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Kaman

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Hey,
I just applied for a contract position flying in Africa for 5 months on a renewable contract. Pay is $4,200 USD and company pays for everything else including your positive space biz class flight back and forth to the US. bases are Monrovia, Liberia and Algeria. accomodations, health insurance and other perks all paid by company. sked is 5 weeks on and 5 weeks off for Algeria and 2 months on and 1 off for Monrovia. Good luck! PM me for information.

Regards,

ex-Navy Rotorherad
 
Well, good luck dude.

If you really don't mind flying B1900's and getting shot at while you're at it, Evergreen is looking for B1900 drivers:

"Job Description:

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. Must have US Citizenship and must be able to obtain a secret security clearance. Will be working in Afghanistan and other areas not specified. Must have valid passport We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing."

http://www.evergreenairlines.com/emp/index.html (select "pilot" under the search forum)
 
Talk about a no brainer. Basically 1 month on 1 month off for Algeria, but if you want to go to Liberia, its 2 months on and 1 off. Whats next, are they going to entice someone to Lagos with 3 months on and 1 off?

Evergreen stuff sounds more fun, too bad I dont have a type.
 
Kaman said:
Hey,
I just applied for a contract position flying in Africa for 5 months on a renewable contract. Pay is $4,200 USD and company pays for everything else including your positive space biz class flight back and forth to the US. bases are Monrovia, Liberia and Algeria. accomodations, health insurance and other perks all paid by company. sked is 5 weeks on and 5 weeks off for Algeria and 2 months on and 1 off for Monrovia. Good luck! PM me for information.

Regards,

ex-Navy Rotorherad
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you can be my wingman any time.
 
urflyingme?! said:
You could make 30k at regions and not get AIDS or be murdered
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I didn't realize you could get aids by simply working in Africa. I thought you got it as a result of exchanging bodily fluids, usually through unprotected sex or sharing needles from infected people. I have been out of the loop for a long time though.
 
We had a guy leave Regions to go to Africa to fly a JBall..

He came back after 14 year old kids with Ak-47's were making him top off the tanks and then cramming the plane full of people..

or so I heard...

Anyway, I know he only lasted about 2 months there..
 
Visceral said:
I didn't realize you could get aids by simply working in Africa. I thought you got it as a result of exchanging bodily fluids, usually through unprotected sex or sharing needles from infected people. I have been out of the loop for a long time though.
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All of the above actions can happen to you at any local hospital or dispensary in sub-Saharan Africa. Fact is, if you are in an auto accident, pedestrian accident, are robbed and mugged or shot by 14 yr olds with AK-47s...whatever you may need to go to hospital for, be very careful. And yes, they will shoot. They could care less about you and more for your Casio watch. Don't wear your favorite stuff in public. It will go missing.

I carried my own pharm pack with meds in my flight bag; needles, antibotics, sulfa-drugs, and anti-malarial drugs, along with latex gloves...and a roll of TP.

White westerners - expats, stand out in a crowd. You will be scrutinized by the nationals. You will be a target in public areas. Make sure you know what your getting into. Many of the airports resemble the bar scene in the orginal Star Wars Episode IV. If you can...carry your "blaster." :)

T8
 
trainer8 said:
White westerners - expats, stand out in a crowd. You will be scrutinized by the nationals. You will be a target in public areas. Make sure you know what your getting into. Many of the airports resemble the bar scene in the orginal Star Wars Episode IV. If you can...carry your "blaster." :)

T8
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Re-read that and though, uh-oh...that could sound very "racial." Not intended to be that way and I apologize if it seems insensative. Fact is, as a white guy living in the Equatorial regions of Africa, I am a minority--big time. Some of the places I traveled had never seen a white man before or in a few cases...an airplane. I was respected as a pilot and often treated as a novelty. In the city, I was overcharged and expected to pay bribes for normal services that often required standard base public service charges. I was detained in Uganda for not bribing an airport official over the issue of landing fees. Standard fair for ex-pats in aviation on the Continent at large.

Enjoy....it will change your life.

T8
 
Looks like they are also looking to fill PIC/SIC slots on KA200's in afghanistan also. Anyone know what kind of flying they are doing? Is it medical ops or just cargo?
 
Visceral said:
I didn't realize you could get aids by simply working in Africa. I thought you got it as a result of exchanging bodily fluids, usually through unprotected sex or sharing needles from infected people. I have been out of the loop for a long time though.
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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
 
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.
 
NuGuy said:
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
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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
 
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.
 
414Flyer said:
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.
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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
 
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.
 
414Flyer said:
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.
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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...
 

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