looking for RFDS contact
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G´day mates!!!
i am just wondering if any of you guys from down under can set me up with someone who is working, if not even flying, for the RFDS.
I was on vacation in Australia in 2007 and since then the bug is itching me what it is like to work at RFDS as a pilot.
I already checked out the official websites and just want to get in contact with someone who can give me more impressions, information and need-to-knows first handed.
I am a military air transport pilot and i am just not satisfied with my duties any more.
thanx!!!
daida
i am just wondering if any of you guys from down under can set me up with someone who is working, if not even flying, for the RFDS.
I was on vacation in Australia in 2007 and since then the bug is itching me what it is like to work at RFDS as a pilot.
I already checked out the official websites and just want to get in contact with someone who can give me more impressions, information and need-to-knows first handed.
I am a military air transport pilot and i am just not satisfied with my duties any more.
thanx!!!
daida
daida, you'll get this sooner or later, unfortunately if you don't have the right to live and work in Australia you don't have much of a chance of flying over here.
If you do have the right to live and work here then search the forums on the RFDS, the various sections have been asked about quite a bit. Any questions on top of that would surly be answered by any number of ex and current RFDS pilots who frequent these forums.
If you do have the right to live and work here then search the forums on the RFDS, the various sections have been asked about quite a bit. Any questions on top of that would surly be answered by any number of ex and current RFDS pilots who frequent these forums.
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unfortunately if you don't have the right to live and work in Australia you don't have much of a chance of flying over here.
Aviation companies don't seem to have a problem convincing politicians that there is a lack of experience at the moment. Aviation companies that want these pilots don't seem to be the most ethical of operators?
Maybe he's more of a chance than you all advise?
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"457" is a 457 Long Stay Temporary Business 457 Visa.
It seems likely this will degenerate into a discussion on 457 visa's and overseas pilots working in Australia, rather than an answer to your question. Hopefully I am wrong and more will address your question and maybe a current or past RFDS pilot will contact you.
John
It seems likely this will degenerate into a discussion on 457 visa's and overseas pilots working in Australia, rather than an answer to your question. Hopefully I am wrong and more will address your question and maybe a current or past RFDS pilot will contact you.
John
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Howard has volunteered!
Hope you included all the good bits Howard, things like,
1. Back of the clock operations,
2. Single-pilot operations,
3. Not every aerodrome has an ILS,
4. NDB circling approaches at night time,
5. Not every aerodrome has T-Vasis, PAPI or HIAL,
6. Your the flight planner, dispatcher, refueller and in some cases engineering support,
7. Four or five 12 hour nights shifts in row,
8. 24 hour standby shifts,
9. But at least its only turbines now, not like the good old days with Navajos and Chieftains.
1. Back of the clock operations,
2. Single-pilot operations,
3. Not every aerodrome has an ILS,
4. NDB circling approaches at night time,
5. Not every aerodrome has T-Vasis, PAPI or HIAL,
6. Your the flight planner, dispatcher, refueller and in some cases engineering support,
7. Four or five 12 hour nights shifts in row,
8. 24 hour standby shifts,
9. But at least its only turbines now, not like the good old days with Navajos and Chieftains.
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You forgot the Nomad, have none of you ever watched the Flying Doctors?
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3. Not every aerodrome has an ILS,
5. Not every aerodrome has T-Vasis, PAPI or HIAL,
6. Your the flight planner, dispatcher, refueller and in some cases engineering support,
Some of you blokes don't live in the real world
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7. Four or five 12 hour nights shifts in row,
Thanks
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daida, before you accept the PM from howard make sure 'she' is everthing she claims to be. currently only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized as legal down here.
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NDB circling approaches at night time,
Four or five 12 hour nights shifts in row
24 hour standby shifts
Still a number of aerodromes about with only NDB approaches or RNAV that require a circling approach.
The RFDS did have the option of 24 hour standby at certain bases, and you could do 10 of them in a row in 14 days, likewise flying six days straight was legal provided you had two days off in the fourteen days!
Likewise a lot of remote bases did run with four or seven night shifts in a row, quite legal under the CAO48 exemption, if you are doing on call from home, but does have some big limitations if you fly over a certain number of nights or have late night ops.
There was also a concession to opertae the C90, B200, C425 and C441's without a serviceable autopilot for up to three days.
The "city" RFDS boys have it pretty easy, stable roster ,eight hour shifts, spare aircraft, Mobil/BP refueller etc.
Don't forget to mention flies in the e-mail HH, especially the pesky ones that crawl up your nose and in your eyes while trying to refuell out of drums when it is 50+ in the shade!
The RFDS did have the option of 24 hour standby at certain bases, and you could do 10 of them in a row in 14 days, likewise flying six days straight was legal provided you had two days off in the fourteen days!
Likewise a lot of remote bases did run with four or seven night shifts in a row, quite legal under the CAO48 exemption, if you are doing on call from home, but does have some big limitations if you fly over a certain number of nights or have late night ops.
There was also a concession to opertae the C90, B200, C425 and C441's without a serviceable autopilot for up to three days.
The "city" RFDS boys have it pretty easy, stable roster ,eight hour shifts, spare aircraft, Mobil/BP refueller etc.
Don't forget to mention flies in the e-mail HH, especially the pesky ones that crawl up your nose and in your eyes while trying to refuell out of drums when it is 50+ in the shade!