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Hi Friends,
itīs the first time i use PPRuNe and i am not sure if that is the right forum.
If not sorry.
I am a german commercial pilot (TT ca. 3000h, IFR MEP ca. 1000h) and since some years I wish to get a job by the RFDS in Australia. In the last years i visited several bases of this company. So I sent an application in April. Some days ago I get an invitation for an interview and for a simulator test. Now, i am very happy to get this chance.
So, if anybody can give me some tips it would be very fine.
Thanks for help
Klhohnen
itīs the first time i use PPRuNe and i am not sure if that is the right forum.
If not sorry.
I am a german commercial pilot (TT ca. 3000h, IFR MEP ca. 1000h) and since some years I wish to get a job by the RFDS in Australia. In the last years i visited several bases of this company. So I sent an application in April. Some days ago I get an invitation for an interview and for a simulator test. Now, i am very happy to get this chance.
So, if anybody can give me some tips it would be very fine.
Thanks for help
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Good Luck.
I am an Australian Commercial pilot, and wouldn't mind a job with them either..
Seems Australian operators prefer to hire from overseas these days - look at all the Kiwis here - so you should do well.
I am an Australian Commercial pilot, and wouldn't mind a job with them either..
Seems Australian operators prefer to hire from overseas these days - look at all the Kiwis here - so you should do well.
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I have heard that they do their interviews in melbourne at the old ansett sim centre.the sim is very pitchy and so unlike actually flying a real king air.So there fore if u havent flown a king air then it shouldnt be any problem.
i would presonally suggest to go there a day in advance and book a sim time for an hour or if you got a mate who can share the sim with you then go for it.
they get you to do a ndb rwy 16 and the ILS. just make sure you know the approaches for melbourne and melb Essendon pretty good.It all happens very quick so make sure you know what to do.
its a half an hour sim check and sort of an hour interview by three guys.
know your IFR procedures thoroughly ,LSALT ,DR etc etc
all the best
i would presonally suggest to go there a day in advance and book a sim time for an hour or if you got a mate who can share the sim with you then go for it.
they get you to do a ndb rwy 16 and the ILS. just make sure you know the approaches for melbourne and melb Essendon pretty good.It all happens very quick so make sure you know what to do.
its a half an hour sim check and sort of an hour interview by three guys.
know your IFR procedures thoroughly ,LSALT ,DR etc etc
all the best
Which section?
Do you hold a CASA CPL?
Do you know the rules etc. for flying in Australia?
Good luck, it's certainly a brilliant job. But I feel if you aren't very up with the rules and procedures of flying in Australia, vs Europe, you'll be severely disadvantaged.
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Do you hold a CASA CPL?
Do you know the rules etc. for flying in Australia?
Good luck, it's certainly a brilliant job. But I feel if you aren't very up with the rules and procedures of flying in Australia, vs Europe, you'll be severely disadvantaged.
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Hi Aussie-Pilots,
thanks for the answers and help.
I have passed the Australian air-law test and have done some conversion training last year downunder.
Morno, you are right, the procedures and comm. are different in many details.
Now, I am preparing for australian IFR with some books from Bob Tait.
I think I will download the charts from Melbourne and Essendon to familiarize with those procedures.
Thanks
Klhohnen
thanks for the answers and help.
I have passed the Australian air-law test and have done some conversion training last year downunder.
Morno, you are right, the procedures and comm. are different in many details.
Now, I am preparing for australian IFR with some books from Bob Tait.
I think I will download the charts from Melbourne and Essendon to familiarize with those procedures.
Thanks
Klhohnen
Sounds like you're all over it then, .
Good luck
Good luck
SE section is a lot bigger than just EN.
If klhohnen already has the right to work in Australia then best of luck to him/her. If a visa is being sponsored, someone in the rfds needs a solid kick up the behind.
If this is just an attempted wind-up, then the
tides must be all wrong cos noone is really taking the bait.
If klhohnen already has the right to work in Australia then best of luck to him/her. If a visa is being sponsored, someone in the rfds needs a solid kick up the behind.
If this is just an attempted wind-up, then the
tides must be all wrong cos noone is really taking the bait.
"MT D" yr advice is spot on
"eovictim" as you say ATPL is mandatory in the SE section (all bases) You don't "need' it but it's 'required'.
ANY pilot having the desired numbers (hrs) needs to be switched on to do well in an RFDS interview. The guys conducting those interviews are very switched on themselves. As that saying goes.....'chance favors the prepared mind".........don't turn up at an interview (if yr lucky enough to get asked to do so) without having a good knowledge of IFR procedures especially night Ops. & all the associated "why not's" that go with night Ops. Know yr WX Alt req's too. Those with good scans will do well in the Sim, free advice DON'T fixate on the one instrument/dimension under abnormal conditions, (easily done under stress) quickest way to stall the damn beast even though you nailed the Hdg
Good luck to anyone that gets a gig with the RFDS it ought to be mandatory to do a stint there prior to the big boys
Wmk2
"eovictim" as you say ATPL is mandatory in the SE section (all bases) You don't "need' it but it's 'required'.
ANY pilot having the desired numbers (hrs) needs to be switched on to do well in an RFDS interview. The guys conducting those interviews are very switched on themselves. As that saying goes.....'chance favors the prepared mind".........don't turn up at an interview (if yr lucky enough to get asked to do so) without having a good knowledge of IFR procedures especially night Ops. & all the associated "why not's" that go with night Ops. Know yr WX Alt req's too. Those with good scans will do well in the Sim, free advice DON'T fixate on the one instrument/dimension under abnormal conditions, (easily done under stress) quickest way to stall the damn beast even though you nailed the Hdg
Good luck to anyone that gets a gig with the RFDS it ought to be mandatory to do a stint there prior to the big boys
Wmk2
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Klhohnen, plenty of your fellow countrymen employed as doctors over here at Westops, they seem to thrive on aeromedical work.
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Quite a few guys in the South East section don't have ATPL's or even the theory exams passed. It is a requirement for Sydney as part of the contract but not for the other bases. It is preferred in Essendon but not required but there is a nice bonus in the pay packet if you do have them.
"HC" technically yr correct ATPL is not req @ EN but will be come July 1 next year.
Perhaps I should have said they won't employ any new drivers without it.
Beats me why this is needed but contracts are often dreamed up by those that actually know very little of the nuts & bolts flying skills req'd.
It would be wise to have an ATPL to enter any RFDS section, just the way it is right or wrong. Glass exp is good too as that's the way of the future:-)
Wmk2
Perhaps I should have said they won't employ any new drivers without it.
Beats me why this is needed but contracts are often dreamed up by those that actually know very little of the nuts & bolts flying skills req'd.
It would be wise to have an ATPL to enter any RFDS section, just the way it is right or wrong. Glass exp is good too as that's the way of the future:-)
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It would be wise to have an ATPL to enter any RFDS section, just the way it is right or wrong.
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I've heard it's not much more than 32k. You could take my word for it, or go and do some research. All of the RFDS Sections EBA's are available online if you are a member of the AFAP... Why do I get the feeling you're not.
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