Vietnam Airlines (info please)

[Dream Land]

Not sure of what type of accommodations you prefer but in the center of town, what is called District 1 is your best bet, close to everything, tour buses originate from this area, to all points. No safety issues, all parts of the city are very safe.

[varigflier]

Thanks. I'll start from there. If anyone else has any suggestions, please let me know.

VF

[YankeeGolf]

Vietnam Air Newbie

Very interested in the Parc Contract for Vietnam A320 operations. Anyone in the airline now that I can email to gage the happiness index there? thanks fellow pilots!

[Dream Land]

Money is a bit low considering the inflation that affects expats, living conditions much better than India and the 6/2 schedule is good.

[YankeeGolf]

VN questions

Hi Dream Land.
Thanks for the info. How much in terms of rent and living expenses should one single guy be expecting to part with every month in HCMC? (safe comfortable condo, occasional beers, and getting around with taxi, can eat local food, etc) .

working conditions, fellow pilots, local and expat pilot integration?

command potential for FO contract?

[jumpdrive]

any info on apartments for rent web sites in the city

[Dream Land]

A couple items in the expat paper today, email: [email protected] and www.chaocom.com.

[jumpdrive]

is it possible for an expat to buy a propperty over there
is it easy, has someone done it
instead of paying rent for a long period of time
thanks

[Dream Land]

Yes it is possible to purchase condominiums, purchasing land can be accomplished with a bit of red tape or Vietnamese wife.

[John001]

A320 F/o

Dream Land;

please check your PM's

Regards,

John.

[Metro man]

They seem to be getting a bit desperate, Rishworth email stated they are in the process of finalising terms for pilots not meeting usual requirements of 1500/jet 500/type for FO. Basically if you have an A320 rating they will look at you.

[varigflier]

I got that same email twice already. All I did was ask for some information and now I keep on getting their emails every week. Do you guys think they will raise the pay again??

[jumpdrive]

theyre having lots of discussions as we chat
they dont seem to reach an agreement
with the ATR pilot's and "extras" are diff from the ATR fleet & Airbus fleet
like per diem & accomodation
in ATR allowance is $1,000 , in 320 is $1,500
simply not fair for the ATR skipper's ,you'll live in the same city
regardless of type............its stupid
so ATR pilots are realy upset & mad about it
also they wanna change the per diem fix
from $1,000 to $1,200
lets see what they come up this week
c ya

[Lost in Saigon]

It doesn't matter how the individual salary, housing, or per diem expenses are divided up. Each contractor does it differently.

All that matters is what the total is.

[yankiejack]

Total salary per month???

Could some one in the know please advise what is the total net salary being offered by the 2 agencies.

Thanx for the info. Have a great day.

Jack

[jumpdrive]

which one is the other agency appart from rishworth

[varigflier]

Parc, Rishworth and I believe there is one more but I can't remember the name.

[jumpdrive]

could it be EPA ?

[Dream Land]

Could some one in the know please advise what is the total net salary being offered by the 2 agencies.

Which fleet are you needing information on? You can just click on the Rishworth Aviation banner on PPRuNe to see details of the offer.

[yankiejack]

Hi Dream Land,

The A320 fleet.

Will check their website. Is the pay pretty much the same across the agencies???

Website really doesnt mention the pay scale !!!!!

Thanx

Jack