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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Mar 2024, 00:19
Replies: 29
Views: 12,342
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

They're not looking to "break into the Aus...

They're not looking to "break into the Aus airline industry". They're ACMI, they already own Avion Express and Smartlynx. They simply can't get enough EASA licenced pilots to fulfil their needs so...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
4th Jun 2022, 18:39
Replies: 9
Views: 1,559
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

The UK CAA maintains a list of currently approved...

The UK CAA maintains a list of currently approved sims here https://www.caa.co.uk/commercial-industry/pilot-licences/flight-simulation-training-device-list/type-specific-fixed-wing/
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
27th May 2022, 09:08
Replies: 9
Views: 1,559
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Thanks for replies guys. If anyone's...

Thanks for replies guys.

If anyone's interested, after a few days of research it seems it's now completely impossible to do in Asia. There's one UKCAA approved sim left out here, at HAITE in...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
23rd May 2022, 20:42
Replies: 9
Views: 1,559
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

UK ATPL renewal in Asia

Morning team, I'm trying to locate someone in Asia who can renew a UK ATPL and A320 rating. Last did it pre covid with Green Dot in Bangkok, but it seems they're no longer in existence. Anybody got...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
15th May 2022, 23:21
Replies: 126
Views: 37,354
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Airbus captain here. Haven't read the whole...

Airbus captain here. Haven't read the whole thread, looks like most of the issues have been covered very well, here's my 0.02 on a couple of other things

He has time on his side. 18 year old...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
26th Sep 2021, 19:29
Replies: 140
Views: 102,683
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Simple explanation, a bunch of 350s got their...

Simple explanation, a bunch of 350s got their seats taken out and converted to cargo. And the pilots have to quarantine for 3 weeks after every flight. So they still needed pilots, even though...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
25th Sep 2021, 16:07
Replies: 140
Views: 102,683
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Virtually all the VNA expats have been suspended...

Virtually all the VNA expats have been suspended without pay for the last 18 months, and therefore had to return to our home countries in order to find work. A small number of them, mostly widebody...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Sep 2021, 01:33
Replies: 88
Views: 28,781
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

The amount of interest the current owners have in...

The amount of interest the current owners have in this website, is demonstrated by the fact they haven't even updated the forum descriptions for over a decade, including the private forums for...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Sep 2021, 18:36
Replies: 27
Views: 9,942
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

There's got to be more to this story, you do know...

There's got to be more to this story, you do know that the vast majority of contract pilots are currenty grounded with their career in ruins, right?

The second answer is that, in normal times,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Sep 2021, 07:24
Replies: 92
Views: 36,248
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

I'm a 13000 hour A320 skip, working down on the...

I'm a 13000 hour A320 skip, working down on the docks here in New Zealand, as a casual labourer operating diggers and cranes. We've also got an A330 TRE from QR, a Virgin 737 skip, 4 fixed wing CPL...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Aug 2021, 20:27
Replies: 1,268
Views: 246,835
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Impressive Neville, not only do you know more...

Impressive Neville, not only do you know more about vaccines than doctors, you know more about law than the entire Qantas legal department :hmm:
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jun 2021, 19:56
Replies: 264
Views: 100,003
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

I'm surprised Cathay of all companies have chosen...

I'm surprised Cathay of all companies have chosen to be the first one to roll this dice

When the negative publicity comes - which it will, because we'll make sure that it will - their carefully...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Oct 2020, 18:17
Replies: 38
Views: 22,432
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

I'm driving a bulldozer doing farm forestry...

I'm driving a bulldozer doing farm forestry conversions, and pretending that every pile of stumps is my airline management office :E

And trying to study and keep current as much as possible cause...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
7th Oct 2020, 19:49
Replies: 4
Views: 2,110
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Anyone know of any airline hiring any pilots on...

Anyone know of any airline hiring any pilots on anything, anywhere? :hmm:
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
1st Sep 2020, 01:48
Replies: 213
Views: 248,070
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

ia1166 mate, with the greatest of respect, you...

ia1166 mate, with the greatest of respect, you weren't part of the A330 debacle, and I feel like you're trying to defend the indefensible a little bit here

Some of us were senior FOs on A330 for...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
19th Jun 2020, 21:35
Replies: 8
Views: 1,845
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Yangon tower's OK these days, maybe got...

Yangon tower's OK these days, maybe got themselves an upgrade

As previously mentioned, the area frequencies quite often have a strong echo, and there's a coverage gap in the far south of the...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
8th Mar 2020, 11:15
Replies: 60
Views: 29,661
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

I would hold off until the situation becomes...

I would hold off until the situation becomes clearer

In addition to the previous mentioned Thomas Cook and Flybe guys, there are a lot of very very experienced captains who have basically been...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
7th Mar 2020, 02:41
Replies: 16
Views: 2,853
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

My friend if you have a job right now consider...

