I'm leaving on a jetplane...

Don't know (exactly) when I'll be back again...

The sharper eyed visitor may notice that the page headline has changed ever so slightly. Although relatively minor, this edit means massive change for myself and, hopefully, my aviation career.

The short version of events is that in a fit of frustration, about a month and a half ago, I fired my CV off to some overseas operators, just as an attempt to feel like I was being proactive about finding myself employment as a pilot. I had not expected to hear back for several months if at all, so naturally, I got a response in less than 24 hours! This resulted in a fairly short notice "holiday" to Singapore for myself and the lovely Em, so I could take a side trip to Indonesia for 4 days to attend the assessment and interview. Apparently I didn't screw up the tests, the interview or the sim check, as I got offered a place on the next training course... that started 3 days after the interview!!?!

Unlike some of the other attendees that had already packed up their lives and essentially come to Indonesia without planning on leaving, I needed to head home to make arrangements (quit part time job, pack up life, move out of flat, explain to Em's mum why I was going overseas... without Em :-/ etc)... So I left Indonesia with a "Ok, we'll put you in the holding pool and advise when there is a space available on a future traning course, if there is one"-type offer.

So, I went back to Singapore to celebrate with Em the fact that I at least had something resembling an offer of employment and eventually got back home to NZ thinking I should have a few weeks to plan and organise things...

Cue email arriving about 4 days after I got home telling me that my course would be starting in 2 weeks on June 2nd!!?!

A twin job a bit closer to home would have been nice, but the opportunity to get some air transport operation experience, in a multi-crew environment, on a turbine powered aircraft is a good start, and realistically, an opportunity that is too good to pass up.

The end result is that I'm busy packing my life into cardboard boxes again, as I prepare to head off overseas to start a job in Indonesia, flying Cessna Caravans (C208B) around the archipelago as a First Officer for Susi Air.

Watch this space. :)