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Originally Posted by asdf (Post 425050)

I've read about that program. I'm really not interested in doing that kind of flying. Right now I fly Metroliners all over the US and Mexico, and its great fun. I love the adventure of going some place new every time, and actually BEING at the controls. I want to fly small planes, nothing any bigger than a King Air. Flying for a passenger airline hopping between isolated villiages in Africa is the exact same kind of job for me. I'm not interested (at least at this point in my life) in working a 121-type airline job.

Some people seem to just want to get to that "dream" airline job as quickly as they can. Me on the other hand, I hope I never have to "retire" to an airline job. I hope to finish my career having flown 100s of types, into every continent, every country, passengers, cargo, skyvivers, traffic patrol, wildlife patrol, etc. etc.

There was this guy that used to work for my company who is in his late 40's. This guy has flown in the bush in Alaska, flown King Airs in India, flew cargo in Africa, and probably a bunch of other stuff. I hope to be like this guy for the duration of my career. Life is too short to just stay in one area of the world, imagine all the things you miss out on? Anyways, it's not easy to just send a resume out to Africa and expect a job offer. Theres work permits, license conversions, paperwork out the wazoo, etc. Thats the hard part :(

also, what is "PNG"?

Try here if you want "adventure"

Air Serv international

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Originally Posted by dojetdriver (Post 425736)

Try here if you want "adventure"

Air Serv international

Speaking of Air Serv. I called them a few months ago and they were looking for Caravan captains. They definitely wanted you to have 1500 PIC before they would even look at you. After that though I think they would take just about anybody.

Apparently they have some competitors in Africa who also bid for the various UN and USAID projects there. Those companies are mostly South African and require you to have an RSA certificate.

Here's a couple of blogs I stumbled across while looking for information. Both of these guys spent a year in Africa working for Air Serv. They're pretty entertaining.

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Archie does Africa

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