PNG Airlink job problem
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I wish you all the best for the future PG! 
As has often been said before... nobody can blame you for leaving but, after you've gone, everyone will undoubtedly blame you for everything! 
As has often been said before... nobody can blame you for leaving but, after you've gone, everyone will undoubtedly blame you for everything!
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And now I see they advertise AGAIN!
What was wrong with all the applications they received from their advertisement in Dec? Has anyone been put on since then? I have never heard anything back from them and exceed all there minimum requirements along with being able to speak pidgin.
What was wrong with all the applications they received from their advertisement in Dec? Has anyone been put on since then? I have never heard anything back from them and exceed all there minimum requirements along with being able to speak pidgin.
They've probably failed to delegate some poor sucker to sort through the resumes or actually conduct interviews. Hence they keep advertising, but nobody comes 
Yeah right...
Yeah right...
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I'm sorry to rain on the parade of those who have had negative experiences with PNG recruitment, but my story was one of astonishing efficiency.
Pehaps it was because I went there on spec. The fact that I organised contacts before leaving Australia and latched onto Talair pilots in Madang certainly helped.
I was in Wewak, freeloading on a Talair flight with Peter Morrison, dropped into the Douglas office, asked to see someone in charge of the flying side and was told that the Chief Pilot, Peter Geard, (based in Moresby) was just turning base now!
I had about 1,500 hours and 500 or so twin and that seemed to be just what they wanted.
From there it was a blur. Cass took over! My non-changeable return ticket became worthless as Douglas flew me to and from Sydney, told me to buy uniforms there at their expense and be back within a week.
I was even met at "Jackson's International" (tongue firmly in cheek) by a pilot who drove me to the company pilots' compound.
By the way, this was 1982!
Also BTW, we are off to Canberra for Easter now to stay with the other pilot in that Nomad in Wewak, Bill Miller, and his family (and to watch the mighty Waratahs whip the wimpy Brumbies-maybe...). I'm sure that are a few out there who recognise these names.
Have a good Easter,
UFLA
Pehaps it was because I went there on spec. The fact that I organised contacts before leaving Australia and latched onto Talair pilots in Madang certainly helped.
I was in Wewak, freeloading on a Talair flight with Peter Morrison, dropped into the Douglas office, asked to see someone in charge of the flying side and was told that the Chief Pilot, Peter Geard, (based in Moresby) was just turning base now!
I had about 1,500 hours and 500 or so twin and that seemed to be just what they wanted.
From there it was a blur. Cass took over! My non-changeable return ticket became worthless as Douglas flew me to and from Sydney, told me to buy uniforms there at their expense and be back within a week.
I was even met at "Jackson's International" (tongue firmly in cheek) by a pilot who drove me to the company pilots' compound.
By the way, this was 1982!
Also BTW, we are off to Canberra for Easter now to stay with the other pilot in that Nomad in Wewak, Bill Miller, and his family (and to watch the mighty Waratahs whip the wimpy Brumbies-maybe...). I'm sure that are a few out there who recognise these names.
Have a good Easter,
UFLA
UFLA - 20 years has made a world of difference. If you were to return I'm sure that you would be shocked at the sorry state of aviation in PNG.
Despite what some of the 'lifers' up in PNG will tell you about their companies, they sure as hell aren't Talair. They may still be flying the exact same aircraft over the exact same routes, but I don't think that any of them exhibit any sort of the professionalism & standards of an organisation like Talair.
However, they'll be more than happy to pay any willing takers the same money in Kina that they were on when they were with Talair. (only difference is that the Kina is now worth about AuD 45c as opposed to being pegged to the $US
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Despite what some of the 'lifers' up in PNG will tell you about their companies, they sure as hell aren't Talair. They may still be flying the exact same aircraft over the exact same routes, but I don't think that any of them exhibit any sort of the professionalism & standards of an organisation like Talair.
However, they'll be more than happy to pay any willing takers the same money in Kina that they were on when they were with Talair. (only difference is that the Kina is now worth about AuD 45c as opposed to being pegged to the $US)
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You need to read up on "how to win friends and influence people" 
I don't think that any of them exhibit any sort of the professionalism & standards of an organisation like Talair
OzExpat, as bitter balance has pointed out, there's no real reason for me to have to worry about winning friends & influencing people in the PNG aviation scene. In fact, I've already been there & managed to achieve that very successfully. I've also managed to use these skills to gain myself employment with (at various times) the RAAF, a regional turbine operator, RPT charter operators, and most recently an international airline, so I don't think that I'll heed your advice & place (another) reading of Dale Carnegies book at the top of my 'to do' list.
However, I'd suggest that if you were to take another read of this work, you would most probably find that "pi55ing in people's pockets" was not one of the suggested methods. Nor was "burying your head in the sand & ignoring all that goes on around you".
People asked why the situation at Airlink was so ridiculous in terms of the continual advertising of positions. Myself & others have tried to let those that are down south, or have never been to PNG, in on the vagaries of the way things are done in country. UFLA described the situation as it was in 1982, but even you would have to admit that the situation as descibed was far removed from what it is at present.
Since you feel that I have perhaps overstepped my mark in my comments, perhaps you could name some of the operators that you feel exhibit
. Until you can do so, I have no qualms in standing by the comments of my previous post.
I'm just trying to let a few of the guys who may be contemplating going up there know what they can really expect, in the current climate, as opposed to what may or may not have been the case in the 'good old days."
The floor is yours...
However, I'd suggest that if you were to take another read of this work, you would most probably find that "pi55ing in people's pockets" was not one of the suggested methods. Nor was "burying your head in the sand & ignoring all that goes on around you".
People asked why the situation at Airlink was so ridiculous in terms of the continual advertising of positions. Myself & others have tried to let those that are down south, or have never been to PNG, in on the vagaries of the way things are done in country. UFLA described the situation as it was in 1982, but even you would have to admit that the situation as descibed was far removed from what it is at present.
Since you feel that I have perhaps overstepped my mark in my comments, perhaps you could name some of the operators that you feel exhibit
... the professionalism & standards of an organisation like Talair
I'm just trying to let a few of the guys who may be contemplating going up there know what they can really expect, in the current climate, as opposed to what may or may not have been the case in the 'good old days."
The floor is yours...
