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Having done a year in Indonesia myself, it's interesting to read what some reckon they'd do IF...
Well it ain't Australia ... things are very different.
Frigatebird... you may not be able to get the next plane home after resigning.
Our passports were kept from us for months. On asking for them back we got "not yet" When we asked WHEN we'll get 'em back we got "soon". They are the words for "NO".
They don't have our directness. "No" isn't part of the language, it's too rude.
We tend to look at them as lying little b******* but they have different manners.
"It's dangerous in that country"... well I never felt much concern and I went down very narrow alleys in the dark. I certainly wouldn't go anywhere near "the Valley" after midnight here in Brissy for fear of copping a king hit or a knife in the guts from 'drunken little warrior' having a 'brain snap'.
Now you could be in an accident but there's much more chance that you won't.
You happily drive on Aussie roads every day and there are dozens of people so badly injured that they suffer for the rest of their lives from them. We don't hear about them because we only get the real beaut smashes.
We don't give the abject respect to out elders that other cultures do and if it's getting nasty WE'll take over.
You won't have to fight too hard either. 'im wot's prayin to his maker on the other side of the cockpit ain't 'oldin' onter anythin' .. 'es got the mits out in supplication.
If you hurt the bosses pride you'll get the sack and be sent home... you won't have to resign.
Go for the experience. You'll find the majority of Indonesians everything Aussies clain they are... fair and friendly.
Yep you are going to see lots of 'tips paid before the act is done" (More honest than the Yank past time of "paying the bribe after the act" ).
You'll get a real 900 hours per year, and you'll be more on the ball than the local FO's because you may really have to carry out the captain's duties as well as your own while he's sittin' acceptin' his fate.
Take cameras, and photograph EVERYTHING. They'll be great mementos in a few years.
The more discomfort you experience in life the more great stories you'll have to tell.
You'll also be a lot less judgemental about things you don't know all the facts about.
Well it ain't Australia ... things are very different.
Frigatebird... you may not be able to get the next plane home after resigning.
Our passports were kept from us for months. On asking for them back we got "not yet" When we asked WHEN we'll get 'em back we got "soon". They are the words for "NO".
They don't have our directness. "No" isn't part of the language, it's too rude.
We tend to look at them as lying little b******* but they have different manners.
"It's dangerous in that country"... well I never felt much concern and I went down very narrow alleys in the dark. I certainly wouldn't go anywhere near "the Valley" after midnight here in Brissy for fear of copping a king hit or a knife in the guts from 'drunken little warrior' having a 'brain snap'.
Now you could be in an accident but there's much more chance that you won't.
You happily drive on Aussie roads every day and there are dozens of people so badly injured that they suffer for the rest of their lives from them. We don't hear about them because we only get the real beaut smashes.
We don't give the abject respect to out elders that other cultures do and if it's getting nasty WE'll take over.
You won't have to fight too hard either. 'im wot's prayin to his maker on the other side of the cockpit ain't 'oldin' onter anythin' .. 'es got the mits out in supplication.
If you hurt the bosses pride you'll get the sack and be sent home... you won't have to resign.
Go for the experience. You'll find the majority of Indonesians everything Aussies clain they are... fair and friendly.
Yep you are going to see lots of 'tips paid before the act is done" (More honest than the Yank past time of "paying the bribe after the act" ).
You'll get a real 900 hours per year, and you'll be more on the ball than the local FO's because you may really have to carry out the captain's duties as well as your own while he's sittin' acceptin' his fate.
Take cameras, and photograph EVERYTHING. They'll be great mementos in a few years.
The more discomfort you experience in life the more great stories you'll have to tell.
You'll also be a lot less judgemental about things you don't know all the facts about.
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