Neophyte,

Knew a few guys based at SXM. Story goes 'Air France' was locally re-named 'Air Fence' after the second incident.

Lots of room for a mere human to fit in the nose wheel well of a 747, even with the gear retracted and doors closed. Would be pretty cosy, but I think the first challenge would be to survive the gear retraction sequence without being converted into tire food - nose wheel tires are spinning at around...

Never heard of this operator, but if you worked in the Caribbean, you know that it's not unusual to see someone with bigger plans than budget. Why not try emailing Carib Aviation in Antigua for some more info. They may know something, or maybe offer you a job if you're still looking (they have Islan...

Know several guys who worked there a few years ago, while I was working in the same area. If you have a question, pm me and I'll see if I can answer it.

Puddle Jumper, Maybe I could have been less ambiguous... I was only referring to the MCC requirement/waiver being easy. I (and all others I know, except those with +1500hrs PIC on a/c over 20,000kgs, which is another story) had to do all 14 written exams, 2 flight tests, and the initial JAR medical....

McPhoo, Your B200 time definitely qualifies you for the MCC credit, unless they've changed the rules (which has been known to happen, hahaha). I got the MCC credit for my 800hrs B100 time. I wrote a letter and had it signed by my ex-CP, produced it with my logbook (and other bits of paper) when the ...

My logbook got badly water damaged 5 or so yrs ago. Much of it was rendered unreadable, well it probably was before anyway due to my handwriting. I went back to my flight school, first and second employers, copied out the hours from all the original aircraft logs. What a pain in the ass. Took my the...

I've flown over KOKSY waypoint somewhere in Europe. My favorite though is entering France from the West and talking to 'Brest control'. Now if they could only get the spelling right.

Taking $ collections to purchase large quantities of Prozac for yvryvryvr. Maybe it'll help this guy relax.

V1 is absolutely based on rwy length. Almost always, in the case of my operator, based on a balanced field length. The charts we extract V1/Vr/V2 from take into account all the variable conditions; weight, pressure alt, temp. Some of our field analysis charts also include calculations for intersecti...

Am I just seeing things, or do those look like the fire handles on the pedestal? There don't seem to be any on the overhead panel?
I hope they'll factor 'spilled coffee' into the design of the handles!

Cloudrunner, I think there must be more to your situation than you imply... The CAA was VERY specific about requirements for conversion to a UK/JAR licence. Perhaps you could enlighten us? There are indeed ways of getting a validation , but that is NOT a full unrestricted UK licence. Did you have a ...

Cloudrunner, Not sure where you get your information. Perhaps you could reference it for the rest of us. I believe you can fly in the UK privately, ie: not for hire, on a validation with Air Law only (and a flight check from the rental school), but you CANNOT fly commercially on that. There is an ex...

I agree with Whipline, all previous experience is good. I think that light piston/turbine twin experience I got gave me a much stronger background. The guys in Europe who go straight onto jets never had the good fortune of doing an NDB approach to minimums in a snowstorm with a crappy ADF. If they o...

Doesn't your groundschool have some? Or try http://www.pprune.com and ask the same question there on the Wannabes forum. Maybe someone will lend you some. Most schools won't sell you a set unless you've done their course.

'JP Fleets' guide on CD. Buy or borrow it if you can. Comes in book form to, but with the CD you can search by type.

Used to be, for single-pilot IFR, most operators required about 1200hrs total time (for insurance), and some experience on type. Generally the BN2, AC500, C421, and in some areas, PA-31 are the single-pilot commuter aircraft of choice. From what I heard, most twin-otter operators would take much low...

IMHO, I would personally, given the circumstances as I understand them, have landed somewhere on the East Coast. I agree that JFK, Boston, Toronto, or several other airports that are well served by BA would be a good decision. That would allow them to have gotten almost 1/2 way to the UK, and withou...

Doc, As a Moderator, I would have expected a better argued response than 'how stupid are you people?'. As a moderator I would have thought it would be more prudent to set an example, rather than reducing yourself to the lowest standard of mud-slinging and name calling. We all have different views on...

There was something about this on PPRUNE recently. Couldn't find the article, will post a link if I can find it later. http://www.pprune.com if you want to search for it. It said something like this being the first operator in the UK to apply for a commercial seaplane AOC, and that the UK CAA is cer...

Ya, hold that thought for 2 yrs. Hahaha. Basic interview questions, really informal, CP not a bad guy really. Last question will be "and do you have the $XXXX for the bond?". That sucks. But on the bright side(?), they pay it back, with interest, over 2yrs. IMHO, I thought they were very good to wor...

Turbo-comp,

Congratulations on finding the 747-200 job. Call it curiousity, but who's it with? Not in BKK is it?

Loopy, You are correct - your Be200 time WILL grant you a credit, but for the MCC course only. That course costs about 2000-2500 pounds, so it's worth getting the exemption. Even though it's not a 'two-crew' aircraft by typical definition, it IS for the purposes of the MCC course, as long as your op...

equip: f/o 747 (classics)
routes: so far, everywhere xcept the Americas

Good luck! There are jobs out there, you just have to find them. Be persistent.

Guess I should also mention...
A EU passport is a MUST for working over here, unless you are coming over on a validation (more than 500hrs experience on the jet type you´ll be flying).