Mega Maldives no money!
 

rumor is mega maldives are in trouble financially and pilots are worried! Didn't they furlough a lot of pilots and cabin crew year before last. hope they survive especially the poor guys n girls that returned fm furlough.

anyone any news?

Been like that since day one I think PJ! Very poor/in-experienced management, although recent additions are a step in the right direction. Another 767 arriving with new routes to KL and JED. Hope it keeps going, few UK guys still there so good luck to them and the entertainment value was just immense, best adventure ever!

Yeah… Monson season is over!!!! he's resigned and going.. must be god damn bad if he's going

Yes, JB007 you are right. terrible management and no experience. i wasted my time in this airline. they will never grow i give them a few months before they stop operating…..

standard are race to the bottom :mad:

Smoke without fire!!!!
 

Press Release by Maldivian Civil Aviation Authority…..

http://www.aviainfo.gov.mv/downloads...PR-2015-01.pdf

There is a report being circulated in the media that a number of Maldivian airlines are unsafe.

Oh deer:eek:

MALDIVES CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY

PRESS RELEASE
There is a report being circulated in the media that a number of Maldivian airlines are unsafe.
This report is misleading.
Maldives' civil aviation safety standards are in accordance with those set by the International
Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO); the same standards which all countries of the world are required
to adhere to.
ICAO audits the safety arrangements of all member countries. Accordingly, last year ICAO had
audited this Authority, our airlines and other service providers. The audit showed that Maldivian civil
aviation's safety arrangements were up to the required standards.
In this respect, this Authority regularly audits all airlines to ensure their safety standards are
within ICAO standards and recommended practices.
Hence, given that Maldivian civil aviation's safety standards are within those set by ICAO' this
Authority urges the public not to be misled by such reports.
CAA

Well last year they were taking on pilots with zero hours and just a 76 TR what does that tell you about the standard....

Pretty much the same like all the other countries with cadets then...Hey too much? :rolleyes:

It tells me you are pretty ignorant and have a chip on your shoulder

No chip on my shoulder guys, the advert was for regular FO not cadets...

Sorry your standards when employing proffesional flight Crew must be much lower where your from.

Where I come from a Direct entry FO should have at least some experince on the type.

What it's matter what they're called. Over in the UK the word cadet is used for the same thing. It's just makes it more palatable, it would seem.

Where I am from a cadet is someone with very low hours 200+
An FO would have minimum of 1,500 hrs and 500 on type

Sounds as there are a few people getting in the offensive when its industry standard to have time on type when applying for a direct entry type rated position....

So because someone choses to describe them by the function they have on the aircraft, which is first officer, you feel the need to go on the defensive. In the US they don't even have cadets.

FYI, Captain LHS, FO RHS

FO can be any of the following: cadet, second officer, first officer, senior first officer...

These terms are thought up by beancounters who somehow feel that with the new descriptive the salary can be lowered.

Standards haha
 

ok so you guys are talking standards and experience then lets see..

Mega Deputy director/Flight Ops director (Wes whatever) - Upgraded last year with ONLY 1400hrs on type and just over a thousand on seaplanes. alarmingly LOW hours. But number 2 on seniority list/OCC's right hand man and office bully: picks his flts and FOs (i.e. company hidden rosters so know body knows who's doing what) CAN ONLY HAPPEN IN THE MALDIVES …..

Head of Training is a First Officer (Yep, you read it FIRST OFFICER) again damn low inexperience!!!! doesn't even hold an atpl even the the company part A says this position MUST be a Captain!!!!!!!

GO FIGGER!!!! STANDARDS!!!:ugh:

too_much
 

How did you get your first 500 hours on TYPE????

Mega maldives no money
 

Not surprising they have no money.....!
Really can it be ?
55 pilots for 3 aircraft - no flying on 757/767 fleet and a leased in 737 :confused:
Mismanaged is an understatement :ugh:

+1, ever heard of the chicken and egg conundrum too_much?

Just magic those hours up I take it? Sounds like you have a career as a recruitment agent at best and airline HR as a "business partner" at worst ahead of you.

Four Engine Jock.... Looking at your past post seems like you're South American. So you're one of the new FOs No hours on type and on a 1/3 of the money!!!!
Poor ( expensive) experience FOs in mega will be push out soon then...:D

AeroClub
 

Looks like the :mad: is finally hitting the fan with these guys.. You can't run an Airline like an AeroClub with out suffering. Heard they lost another hajj… another furlough coming on! :D

Looks like the new thai Capt A is going to be running the show soon and reducing the pay even lower as he managed to do in bkk

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: