The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions The place for students, instructors and charter guys in Oz, NZ and the rest of Oceania.

Dream Job

Old 26th Nov 2008, 06:45
  #1 (permalink)  
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: somewhere down that-a-way
Posts: 57
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Dream Job

I'm interested to see what our dream jobs are.. Lets say if every flying job landed you the same coin; where would you be and what would you be flying?

I'm sure there are some young bucks who want the left seat of the 744 and some ol' timers wanting a Beaver on floats.

How about you?
SystemsAreGo is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 06:53
  #2 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: west
Posts: 233
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Think the more time spent home is a good job.
Green gorilla is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 07:04
  #3 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Tin Shed corner Bourke and Swanston
Posts: 258
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Flying a pilatus porter ski plane at mt cook. If not there, then a porter mountain flying somewhere.
startingout is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 07:11
  #4 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sydney
Age: 65
Posts: 683
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
My dream job is where i can tell my boss: "Get stuffed, i do not feel like flying your ****box G5 today " and still get paid with all my bonuses and drives me home in his twin turbo Bentley......
sms777 is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 07:34
  #5 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: I'm a wanderer
Age: 43
Posts: 421
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Flying Nomads around Mt Cook...

Hang on... I do that already!
empacher48 is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 07:50
  #6 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: west
Posts: 233
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
The gonad you must be one of the few.
Green gorilla is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 08:08
  #7 (permalink)  
Silly Old Git
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: saiba spes
Posts: 3,726
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Where did the NT Health N24 s end up VH-DH. etc?
Nice Collins airline gear on them...
tinpis is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 08:20
  #8 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Grey Funnel Lines
Posts: 80
Received 2 Likes on 1 Post
hooters airline - Google Image Search

Not sure about the flying conditions but the view...
FFG 02 is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 08:24
  #9 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Perth
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Didn't they go bust?
Rob D is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 08:39
  #10 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: The Shire
Posts: 2,890
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
A twotter on floats flying drunk pommy female backpackers around Ibiza

Or perhaps the same said twotter on the barrier with the same said backpackers
The Green Goblin is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 09:55
  #11 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: west
Posts: 233
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Now that sounds like a job.
Green gorilla is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 11:05
  #12 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: MEL
Posts: 191
Received 12 Likes on 6 Posts
QF or DJ 738 skipper!
Track5milefinal is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 11:11
  #13 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 73
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I'm a young buck wanting a beaver on floats... Or maybe a twotter, who knows one day I may be old and boring and need the twin time
hogespa28 is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 12:36
  #14 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: passing a cloud
Posts: 349
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Did 3 years on the TwinOtter on floats in the Maldives.... now i fly a jet.

Best fun you can have in public I reckon.

I got intimately acquainted with one on wheels a few weeks back.

It really makes you remember where you cut your teeth, the mates you made and the fun time you had back when you wished you flew a jet........
TWOTBAGS is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 13:27
  #15 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tjuntjuntjarra
Age: 54
Posts: 336
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
08-600

Flying a brand spanking new 08-600 Cresco with aircon and a hydraulic hopper out of the Twizel base, where all the cockies had concrete, sliding roof super bins and I could fly 800 hours a year. Most of you dont probably know what im talking about except old mate empacher there who knows how fantastic the sunrise on a calm day over the main divide can look like!!
...One can only dream
aileron_69 is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 13:47
  #16 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 359
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
I thought-

I was the 'ants pants' when instructing on a PA-38,
An ACE when given control of an AC-50.
I was **** hot when I got my first Turbine on a N22.
Life was over when the F27/F28 came along,
and I still smile when I keep a 737 on the rails.

Just enjoy what you've got. There will be something much nicer just around the corner but if you don't appreciate the present you will never really enjoy what a career in aviation is all about.

Still smile about the Aero commander though!
ad-astra is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 22:34
  #17 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: between 800HP
Posts: 79
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Danger AC-50

Ad astra.
I agree, The commander is a great aircraft, can't say enough good about them.
I just had a few too many hours in them. that's all.
Only complaint about them: Shocking in turbulence!
RWS888
rearwhelsteer888 is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 23:08
  #18 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: YLIL on my days off
Age: 50
Posts: 226
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Just Flying.
flog is offline  
Old 26th Nov 2008, 23:30
  #19 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Australia
Posts: 109
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Um....Instructor or professional antique aeroplane flyer. Definitely more GA than RPT

(Ideally it'd be Formula One World Champion but that isn't going to ever happen)
coke drinker is offline  
Old 27th Nov 2008, 00:17
  #20 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
GA all the way
bestpilotindaworld is offline  

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.