All under control MB??

[ringin]

Todays ads:
PEARL AVIATION AUSTRALIA - CHIEF PILOT
Darwin
We are seeking an experienced and professional Chief Pilot to manage and lead flight crew and who is responsible for all operational matters.
This role includes responsibility for:
· Pearl Aviation's compliance with all operational standards and applicable legislation and regulations
· Management and leadership of flight crew in all aspects of their employment
· Providing advice to management on the safe and cost effective operation of aircraft types
· Ensuring training and recency requirements of all flight crew are maintained
· Ensuring maintenance and improvement of training records and operational documentation
· Complying with client contractual requirements in a cost effective manner
Key to this role is a hight degree of technical and operational aviation experience, with exceptional management and communication skills.
The successful candidate must meet CASA approvals.
Applications close Friday 19 October 2007 and should be addressed to the General Manager - Aviation at [email protected]

PEARL AVIATION AUSTRALIA
B350/B200 CAPTAIN & FIRST OFFICER - Brisbane
Pearl Aviation is a Darwin based air operator providing air charter services to Government and private clients in strategic locations around Australia. Pearl Aviation is a wholly owned business of Paspaley Pearls and has a fleet of KingAir and Metro 23 Aircraft.
Pearl Aviation are seeking an experienced, reliable and motivated B350 / B200 Captain and First Officer to join our dynamic Aero Pearl team performing flight calibration services throughout Australasia.
You must meet the following minimum requirements:
· Australian Air Transport Pilot Licence
· 1500 total aeronautical experience
· 300 multi engine command hours
· 3 command multi engine Instrument Rating renewals
Endorsement and experience on type advantageous.
Applications close Friday 12 October 2007 and should be addressed to the Chief Pilot at [email protected]

PEARL AVIATION - B200 CAPTIAN & FIRST OFFICER - PORT HEDLAND
We are seeking an experienced, motivated and reliable B200 Captain & First Officer to join our dynamic Pearl Aviation team performing air charter services throughout the Western Australia region.
Captains must meet the following minimum requirements:
· 2500 total aeronautical experience (1500 First Officer)
· 2000 command hours
· 500 multi engine command hours (300 First Officer)
· 300 turbine command hours (negotiable)
· Australian Air Transport Pilot Licence (Subjects for First Officer)
· 3 command multi engine Instrument Rating renewals
Endorsement and experience on type advantageous.
Applications close Friday 12 October 2007 and should be addressed to the Chief Pilot at [email protected]

PEARL AVIATION AUSTRALIA
B200 CAPTAIN - KATHERINE
We are seeking an experienced, motivated and reliable B200 Captain to join our dynamic Pearl Aviation team performing emergency medical evacuation flight services throughout the Northern Territory region.
Applicants must meet the minimum requirements:
· 2500 total command hours
· 750 total command hours multi engine
· 100 total command hours multi engine at night
· 3 command multi engine Instrument Rating renewals
B200 endorsement advantageous.
Applications close Friday 19 October 2007 and should be addressed to
the Chief Pilot at [email protected]

AERORESCUE - Do328 PILOTS
Recruiting for all Search and Rescue Units
We are seeking experienced, committed and reliable Do328 Pilots to join our dynamic AeroRescue team performing search and rescue flight operations based from Darwin, Perth, Cairns, Brisbane and Essendon.
We invite experienced pilots for the following vacancies:
· Captain for Darwin base
· First Officers for all bases
Pilots with experience in an aircraft above 5700 kg and excellent computer skills with a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office products would be advantageous.
Further information regarding the AeroRescue's operation and the minimum requirements for the vacancies is available at the AeroRescue website at www.aerorescue.com.au
Applications close Friday 19 October 2007 and should be addressed to the Chief Pilot at [email protected]

And they say the Paspaley group is not in trouble!
And for those that have had a go at me before because of my posts this should be the proof that you need to confirm what I have been telling you is true.
MB, you have a lot to answer for.

The only ad missing is:

PEARL AVIATION AUSTRALIA
General Manager required ......etc

[Jabawocky]

Aerorescue

I am a pilot

have reasonable experience in a/c >5700kg....pax'ed in F28 thro B744

have excellent computer skills and busines management!

Do I get a shot at an F/O job in Brissie? I know a Capt there.........

J

[Tiger 77]

Just forgetting about the issues affecting the current staff in the company, even the simple task of attracting new pilots is becoming impossible. The min requirements are huge! They've been advertising for pt hedland for over 6 months. Why would anyone with that sort of experience want to move to a dirty dusty mining town for the same money as a job in a city?

