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Mmmmm ....
....... any one know about FAS are they hiring Bell 412 EP pilots .....
Yes I understand they are ...... BUT ..... you you HAVE to have some pretty specific qualifications and experience ...... very much the same sort of experience as WAS required to get into ADA so many years ago (ie Canuk Passport
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Apply via their web site or via the "Old Boys Network" ......
....... any one know about FAS are they hiring Bell 412 EP pilots .....
Yes I understand they are ...... BUT ..... you you HAVE to have some pretty specific qualifications and experience ...... very much the same sort of experience as WAS required to get into ADA so many years ago (ie Canuk Passport
) ....Apply via their web site or via the "Old Boys Network" ......
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Spinwing - sounds a bit like a case of sour grapes to me. Since you are obviously 'in the know' and have all the hard facts maybe you could just let us know the actual ratio of nationalities; just as a matter of conjecture?
By the way this 'Hmmmm' business is getting pretty boring!
By the way this 'Hmmmm' business is getting pretty boring!
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sandbunny,
That time of the month is it??
Or do you have your own sour grapes to squeeze?
I don't know why people with nothing useful to contribute bother posting...
On a more constructive note, A6-BBS (212) was down this way from ADA last week, anyone know what it's upto??
That time of the month is it??
Or do you have your own sour grapes to squeeze?
I don't know why people with nothing useful to contribute bother posting...
On a more constructive note, A6-BBS (212) was down this way from ADA last week, anyone know what it's upto??
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Mmmm...
Bell pilot .....
At the moment I believe they prefer to work a 6wk On /6wk Off roster ....
It would appear they fly their hours out very quickly due to the tasking of Ops in the Zakum field ... and sometimes due to the leave schedule and pilot availability they're short of crew ... this will get better as they get enough personnel hired ....
Good Luck
Bell pilot .....
At the moment I believe they prefer to work a 6wk On /6wk Off roster ....
It would appear they fly their hours out very quickly due to the tasking of Ops in the Zakum field ... and sometimes due to the leave schedule and pilot availability they're short of crew ... this will get better as they get enough personnel hired ....
Good Luck
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Mmmmm ...
....Anyone there with a foot in the door and "internal" informations? ...
Yes of course ..... BUT ... that won't really help you unless your ....
a. Ex ADA ... with local area experience, license etc ...
B. An old mate of somebody already there (preferably one of the "Canadian mafia")
[note to 'sandbunny' ... that was a joke this time I'm telling you so you can know!].
Monthly hours flown will be in accordance with GCAA regs ....... (sort off) 90 hrs in any 28 day period ??? etc etc etc
Good luck
....Anyone there with a foot in the door and "internal" informations? ...
Yes of course ..... BUT ... that won't really help you unless your ....
a. Ex ADA ... with local area experience, license etc ...
B. An old mate of somebody already there (preferably one of the "Canadian mafia")
[note to 'sandbunny' ... that was a joke this time I'm telling you so you can know!].
Monthly hours flown will be in accordance with GCAA regs ....... (sort off) 90 hrs in any 28 day period ??? etc etc etc
Good luck
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I like it, a thread with actual information!
I interviewed with ADA and I'm waiting for a reply. In the meantime does anyone know living conditions in the compounds for their employees?
Simple things like
private apartments vs rooms ,
gym facilities vs just jogging around the area,
fast food places vs kitchenettes in the apt/rooms,
free wifi vs having to pay for your own internet access,
things like that. I've read the entire thread so I'm looking for some updated info for this year at least.
I interviewed with ADA and I'm waiting for a reply. In the meantime does anyone know living conditions in the compounds for their employees?
Simple things like
private apartments vs rooms ,
gym facilities vs just jogging around the area,
fast food places vs kitchenettes in the apt/rooms,
free wifi vs having to pay for your own internet access,
things like that. I've read the entire thread so I'm looking for some updated info for this year at least.
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I interviewed with ADA and I'm waiting for a reply. In the meantime does anyone know living conditions in the compounds for their employees?
Simple things like
private apartments vs rooms ,
gym facilities vs just jogging around the area,
fast food places vs kitchenettes in the apt/rooms,
free wifi vs having to pay for your own internet access,
Now that was one funny post!!
Simple things like
private apartments vs rooms ,
gym facilities vs just jogging around the area,
fast food places vs kitchenettes in the apt/rooms,
free wifi vs having to pay for your own internet access,
Now that was one funny post!!
whats so funny???
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AAhahahahahahahhahhhahahahahahaaaaaaaa
Wait minute I............I'm just..............ahaahahahahhahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa
Free Wifi!!!
Cracks me up.
Whoooo!
Wait minute I............I'm just..............ahaahahahahhahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa
Free Wifi!!!
Cracks me up.
Whoooo!