My friend if you have a job right now consider yourself lucky. Cling onto it like a starfish to a rock, regardless of whether you are "happy at your current employer" or not. The time will come to...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
29th Feb 2020, 08:53
Replies: 30
Views: 14,345
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Well according to the collective wisdom of me...

Well according to the collective wisdom of me (Vietnam A320 skipper on indefinite unpaid leave), my Cathay mate (A350 skipper on unpaid leave) and my China Southern mate (A380 skipper on indefinite...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
27th Jan 2020, 05:03
Replies: 11
Views: 3,553
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Hey send me a PM and I'll add you to the Facebook...

Hey send me a PM and I'll add you to the Facebook "Kiwi Pilots" group, post your questions in there and there are lots of Taupo / Rotorua based skydive and bizjet pilots who will be glad to help and...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Jan 2020, 13:01
Replies: 185
Views: 92,995
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Captain Sully Sullenberger, is not what anyone...

Captain Sully Sullenberger, is not what anyone would call an incompetent or poorly trained crew

He is one of the few who has actually flown the profile of the two fatal crashes, in a 737 max sim
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th Dec 2019, 03:38
Replies: 96
Views: 39,434
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Don't worry, the airlines are already taking the...

Don't worry, the airlines are already taking the necessary steps to ensure that you'll never even know you're flying on it :ok:
https://simpleflying.com/vietjet-boeing-737-max/amp/
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Nov 2019, 08:16
Replies: 211
Views: 155,139
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Airstripflyer makes the relevant point If...

Airstripflyer makes the relevant point

If you tanker fuel to a place like the Seychelles or Kathmandu because it's expensive, that fuel has ALREADY been tankered there in trucks and boats. Which...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
21st Oct 2019, 11:20
Replies: 5
Views: 2,765
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

They bought a bunch of A321XLRs just the other...

They bought a bunch of A321XLRs just the other day, the Aussie market is definitely big on their radar...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
2nd Oct 2019, 04:24
Replies: 75
Views: 91,255
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

You can't join as a "cadet" without paying...

You can't join as a "cadet" without paying massive $. It's absolutely definitely pay-to-fly

You can't join as experienced FO unless you have 1500 total, 500 on type
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
23rd Sep 2019, 23:31
Replies: 1,705
Views: 976,732
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Hope they don't introduce that test, we would...

Hope they don't introduce that test, we would have no FOs left :}

Check2 the sim is pretty old-school, they love to get it into raw data, alternate law, man thrust, and spend most of the exercise...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Sep 2019, 07:34
Replies: 9
Views: 3,979
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Yes. If you join at the bottom of an airline,...

Yes. If you join at the bottom of an airline, you go where they want you to go. The typical airlines with big bases in your area are Easy and Ryan and as I recall the northern bases were quite...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
25th Aug 2019, 05:30
Replies: 75
Views: 91,255
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

jsfboat you won't get a simple answer to that...

jsfboat you won't get a simple answer to that here, for the simple reason that none of the medical regulations are written in English and none of the CAAV doctors speak English. A few things like...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Aug 2019, 14:18
Replies: 241
Views: 313,814
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Nothing to add except hats off to that crew, and...

Nothing to add except hats off to that crew, and further proof that the A321 is built like a damn tank :O

Enjoy that vodka lads, you earned it :ok:
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
16th May 2019, 03:10
Replies: 213
Views: 248,070
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

No Vietnamese airline provides accommodation. ...

No Vietnamese airline provides accommodation. VNA are the only ones that give free, business class, tickets home on rostered weeks off.
Forum: Middle East
18th Apr 2019, 05:50
Replies: 40
Views: 50,129
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Accommodation in QR was, and sounds like it still...

Accommodation in QR was, and sounds like it still is, a MAJOR issue

EK the policy is, married gets a villa and single gets an apartment. QR the policy is, captain gets a villa and FO gets an...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
17th Apr 2019, 04:15
Replies: 2
Views: 2,840
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Gotta request it through your agency normally,...

Gotta request it through your agency normally, but yes I have also heard they're just ignoring all requests at the moment

Almost as though they are desperately trying to stop people from leaving...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
3rd Mar 2019, 01:01
Replies: 213
Views: 248,070
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

I don't get it with regard to the crazy...

I don't get it with regard to the crazy recruitment of foreign pilots, they only have a couple of VN reg aircraft, the rest are wet leased from Turkey

And there is a LOT of local pilots from VNA...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
20th Feb 2019, 02:29
Replies: 54
Views: 72,519
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

So all these agencies throwing the Peach contract...

So all these agencies throwing the Peach contract around, and with the standard example showing 1,420,000 JPY for a typical month ... that's BEFORE tax? Have to subtract a third of it for nett in...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
26th Jan 2019, 02:15
Replies: 32
Views: 15,457
Posted By Luke SkyToddler

Looks like it ends up after tax being much the...

Looks like it ends up after tax being much the same as Peach and Skymark, but, Peach and Skymark are an 18 on/ 12 off roster
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