Management seem to be living in the 90's when there were heaps of 2500 hr turboprop pilots available. They need to make these positions more attractive than they were 10 years ago.

I'm not sure how long that will take...

[ringin]

Those in the know in Darwin are also telling me they will be down to just a couple of Metro drivers very, very soon.

So to help MB out and save him some more money:

PEARL AVIATION AUSTRALIA
METRO CAPTAIN & FIRST OFFICER - Darwin
Pearl Aviation is a Darwin based air operator providing air charter services to Government and private clients in strategic locations around Australia. Pearl Aviation is a wholly owned business of Paspaley Pearls and has a fleet of KingAir and Metro 23 Aircraft. etc etc.

[Counter-rotation]

And after the significant defeat of the proposed CA at the vote, has anything been heard from JW or his department?

Leading into the vote:

From his own mouth (several times) "We really want to get this done, it's been going on long enough".

From AFAP "the company are very slow to enter / proceed with negotiations".

There is now deafening silence on that issue! Maybe they simply don't know what to say...

CR.

(Has anyone tried to read this forum in the crew room lately??!)

[Sour Kraut]

Hellooooo Fliegenpoops!

Herr Ringin,

Sank you for ze excellent post highlighting vot a dynamic company ve are und how responsive und embracing ve are of change in ze industry. Our record turnover of staff ist evidence of zis. Eferybody vants our product!Advertising ze positions again for us ist very kind of you.

In fact ze reduction in salaries und such silly overheads like insurances, spare parts und office eqvipment has earnt me very handsome bonuses sank you very much. A new BMW coming for Christmas!

Herr Jabawocky,

Hafnt ve just employed you und did I not ask you to leave your business management at ze door?

Herr Tiger,

Vot an irritating little post from a little pussy cat.

I vas still in leiderhosen in ze nineties!

I haf a degree in Science so I can say Pilots do grow on trees. Und vot ist more is ze pilots vill be happy vis vot I pay zem und vere I send zem!

Herr Counter Rotation,

Still going round und round in circles I see?

I sign off on ze AWA not JW! Ze reason it has been going on for long enough ist that you fleigenpoop pilots vill not agree vis vot I sink ist reasonable! Ze arrogance of you all!

Und as for access to PPrune in ze crew room my loyal Unterofficer Herr Cook has instructed ze IT department to block access at ze server firewall. Any vun trying to access AFAP, Vorkplace Authority or Ombudsman vill also be blocked or monitored. A new initiative he brings vis him from his vealth of experience vis CASA.

Toilet paper vill also be removed from poopen cubicles from Monday.


Guten Nacht!

[lucky101]

As a further company cost saving measure the light at the end of the tunnell will now be switched off !!!

Will the last person to resign please close the door behind them.

This is a company in meltdown.

[Counter-rotation]

But Sour Kraut,

I must protest!!

You see, I was logging on to PPRuNe on the advice of your esteemed "Business Manager".

Did you not receive a copy of the memo re: "Industry Scuttlebutt"?

And we all know there's no better source than right here!!

CR.

[northern.flyer]

Ah yes, the memo.....

"Business Manager"!!!!!

I knew "assistant GM" or "deputy GM" would be too much strain on that obviously over inflated ego.

I heard its his first job in "the real world" of GA!
And what a place to start!!

[ringin]

And adding to his dilema, reports from the South that AeroPearl is also falling apart at the seams.

Now down to 3 pilots for 2 buckets of bolts.

Ops manager, Flight Inspector, engineer just resigned with another pilot rumoured to be ready to resign. Toss in the storeman and things are looking a little thin.

And none have been replaced.

But then again, there is a bright side. With so many departures the almighty budget is looking real good. Wages bill has been slashed by $350,000.

And as far as the CP position I nominate my old mate APMR. He gets on like a house on fire with MB and will do anything he asks. Wonder if CASA can be conned into this one?

And for the puritans this last bit is not a rumour, nor fact, just a bit of fun

[APMR]

ringin,

Thanks for the nomination.

All of those positions vacant - I don't see them as indication of a company "in meltdown" but rather, indicative of how much movement there is in the industry at the moment.

I would be more concerned if MB was moving on.

How would you like to be running an aviation company at the moment?

Not exactly a stress free experience, I would suggest.

You need to spend a week in his shoes. You would come away with a vastly different perspective and a completely different attitude.

[northern.flyer]

Yeah, you blokes! Have some compassion.

I remember this story MB once told me about when he was little and how he cried because he had no shoes.

And then he told me how he met a man with no feet so he stole his!

