so whats the news recently, are they hiring, furlough or just getting another wet lease B738?

if you have no hours and will work for peanuts then i'm sure they will take you. i heard everyone with experience there is looking to get out. word is they won't make june.

Rumour mill is in overtime !
Seems GW was told to get rid of dangerous monsoon by mCAA as 3rd time nobody from flight ops management bothered to turn up to a mcaa audit, seems dfo away on leave (again) wes mia (last report was pvg) and cp in Thailand. So mcaa stood up again
This all happened end 2014
Czechs 73 crews not happy want out: as MLE = JED (without the food)
The Porto/Spain pilots apply as a group to png trying to get better deal, so they will need more pilots !
They will cut pay again for new arrivals.
A from business air is in court in BKK being sued for running that airline into the ground ( amazingly without a crash ) there are some fos in mega all logged 3rd seat time (allowed by Thai Dca) so not competitant.
Still no approval for umrah as Saudi are not satisfied as to ability, safety,reliability to perform the task.
Mega has lost nearly 10 captains now since the fall with little flying and no crm or safety culture the writing is on the wall

The Maldivian Government are now getting tough on Mega. They are not issuing any more work permits to new pilots. Apparently the MCAAs recommendations have been ignored. GW last seen having a tantrum in the office The CP again knocking on doors in Bkk (AAA) looking for an exist from Mega

One of the Most Dangerous Airlines
 

One of the most Dangerous airlines in the world:eek:

Read this Link

vnews - Three Maldivian airlines among most 'dangerous'

Race to the bottom continues now They reducing pay

Will pay reduction affect all crew or just new staff ? What is the work pattern ? How many days off ?

I am being told they getting new 767 very soon. Is it true ?

I can discuss on PM if you like better.

FO767, they been getting new 767s for the past 3 years the truth is they are hanging just to keep the ones they have flying. Everyone with experience and sense has left or lookin to leave. Getting called on your days off and being told to return or else..... At the same time management pilots going home again:mad:
Farside777 is right. Over 10 Capts have left since the fall and their placers have been filled with South Americans and Thai pilots on much a lower pay!!

FO767 No need to PM me as I'm sure your a management pilot

Thanks for info. So not likely they getting another 767 soon. Must be recruiting to replace guys you say have left or leaving.

It's ok, I'm anything but management material. I like being at the pointy end of shiney metal too much. But can understand your suspicion.

Sad, as Maldives looks nice place to live.

Maldivian caa have finally made mega management get rid of monsoon!! especially after balls up in abu dhabi last week with the 76 go figure loads of new thai pilots just been recruited… standards

Balls up in Abu Dhabi with their new 76 already ?

I did not even get invited for assessment. Good luck to them and the thai pilots. Pay peanuts, get .....

For their sake let's hope management stays western minded even with monsoon gone.

THAI PILOTS?
 

Mr F/O.On what basis are you implying that Thai pilots are monkeys? Are you an examiner of Airmen perhaps or a Training Captain? As with every country on this planet, there are good and bad in Thailand.A lot depends upon your attitude and training experience.Please refrain from the cultural aspersions, they are in bad taste and in my opinion wrong.Not helpful.

Is Capt. A from Business Air gonna do P2F again in Maldives? :D

@Piratepete, I am sorry, did not mean to imply thai pilots are any less proficient. They would have to have passed a sim check at mega to get in so they must be good enough. Poor choice of saying (peanuts/monkeys), because I was trying to say that these poor guys seem to have been chosen because they were willing to accept new lower standards in Ts and Cs. No offence meant.

@Leeapromise. From what I have learnt, For fresh thai CPL holders the only way for them unless they get cadetship with TG. If they don't get cadetship, it's a process of going to one of the small charters and paying for TR. Then after they finish line training which is paid (if the airline has money to pay staff) they move to bigger carriers.

Ring a round
 

these guys are getting desperate now... ringing around any 76 pilots.. as they said "we just need to fill seat" :ugh: they have furloughed pilots before with ONE weeks notice and if their plan fails again then they will have absolutely NO PROBLEM in furloughing pilots again:mad: with the same notice period forget the contract cos management have their own rules .. wes

the management are only there to pile up their money and buy condos in thailand.. as the cp so regularly brags in the cockpit. just like the ex canadian cp and his wife (head of training!! and yet again she was an FO!!!!) then they, with out warning just left, and went home to canada to their NEW house… oh they were skiing in austria and un contactable when the last furlough happened.. go finger!

only go their if there is no where else to go… and it isn't the maldives you will be living:roll eyes:it will be MALE… look it up. most populated 2 by 1 km real estate on the planet,dirty MEGA expensive and very very noisy..:D

PALAU
 

How is their operation to Palau? Short runway, no lights on approach, dodgy over run areas, bad weather, night arrivals?.Very limiting for a 767-300 I would have thought.Black hole approaches, they must have very very high standards to withstand this test of airmanship.

No that just means that everything has gone according to plan on these arrivals thus far, it says nothing about tomorrow. It says nothing about the systems in place that modern airline should have functioning. For example, maybe the recruitment systems/policy from two years ago have prevented an accident in Palau but the current difficulty recruiting will ensure an accident soon.
Who is responsible for recruitment standards? The guy on Bookface, just as he will be responsible for the lives lost should that occur.

PALAU
 

with short runway in palau and often hard landings. this wes guy has asked capts to not write up hard landings until back in hong hong because no engineering support in palau!!!!!! totally dangerous!!!! there will be an incident in palau in the future. all the good standard pilots have GONE. now it is to just fill seats.

7200' is not short for a 76, especially the 75. You guys are little over dramatic. Flew 76 into 7440' rnwy numerous times.

Hurryup&retire 7200 runway from a ILS or VOR approach and being stable at 1000ft then yes that is not a problem.. HOWEVER, at night and keeping within the circling area at max landing weight!!! if you think the pilots are being dramatic THEN maybe it's time for you to retire:

a curtain portuguese capt recently was apparently 600ft downwind trying to land…. and NO investigation!!!!

accident WAITING to happen:mad: