Africa?

ppragman

ppragman

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Anybody know anything about flying in Africa? I think it'd be a blast, but the question is how and where. Anybody know any specifics other than what they've heard from some dude who maybe went? Thanks.
 
ppragman said:
Anybody know anything about flying in Africa? I think it'd be a blast, but the question is how and where. Anybody know any specifics other than what they've heard from some dude who maybe went? Thanks.
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I have some friends that went to flight school with me that are flying in Africa, I went to Africa 5 times and I did an interview with a company in Malawi.

Well right now it's pretty slow, I would say almost no jobs. the Hiring season for east Africa is over. IN West Africa, pretty much just Namibia, there is some hiring going on, 500TT-1000TT, fluent German and C210 rated.
before I moved to Brazil I was considering going to Namibia, I was in touch with a swiss-german company there, if you are interested you can send me a pm.....remember you will need fluent German.

This are all small to medium size companies, flying 206, 210, G8....there are few with medium size twins and caravans, but the times on type are pretty high.

if you wanna get hired you will have to go there and knock at each door, most of them don't even answer to e-mails.

We have a family friend that operates a company in kenya he told me that in the last 5 years there waas an increase in locals getting their training and some countries are not giving out validations anymore.
In Tanzania you need 1000TT for the conversion, Botswana stopped giving Visas....
 
swisspilot said:
I have some friends that went to flight school with me that are flying in Africa, I went to Africa 5 times and I did an interview with a company in Malawi.

Well right now it's pretty slow, I would say almost no jobs. the Hiring season for east Africa is over. IN West Africa, pretty much just Namibia, there is some hiring going on, 500TT-1000TT, fluent German and C210 rated.
before I moved to Brazil I was considering going to Namibia, I was in touch with a swiss-german company there, if you are interested you can send me a pm.....remember you will need fluent German.

This are all small to medium size companies, flying 206, 210, G8....there are few with medium size twins and caravans, but the times on type are pretty high.

if you wanna get hired you will have to go there and knock at each door, most of them don't even answer to e-mails.

We have a family friend that operates a company in kenya he told me that in the last 5 years there waas an increase in locals getting their training and some countries are not giving out validations anymore.
In Tanzania you need 1000TT for the conversion, Botswana stopped giving Visas....
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Hmmmm, well, I've got almost 3000TT, so the hours aren't going to be a problem, just finding a place to work that's hiring. When is the hiring season?
 
ppragman said:
Hmmmm, well, I've got almost 3000TT, so the hours aren't going to be a problem, just finding a place to work that's hiring. When is the hiring season?
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Jan-Feb for central and east coast
March-Apr for west coast

This is the time when they have big intakes, and planned route training. I' pretty sure you could land a spot during the rest of the year, you may have to hang out around the airport for a while.

For a job on a C210 or 206, they really don't care about time, some of the pilots from SA don't even have an IFR. When you want something bigger then you either need time at the company or time on type.

With your times you could easy get a job with one of the ONGs, but that's an other flying, forget about flying to amazing resort and lodges....

check out MAF....

Nyassa had 3 spots this year, the are filled, that would have been a great place....
 
Pat, youve still got it for Africa, eh? I think im going to be looking for something in fall, might head south of the equator as well. lets try to get hired as a dc-3 crew somewhere, that way one of us can run the camera.
 
I am an American currently flying a Hawker 800XP in West Africa. I don't have much insight into the commercial flying side over here, but if anybody has any questions regarding the corporate flying, feel free to PM me.
 
I'm thinking about trying my luck in South Africa/Mozambique when my contract comes up in in the fall. My girlfriend moved there about 3 months ago so I would have a place to crash for a couple months while I knock on the doors. Anyone have any insight on this region of the continent?

=Jason-
 
LOGS said:
I'm thinking about trying my luck in South Africa/Mozambique when my contract comes up in in the fall. My girlfriend moved there about 3 months ago so I would have a place to crash for a couple months while I knock on the doors. Anyone have any insight on this region of the continent?

=Jason-
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To work in South Africa you need to be South African, in Mozambique there is nothing, and you need to speak porto anyway. There is a company in Malawi that has flights to Mozambique but i don`t know what their hiring situation is.
 
Much of what I know was already covered... but pprune.org has a great section on Africa theres a wealth of information on there. Its hard to get hired there without a type, but possible in 2008 when everything started to go to hell Dana jet was still hiring minimum time. Now they want 500 in the MD-80 but they might be flexible, they'd probably take you if you bought the type, starting pay is about 3K per month in Lagos which can more than easily get you by. Living in Lagos as an American is another matter...

Besides that if you don't mind flying a Caravan, Pilatus, 182, or 210 over the bush your best bet is the Maun. But they're hiring season is between late February to mid April. They probably won't take you seriously either unless you show up in person since they get hit with a flurry of emails from time builders all over the world. Round trips tickets will probably cost you at least 2500USD.

Anyways, I never been there but thats what I've soaked up from reading the thread and I was once interviewed by Dana Jet.

Good Luck.
 
You need a "type" to fly ANYTHING in most countries. This includes a 206 or 210. It's really not a lot different then insurance requirements here, but something to think about. I've read they really like you to have time in whatever you're going to be flying even if it's single engine piston.
 
z987k said:
You need a "type" to fly ANYTHING in most countries. This includes a 206 or 210. It's really not a lot different then insurance requirements here, but something to think about. I've read they really like you to have time in whatever you're going to be flying even if it's single engine piston.
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Yeah but its not a big deal. Depending upon the country a type in light single or twin is just having logged dual received time in the aircraft previously, in even some other countries its just having logging any time in the aircraft, even solo time if the employer will take your word for it. You don't have to drop 8 large to have a "type" in a 210 or 207 like you would to fly a 737... just sayin.
 
also, you should check out PPRUNE forums, they have some people that are currently over there with gigs and some looking.
 
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