Re the US Machines, yes the guy did say it a high maintenance machine, we all know the -7 is VERY hi maint but being in maintenance we talked salary. He's doing about $220,000 a yr with a IA and me with a M1M2 only half that. Not for VAl obviously.

Hows the PC-6 on floats?
I've saw it in PNG on wheels, no Turbo Beavers there, also lots of PC-6 in Libya and Algeria, Mauritania and Eithopia, in fact most countries other than Canada have the PC-6, No Turbo Beavers at all. HMMM wonder why??

Interesting side note, just ran into the Telford maintenance guys who do the work on the US Dash 7s in Afganistan and they say the VAL machines are shit, but we all know how much the American guys lie. or maybe just a higher standard probably the latter

Does anyone have information on the pay scale for Engineers on the overseas rotations?

Is the per diam also included in the salary?

A tune up in the parking lot is not possible. Its not personal so its not hurting the individual but its so tiring listening to details of company meetings not attended and stories of their own self worth and accomplishments. My point is these people don't know they are lying so do they belong in ai...

We have a compulsive/cronic liar on our maintenance team and I am debating putting in a report on the company SMS. So far its not a safety issue (the lies) but isnt the SMS there to prevent the chain of events from happening and would this compulsion of lying conceiveably cause something I should be...