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Well up to now I have confirmed via email that there's free wifi in a few hotels in Abu Dhabi so it's not such a ridiculous question. I'm glad that when you initially went there you knew everything there was to know so you didn't have to ask anyone.
I just don't get this attitude. I've been flying for decades, ATP/CFII in both airplane and helos, retired US Air Force, and lots of other accomplishments but one thing you'll never see me doing is making fun of or looking down on somebody for asking a question. When I don't want to answer a question or don't know the answer, I just don't post anything.
I just don't get this attitude. I've been flying for decades, ATP/CFII in both airplane and helos, retired US Air Force, and lots of other accomplishments but one thing you'll never see me doing is making fun of or looking down on somebody for asking a question. When I don't want to answer a question or don't know the answer, I just don't post anything.
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Pilot135PD
no one is doubting your accomplishments as an aviator, credit where credits due, you are probably up there with some of the best...Just don't take yourself too serious...some of the guys making posts have probably done sometime in the UAE and you should be able to read between the lines...why don't you contact ADA and ask about the accomodation, gym/sauna, theatre, free internet and before you commit get something in writing. I know they are building a new facility for the pilots and engineers which should be completed any day soon which will be great...Good luck with the new job
you are probably up there with some of the best...Just don't take yourself too serious...some of the guys making posts have probably done sometime in the UAE and you should be able to read between the lines...why don't you contact ADA and ask about the accomodation, gym/sauna, theatre, free internet and before you commit get something in writing. I know they are building a new facility for the pilots and engineers which should be completed any day soon which will be great...Good luck with the new job
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Yeah you are right. Sorry about that. It's just that ADA's living standards have such a terrible reputation that it seemed funny.
They were in the process of improving the situation (for about the last 8 years) but last I looked most people were living in temporary prefab trailers ( called van's locally) that were designed to last about 10 years max in that environment. They've been in them for around 30 years.
They have mold, leak and some might have vermin.
Try Falcon aviation in Abu Dhabi. Probably a better situation all around.
They were in the process of improving the situation (for about the last 8 years) but last I looked most people were living in temporary prefab trailers ( called van's locally) that were designed to last about 10 years max in that environment. They've been in them for around 30 years.
They have mold, leak and some might have vermin.
Try Falcon aviation in Abu Dhabi. Probably a better situation all around.
Inter'n'view Pilot135PD
are these not the questions to ask at the interview?
Thought that was what an interview normally includes; do you have any question for me/us?
Or did they not invite you to ask. If anybody knows, it would be the interviewer.
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are these not the questions to ask at the interview?
Thought that was what an interview normally includes; do you have any question for me/us?
Or did they not invite you to ask. If anybody knows, it would be the interviewer.
Thought that was what an interview normally includes; do you have any question for me/us?
Or did they not invite you to ask. If anybody knows, it would be the interviewer.
Unlike your reply
Sorry
But then maybe I am wrong. I might excercise more restraint when I post next.
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It does not take much research at all to find out that ADA's living area is one of the worst, if not the worst, in all of aviation. I have been in many, many field camps in the deserts of Yemen to the North Slope of Alaska, and everyone of those camps was better then the ADA living compound! The camp was built about 30 years ago as a temporary measure and ADA has been promising a new living compound for at least 15 years that I know about. I know of one pilot that spent one night in the camp and just went back to the airport and left the country. I know a couple of guys that pay out of their pockets to live elsewhere...Prepare to be sick, a lot!
Free Wifi! Private Apartment living!! ROTFLMAO!!!! It's still funny!!!!
Free Wifi! Private Apartment living!! ROTFLMAO!!!! It's still funny!!!!
I spent 3 years with ADA and had a great time... The pilots there were some of the best professionals I have worked with anywhere in the world, and that includes the north sea/irish sea/sns. Of course one or two knob's always slip through the net, but they are soon found out and usually removed
As for the accommodation, I never had a problem.... Got off the flight, got in a taxi and went straight to my 3 bed apartment in town that my honey had set up as her contract started before mine
Never spent one single night in the "chicken ranch"
Yes it costs you money, but if you are happy, there is a life outside ADA and there is/was always plenty of overtime/workovers to make up for the rent
Just depends what sort of deal you are after really, but I know that my gig would not suit everyone.
Good luck and watch out for bandits at 3 o'clock in the Zakum field.
As for the accommodation, I never had a problem.... Got off the flight, got in a taxi and went straight to my 3 bed apartment in town that my honey had set up as her contract started before mine
Never spent one single night in the "chicken ranch"
Yes it costs you money, but if you are happy, there is a life outside ADA and there is/was always plenty of overtime/workovers to make up for the rent
Just depends what sort of deal you are after really, but I know that my gig would not suit everyone.
Good luck and watch out for bandits at 3 o'clock in the Zakum field.