(6) BE-1900D CA slots in Africa

[rfa]

Oh c'mon you wussies, where is your spirit of adventure!

 

[CA1900]

Must be type rated in the Beech 1900 and hold FAA ATP, Must have minimum of 2000 hrs TT with 250 hours in type. Must have minimum 100 PIC hours in the last 12 mos., NVG a plus...

I found a scan of the original ad:

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2615/futureco5.jpg

 

[Nevergreen]

Evergreen is hiring for B-1900, KingAir 200 and Casa 212's. The beech and king air positions are in Iraq and Afghanistan. Flying mostly bureaucrats around.

The Casa positions are just like the ones they have been flying in Panama and the Phillipines for years. You takeoff off with a load of cargo or people but when you land they are no longer on board.

Schedules are usually around 2 months on/1 month off. Pay isn't great, expect 60k more or less. Company pays for travel back and forth and of course accommendations overseas and in training. Per Diem unknown.

If your interested, apply even if you don't have the pre reqs. What is the worst that could happen? They say no! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

[Visceral]

No, but there is malaria, several forms of hepatitus, typhoid, turberculosis, numerous varieties of hemmoragic fevers, and more parasites in the water and food than you can shake a stick at (including the one that causes trypanosomiasis), as well as flukes (roundworms) that can bore right through unprotected skin and cyst in your muscle tissue.

I take a pass on that trip...

Nu

I'll paraphrase my post again...working in Africa, and parasites, malaria, etc don't give you aids. This video should help explain that disease.

Video

 

[414Flyer]

I think his original point was less about literally getting aids, and more about the prevalence of it in sub-saharan africa.

My copilot last year in west Africa slacked off on malarial meds, got malaria pretty quickly then.

I knew some people that were getting desperate and starting to utilize African women on a pay for play basis. DO NOT DO IT, the reasons why is too long to list. Take a laptop full of porn if you need to. Or find where the expats hang out.

 

[trainer8]

I think his original point was less about literally getting aids, and more about the prevalence of it in sub-saharan africa.

My copilot last year in west Africa slacked off on malarial meds, got malaria pretty quickly then.

I knew some people that were getting desperate and starting to utilize African women on a pay for play basis. DO NOT DO IT, the reasons why is too long to list. Take a laptop full of porn if you need to. Or find where the expats hang out.

The anti-malaria meds are tough on your digestive tract, i.e., they tear you up. In many cases, they are worse than getting malaria, thus, people stop using them. Many of the old meds are now resistant to malaria infestation. I used to take a Lapudrin tablet once a day as a prophylactic, but now it's not used anymore.

Drink lot's of tonic water (quinine). It will help, but not a cure-all.

AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is pandemic. The south island regions of Lake Victoria have a 80% HIV infection rate. Want a death wish? Don't shack up with anyone while you're there.

T8

 

[414Flyer]

I took doxycycline, its cheap and has less side effects than some others. Down side is you take it daily, instead of once a week.

 

[trainer8]

I took doxycycline, its cheap and has less side effects than some others. Down side is you take it daily, instead of once a week.

Yeah, I heard that it works, too, but I understand your body will build a resistance to it when it comes to using it as a full fledged anti-biotic.

Most of the day time hours were not a problem for mosquitos in the areas I was in. Night time sleeping was another story. Thank God for mosquito nets. It always sounded like a small squadron was circling outside my net at night.

Ahhh, the memories...

 

[vectorvictor]

I found a scan of the original ad:

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2615/futureco5.jpg

Hey how did you get my picture for that ad.

VV