Yeah dog-fighting in a para aircraft presumably with pax on one of them isn't for me. As soon as the situation presented itself to me I would have thought "we haven't planned this, here comes a f#ck-up".

Yeah you're right framer it shouldn't have happened and I did the wrong thing but it was the hard core skydivers on board that egged the other pilot on.

It's like the old days of skydivers grabbing the keys on the way out ... which was before my time

Had that happen to me when I meat bombed a few years ago. Always had the spare set in the flight manual in the glove box. Hid them when I shutdown, the jumpers never knew how I kept it going.:}:ok:

I would imagine now days if they did that, they would be kicked off the DZ

good one !

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Hey guys, had a read through this old thread. Anyone know what the current go is for low timers trying to get into para dropping in oz??

Cheers

Not much has changed, pay is still sh1t to non existent as a low timer.

If you do get into skydiving get out & head north once you've got 500hrs TT
like I should have done :ugh:

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Oh bugger, do I sense some regret there? :)

How far nth are we talking? I've heard there's heaps of para ops all up the east side of oz, is this where you mean?

Cheers

I think what he means is it's a crappy job with low/nil pay. Get some 206/182 time paradropping and once you hit 500TT, it'll make your life easier when you head to Broome/Darwin/Kununurra to find a charter/scenic job.

Good flying and fun but get in and get out as suggested, nobody really respects meat bomber time in charter or airlines.

Lots of good experiences, the worst was pressure to drop in bad weather or the jumpers wanting to fly when the plane had a problem. You need to know your limits and be stubborn about it, lot's of 'hero' jump pilots got into trouble or died trying to please the crowd in the past.

Good luck !

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Cheers guys, so what's the deal over here with PPL drop pilots now, have the rules changed yet?

PPL is still ok, min 200TT, 100PIC, 10 on type.

More info here , or download the APF Jump Pilot manual here.

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Cheers ears!

hey guys, read through this thread and noticed that people have posted that para ops is difficult. How is this so? Is it due to the dramatic change to the COG? Have no knowledge on any of this stuff but sounds like fun and challenging stuff.
Cheers

And while there are pilots willing to fly for nothing, (and in doing so, only prolonging the lifetime of the practice), the operators will continue to pressure the pilots with (veiled or blatant) threats of "if you won't do it, there are plenty of other desperates out there who will."

Purely aimed at the freebies....
At least whores get paid.:cool:

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What's this for needing 500TT in broome etc? I got job TT 250 couple of weeks ago.

How'd you rangle that? :eek:

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Knocking on doors mate. Nobody here asks for 500TT

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Sounds interesting, can you please PM me some suggestions..... :)