I've only seen 2 of their instructors, very junior G3's who have quite an attitude.....very unfriendly chaps. They just better understand they share the field with us........and we are the big fish.

nos4r2
 

Sorry, but your post made me laugh. Had to read it about 4 times to understand what you were getting at. :hmm:

Grow up? Naa, I like being young.

Personally, I would rather NOT spend $80k and give up 6 years of my life, ESPECIALLY after reading comments posted here in D&G.

But hey, that's just MY opinion. :ok:

nos4r2,
don't lose sight of the fact that PPRUNE is as the acronymn describes it...a 'rumour network' and nothing more and nothing less! Anyone making decisions based solely or largely on much of the banter that is contributed here has some serious 'situational awareness' deficiencies!! Don't lose sight of reality chum and PPRUNE is not reality!

Ah yes ORACLE,

but many a true word said in jest.

Or mabye jest isn't the correct term, er... well, you know what I mean. Having said that, I receievd a PM by someone in the know that said the original contract for the cadet scheme awarded to MFS has now gone to MFTA due to a lack of instructors! No... surely not? Just shake a tree and 3 more will fall out. Also the aircraft that were touted so brightly in the REX press release aren't even in the country yet!

All unsubstantiated to be sure. But it seems to me this whole situation smacks of desperation rather than a rational process to address a critical situation.

Rex etc...
 

Ok so now I see that we are flying in the same direction after all!
I was assuming that Dreamjob was defending Rex and attacking my interpretation of what others have written which I must admit suprised me.
So we are in agreeance; Rex are offering a pretty poor cadetship program...or so the rumours would suggest. I also wont be taking up any offer from them should I recieve one.
In regards to instructors, I would assume they would want the best they could gather. However instructing for them seems like it would be another path to oblivion.
Such a shame really; it could have been a great opportunity for pilots and Rex, but as usual arrogent fools are making the decisions.

Happy flying!

Exactly! :ok:

Krusty mate, you're no clown.:}:ok::E

That is my take on the situation too.

Actually it :mad: breaks my heart because if TRex had approached this like mature adults I possibly could have settled there and had a 20+ year career with them. I could have even applied for the Albury base and been home every night!

Oh well... such is life.:sad:

Well its now the 10th of December - the date the first course was due to start. So, does anybody know if they managed to find some instructors and are they up and running up there in Mangalore?

Yes, all starts as scheduled tomorrow. 18 Students

Lol......Statements like that don't help your cause Oz. I very much agree with the sentiment however.

D:ok:

Trailertrash,

Sounds like you are in the know, but deliberately light on detail!

How are the facilities, aircraft, instructors, etc.....

Sounds like a pretty small pond!;)

Not being light on detail for any other reason than that is all I know. Do know 1 of the cadets so should know more later.

Rumour has it that the cadets starting today are in for a long time on the ground. Four of the five aircraft brought in to the country for this purpose are reportedly full of corrosion - the fifth has not been inspected yet.

The training organisation apparently does not have an AOC yet, either, which could present problems if true.

Bloody hell Lasior, I know you said it is a rumour, I would love to know if there is fact in it.

As for the AOC, maybe they can sub the flying out 'til they get it... Perhaps OzG3 might be training the new troops!:}:}:}

Either way, I think the 'management' at TRex will be starting to get embarrassed to talk about where they work at social functions.

ABX, me too. THe only thing I know for sure is that I heard the above on the grapevine.

Keep us up to date TrailerTrash, I'm very interested to see what happens up there over the next month or so...

I think that you will find that the five Warriors are new aircraft and are only now in the process of being shipped from the USA.

It is ground school for the students until CATA gets an AOC as it is no longer reported as working under someone elses AOC.

There is still a staffing problem as the Friday Decemebr 7 Australian advert for grade 1 & 2 ME with TA and ME IFR instructors indicated.

Altogether it indicates that someone at Rex plucked a date of of the air then said to the minions 'make it work'.

The biggest problem is going to be to get suitably qualified instructors prepared to work at Mangalore and who will stay for a reasonable period of time.

There would appear to be a decreasing pool of potential instructors to take up positions at CATA/Rex.
No doubt the best Grade 1 & 2 instructors have been poached by airlines.

This sage has not finished yet.

Judging by the number of Rex threads on PPRuNe, I have no doubt the above statement is highly accurate!:}

The aircraft are new build airframes said to be delivered to a US operator who then decided not to take them. I would doubt the corrosion rumour is correct but will know when they arrive. I know the bloke who will put them together.
They are doing each lesson on lap top simulator with joystick at their desks, a little dubious about that as I think it will create a group of instrument watchers rather then ones that lookout for traffic and attitude.

17 ME hours only allocated for ME intial and CIR ME. Thats gonna be real tight.

I had a chat with a couple of the cadets today, they seem to be pretty decent young(ish) chaps and quite bright to at first impression. they like the airport and think the accomodation is tops, and no they are not banned from leaving the airport during the week, just no partying mid week, thats fair enough. Yes they have all read the Rex threads on pprune.

Its going to be very tough recruiting grade2's and moreso grade 1's. It seems that no one wants to drive MEL to MNG (200km a day). Living in the local area, Seymour is a bit of a dive but not tooo bad. We have had little reponse to several adds, and we offer progression to turbine time and loads of ME time. Even a couple of junior grade 3's chucked it in in after 2 days, too far to drive the whinged.

But, do (some) of their instructors HAVE to be so rude....a simple hello in the carpark is greeted with a.... bugger off. We have gone out of our way to be welcoming and friendly.

Ah, dont you love Grade3's wih attitude.