by Darcy » Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:59 am
OMG...I think I landed my dream job. Not exactly a dangerous place.....
So got laid off from the company that had me touring overseas on exploration contracts for 18 years last March after flying a Puma from Gabon to Poland. The company is now under Chapter 11 with no work whatsoever. Picked up some work in the simulator in Italy, the simulator in Newark, Kazakhstan on and off again, turned down a very lucrative but managerial post in Sakhalin, Russia, a resident post in Oman, a VIP gig in Saudi, some arctic work in Iqaluit...then I met some management from the Trinidad Government's aviation department and they just happen to be adding the type I've been instructing/checking on for the past five years and they've asked me to head up their program!!!!!
4/4, awesome coin, plus all the extras...straight shot down (no 36 hours of travel to get there!) and same time zone as home, all in a little Caribbean paradise!
Not there yet so I'm probably jinxing it right now, but I've signed the 2 year offer....
I set up and managed an operation in Suriname about two years ago so I know the area well, and have transitioned through once or twice. But if anyone has anything to add....but in reality, I'm just bragging.....