Alligator Airway's
 

Very interesting..But let's face it, would it be worth the trouble of going up there, knowing that you only have a CPL & NVFR with 250 Hours T.T :confused:

I remember last year they were asking for 400 Hours, NVFR, and any turbine experience. I wonder what happened? :E

Has anyone worked for them or might know someone who has? Thank's :ok:

PK777

Apostrophe man to the rescue
 

I have worked for Alligator, but it was a long time ago under (very) different ownership.

I would just like to point out, however, that not every word ending in "s" requires an apostrophe inserted before it.

As a (again, very) basic rule, apostrophes denote posession (Ben's dumb ass refers to my stupid donkey) or abbreviation (Ben's a dumb ass, abbreviating Ben IS a dumb ass, refers to the generally fruitless exercise of posting this crap on PPRuNe)

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I really should lock up the office and just go home :rolleyes:

After this beginning I was expecting the next three lines would yield some good information. Not punctuation Nazism. :{

Furthermore, as I am sure our pedantesque contributor would elucidate should he further delay his hejira, there is only one Kimberley, not that the OP has made that solecism yet :8

Comprehensive + Grammar Check
 

Thank you very much for pointing it out. Damn you people on PPRune's :E really do take this s*** seriously :}

Please feel free too elaborate! Just recently they advertised a job position for a new C.P!

Tell me about it Fondair :ok:

Who cares if you only have 250 hours. Thats enough. Get yourself some 210 time, learn EVERYTHING about the place and EVERYTHING they suggest you learn and go get yourself a job.

Damo give's better advise's than I did's.

There i's s'till a s,pecial file in my computer for application"s with s'hit punctuation an that.

And for the record, I worked for Alligator about 15 years ago ... not very relevant!!! :\

I worked for Alligator from mid 93-95, when Ken Paton sold his share of AA to Craig Muir.

However that was after spending 10 months driving a tractor, supervising mungbeans who were picking onions and smashing pumpkins for seed!:E

Life was pretty basic but a hell of a lot of fun, so PK777-300 take a punt and get cracking up to the Kimberley and find yourself a job!

The way things are going with CASA right now I doubt they will make it to the dry season.......If they do, expect a strategic grounding for maximum affect right on peak season with a full compliment of staff onboard and where costs are at a peak.

I'd keep your noses pretty clean this year too fellas, make sure you have your t's crossed and your i's dotted. Don't even think about a couple of extra kilos, the scales will be there for sure.

It would seem rightly or wrongly CASA has a bone to pick. Once those wheels start to turn and the screws are tightened it does not matter who is right or
who is wrong, it only matters how deep your pockets are and how much you are willing to lose. Generally 'everything'.

Judging from the TIO-540 disaster (which we all warned about on pprune, why would you run the engines at 80% power in cruise :ugh:) I don't think the pockets are too deep. There is a reason why there are cruise schedules in aircraft POH/AFMs.

Also remember engineers might think they know how to operate engines, but unless they are a pilot they do not. Pilots fly and operate engines, engineers fix them.

I would also never give a 200 hour pilot a turbocharged engine to play with until I was positive they knew how to handle it. While it is easy to operate it is certainly not as forgiving as its naturally aspirated cousin when treated poorly.

Try for Slingair this year fellas. If CASA want a war, you don't want to be in the middle of it.

Stay safe out there.

What did Kenny do with himself? Nice fella :ok:

Thank you all for the advice fellas :ok:, I might go too moorabbin and do a MECIR before i head up north. Would help during the wet season :E

PK777-300.

Last I knew he went back to his home country (Upper Murray) and bought the Khancoban service station.:D

Now, at a guess, I'd imagine he'd be retired back on to the family farm at Tooma!:ok:

I wouldn't bother unless you've the spare money to spend. If Kununurra is anything like it used to be you'll spend the first couple of seasons flogging around in singles. All it would mean is you have one extra rating to try and keep current and renewed each year!:rolleyes:

These days, with the rate of progression through the industry, I think you'd be stupid to leave home to find that first job without a MECIR. You just never know. I was flying IFR within my first 12 months.

morno

I concur.

ATPL subjects and a MECIR help you sleep at night.

You can just head north and fly your pants off until something better comes up.

You can also take holidays and relax vs having to study your arse off for 6 weeks before heading back to work and getting flogged.

I was flying multi engine IFR also within 12 months of my first job and about 800 hours.

I had to take 6 weeks off to do my CIR and missed out on the airline boom of 07/08 as I didn't have my ATPL subjects.

Since we did anyone have any money to spare into aviation? :E It's all about investments! :}

:ok: Spot on! From what iv'e been tolled, heading up north without a MECIR or IR would get you nowhere in GA. What ever happened to the good old days. :(

What are you dreaming about at night? :E haha

Definately get the MECIR. I was flying C210's IFR from the first day checked to line of my first job! (12 months ago).

Oh oh. Stand by for correction!

I have seen so many people miss out on opportunies because they didn't have a CIR. Who cares if you won't use it for a few years. Taking time off to get it done can be very hard. If you have the time and money, do it now.

'tis alright, he has an eTag.

And yes, get it (MECIR) out of the way now. That IFR job that comes out of the blue when they (or another company) are short as someone just left and they need someone now won't wait for you to go east and do your rating.

It won't matter if you're not that current. In many companies, they will take someone they know and get them up to speed, rather than hire an unknown who on paper claims to be up to speed.

My apologies I hould have said that if your budget can stretch to it definitely get it out of the way, I lobbed to the Kimberley with a freshly minted MECIR I just didn't get to use it in anger for a couple of dry seasons!

I also knew of plenty that didn't and they managed to get it out of the way in the wet on their hols!:ok:

Times have changed though mate - people get IFR twin jobs up north with less than 2 wet seasons and 2000 hours nowadays.... :eek: