ASA confirms details for Air Mekong

[Tom_Bodett]

That's what she said.

win

TB

 

[Hawker800]

I was over there once. Beer & hookers were very cheap. The ones with French blood were very good looking. Had gun control. Everyone had at least one. Plenty of ammo too. The people were friendly. Except on occasion. Beautiful country. But that was then. Oh to be young again. Go for it people. I think you will enjoy it. Have fun the years pass fast.

 

[Papa Woody]

I'm all logged into Flica, but I can't seem to find the place to bid for Mekong....any help?

 

[Freebrd]

I'm all logged into Flica, but I can't seem to find the place to bid for Mekong....any help?

it's on the PBS bid page, over there on ourASA

 

[Papa Woody]

it's on the PBS bid page, over there on ourASA

There it is....thanks.

My bid was "accepted"....when do I hear the bid results? Are they published on ourASA?

 

[sayrejm]

How'd you get it? My friend still over there is senior to you but his bid said "denied due to low reserve coverage." Someone should grieve it.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Sayrejm,

What are you up to these days?

 

[sayrejm]

Right now I am studying for a corporate finance final that I have to turn in by tomorrow night. But I am A.D.D. so I'm not good at eliminating distractions. Thats why I take my trusty laptop with me every time I fly.

Other than that, I'm flight instructing again while waiting for someone to respond to one of the 1000 applications I have filled out since Jan 2008. Sad thing is... I get paid more to fly a 172 than I did when I was flying with 50 Delta passengers in the back.

 

[79%N1]

Sayrejm,

What are you up to these days?

Yeah, did you take the MD80 gig?

 

[sayrejm]

No, half the class walked out after the company never paid per diem each week after always promising the check "next week" and then they canceled paying everyone while in training as they originally had promised and said no one would get paid until after IOE because that was considered training as well, then decided after ground school was over that they would surprise everyone by making us sign an 18 month 20K contract. Also, the local FAA guy was telling everyone in private to watch our backs on the line cause they were watching every move the company was making. That was a surprise to everyone. So half the guys including me said see ya. Then they offered to flat out pay for all my training to try to get me to stay because I had already finished the ground school and was already there I guess (they originally were going to require me to pay for the type) but I still said I wasn't interested. I wasn't leaving because of money. So I left, some of the other guys did change their mind after leaving and they let them come back and take the check ride. They are flying there now... One guy that didn't come back sued the company and another got an offer to go to Virgin. The whole ordeal was a strange couple weeks but afterwords I went door to door to every operator in south florida passing out resumes and i came up with a flight instructing job at one of these schools with all the south american students. Also got got an interview and was put in a hiring pool at another airline. They estimated training in the spring but so far nothing......

 

[79%N1]

Interesting, but I wondering if they taught grammar at Auburn? Toss in a comma here or there. Paragraphs work well, too!

 

[sayrejm]

I thought about it. However, I concluded that it would have been in bad FI fashion. I don't want to stand out too much from the pack.

 

[LazyLightnin']

Interesting, but I wondering if they taught grammar at Auburn? Toss in a comma here or there. Paragraphs work well, too!

At least he's now capitalizing a few letters here and there. One thing at a time. After all, Auburn doesn't require language classes for a horticulture/ cow breeding degree.

 

[sayrejm]

Aerospace Engineering/cow breeding thank you very much!

 

[sstearns2]

Anyone who is concidering this should become very familar with the US tax laws concerning working overseas. You could easily end up owing US income tax.

Here's a place to start...

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Taxes/Cutyourtaxes/P119350.asp

I was expecting the pay to be significantly higher. I was thinking more like $9-10000/mo for CAs to make it worth it.

Scott

 

[maxcackel]

Stay out 330 days in a 12 month rolling period and you will be good. Try to sneak home a lot and not so good. Or stay out one calendar year. Rent an apartment or villa for a year and that will ice the deal.

 

[LazyLightnin']

Aerospace Engineering/cow breeding thank you very much!

Ha.. Way to roll with punches, J. I'm glad AU taught that in advance to all the a-whoppings to come. You sure you don't want to be another innocent insignificant Georgia fan instead?

 

[say again]

No, half the class walked out after the company never paid per diem each week after always promising the check "next week" and then they canceled paying everyone while in training as they originally had promised and said no one would get paid until after IOE because that was considered training as well, then decided after ground school was over that they would surprise everyone by making us sign an 18 month 20K contract. Also, the local FAA guy was telling everyone in private to watch our backs on the line cause they were watching every move the company was making. That was a surprise to everyone. So half the guys including me said see ya. Then they offered to flat out pay for all my training to try to get me to stay because I had already finished the ground school and was already there I guess (they originally were going to require me to pay for the type) but I still said I wasn't interested. I wasn't leaving because of money. So I left, some of the other guys did change their mind after leaving and they let them come back and take the check ride. They are flying there now... One guy that didn't come back sued the company and another got an offer to go to Virgin. The whole ordeal was a strange couple weeks but afterwords I went door to door to every operator in south florida passing out resumes and i came up with a flight instructing job at one of these schools with all the south american students. Also got got an interview and was put in a hiring pool at another airline. They estimated training in the spring but so far nothing......

What company was this?

 

[sayrejm]

do about 2 pages of research in the charter forums and you'll see. it's in miami... by the way, i got to meet a great group of pilots who used to fly for midwest express until they got screwed. if you ever meet a midwest pilot, buy him a beer.

oh, and i can't deny the cow breeding jokes... i once called a friend of mine and she didn't answer. when she called me back she said sorry cause she had her arm up the wrong end of a cow. (is there a right end?)

 

[LazyLightnin']

Auburn=redheaded stepchild of the state.

Just ask crj567 what it's like to be the redhead. It's not good.