Tuna Boat Advice
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- Silver Wings
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Tuna Boat Advice
Hi all,
Just wondering if any of you awesome people have any advice on tuna boats.
Who to talk to? Where to start looking?
Is it still Hansen or Tropic
Min requirements ?
Any people who have recently been over ?
Do you need a FAA CPL or can you get validation on a NZCAA or CASA CPL ?
Feel free to PM me if you’d like. Would be appreciated!
Just wondering if any of you awesome people have any advice on tuna boats.
Who to talk to? Where to start looking?
Is it still Hansen or Tropic
Min requirements ?
Any people who have recently been over ?
Do you need a FAA CPL or can you get validation on a NZCAA or CASA CPL ?
Feel free to PM me if you’d like. Would be appreciated!
- rex bivouac
- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
A blue bic pen is a good start.
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- 1st Dan
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
Read this to start:
https://www.amazon.com/Moggys-Tuna-Manu ... B077GKRTW3
Listen to this too:
http://rotarywingshow.com/rws-37-tuna-f ... ith-moggy/
https://www.amazon.com/Moggys-Tuna-Manu ... B077GKRTW3
Listen to this too:
http://rotarywingshow.com/rws-37-tuna-f ... ith-moggy/
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
If ever you go to Hanson never mention moggy. His boat approach techniques are bull crap. Some nice stories but. You won't need to do a conversion for either Hanson or tropic. The best company out there right now is vsc an arm of islandhoppers.
- garly1
- Gold Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
Be careful with VSC. 2 machines written off in 12 months. Last one sank as the pop out floats failed to do the only thing they were designed to do!
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
I’m assuming that would be . Pop out... so it would float
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
Hansen are good to start out with, decent coin, good boats that do decent hours. Rufus and the boys look after their pilots. You'll need 1000 hours with some turbine/md500 time. No need for any licence conversions.
VSC pay the best, apartment in Majuro, car etc but you have to put up with a lot of s#!t and not where I would recommend a fresh tuna pilot start out with. One of those crashes in the last 12 months was 100% pilot error. The other was down to s#!t gear so I'm told...1000 hours with md500/turbine time, previous tuna time will help.
Don't even think about pitching up at Tropic. They're nearly as bad as the dribble that comes out of that Moggy's manual.
VSC pay the best, apartment in Majuro, car etc but you have to put up with a lot of s#!t and not where I would recommend a fresh tuna pilot start out with. One of those crashes in the last 12 months was 100% pilot error. The other was down to s#!t gear so I'm told...1000 hours with md500/turbine time, previous tuna time will help.
Don't even think about pitching up at Tropic. They're nearly as bad as the dribble that comes out of that Moggy's manual.
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- New Member
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
I’m working out there now , email me at pacificpilot@hotmail.com and I’ll give you all the info you need
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- New Member
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
I flew for tropic recently. I would HIGHLY recommended not considering them. Horrible maintenance, horrible management. From what I hear Hansen is a lot better but still don’t expect anything fancy. You should be able to get on w 1000hrs no turbine but there is a waitlist of a few months most of the time. Fun job for sure, my best tip is to go with the flow of things and don’t expect much in the terms of living conditions or safety but it is a great experience. Feel free to pm me for more info.
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
Hi, just wondering if anyone knows if it’s possible to get a 6 month contract with Hansons?
Cheers.
Cheers.
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- New Member
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
No 6mo contract at Hansen period. Tropic will do it after completing your first 1yr contract. Keep in mind contract times are the minimum. Speaking for Tropic factor in a month at the beginning for "training" (I flew 2hrs in that month) plus a couple extra trips at the end of your contract before you get a replacement. Turns a year contract into 15mo in reality.
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
No you can’t get 6 months with Hansen’s , but VSC (Island hoppers ) will take you on for that .
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
I’m out there now . Can PM if you want any info
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
Cheers Pacificpilot, PM sent.
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
Did a stint with Tropic. Strongly do not recommend.
Hansen seems to be hurting for pilots at the moment. Hit them up you might get in quickly. As mentioned above do not mention moggy at Hansen.
Hansen seems to be hurting for pilots at the moment. Hit them up you might get in quickly. As mentioned above do not mention moggy at Hansen.
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
VerticalJP wrote:Did a stint with Tropic. Strongly do not recommend.
Hansen seems to be hurting for pilots at the moment. Hit them up you might get in quickly. As mentioned above do not mention moggy at Hansen.
Thanks for the advice mate . Might do that.
Question.. what’s the deal with mentioning Moggy is it just bad blood or something?
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
Yes as said before there are some nice stories but his advice is off the mark. That and his "extensive experience" was really more like 7 months on the boats.
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- Silver Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
Re: Moggy
Don’t know what the problem is. I mentioned that I had read his website when I visited the hangar a few years ago. Was met with an F-bomb laden tirade against him.
Don’t know what the problem is. I mentioned that I had read his website when I visited the hangar a few years ago. Was met with an F-bomb laden tirade against him.
Icefather wrote:VerticalJP wrote:Did a stint with Tropic. Strongly do not recommend.
Hansen seems to be hurting for pilots at the moment. Hit them up you might get in quickly. As mentioned above do not mention moggy at Hansen.
Thanks for the advice mate . Might do that.
Question.. what’s the deal with mentioning Moggy is it just bad blood or something?
- mdav
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
All tuna helicopter company’s are dodgy, is hours that important to increase the risk on your life. Hansen maybe struggling cause there trying to cover up poor maintenance or the lack of.
https://pacificnewscenter.com/helicopte ... -feds-say/
I did a stint with tropic years back and no way would I ever return to that, the helicopter is half the issue the criminal boat operators and the s#!t that go’s on is the other half.
https://pacificnewscenter.com/helicopte ... -feds-say/
I did a stint with tropic years back and no way would I ever return to that, the helicopter is half the issue the criminal boat operators and the s#!t that go’s on is the other half.
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- Gold Wings
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Re: Tuna Boat Advice
mdav wrote:All tuna helicopter company’s are dodgy, is hours that important to increase the risk on your life. Hansen maybe struggling cause there trying to cover up poor maintenance or the lack of.
https://pacificnewscenter.com/helicopte ... -feds-say/
I did a stint with tropic years back and no way would I ever return to that, the helicopter is half the issue the criminal boat operators and the s#!t that go’s on is the other half.
I was just about to post a link to that same story! I have to agree, for a low-time pilot I can see the allure of building hours, but at what cost?, too many pilot's have been killed because of poor maintenance of dodgy operators! I used to work for a reputable operator in CA that had to give testimony to a legal case in NZ over an operator using expired components that ultimately failed and killed the pilot.
from what I've seen and read, I'll give tuna boats the flick, the gamble just doesn't seem worth it!
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