Air Pacific/Fiji Airways
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Check out Page 11 on this Thread. It gives you a good idea. Your partner has to leave Fiji every 4 months on a normal tourist Visa. It gets boaring for your partner. Living at the Tanoa is no option with Partner. You would need an Appartment and that will cost you anything above FJ$5000 a month. Possibly share one in Denarau Island.
Standard four month visitor visa upon arrival. Can be extended another two months while here. Then leave and reenter.
Do not overstay a single day or you get a 12 month ban.
Spouse visa different, still can't work...and they will get bored.
If you think Fiji is an idyllic, picture postcard place to live and work you stand to be disappointed.
Entertainment is limited unless you want to drink. The novelty of cocktails on the beach at sunset will soon wear off.
Cost of living has increased, but the economy is booming.
You can now get good quality/expatriate food lines which were scarce 10 years ago.
Cinema is cheap and we get most movies before US wide screen release.
Locals will challenge every moral that you ever learnt. Consider it a second education
Infrastructure especially roads have improved out of sight.
When you hear someone call you 'gora' behind your back, it means they love you in their own special way
Fishing is ****. Try PNG if you're an angler.
FJ is making money, aircraft on order and as a whole fairly new fleet. It wouldn't surprise me if the fourth A330 is coming, with Singapore and San Francisco added and talk of a mainland China destination, the current three are working hard
Do not overstay a single day or you get a 12 month ban.
Spouse visa different, still can't work...and they will get bored.
If you think Fiji is an idyllic, picture postcard place to live and work you stand to be disappointed.
Entertainment is limited unless you want to drink. The novelty of cocktails on the beach at sunset will soon wear off.
Cost of living has increased, but the economy is booming.
You can now get good quality/expatriate food lines which were scarce 10 years ago.
Cinema is cheap and we get most movies before US wide screen release.
Locals will challenge every moral that you ever learnt. Consider it a second education
Infrastructure especially roads have improved out of sight.
When you hear someone call you 'gora' behind your back, it means they love you in their own special way
Fishing is ****. Try PNG if you're an angler.
FJ is making money, aircraft on order and as a whole fairly new fleet. It wouldn't surprise me if the fourth A330 is coming, with Singapore and San Francisco added and talk of a mainland China destination, the current three are working hard
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Thank you Troppo 
Do you know if it's easy to find a job from here for girlfriend? I mean, as it's illegal to look for a job while staying there, all we can do is looking on the web now and build some ideas.
She doesn't want to live there without working.
Do you know if it's easy to find a job from here for girlfriend? I mean, as it's illegal to look for a job while staying there, all we can do is looking on the web now and build some ideas.
She doesn't want to live there without working.
Have noticed Fiji airways direct flights to Adelaide appear to be Mondays only of late. Anyone know if this is a permanent thing and why? Suspect low loads. But may be other reason.
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so now or at least from JULY they'll have 4 x A332s & 1 x A333. Restarting NRT 3 days a week. No announcement about where to other 3-4 days a week. + 2 sims. They will need a lot more crew.
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Is there any chance to be called for a 320 capt. with no right to live in any of the countries mentioned by the agencies? Is there any history of this?
Thanks
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Apologies for stepping on your post BBT80’s but I have a question as well.
Surely it’s a false economy paying the Fijian national pilots considerably less than expat pilots? If FJ paid their own the same as they pay expats they would attract, in droves their countrymen back from all corners, negating the need for expats and therefore having a truely national airline.
In PNG alone there must be 25-30 Fijians operating everything from Otters to Boeings but there’s no incentive for them to return home. For example a (Fijian) Otter captain in PNG earns roughly the same if not more (working only six months a year) than a B738 FO in Fiji if he/she was to return home.......more for a PNG based Fijian B738 FO. Surely it would be a win win (no tickets home/accommodation allowances/visa expenses plus Nationals flying the national airline etc etc) for FJ if they hired their own on an increased salary from what is presently being offered?
Also why is FJ continually recruiting expats for the B738 (and other fleets) through agencies when they have such a small fleet? Is the turn over that high? And if so why?
Thank you.
Apologies if I have missed something and apologies again to BBT80’s. 😀
Surely it’s a false economy paying the Fijian national pilots considerably less than expat pilots? If FJ paid their own the same as they pay expats they would attract, in droves their countrymen back from all corners, negating the need for expats and therefore having a truely national airline.
In PNG alone there must be 25-30 Fijians operating everything from Otters to Boeings but there’s no incentive for them to return home. For example a (Fijian) Otter captain in PNG earns roughly the same if not more (working only six months a year) than a B738 FO in Fiji if he/she was to return home.......more for a PNG based Fijian B738 FO. Surely it would be a win win (no tickets home/accommodation allowances/visa expenses plus Nationals flying the national airline etc etc) for FJ if they hired their own on an increased salary from what is presently being offered?
Also why is FJ continually recruiting expats for the B738 (and other fleets) through agencies when they have such a small fleet? Is the turn over that high? And if so why?
Thank you.
Apologies if I have missed something and apologies again to BBT80’s. 😀
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Why pay the locals expat rates when they can get the locals for far less?
They wont do that.... they are too stupid. I know both expat and local guys on the Jet here... its a business and in Fiji, companies pay the local workforce less because they can, because the locals take the job at the rate in which they offer. They lose pilots to asia and especially the middle east.
They wont do that.... they are too stupid. I know both expat and local guys on the Jet here... its a business and in Fiji, companies pay the local workforce less because they can, because the locals take the job at the rate in which they offer. They lose pilots to asia and especially the middle east.
With the management shift at the company, it has become more palatable for the expats. Yes, like any other carrier, there’s a few “local check airmen” with chips on their shoulders.
They hire 200hour CPLs straight to the a330 here as Jet S/os... the unlucky ones get the otter.. the rest (most) get shown the door and stay jobless or work as instructors.
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Hello,
Any idea about the latest hiring without a PR and base in LAX, NZ, AUSSIE. How does that work? And can the spouse stay along in any of the base? If anyone can then request to mention the pro's and con's of this company. Regards
Any idea about the latest hiring without a PR and base in LAX, NZ, AUSSIE. How does that work? And can the spouse stay along in any of the base? If anyone can then request to mention the pro's and con's of this company. Regards
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I'm also looking at these guys. They seem to have a few ads up looking for crew.
What does a typical 737 roster look like here? I assume overnights must be in Australia and New Zealand.
I'm aware that they don't upgrade. Do they allow transfers between the 737 and the 330?
What does a typical 737 roster look like here? I assume overnights must be in Australia and New Zealand.
I'm aware that they don't upgrade. Do they allow transfers between the 737 and the 330?
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If you do not have a PR in any of those countries, that's the drop-off point for you to head home. ( at your own expense )
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Dear all flying in Fiji Airlines!
Can you send a ypical schedule on 737? Is it possible to fly from selected Aus or NZ home base, and spend most of the nights at home? Eppreciate any up-to-date info.
Can you send a ypical schedule on 737? Is it possible to fly from selected Aus or NZ home base, and spend most of the nights at home? Eppreciate any up-to-date info.
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Recruitment started again
Hi all! It seems like they're recruiting again, at least on the A330 (and A350) FOs. Anyone working there that would like to share some info, roster exemple and some insights, what is the full pay at the moment..?
Cheers.
Cheers.