[ringin]

APMR just ask yourself a simple question:

As the CA was recently voted down by the vast majority of pilots, and given that the company (MB) have done nothing to rectify that situation, and given that since then there has been a mass exodus of pilots and other staff, does that not suggest to you that maybe, just maybe it is not:

indicative of how much movement there is in the industry at the moment.

but rather indicative of the relationship between the current management team (MB) and the rest of the staff?

Some will suggest this is a negative outlook on a company in self destruction mode but I prefer to be seen as a realist.

Winners get gold, bronze again to MB.

[APMR]

ringin,

You are bitter, closed-minded and have a negative outlook. But this is your reality so naturally you will describe yourself as "a realist".

I asked myself the question you posed. The answer was a resounding "not necessarily!"

Your wording in the question reveals just how blinkered you see things. Here is your question again, with the revelations in bold:

As the CA was recently voted down by the vast majority of pilots, and given that the company (MB) have done nothing to rectify that situation, and given that since then there has been a mass exodus of pilots and other staff, does that not suggest to you ...

Vast majority? I think you will find it was somewhere between 60/40 and 70/30.

Done nothing? After the vote, they surveyed our opinions via the questionaire and have been actively considering a range of alternative courses. Some pilots have received telephone calls seeking their opinions on one such course in particular.

Mass exodus? A handful of pilots have left in that six month period. How does that compare to other companies over the same period?

How is it that you can see the departure of every pilot as being for that one same reason? Do you think it possible that there could be a range of reasons?

I have a question for you: What have the pilot reps done about trying to "rectify the situation"? As it was the pilots that rejected the offer, it is up to the reps to make the next move - not the company.

I would have thought the reps would be writing to the company, the day after the result became known, to detail why the vote failed and what the company must now do to rectify the offer. Or are the management supposed to be mind readers?

[Seaeagle109]

APMR,


I know that the pilot reps did take action after the vote(funnily enough, exactly what you suggested) and have done on a continuing basis; perhaps you need to ask them what they're doing as I'm sure they'll be glad to tell you.


Also, the company has not just telephoned "some pilots" but have actually had face to face meetings(6th & 7th August here in Brisbane), probably in other bases as well; unfortunately, still not a lot of visible progress. However, there are lots of reassurances coming from the company that they are doing/going to do something to address the issues; hopefully, this will occur soon.

[APMR]

I know that the pilot reps did take action after the vote(funnily enough, exactly what you suggested) and have done on a continuing basis; perhaps you need to ask them what they're doing as I'm sure they'll be glad to tell you.

Somebody's not telling the truth. Several weeks after the result, management still did not know why the offer had been voted down.

Why is it that *I* have to contact the reps to find things out? Is it just me that has this funny idea that the reps should be keeping *us* informed? How hard is it for them to knock out a 5 sentence email every few weeks?

[Moniker]

an outsider looking in here APMR and not wishing to cause an argument, but if you are management, and you wanted to progress this issue, wouldn't it be more prudent to be pro-active rather than re-active?

Communication is after all, a two way street.

[maxgrad]

AAAAAAAGH
HHHHHHHG!


The pilot Reps have been very forthright and are willing to discuss with both the pilot group and Management.

APMR
Amazing that you seem to be aware of the voted numbers. Don't quote me but I don't think anyone outside management knows. (Apart from the fact that it was a strong no.)

The survey from management was not a true indicator of the situation. Questions were lopsided and had serious steerage toward what the management wanted to believe.

[Seaeagle109]

APMR,


I trust that you're not suggesting that it's me who's not telling the truth, as I have been told by the pilot reps exactly what was in my post. I shall assume that you mean either the pilot reps or the management, may not be being entirely truthfull or are seeing things from only their particular perspective.


As to whether it's up to you to call for information or the reps to put out emails; well perhaps they could communicate more and perhaps, if and when, you've got questions that aren't being answered or are not sufficiently detailed in their response, ask them directly.


As Moniker said, communication is a two way street.

[Counter-rotation]

These are facts, not opinions:

1) After the vote, I actively sought information on the result. I was told "the numbers are not important". HAH!! I'll do better - I was told by JW that he didn't know, and wasn't interested, in the actual number of votes polled, and the for / against. How can I be expected to believe that?

2) I asked the pilot reps, to check. Sure enough, they had not and would not be informed of the result, further than did it succeed or fail. That is what the pilot reps told me when qauestioned.

APMR

On the basis of that, I do have to wonder firstly - whether you do actually have information re: the vote result.
And further, if you do, why was this information not distributed in general to all concerned?



CR.