Cairns didnt work, which is a shame, because with such cheap flights to Japan and the rest of the world, it was going to be quite a tempting place to live, let alone the joys of the Reef.
The fellow seemed to want me to work, unpaid, for two months, before he was even going to consider offering me a job or not. This, to me, was unacceptable. In years gone by, there were far too many pilots in Australia, and people would be clambouring over one and other to take jobs with terrible conditions and worse pay, simply so they could be flying. But the tide has turned, and companies are now finding themselves having to pay for advertisements in nationwide circulation, or simply not have enough pilots anymore. I was all but offered three jobs, except for the lack of my instrument rating. That is, training that will let me fly without looking out the window. Good for in cloud. So, Plan B as I was devising in Cairns ultimately became Plan A, and I drove from Cairns to Melbourne to do this course.
Only 3000km, which, after 5000 to Broome, then 4000 to Cairns, felt quite quick and simple by comparison! Queensland definitely has the worst highways in Australia, and New South Wales has the best.
I have some new PHOTOS! from the drive - they're under the album on the top right - the one still labelled Kimberley Photos.
No comments:
Post a Comment