Originally Posted by
belliott
Look, I am not trying to start a fight here. I am not one to deal in absolutes unless the conversation topic is vodka. In my opinion, after having lived in the caribbean, worked for a company in the caribbean, and interacted with pilots from many different companies in the caribbean, I would say that only a fool would travel to the caribbean to look for a job. It is pretty dang expensive to travel from island to island.... not to mention even the worst hotel is quite expensive compared to the american counterparts.
If you want to get a job in the caribbean you need to do your research online (suprisingly most of the companies in operation down there do have websites.... they are just a little difficult to find.), get in touch with those who have or still do work down there, and finally after contacting these companies I would then and only then recommend a trip down to see if you like the environment that you would be living in.
I apologize if I insulted you as that was not my intention.... I just hadn't had my coffee for the day.
Again, I highly discourage running around the caribbean islands looking for work. The islands can be as dangerous as LA or NYC to someone who doesn't know their way around. If you would like some info on jobs out there PM me.... I even know of the companies that aren't widely spoken of on these boards.
I didn't think you were trying to start a fight - and if you had I wouldn't even had taken the time to post a response. I wasn't insulted - just pointing out that "always" and "never" rarely apply. I would agree that now searching the websites is a great way to get information. 20+ years ago there weren't nearly as many websites out there - especially for small companies like that. I sent in for one of those hiring services packets that offered to send you mailing addresses of all kinds of companies. Overall I would say that I sent out a 150 resumes and probably 2/3s came back undeliverable - ESPECIALLY the ones from Alaska and the Caribbean. So when I called the one place in Alaska his advice was to come to Alaska to find a job. I never called anyone in the Caribbean - but at the time I could have seen getting the same response. Those odd jobs like pipeline flying or fish spotting and even banner towing are out there too but just never popped up on my radar screen. I still wouldn't know where to go to look for those kind of jobs either.
USMCFLYR