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Huzzah new thread! I really need to stop being a slack gently caress and start posting some photos & stories of my bush flying gig!
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brendanwor posted:Sweet, where you working at? I managed to land myself a job with a company up here in Broome. It'a been crazy for the hiring this year. Around 50 pilots looking for work!
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Sep 26, 2014 03:10
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brendanwor posted:King Leopold? Broome Aviation? Congrats dude. What plane are you on? I'm at King Leo's. Mainly flying the 206 for the moment and probably start doing the 210 early next year too! Here's some pics of the strips we go in to. This lovely spot is Cape Leveque. About 800m long, it's narrow and does have a bit of slope on it. Super soft sand on the sides and trees are very close by. http://i.imgur.com/UcC1JmP.jpg This one is lots of fun. It's about 600m usuable and that tree you can see in the distance sits right on centerline. http://i.imgur.com/y9m85Hf.jpg I'm lucky enough to see some great sights when I'm out flying on the scenic tours. Check out The Horizontal Falls. http://i.imgur.com/5WmWKQV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IASEqnJ.jpg Spotted this in the waters of the King Sound. http://i.imgur.com/j1qe1IT.jpg Was great to cross off the Bungle Bungles from my bucket list too! http://i.imgur.com/ISSQbKo.jpg Kawachi fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Oct 2, 2014 |
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Oct 2, 2014 07:21
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Dalrain posted:Jegus please timg your images, they are huge(!). I don't want to report you for awesome pictures though. drat. Was hoping I was fast enough on the edit to hide that stuff up.
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Oct 2, 2014 11:20
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brendanwor posted:Awesome shots man. Real flying! I wish I'd done some flying up north, but I went straight onto the Saab in Asia after instructing down in Melbourne. I'm having plenty of fun flying up here! We get a good mix of charter and scenic so it's always changing it up and keeping it interesting. None of our aircraft are IFR so it will be VFR flying as the wet rolls around. That's going to be a real eye opener especially when we have cyclones off the coast  CharlesM posted:If you just put an "l" (that's lowercase L) at the end of the filename before the .jpg it creates a large thumbnail. Alternatively when you're in the imgur interface there is a link to do so in the bottom right. Here you go. Thanks for the tip! I'll remember it for next time.
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Oct 7, 2014 08:07
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Tony Montana posted:Any Australians in here? Anyone that's got some insight into aviation in Oz? Aussie here currently working GA. What questions do you need answering? Kawachi fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Feb 12, 2015 |
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Feb 12, 2015 14:32
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Tony Montana posted:If you can talk about the paths available to us too, like is the normal progression private, instruments, etc. Age is never a barrier to getting into the game! I finished up an IT degree at uni before I decided to jump ship and pursue flying. Once I flew a plane for the first time on a trial flight I just knew it was exactly what I was meant to do. I haven't looked back since  To be honest you really have to ask yourself how much you want it. Happy to slog it out to earn minimum wage for a while after blowing 80k? Or prefer to fly on weekends for fun? The industry seems to be in a big slump at the moment. Bugger all jobs going for an excess of pilots. During the previous year we had over 50 pilots hanging out in the area for a handful of entry level jobs. Unlike a traditional job you really have to relocate to centres like Darwin, Cairns, Kununurra or Broome, get yourself some sort of work and hang out until you get something. Be warned though, people have waited 2 years to get their first gig. Even then you'll often find the first job is casually based and you'll need a 2nd job to survive. With things being slow at the top end of the game there's not very much vertical movement in the industry at the moment. A number of regional airlines closed recently and many highly experienced guys are hanging onto what ever work they can. I'm not too sure about the instructing scene but it does look a little easier to land work there at the moment going off the job adverts. Training wise I'd look to finish up everything before looking for that first job in charter. That being CPL + NVFR + MECIR and perhaps your ATPL subjects. Even though your first job most probably won't be IFR you want to keep those renewals ticking over for the next job. In hindsight I would have done that instead of just going the CPL + NVFR route. The flip side is I most likely wouldn't have my current job if I did the additional training. If you're looking at the instructing route I'd delay the instrument rating until you get can an instructing job to take advantage of staff rates.
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Feb 14, 2015 08:22
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brendanwor posted:Thailand/Australia - ASEL/AMEL Commercial IR NVFR CFI SF34 B737-800/900ER - Airlines Great work! Haven't seen any updates from you in a while and it's good to hear it's going well! Tony Montana posted:Thanks guys. No worries at all. I didn't mean to sound all negative in my original post. Just wanted to make sure you didn't get into the game with rose coloured glasses. If you have any more questions, more than happy to answer them for you!
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Feb 21, 2015 07:18
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Captain Apollo posted:Can anybody confirm or deny? I thought the UK and Australia were similar to us in the USA. How did the Germans get it so wrong? You guys would be much better off than us down here. A 172 / PA-28 is probably around the $270/hr private hire, $300/hr solo, $350/hr dual mark these days 
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Been a little while since I've checked in, but just passed my multi-engine instrument rating flight test today! 
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