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- Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:55 am
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
putting me on the spot but ok........ trip report it shall be, but might be a day or two late, have a loong day tomorrow, and not a lot of time to sit in front of a pc You better not be sitting by the pc tomorrow Aaag dam, there i thought I could play a bit ps4 Right off i go to DAR, see you on the...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 2:39 pm
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
http://s128.photobucket.com/user/jacobest/library/FLYING
Bell 407
here are some images as requested
pass: moertoe
Bell 407
here are some images as requested
pass: moertoe
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:40 pm
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
Moertoe Pilut wrote:ORYX wrote:Ill try and post some later
How about a trip report for tomorrow's flight to DAR (I'm not talking about Punani)?


- Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
Ill try and post some later 

- Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:33 am
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
Hello Peeps, Another long overdue update. Been here now for three years, how time flies when you're in a coma So, firstly, command upgrade has not materialized yet, latest requirements is 4,000 hours jet time in an airline environment. As usual, I suspect that will change again soon since after the ...
- Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:08 pm
- Forum: Calendar Events
- Topic: Happy Birthday Oryx!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 277
Re: Happy Birthday Oryx!
thanks man 

- Sun Dec 28, 2014 4:35 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk / I Want To Know ...
- Topic: Latest flight from joburg to George
- Replies: 1
- Views: 349
Latest flight from joburg to George
To all my clever SA friends, what is the last Flight from joburg to George per day, what airline? looking at the 27th January.
Spanks
Spanks
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:41 pm
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
Hello Peeps Been a while, So the A380 finally arrived, and...... now they have to do "training" until 10 October before launching the new service to Paris and London. Between you and me, methinks the crew shortage might have something to do with it, but lets pretend its training. In the me...
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:49 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Pilot's artificial arm 'became detached while landing plane'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 400
Re: Pilot's artificial arm 'became detached while landing plane'
apparently, the first officer laughed his arse off as well 

- Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:59 pm
- Forum: Where Are They Now?
- Topic: Capt. Georg Martens aka Deutscher (flyafrica) RIP
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1615
Capt. Georg Martens aka Deutscher (flyafrica) RIP
Dont really know where to put this, Came home this morning, opened my work email to receive the sad news that Georg Martens has passed away after a battle with cancer. Although he did not post here, he was active on flyafrica. so if anyone here has connection on that side maybe pass the news on :( &...
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:06 am
- Forum: Accidents & Incidents
- Topic: SAAF plane crash (C208) kills three
- Replies: 7
- Views: 303
Re: SAAF plane crash (C208) kills three
Raffles its a very safe plane in my opinion, but unfortunately it has a record of accident [url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?field=typecode&var=150%&cat=%1&sorteer=datekey&page=1]http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?field=typecode&var=150%&cat=%1&a...
- Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:08 am
- Forum: Aviation Job Board
- Topic: Qatar Airways hiring (still)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 549
Re: Qatar Airways hiring (still)
Yup yet only five views :(
- Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:01 am
- Forum: Aviation Job Board
- Topic: Qatar Airways hiring (still)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 549
Qatar Airways hiring (still)
Had a look this morning at the careers page. There is currently 15 different vacancies available but the following caught my eye QR5260 - Captain A320 | Al Maha Airways | Jeddah http://careers.qatarairways.com/qatarairways/VacancyDetail.aspx?VacancyID=77850 QR5271 - Type Rated Instructor/Check Airme...
- Thu May 01, 2014 11:11 am
- Forum: Congress Shack
- Topic: Don't forget to vote May 7th!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1063
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:02 am
- Forum: Congress Shack
- Topic: Don't forget to vote May 7th!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1063
Re: Don't forget to vote May 7th!
For us its April 30. out of the 4-5 thousand South Africans in Doha, only 600 registered to vote :( makes me sick
Yet they all love to moan.
Anyway, I will be voting. Who to vote for?
Maybe Julias
Yet they all love to moan.
Anyway, I will be voting. Who to vote for?
Maybe Julias

- Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:53 am
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
Sorry Raffles, only saw your question now. Uhm, good question. The short to the answer is March 2016. This company works in a strange way, experience does count but so does time in the company. When I joined, I was short 500 hours for direct command. Once you in, the policy is you have to do three y...
- Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:39 am
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
Well have to synchronize rosters meneer muntu, since i am sitting in dar again tonight, have five dar's next month
beer sounds like a plan, make sure you stay in the serena hotel dar, then we wont have to walk far 


- Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:48 pm
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
Ja Pine, never had a choice , but must say, the plastic is actually nice if you dont want to fly no more 
Moertoe, why is that changing soon?

Moertoe, why is that changing soon?
- Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:27 am
- Forum: Expats
- Topic: New life in Doha
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3233
Re: New life in Doha
Hello peeps WOW! they say time flies when you are in a coma, and it seems being a pilot, you are always comatose d. I cant believe its been that long since i posted here, but in all fairness, I have been busy Last time we spoke, Woolworths was a bad company, SAA was making a loss but still begging f...
- Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:22 am
- Forum: Accidents & Incidents
- Topic: National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400F Crash Bagram, April 29th 2013
- Replies: 26
- Views: 735
Re: National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400F Crash Bagram, April 29th 2013
To this day I still say: There are two jobs in the aviation industry that you cant stress the importance of more than 1. Flight Engineers and 2. Loadmasters. Having worked with this company before all I want to add is, if you think , as a cargo operator, that you save money by not employing ai...