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Old 09-25-2010, 01:46 PM
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Either this is a misprint or T&C in Africa has become drastically worse:

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Job Role: Flight Crew
Job Hours: Full-Time
Location: Africa
Job Position: Contract
Company: Virtual Human Resources
Salary: £1 per day
Job reference: PS-B737Pilot
Posted Date: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:15:04 PM
Vhr are currently looking for a number of experienced B737-300 Captains and First Officers for one of our major clients based in Africa.

Captains must have a minimum of 1000 hours Pilot in command experience on type.

First Officers must have a minimum of 3000 hours flight time with at least 500 on type.

* You will be operating as contract pilot on a 1 year rolling contact.
* You will be based in Africa working an eight week on two week off shift rota.
* While you are in Africa secure company accommodation and transport will be provided by the client.
* The client will pay for a return flight to your home base of a maximum of $700 for each two week 'off' period.
* All visa costs will be covered by the client as will all in insurances relating to Africa.
* You will also receive a Per Diem of $50 cash for ever y24 hours you are away from base.

This position is live and we are looking for people that can be available at short notice.

Should you be interested or require further information please send your CV to [email protected].
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Old 09-25-2010, 03:50 PM
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I could also be that a few of the middlemen are starting to dip way to deep into the pot.
A certain agency(s) (with a head employee from the sub-continent) was taking HALF of what the real salary was. When I was told the pay of a certain position of was stunned, then I laughed at him as I hung up the phone.
Sad part is, there are certain groups of pilots from the islands of the Pac Rim that would jump at that pay.
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1 quid per day? I think your maid would be making more.

Yup, considering what Lion Air is paying. . . makes me wonder about who buy's tickets on those operations.
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I could also be that a few of the middlemen are starting to dip way to deep into the pot.
A certain agency(s) (with a head employee from the sub-continent) was taking HALF of what the real salary was. When I was told the pay of a certain position of was stunned, then I laughed at him as I hung up the phone.
Sad part is, there are certain groups of pilots from the islands of the Pac Rim that would jump at that pay.

The Islands and the Pacific rim??? Sorry to be the one to bring this to your attention but the state of the industry right here in the good'ol US of A has made the American pilot "the migrant cheap labor" of the world aviation market. I'm sure the thousands of resumes from US pilots has nothing to do with the degradation of T&C's right? there aren't enough pilots in the Islands and the Pacific rim combined to crew a small company in China, give me a break
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The Islands and the Pacific rim??? Sorry to be the one to bring this to your attention but the state of the industry right here in the good'ol US of A has made the American pilot "the migrant cheap labor" of the world aviation market. I'm sure the thousands of resumes from US pilots has nothing to do with the degradation of T&C's right? there aren't enough pilots in the Islands and the Pacific rim combined to crew a small company in China, give me a break

I was trying to be coy about the countries involved but let me lay it out for you. There are quite a few Philippino and Indonesian (not to mention on or two South American countries) pilots that will work for substantially less than what most Westerners will. Problem is, alot of their certificates and backgrounds are contrived at best. In some cases their backgrounds are outright lies. I speak from personal experience with some of these folks and there are more of them than you think.
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Originally Posted by KoruPilot View Post
Either this is a misprint or T&C in Africa has become drastically worse:


Salary: £1 per day

This is what I pulled off the V-HR website ...

Remuneration £1 per day


I'm not sure what the "Â" character means.
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Originally Posted by rotorhead1026 View Post
This is what I pulled off the V-HR website ...

Remuneration £1 per day


I'm not sure what the "Â" character means.
I think it means ONE MILLION.....in the best Dr Evil voice of course!
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i think it means one million.....in the best dr evil voice of course!
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I would assume that they didn't want to list the salary but the salary field required some sort of input.
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Old 09-27-2010, 07:40 AM
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So they put 1 pound???? Smart. That'll get the CV's pouring in.
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