Hey Guys and Gals,
I'm looking for some feedback on my African experience. I'm from La Hoya, San Diego and met my beautiful African ex-wife back in 2000 then we decided to move to Senegal (Africa) to be married and i took that opportunity to look for good flying in Africa.
To make story short, I was hired by a charter company and went through complete initial training on 737-200. After completing ground and Sim. I singed a 3 year contract to be part of their team.
I flew as an F/O all over Africa and was very happy to have my first jet job, however, they didn't make it due to financial problems and went bust by end of 2000. The good news, I gained a jet type rating with good
1- African route experience , 2- + 600 hrs. , 3- ICAO ticket with a 737 type rating but bad news i was out of a job for a while in a very difficult aviation market!!.
I've tried to get other jobs but no luck after 9/11 it was very difficult to have a flying job back home, so we decided to stay in Africa and work all types of sales jobs to make ends meet.
Now, i have a big gap for not flying for years and am not sure would it be a problem for me when applying for job with regional when i get back to San Diego??
PS. I flew some guys in their pvt. twins to keep my rust polished somehow but not often though!!!
my TT now is 1215, with 600 jet and 655 MEL and have a 4 year from ASU. in biz. administration. am 34 now....
Thank you for your time,
Web
I'm looking for some feedback on my African experience. I'm from La Hoya, San Diego and met my beautiful African ex-wife back in 2000 then we decided to move to Senegal (Africa) to be married and i took that opportunity to look for good flying in Africa.
To make story short, I was hired by a charter company and went through complete initial training on 737-200. After completing ground and Sim. I singed a 3 year contract to be part of their team.
I flew as an F/O all over Africa and was very happy to have my first jet job, however, they didn't make it due to financial problems and went bust by end of 2000. The good news, I gained a jet type rating with good
1- African route experience , 2- + 600 hrs. , 3- ICAO ticket with a 737 type rating but bad news i was out of a job for a while in a very difficult aviation market!!.
I've tried to get other jobs but no luck after 9/11 it was very difficult to have a flying job back home, so we decided to stay in Africa and work all types of sales jobs to make ends meet.
Now, i have a big gap for not flying for years and am not sure would it be a problem for me when applying for job with regional when i get back to San Diego??
PS. I flew some guys in their pvt. twins to keep my rust polished somehow but not often though!!!
my TT now is 1215, with 600 jet and 655 MEL and have a 4 year from ASU. in biz. administration. am 34 now....
Thank you for your time,
Web