Richard Yeomans

It has been a very interesting week and we have been continuing to work with employers to list every possible job on www.flightcrewfinder.com. The general employment situation looks more positive and there are some real signs of improvement. The short term contract rates of pay for experienced crews are increasing and major airlines like Emirates are starting to recruit again. We are convinced that there will be a strong demand for experienced crew from developing nations and this should free up some positions for the less experienced pilots. How long will it take no one really knows.

We have been working with a German company who has recently been granted it’s accreditation to examine ICAO English for pilots and ATC. They have realised there will be a very significant demand over the next few years and are setting up a testing location. They require over 20 pilots who are capable of passing the ICAO language test to level 5 and above to become part time English examiners. The school will provide all the necessary training and qualifications on a short 2 day course. They want people who can spare 25 days a year and they pay a reasonable daily rate. This job is proving to be very popular and you should apply without delay if you are interested.

Cabin Crew will be pleased to see that an employer is looking for crew for a VIP operation in the Middle East. In the job listing they said that, ‘Experience in private aviation is not as important as the right mentality. Experience in hospitality is an advantage.’

There are a constantly growing list of jobs that appear on the website and we recommend that you check back regularly.

The ‘Send me a Crew Tag’ promotion has come to an end and we would like to thank all the people who changed their Facebook profile picture. We have sent out the tags and people will be receiving their tags in the post shortly.

The Forums are seeing increasing numbers of people using them. We encourage people to ask their questions, post their funny stories and seek people opinions there. It is your virtual crew room and we are very luck to have Flintstone keeping an eye on the place and help guide and stimulate discussions.

So, what will next week bring? That’s the beauty of a website like www.flightcrewfinder.com , we just don’t know. What we do know is that we will try to list every aviation job we can find first at Flight Crew Finder.