Shovel,

I knew about a dozen AF pilots and we all got paid properly. Funny thing about bush operations is that if the pay is wrong then the revenue rate per MR hour take a bit of a hit - something called backcharter, and the owners know it.

"do we include fuel in trivial crap??" Yes we do, either out of a pump with a card, or a drum / isotank. Are you saying pilots have to buy their own fuel ?

"A companies workforce retention, (not detention), is a direct reflection of the company and how it is run." Yes, that and trivial stuff like your accumulation rate for single and twin time (tick as applicable). If they don't pay up you've got 7? years to use your log book, MR photocopies/pics, F+D records, trip sheets and dated contemporaneous records of conversation and emails as prima facie evidence for the FWO. Read the FW Act and the Award.
Geoffrey was actually one of the most normal owners I met in GA. The rest were a bunch of various fruitloops, airheads, thieves, pedophiles, and included one actual genuine siliconed up Penthouse Pet.

You even contradict your argument by stating, "gets revenue from single engine remote bases that don't cost anything.". Overhead fixed costs are SFA. Wages, MR time and fuel are direct variable costs and not base expenses.

Geoffrey still thought I was a traitor because I left to do other stuff but hey that's Geoffrey.

Shovel 02,

>The Lake Evil accident was a cultural problem that developed over 400km's away from the Bosses sphere of influence. The fact he had no idea of the culture is a reflection of his engagement with his employees.<
That was a supervision problem within the chain of command, and the hard lesson would have been learned.

>He survives because of the work his employees do for him. They Work outside the scope of their employment duties.<
Correct to a certain extent - pilots know what needs doing and do it and thats GA, unless you find a company with it's own loaders, ops staff and aircraft cleaners.
He needs to keep doing this and keep his 15 (by now) children out of the way when they start becoming old enough. Its always worked well like this but if it becomes a 'family' business then things will go wrong.

>And I write this on behalf of the countless pilots Jeff has rubbished behind their back's after they left the company. I listened to him verbally bash expilots. I have heard others tell me about listening to him verbally bash other expilots with false claims. I know first hand of his attempts to sabotage my new job after I left, because my new boss recalled the conversation he had had with Jeff to me.<
Operators in the next level up, from Margaret River to Cape York, have heard about this habit. Get a written ref off the AF CP.

You complain too much (and on other's behalf).

Contract suspended
 

What contract is that ?

Yes, that would do it, however it's a rumour like everything else.

Does anyone know if this is still happening? Was going to apply but will steer clear if this is the case

Yes, if that is the case then AF will have invented a selection process that will weed out the smart people and leave it with the rest. Paying for an endorsement or approval with your name on it is acceptable, paying for company induction is a rip off.