Maldivian Air Taxi - Twin Otter overview by the chief pilot

[ArtuRider]

Yeahhh operations are under VFR and pure dead reckoning/pilotage

[lamene23]

no restroom?

[budandbean1]

Very nice!. I wish more folks would do a rundown like this of their particular aircraft. Other than seeing them at the airport, this is the first time I have seen the interior and cabin. I always figured the Twin Otters had all the fancy equipment like all the other aircraft, this supprised me that the otter, at least this one, is pretty much a VFR craft with very minimal equipment. Thanks for the overview!

[soundiris]

this company sucks i worked there as a technician, they hire unqualified philipino

" technicians" over qualified ones depends how much they suck the Canadian engineers c**k. be careful if you fly those.i got fired because i was against their unsafe aviation technical practices.they hire carpenters and house electricians for their aviation maintenance crew, cos they supply women to the Canadians.

[soundiris]

@mrpilot102

Thanks much for clarification. no one quit during my period. but i remember one engineer got fired because he refused to sign for what he didn't do . there is no point of talking about management. i signed a agreement after being hired. when i went to Maldives to work ' they gave me a different agreement to sign.

[somatiko1983]

Anyone could tell me how to contact chief pilot?

[SPEEDBIRDx]

Does anybody know what are the minimums to get hired here

[fischdeba]

i don't know, on their homepage is only written, that you need a maldivian cpl... i guess a required flight time is not mentioned... but let me know, if you get any number ;)...

[pope007]

How many hours do they require? for maldivian air taxi first officer.

[fischdeba]

who needs an autopilot ;) ?? i think there lags aren't that long, that you need an autopilot...

[bin801]

there is totally no autopilot equipment inside??

[timkiwi]

whats an autopilot :)))

[emohunterCHCH]

bloody aussies! haha good man, if I got caught flying with no shoes on i'd get a word in my ear! Im hopefully gonna be crewing on these on my next job. sweeeeett as!

[sutanjagoan]

good vid.

[canyonair]

Wow!! old avionics

[airbus91]

what is a fuel leva?

[rippin187]

hahaahah

[iflywa]

Great vid. I would love to fly a Twin Otter, can you post a start up procedure for the Otter?

[Fritztoons]

Thank yout to the crews. It was a great pleasure to be on bord. Just a week ago. Destination Kuramathi!

[Greendayfan0921]

that would be such a badass job. I am obsessed with all of the DeHavilland aircraft :)

[josenar145]

why do they not use autofeather for amphibious T-Otters?

[fly4fun]

Since they're flying from water, if they lose an engine they can simply pull the power back and land straight ahead. The autofeather system on the Twin Otter occasionally activated even though an engine failure hadn't occured. So it's one less thing to worry about when flying from floats.

[josenar145]

Thanks! btw I like your dc3 vids there very cool.

[mrpilot102]

@fly4fun Are you sure you want to "simply pull back the power and land straight ahead" if there is huge swell or other obstacles? Like um the reef or the runway? I would have rather had the autofeather.

[77obbor]

@fly4fun

Very valid point. It gave you a sense of safety sometimes, especially because you always got airborne before VMC.

[gumbootu]

i used to fly on one of those almost every month. flying over those tiny islands makes me happy.

[ecrdab747]

This is Maldivian Air Taxi - The island air commuter service for Maldives - a group of islands near India in the Indian Ocean

[kfhoov]

great stuff...if only there was one for every plane.

[DrBongWater]

Maldavia, hummn, wasn't that the place where that scaree guy from Ghostbusters 2 was from...Veego?

[gumbootu]

its Maildives. dumbshit

[oo7im]

Anyone posting inapropriate comments will be reported.

YOU have been warned !

[MsPinstripe]

Interested in pilot positions

send an email & complete resume to david  @ maldivianairtaxi com

[justinhewett]

Does anyone know where the other video went of the Maldives Air Taxis doing fly buys, It was really cool and had a dance song as its theme. Havent been able to find it for a while.

[mafaz22]

Hey check my channel! Iv posted sum flyby vids! i think they are the ones ur lookin for

[avnavcgm]

Thanks for sharing! Very interesting.

[RobertGary1]

Just happens to be 12,500 gross weight ;) No type rating required?

[cutasscrew]

in some places a rating is required for the twin otter.. like in the neth. antilles in the caribbean..

[flywithabel]

anybody know their hiring minimums?

[heroeeeeee]

Cheers for that..sounds convincing to me..mystery solved!!

[heroeeeeee]

And the 2 "friction" knobs on the engine control panel do what exactly? He never mentions them or did I miss it somehow?

[aviator8a8]

I don't have experience flying the otter but my experience in other aircraft leads me to believe that they simply control the friction (or resistance) for the throttle and prop levers. Most airplanes have friction locks. Sometimes the vibration in the a/c will cause the levers to move on their own or sometimes they are too stiff and you can't smoothly advance the throttles or props or get the right setting. I could be wrong.

[qwevu]

yep, you're right...well explained!!

[blargets]

I take a flight on a Twin Otter at least twice a year and this was a very informative video. Excellent.

[RobertGary1]

I always wondered what I should do with my commercial sea plane ticket. Its almost worth moving down there!

[ytubbie]

look at his foot, LOL

[spasekace]

Love the bare feet!! Now thats island style flying!

[RodNOmega]

@spasekace

Those guys (and girls) really do all fly barefoot