Why do Regionals, RFDS etc treat Instructors like SH*T?
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ZHAADUM;
Instructing....charter....it doesn't make what sort of pilot you are as much as your attitude does. Some employers think it does though, so snake em by having both.
I have a plan for you my friend, if you follow it I bet you a months worth of meal allowences that you'll be flying with a regional within 12 months.
Move to Darwin, you'll get a gig driving a chief or 310 no worries with those hours and they'll love the fact that you can check people to line etc.
Laugh lots and don't take things (like the wet) too seriously. Be genuinely interested in what all the other pilots etc have done (network), go to Shinnanigans and the beachfront hotel with people from work every time you are not rostered to fly ....(everytime now)
and get plastered, dance badly and chat up girls from europe, don't worry too much that you are out of cash, go home with the girls from europe if they will let you.
When flying think "if I do this am I going to crash?" not, "if I do this am I going to break rule 13 sub-part 4a of CAR's 135", ie let your natural god given survival instinct dictate whether the job gets done (within reason).
The best bit about this is that it's a piece of piss, ....sort of, the wet is much easier to deal with than winter down south, lsalts are low and the cells move through quickly, there are always TS tempo'd so you always have an hours gas up your sleeve. The employers like the look of it and know you're not a stick in the mud instructor . The most important part of the plan is to party hard and laugh lots.
There ya go, if ya follow that plan let us know how it goes.
C ya.
Instructing....charter....it doesn't make what sort of pilot you are as much as your attitude does. Some employers think it does though, so snake em by having both.
I have a plan for you my friend, if you follow it I bet you a months worth of meal allowences that you'll be flying with a regional within 12 months.
Move to Darwin, you'll get a gig driving a chief or 310 no worries with those hours and they'll love the fact that you can check people to line etc.
Laugh lots and don't take things (like the wet) too seriously. Be genuinely interested in what all the other pilots etc have done (network), go to Shinnanigans and the beachfront hotel with people from work every time you are not rostered to fly ....(everytime now)
and get plastered, dance badly and chat up girls from europe, don't worry too much that you are out of cash, go home with the girls from europe if they will let you.
When flying think "if I do this am I going to crash?" not, "if I do this am I going to break rule 13 sub-part 4a of CAR's 135", ie let your natural god given survival instinct dictate whether the job gets done (within reason).
The best bit about this is that it's a piece of piss, ....sort of, the wet is much easier to deal with than winter down south, lsalts are low and the cells move through quickly, there are always TS tempo'd so you always have an hours gas up your sleeve. The employers like the look of it and know you're not a stick in the mud instructor . The most important part of the plan is to party hard and laugh lots.
There ya go, if ya follow that plan let us know how it goes.
C ya.
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Worked for me too....'cept the european girls were usually repelled by the combined smells of millingimbi and sweat....they don't mix well and by 3am they make a potent cocktail.
Bugger it cjam , why'd you let the secret out? 
I can vouch for that working also (even before Shinnanigans was built and the Beachfront hotel: aka "Lims"/"Rage-at-the-Cage".)
...so much so, was able to return for a possie with the "Coconut Palm", some years latter.
There certainly are some babes up there now too!
Think outside the square...
I can vouch for that working also (even before Shinnanigans was built and the Beachfront hotel: aka "Lims"/"Rage-at-the-Cage".)
...so much so, was able to return for a possie with the "Coconut Palm", some years latter.
There certainly are some babes up there now too!
Think outside the square...
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Ah you young fellas missed the joys of the "Prawn and porn" mornings in the old Nightcliff boozer(gone
)Or a good thrash at the Stella Maris.(gone )
3am wrestling the crocodile on the floor of "Sweethearts" in the casino.( gone )
Nutty old Queen mother holding forth in the Darwin hotel ( both gone )
All the luverly strippers in the Maranga Parap and Berrimah boozers (all gone )
Rage in the Cage at Lims(gone )wat was that funny smelling smoke in there? )
Somehow some aviatin was squeezed in.
)Or a good thrash at the Stella Maris.(gone )3am wrestling the crocodile on the floor of "Sweethearts" in the casino.( gone
)Nutty old Queen mother holding forth in the Darwin hotel ( both gone
)All the luverly strippers in the Maranga Parap and Berrimah boozers (all gone
)Rage in the Cage at Lims(gone
)wat was that funny smelling smoke in there? )Somehow some aviatin was squeezed in.
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Geez... really? Are there no men left in aviation...??? 
Never did the PNG thing, but I could tell you some juicy stories from the Shetland and Orkney Islands... like getting stuck in Sumburgh (Shetland) with 60kt fog, and having to take part in Up Helly Aa, basically a 48 hour pissup that involves burning Viking longboats... Owww my head...
Never did the PNG thing, but I could tell you some juicy stories from the Shetland and Orkney Islands... like getting stuck in Sumburgh (Shetland) with 60kt fog, and having to take part in Up Helly Aa, basically a 48 hour pissup that involves burning Viking longboats... Owww my head...
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And you have to try them all... in order to be properly informed about Scotlands national drink... 
Used to do that when we flew to Islay... lots of distilleries there... free samples... heaven!
Used to do that when we flew to Islay... lots of distilleries there... free samples... heaven!
Our old Op's manager used to always use the line about the European back packer.
Unfortunately the bases that were chosen to work out of always seemed out of reach to them.
Warbuton, Tanami Mine, Giles just to name a few.
After some time we were eventually rewarded with a base in Mareeba for several months, just a short drive from Cairns.
3 days flying the rest of the week spent choosing which Dive Boat we would go on.
Before anyone says anything we never fly above 500' AGL
The cream jobs are out there but getting fewer and fewer.
I think I have digressed somewhat, maybe we should start a post on excellent places we have worked
Unfortunately the bases that were chosen to work out of always seemed out of reach to them.
Warbuton, Tanami Mine, Giles just to name a few.
After some time we were eventually rewarded with a base in Mareeba for several months, just a short drive from Cairns.
3 days flying the rest of the week spent choosing which Dive Boat we would go on.
Before anyone says anything we never fly above 500' AGL
The cream jobs are out there but getting fewer and fewer.
I think I have digressed somewhat, maybe we should start a post on excellent places we have worked
