Pilots for AS350B3e in Nepal
Joined: Feb 2014
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From: South of the Equator
Pay at Shree
Hi guy's, the pay in Nepal is not great but the cost of living is very low or so I have been told. Pay is $2500 US per month $40 per hour and $450 housing allowance. Low by western standards but was assured that you can live like a king and save $2000 per month. Good luck to all that want to work up there as it would be an amazing place to be and fly, but not somewhere you will make a lot of money, however money is not everything.
JD
JD
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: High
Thank you JungleDog. I will be happy if I can save $2000 a month. Right now I save jack after paying all the ****ing bills! Plus flying in those mountains - definitely worth it.
Do you need to "know" someone or just write to their email on the website?
Thanks for the info...
Do you need to "know" someone or just write to their email on the website?
Thanks for the info...
Joined: Feb 2014
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From: South of the Equator
MR, mate I just emailed their company email. They have another machine arriving in August, when I was to start, but circumstances have changed for me so am not able to go to the top of the world, @#$%$# it all. Here is the guy I was talking to, his first name is Sudhir. [email protected]
JD
JD
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Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Singapore
MR, I was in Kathmandu and spoke to one of the guys flying there. He told me that he struggles to spend more than $1000 a month and is saving well over $3000 each month. I also went up to Everest Base Camp (just before the avalanche). The trip was amazing. There was fresh powder on the ground at Kala Pathar so take off was challenging with super low visibility from flying powder. It was like a dust storm.
I offered to fly for free as second pilot for six months but Shree refused. I don't have enough time or mountain experience! They only take Nepalese as trainees.
I offered to fly for free as second pilot for six months but Shree refused. I don't have enough time or mountain experience! They only take Nepalese as trainees.
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From: Canada
Yeah, you're right, you should've gone a step further and pay them to allow you to sit as a second...
... damn, and then we wonder why this profession is going down the drain...
... damn, and then we wonder why this profession is going down the drain...
JD
Joined: May 2005
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From: Canada
Good for Shree for only taking locals as trainees. They are protecting their people better than Canada.
Course its a delicate balance between this and having crews skilled enough for the environment. It does not matter where they are from.
Course its a delicate balance between this and having crews skilled enough for the environment. It does not matter where they are from.
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From: US
I offered to fly for free as second pilot for six months
You could have offered to work on a trainee wage but to offer free services is just horrible and morally wrong.
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From: Singapore
You guys are a bunch of hypocrites! Riding your high horses. I offered to be second pilot where they don't need one. If they agreed they would be taking two passengers less so I offered to do it for free to compensate for their loss in revenue.
No one is pimping or selling services for free. It was a fair trade. You guys can all sleep happy because they did not agree!
No one is pimping or selling services for free. It was a fair trade. You guys can all sleep happy because they did not agree!
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: At home
123,
How the f..k do you think this:
is
Fair trade??!! You must be freaking kidding! Half a year kicking out 2 paying pax pr trip.... at what cost?? And their gain would be, ''not having to pay a helper, that was not essential in the first place''
To normal people, this is a ''lose-lose'' situation.
Are you offering your services when you take the buss, train or taxi as well, although you're NOT NEEDED, BUT they don't have to pay you to come along?!?!
If you're not experienced for the job, don't think flying for free would get you there in a hurry. And most important, pilots like yourself is the sole reason that the general pilot salaries remain lower than it should and rather is decreasing.
If you want to work for free, then join an NGO!
How the f..k do you think this:
taking two passengers less so I offered to do it for free to compensate for their loss in revenue.
a fair trade.
To normal people, this is a ''lose-lose'' situation.
Are you offering your services when you take the buss, train or taxi as well, although you're NOT NEEDED, BUT they don't have to pay you to come along?!?!
If you're not experienced for the job, don't think flying for free would get you there in a hurry. And most important, pilots like yourself is the sole reason that the general pilot salaries remain lower than it should and rather is decreasing.
If you want to work for free, then join an NGO!