Any Jobs In Broome
 

hi guys i hve 1000+tt, Looking for SE piston job in broome. Any info would be much appreciaed.

Don't waste your time in Broome then, head to Dar-whine!

Thanks for the advice but i have family in broome and wanna settle down there.

settle down with the family @ only 21!

Yep i kno but thats what my plan is at the moment

.....................my plan is at the moment ......spoken like a true pilot:ok: & don't let ya misses hear that either, at yr age you have a few years yet to add to her wealth:E
These pages are full of advice about flying up Nth, am sure a lot will steer you in the right direction, but just in case, take a GPS:ok:

Good luck, I wish I was yr age again, hmmmm no I don't:}


Wmk2

Do you have a multi-IF rating? Coastwatch are a bit short on FOs in Broome I believe.

I believe Broome is possibly not the place for you at the moment. It has slowed up quiet a bit, and will take time to recover. Of course if your decided and can't be moved, Something will come up eventually. Just be prepared to work in other industries for a while........ even when you do get a gig, chances are you will need a second job for a while as well. Rents are high and wages low.

Yup
 

Mate,

With 1000 TT and your sights set on SE piston you will get work in Broome. Perhaps you'll get unlucky and have to wait for a few weeks... but with >1000 hours you will get work in Broome.

I've only worked in the East Kimberley and I'm currently in Perth but I have no problem assuring you that you will get work in Broome.

Is this a wind-up?

FRQ CB

PS it may be casual but for three years now (and possibly longer but I can't say) the casual Broome folk I know have averaged about full-time.

As we all did.............before the global economic downturn. has and will further effect tourism and mining work...........the majority of work you find in Broome.
you will get a start no doubt, but might not be as fast as it has been of late, or as much flying.

Yes i have a Multi Ifr but its Expired. Also I am looking for a min 40k salary. I have 9 months scenic and charter exp in kimberley.

The only SE job that you will see over 40k in Broome is with Broome av on a Van, even then its casual rates.

I kno most SE piston pilots in broome are casual but ive got 9 months scenic flight and charter exp in kimberley and i will stay with the same company for at least the whole dry season.

Who cares, a 150 hour CPL after 50 hours or so exposure could do the job just as well for the single engine award, which last time I looked was around the 33k mark. Most operators in Broome have a bit of a 'pecking' order so you'll start off taking the scraps with the junior guys. If they recruited you straight to the top, paid you 40k and gave you the 'choice' charters there would be a lot of noses out of joint and you would find it incredibly difficult to find someone to have a beer after work AND we all know what moaning GA pilots are like, the cancer spreads pretty fast through a company!

If you want over 40K get a C208 endo and knock on Broome avs door, or renew the ME-CIR and head to Darwin. (1000 hours will see you slot nicely into Hardy, they are taking on guys now so a little birdy tells me)

I'd also put money that the majority of that 9 months experience was Dry season flying, without a full 'wet season' or two behind you it won't mean much to an operator this time of year, it will just help out with your own flying knowing your way around.

Thanks for ur suggestion Green Goblin. I think ur right about the moaning Ga pilots, but in aviation experience does make a big difference. a 1000hr pilot is more safe and efficient than a 250 hr. plus i am ready to commit myself for the whole of the next dry season.

Renew it and you could be getting a bit over 70K with SAPL.

I disagree, a 250 hour pilot is fresh with the rules and generally more prepared and conscientious. A 1000 hour pilot is sometimes a little too comfortable with their self expressed experience and often become a little cocky with weather and pushing the margins a little more than they would have previously (proved by your above sentiments)

It generally takes a good scare before they are back on track again. (which most of us have had)

If you look at most single engine fatal accidents in the charter world the pilots have varying experience between 600-1200 hours. Multi engine accidents however are usually in the first 200 hours of experience.

In regards to yourself staying for at least the dry, so will the 250 hour pilots trying to get to the magic 1000 to get a multi engine job, you already have the tonne, so in the operators eyes you won't be a sure thing no matter how noble your intentions are to begin with.

Thanks aerostar. i have just sent in my application to sapl. I will get my Multi Ifr renewed if they ask me to.

You are partly true green goblin. But still if u look at things from the employers point o view then they would rather put their money on the more experienced.

Am not so sure about SA guys. remember when they did the old travelling road show stunt a little while back around Oz? Well I know of 4 guys all whom had zillions of hrs on twin turbo prop, some with jet time & ALL with lots of experience in decision making outside of the easy 'bus' jobs. Not one of them got a look in with SA. So I can only think that they want 'gringos' so they can mould them their way. I'd say the same as "urshtnme' 'cause heard a few disquieting things too about SA so ask around a lot more before blindly thinking that their little vid promo is all lovey dovey within.
Is it really around $33K for a single piston job up Broome way? If so I don't know how you guys do it, me takes me hat off to yuuuus:ok:

Wmk2

I'm sure though Wally that 33k is better than we you started out, there is not much "work for free" anymore. Couple of guys offered occasionally, (usually from the 9th state) but they never got anywhere!