PNG : Flying in Papua New Guinea
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1600 hrs, especially since most of it is turbine, might have been enough for a foot in the door in the last year or two. You might have missed the bus though.
The global recession is having its effect. There are more experienced pilots starting to look towards PNG again. Something they didn't need to do in the last few years.
Nobody knows what is happening up there in the future. Will investment in oil and mining falter, or will it carry on in anticipation of the recovery? Will the proposed LNG pipeline happen, and give a shot in the arm to industry?
Only time will tell. Good luck.
The global recession is having its effect. There are more experienced pilots starting to look towards PNG again. Something they didn't need to do in the last few years.
Nobody knows what is happening up there in the future. Will investment in oil and mining falter, or will it carry on in anticipation of the recovery? Will the proposed LNG pipeline happen, and give a shot in the arm to industry?
Only time will tell. Good luck.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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contact numbers...
Heavylift +675 5451240
Pacific Helicopters +675 7321833
HeliNuigini +675 3211476
Islands Aviation + 675 325 4055
Southwest (Carson and Pratt) + 675 5491278
Pacific Helicopters +675 7321833
HeliNuigini +675 3211476
Islands Aviation + 675 325 4055
Southwest (Carson and Pratt) + 675 5491278
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Thanks for the info guys. From what I can gather Pacific have a full compliment of pilots and Hevi-Lift are not hiring due to economic down turn but maybe thats a polite way of saying you don't have enough hours go away. I havent heard back from the other companies.
Thanks again
Nutty
Thanks again
Nutty
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: ...in view of the 'Southern Cross' ...
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Mmmmm ....
Tricky this ....
I would suggest Moro ..... Hagen dangerous ...especially at night (the locals do not wear reflectors
) as is Port Moresby .... Goroka probably Ok ... but watch yourself ....
Cheers
Tricky this ....
I would suggest Moro ..... Hagen dangerous ...especially at night (the locals do not wear reflectors
) as is Port Moresby .... Goroka probably Ok ... but watch yourself .... Cheers
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Yep Moro has it all!!!!! a dry camp so get a few skin fulls prior to arrival is always the best bet if you like to drink. Remember to take your jandals if you like to take a shower at the end of the day and get clean without the fungle infections between your toes!!! and something to wipe the seat if you like to sit down and relax for 5 min every day without getting covered in someone elses #*#* and urine, although us heli pilots get quite good at hovering if you know what I mean. (I'm sure the locals can't sit square on that seat or realize that the seat actually has a hinge on it) The water there always quenches your thirst but after a couple of weeks if your not use to it ,some imodium is always a real safe bet especially at 5000 feet and your busy at the top of a long line if you know what I mean! If you like sleeping with a pillow take your own as a lot of the rooms have no air con and the pillows smell like 10 year old sweat, and just about make you vomit! (i sleep without now) other than that it's an oasis in the middle of the jungle. I don't know why tourists aren't flocking there in their thousands. hope it goes well, cheers
I found it interesting while I was in Canada to find out that most Canadians I worked with (I was in the northern bush, not the southern cities) actually call them "thongs", the same as Aussies do. It has only been recently that the use of the American terminology of "flip-flop" has become widespread.
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Mmmmm ...
Yes ... I did have a moment there when composing my post ... the thought of some of our North American bretheren trying to figure out how to wear our thongs the same way they would wear their thongs ..... I had a quick laugh then got on with it!
Yes ... I did have a moment there when composing my post ... the thought of some of our North American bretheren trying to figure out how to wear our thongs the same way they would wear their thongs ..... I had a quick laugh then got on with it!
