"Roger (K8RI)" wrote in
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On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:47:15 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

"RST Engineering" wrote in
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Sorry old chap, if you mentioned this somewhere in this thread, I
missed it. In that case, you are correct and the examiner is well
within his bounds to ask you if you would do something illegal, and
if you agree, you lose. That's true on this side of the pond as
well.

Actually, the rules could be very different ndeed. No idea what Oz is
like, but I have been involved in certification in a few different
countries and while the general idea is the same, the specific rules
can be very different indeed.
The Brits, for instance, are downright bizarre. Don't even start me on
the Germans, and I had one licence that merely required that my
company bribe the officials. No check ride, no written on the local
rules. nothing.

You also had to bribe the waiter in this place to get you your
breakfast, customs and immigration to get in and out of the country,
the fueler to brign you fuel on time and so on.

I went to an "Ethics" training meeting at one company I worked for.
They dealt with both US and "foreign" ethics. The gist of the meeting
was "If you have a problem doing business like this" we suggest you
either plan on staying in your present state side position or seek
employment elsewhere". IOW the emphasis was on the "elsewhere" as
most would be going to other countries within their first 10 years of
so.

These "Ethics" are a nightmare for companies doing business abroad as
you play by their rules, but you can't let the folks "over here" know
that.

Well, the division I was working for at that place did nothing but
overseas stuff and were well able for all that. In many ways it wasn't
all that much different fromthe way it worked elsewhere. Just think of
it as "taxes" And since we paid none anywhere while working for these
guys we dind't mind.


Bertie