ASA confirms details for Air Mekong

[Cpt Oveur]

4 CRJ 900s are confirmed to be flying for Air Mekong. Details were e-mailed by CT a few minutes ago.

Captains:
6250 per month.
900 per month housing allowance
1500 per quarter travel allowance

First Officers
4250 per month
800 per month housing allowance
1000 per quarter travel allowance

** All taxes in Viet Nam have already been factored in these amounts.
21 days vacation (can be used as sick time)
Comparable health care to current benefits with United Healthcare.
no current Jumpseat agreements (is it a start up afterall)

 

[LearLove]

hey RJ pilot, me love you long time

 

[RiddleEagle18]

If thats true, that is terrible pay. Go to vorholdings.com or one of the other expat recruitment websties and check out what they are paying e145 pilots to fly in china or elsewhere.

$9400 a month e145 captains
$10000 for Emb190 captains

 

[BoilerUP]

If thats true, that is terrible pay.

Came to say this...

 

[bigshooter107]

This should get good. By the way, Mesa sucks!

 

[outtahere]

It is terrible. Might be good for some 3 year fo's to get an upgrade, but I don't see any current captains going. Of course, it would be a cool adventure, but no one currently in the left seat will be going for the money.

 

[79%N1]

There is also a $900/mo. housing allowance and $6,000/yr travel allowance to factor in. Also, health care is not charged to you. This bumps up the package a bit.

 

[makersmarc]

What is the shortest period one can sign up for? This might be cool to do for six months or so.

 

[resetjet]

Interesting:

"Air Mekong plans to incorporate a rotational, balanced pairing and crew scheduling system, to include reserve assignments.
There will be no seniority based roster."

 

[resetjet]

What is the shortest period one can sign up for? This might be cool to do for six months or so.

Rolling 13 month contracts

 

[Medeco]

Should be interesting to see how many ASA current Captains go for it.

Also interested to see if Skywest gets the same offer.

M

 

[CX880]

What is the shortest period one can sign up for? This might be cool to do for six months or so.

There's nothing cool about malaria.

 

[RiddleEagle18]

There is also a $900/mo. housing allowance and $6,000/yr travel allowance to factor in. Also, health care is not charged to you. This bumps up the package a bit.

Ill give you that. International Health Insurance can run you about 10,000 to 12,000 a year according to the guys on pprune.

 

[SPDBRD747400]

Better update the tetanus shot!!! Yikes no thanks I'll pass!

 

[wms]

That's net pay. AM covers all Vietnamese taxes and benefits

 

[paulsalem]

It costs Captains more to travel and live?

 

[samuraiguytn]

All I want is for enough people to take it, so I can get called back.

 

[CaribPilot]

Does anybody know if the FO's will be type rated?

 

[pudnocker]

I worked at least one overseas contract before... You really have to compare apple and oranges before you consider one

Pud

 

[flyinhigh6165]

Correct me if I am wrong, but as an FO and getting only $4000 to travel back in forth will get used up extremely fast. I wanted to see jumpseat agreements with this but there are none.

 

[Flybywire44]

Figures, ourasa is down when this gets posted on Flight Info.

 

[1080P]

With the housing allowance that's $92,950 net for the 13 months of service it's like grossing 125-130 a year here. I bet you'll have plenty of CA's take it. Plus $1500 a quarter to do with what you want, no seniority suxs but it's not a US carrier with US carrier type rules.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

There's nothing cool about malaria.

Unless you get it, or ebola.
PBR

 

[LazyLightnin']

Does anybody know if the FO's will be type rated?

Why would they be? FO's are going as FO's.

 

[captain822]

Sounds like a much better deal for captains than for FOs

 

[atlcrjdriver]

All I want is for enough people to take it, so I can get called back.

Q: Will Air Mekong consider inactive and/or furloughed pilots?​

A: Yes

 

[CX880]

Think about what yure doig youre not going from buxton misssipi to oakland california. Yourre going from 1st world to 3rd world. The only good thing you can say about Hanoi is that the chances of being kidnapped by goat herders to entertain their goats is less than if you were in Nigeria. Its just a shinney CRJ.

 

[LazyLightnin']

Think about what yure doig youre not going from buxton misssipi to oakland california. Yourre going from 1st world to 3rd world. The only good thing you can say about Hanoi is that the chances of being kidnapped by goat herders to entertain their goats is less than if you were in Nigeria. Its just a shinney CRJ.

Are you using Stephen Hawking's wheelchair to type? Why the hell can't you spell right?

 

[Redan]

Think about what yure doig youre not going from buxton misssipi to oakland california. Yourre going from 1st world to 3rd world. The only good thing you can say about Hanoi is that the chances of being kidnapped by goat herders to entertain their goats is less than if you were in Nigeria. Its just a shinney CRJ.

One of my good friends rode his bicycle across Thailand and Viet Nam solo.
He had no problems.

 

[atlcrjdriver]

Think about what yure doig youre not going from buxton misssipi to oakland california. Yourre going from 1st world to 3rd world. The only good thing you can say about Hanoi is that the chances of being kidnapped by goat herders to entertain their goats is less than if you were in Nigeria. Its just a shinney CRJ.

When many hear Hanoi they think of the same Hanoi Hilton that McCain stayed in years ago and the Vietnam he experienced back in '67. Things have changed since then. If I was a few years younger single and w/o kids I would consider going.