Teachers and Nurses - Bless em!!
 

Hi,

This is just a special thankyou to all those teachers and nurses working across our remote northern parts over the years, and hopefully for many more years to come.

As pilots we understand what it's like to work in these otherwise inhospitable places, and that's why it's so important for us to work together to help each other out.

Please be aware that you are doing your bit for aviation safety by letting us pilots concentrate on what we do best, rather than counting the days since we last enjoyed the company of a sweet young lady.

We will always remember these moments...

Cheers,

TL :D

P.S. Let this thread serve as a forum for those who understand what we go through, to recall those great moments.

TL I think that's what you really meant to say. ;) W

Ha Ha....... TL's just told the pprune world how much he appreciates the comany of then fairer sex in the back of beyond.
:p :p

I think a number of hard working teachers and nurses in our remote communities might find this thread encouraging.

I also think a majority of pilot’s might find a resonance in TLs comments too.

404 Titan

Thank you for your words of encouragement to the youngsters.

I was going to delete the thread but decided a little judicious editing would reveal its true meaning.

You see mrs woomera is a nurse and a teacher who has spent a little time in those parts and has fond memories of the companionship she enjoyed there.

We should forever be grateful for the nurses and teachers of this world, as they are the ultimate carers, and therefore I can only applaud TLs notions:O :cool:

Woomera

Thank you for revealing the true meaning of this thread. I’m sure that Mrs Woomera would agree with its sentiments too. I have many a fond memory of working and socializing with nurses, teachers and police in FNQ and Gulf communities during my time there. They do a truly remarkable job and generally go unthanked. Hopefully this thread will now go a long way to correct a previous wrong.
:)

I to would like to add a special thankyou to the young medical students who frequent our remote north and who's company is extremely welcome. Keep up the good work.

What about the infamous Alcatraz (nurses quarters in DERBY)
Never could figure out if that big barb wire fence was to keep the pilot's out (except for Dick Roberton's one's of course - They would never dream of doing the sex thingy out of wedlock..)
or the nurses in. The arse of my jeans on the wire wasn't the only thing f##ked in that place........... :=

Having alot to do with remote community nurses, docs, student docs and a little less frequently, teachers, I am more than aware of how much these people put up with and how much reward they recieve for doing a sometimes less than thankless and occasionally violent job.

We host international student docs and nurses from all over the world, and for most of them culture shock is a very mild summary. We generally party their worries off, give em jobs like they will never experience anywhere else in the world, (tropical medicine is a unique field, community medicine in the tropics and sub tropics even more so) and show them the brand of hospitality they come back for.

We have students who finish med school and rebase back here for some odd reason! :p . One german doc came here very shy, very nearly had him walk out on his first night, but after three weeks of working with the folks (nurses, PCA's, paramedics and perminant community docs here, he is coming back for his residency next year. He summed it up well...

"the country is vast, appears barron and devoid of life... but I looked closer, first I was scared, but now, I see warmth and genuine people like no where else in the world in a seeming inhospitible and spectacular place."

The remote areas breed an honesty and a genuine attitude rare in heavily populated environs.... for without friends and companions, and a self-motivated sense of fun and adventure, youd figuratively die out here and find somewhere more suited.

With a very small core of people who work and live in very close proximity you tend to rely on one another... this includes the communities pilots as they tend to be an essential link for both the medical and teaching professions.

Some of the best mates and life long friends I have met while working remote. Besides who else but the pilot can bring back the KFC, Maccas and Hungry Jacks in such style and be trusted not to eat all of it on the way back!

My old instructor once told me two of the surest things in life were teachers and nurses (bless em). Don't forget the back packers though for the supply of cold beer and warm hearts during the interminable waiting period between jobs we should be truly grateful to the munga's.

Sabe THUMBS UP for teachers (especially from YMAA). :D

That's basically what I was trying to say Woomera ;)

I just have a habit of being about as subtle as a sledgehammer u see.

Oh yes Snapper_Head, medical students, how could I forget that one?

:D
TL

Hey TL there is a nice new med student in Broome she goes down your neck of the woods sometimes and is looking for someone to show her around. Great person and heaps of fun! Always keen for a beer and a flight.

A little help lads im in Newman at the moment and cant track down the teachers.

Snapper

Yes VB! Mutta sabe that YMAA teacher and the fine companship shown on those late arvo stealth missions.

"All stations Sassie, ahhhh p.o.w. ummm hamilton ahh can I just check the flaps are up...aahhh what are the chances?"

Teachers, Nurses, Med Students - Bless em!

P.S. Dont forget the barmaids!

Hey SH,

I would be more than obliged to show her round. Would hate to think you had beat me to it though!

I'll send you an email soon, let u know the goss although the mouth of the Kimberley has probably beaten me to it!

Cheers,
TL

Yeah its a funny thing, even now when I meet a beautiful woman down here in Sydney and she tells me she's a Nurse or a Teacher, they can't work out why I have such a big grin on my face.:D :D

Safe flying, hoss

Hi guys,

On a serious note, can I ask for your advice?
I love the Kimberley. Grew up in a remote community and my parents are teaching up there at the moment. At the end of the year I will have completed by grad dip in teaching and hope to go up there for a year for the experience and to earn some cash. The thing is that I really want to fly. Always have and probably always will.
I guess my questions to you are:

Should I teach next year in the Kimberley, complete physics by correspondence and spend all my savings on attaining my licence during next summer’s holidays? or

is it better to work part-time in Perth, complete physics at school and pay for lessons as I can afford them throughout the year?

I was also wondering what the job prospects were like for pilots up there?

Anyway I would really appreciate any advice you can offer.

Nika

If their bags are too heavy for you to lift then get the bag's owner to do it!

Make sure you have a second qualification that will guarantee some form of employment. Flying is a very chancy occupation.

You're better off working full time & saving for a concentrated period of flying training eg two or four weeks full time in your holidays, especially in the early phase, than doing one lesson per week or fortnight or whatever.