way. Then again, as I have said earlier, and as I know from experience, we're not exactly spoilt for choice in Malta. It's a fact of weighing all your options and going for what you think is best. In the end, it all boils down to a matter of opinion.
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Hang On Lads...i've Got An Idea
Why don't all you Maltese lads get together..go down to the bank..borrow a few quid & set your own airline up...Bransom & co must have started somewhere...you could have Lino as your cheif pilot
I'M still coming to MLA end of June if you're still up for a pint
& speaking of beer..i'm finishing my shift at LGW now and off down the pub!
see ya
I'M still coming to MLA end of June if you're still up for a pint
& speaking of beer..i'm finishing my shift at LGW now and off down the pub!see ya
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had also heard about the KM pilot landing on the taxiway in London, and that's why I asked about Libya's rep cos we hear several of these stories during ground school.
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fac_2 if checking the legitimacy of things we are told during ground school lectures somehow makes me immature I thank you for showing me the light. Your comments have been very insightful! 
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The LGW incident appeared in Flight International issue 3-9th Nov 1993 if you can get a back issue
However the crew were not the 1st to do it as a BIA crew in i think an MD83 or possibly a BAC1-11 done it a couple of months before..It had something to do with the resurfing of one of the taxiways but the lighting used by the workmen looked very much like the runway lights.
I cut the article out of the magazine and if i ever work out our to scan the bloody thing to the computer i will email it to whoever! also the British AAIB did do an investigation and issued a report but i did'nt keep that one but it should'nt be that hard to obtain.
However the crew were not the 1st to do it as a BIA crew in i think an MD83 or possibly a BAC1-11 done it a couple of months before..It had something to do with the resurfing of one of the taxiways but the lighting used by the workmen looked very much like the runway lights.
I cut the article out of the magazine and if i ever work out our to scan the bloody thing to the computer i will email it to whoever! also the British AAIB did do an investigation and issued a report but i did'nt keep that one but it should'nt be that hard to obtain.
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As this thread has lost all relevance to Wannabes, and has become a general discussion thread about Air Malta and associated organisations and individuals, I am closing it. If you wish to start a new thread about Air Malta recruiting for low-houred wannabes (not direct-entry pilots, who should go to Terms and Endearments), please do so. If you wish to discvuss the airline, please go to the Airlines, Airports and Routes forum.
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