Moving to the Top End for flying
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The people who run the GA course are genuinely not interested in developing and growing you as a pilot. If you don’t fit the model they seem to be looking for (plenty of other posts describing the type), you are ostracised since day 1 of the course. They use it for candidates to essentially pay for an interview, nothing more.
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And once again, referencing other threads on this forum, stay clear of those operators. Exploited duty, paid well below award, subject to bullying and harassment - but if you survive all that, you might be lucky enough to score a ring and proposal.
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What is the “operator” looking for? Young, male, fresh CPL wanting to make a start in the industry. Perfect for grooming.
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Im getting old. WTF is GA ready course? I would think nothing more than another way to remove money from people, in what has become a very sad shadow of what the GA industry once was.
43 years ago…I graduated with 250 hours a CPL and a multi IFR rating…. Went up North and got a job flying a C210 and Seneca 3.
Retired as. B777 Captain. I somehow did this without the “aid” of all of these new and wonderful expensive useless courses.
It's absolutely garbage and you will learn nothing. Put that money aside incase times get tough. The cost is actually about $5k by the time you buy the required amount of lubrication you'll need.
What is the “operator” looking for? Young, male, fresh CPL wanting to make a start in the industry
Don't know to which "operator" you refer, but plenty of the fair sex represented, in fact one operator said he preferred the ladies because they operated the aircraft as they were told, unlike the lads who often seemed to know a better way. Is an operator who takes pride in the condition and maintenance of the aircraft.
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you've just saved me 5K. Legend!! I was just thinking of the networking opportunities from the course more than anytihng due to nepotism being a big reason why some get the jobs and others never succeed.
Of course, 5K worth of beers in the right hands might do the same.
If you're after networking opportunities, you'd do better spending the 5K on a check-out and a few hours rental out of MKT. That would at least demonstrate that you're keen enough and capable enough to fly the aircraft without getting lost and/or running into a tropical storm and at worst get you a bit more time in the aircraft of your choice...
Of course, 5K worth of beers in the right hands might do the same.
Of course, 5K worth of beers in the right hands might do the same.
It'll also buy quite a few nights accommodation at the Youth Shack Hostel in Darwin. Not a bad place to run into people who can you get you places.
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G’day guys,
I’m in a similar situation to TheFlyingKiwi722, with several key differences. The first and most glaring of these is that I’m an old bastard. 48 next month and thought that a career change from farming would be a good idea. I guess that age has its pros and cons, but I was wondering - from an employer’s perspective - how much of an impediment this may be? Also, am I mad or deluded in considering heading up north for a year or so with a young family?
I’m in a similar situation to TheFlyingKiwi722, with several key differences. The first and most glaring of these is that I’m an old bastard. 48 next month and thought that a career change from farming would be a good idea. I guess that age has its pros and cons, but I was wondering - from an employer’s perspective - how much of an impediment this may be? Also, am I mad or deluded in considering heading up north for a year or so with a young family?
Also, am I mad or deluded in considering heading up north for a year or so with a young family?
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Thanks. To be honest, I’d be pretty happy with almost any job that didn’t require a GA Ready course! Think I might give that a very wide berth, given what I’ve read on here. I haven’t been up to the Territory or the Kimberly for 20 years, and I just may have an opportunity to to spend a year up there before my youngest child starts school.
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G’day guys,
I’m in a similar situation to TheFlyingKiwi722, with several key differences. The first and most glaring of these is that I’m an old bastard. 48 next month and thought that a career change from farming would be a good idea. I guess that age has its pros and cons, but I was wondering - from an employer’s perspective - how much of an impediment this may be? Also, am I mad or deluded in considering heading up north for a year or so with a young family?
I’m in a similar situation to TheFlyingKiwi722, with several key differences. The first and most glaring of these is that I’m an old bastard. 48 next month and thought that a career change from farming would be a good idea. I guess that age has its pros and cons, but I was wondering - from an employer’s perspective - how much of an impediment this may be? Also, am I mad or deluded in considering heading up north for a year or so with a young family?
Many companies that are based rather remote typically will have company housing, sharing with other pilots. In most cases, they won’t allow partners / families to occupy as well. Getting your own housing in community is very difficult.
Your best bet would be trying to score a basing one Darwin, Katherine or Gove in the NT.
Thanks. To be honest, I’d be pretty happy with almost any job that didn’t require a GA Ready course! Think I might give that a very wide berth, given what I’ve read on here. I haven’t been up to the Territory or the Kimberly for 20 years, and I just may have an opportunity to to spend a year up there before my youngest child starts school.
Plenty of pilots have gotten work in the NT of a similar age bracket.
Many companies that have remote bases typically have company housing, sharing with other pilots. In most cases, they won’t allow partners / families to occupy as well. Getting your own housing in community is very difficult.
Your best bet would be trying to score a basing one Darwin, Katherine or Gove in the NT.
Many companies that have remote bases typically have company housing, sharing with other pilots. In most cases, they won’t allow partners / families to occupy as well. Getting your own housing in community is very difficult.
Your best bet would be trying to score a basing one Darwin, Katherine or Gove in the NT.
G’day guys,
I’m in a similar situation to TheFlyingKiwi722, with several key differences. The first and most glaring of these is that I’m an old bastard. 48 next month and thought that a career change from farming would be a good idea. I guess that age has its pros and cons, but I was wondering - from an employer’s perspective - how much of an impediment this may be? Also, am I mad or deluded in considering heading up north for a year or so with a young family?
I’m in a similar situation to TheFlyingKiwi722, with several key differences. The first and most glaring of these is that I’m an old bastard. 48 next month and thought that a career change from farming would be a good idea. I guess that age has its pros and cons, but I was wondering - from an employer’s perspective - how much of an impediment this may be? Also, am I mad or deluded in considering heading up north for a year or so with a young family?
172, it's not that his box is full, it's that he doesn't yet have the necessary ten posts yet. Suggest one of you post your email address on here in order to make the link up.
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