does the seaplane pilot all get first 50 or more hours by themselves before hired ? it is expensive. It might be common but is not a hard requirement. It really depends on the company and your other experience. Insurance rates and requirements can change every year. There's also no job guarantee af...

World economy through globalization. Everyone else's recession becomes your problem as well. Until our economy decouples from the world through trade and budgetary surpluses, we are equally screwed. Nobody for Canada to increase trade with, except the United States. Instead of the fantasy 'Net Zero...

As someone who no connections, who has sent out a bunch of apps, honestly it seems like ramping is the only way right now

TC owns this not AC. There is a presumption that a government document that is presented is valid and correct. Therefore I don't think that it is reasonable that AC should be held accountable for accepting a document that the presented fraudulently altered. What should never have happened is that i...

Flat Earth/Moon Hoax movements are deliberate disinfo ops designed specifically to de-legitimize criticism of the enforced consensus. Global Warming/Climate change is very clearly an operation to control personal autonomy within a surveillance state. Anyone with half a brain can see through this. B...

My household has switched to LED lighting, and energy saving appliances...but my electricity bill hasn't decreased even one cent!! There could be a million reasons for that? Where I am, last year we broke temperature records. A few watts saved on a wash cycle get's destroyed but running a 5000 watt...

Hey Capt. Where is the proof that climate change is real? All of Gore's predictions have not happened, China is one of the biggest coal importers in the world. What coastal shorelines have disappeared? In the New York Post last month, "the IPCC quietly determined that those extreme scenarios are "i...

I personally think the climate is a big issue, but I think the feds/provinces never actually cared that much. Look how they pretty much overnight eliminated WFH despite selling off office space (More workers than desk) all because the banks were mad their buildings wouldn't be at 100% capacity anymo...

People do make the career transition to flying in boom times. And boom times seem to always return(even after Covid which was the worst time ever). Glider towing may not be a lot of hours but there is instructing on the side and waiting. That is when the jump to King Air followed by a company like ...

The aviation industry is in a tough spot right now. I know lots of people struggling to find entry level jobs. That wasn't true 2-3 years ago. This could go on for another 6-12 months. Or it could last a couple years or longer. No one really knows. I wonder if there is a middle ground for you. If y...

If you live near a large city(actually, in many small towns as well - based on my area), you can build hours towing gliders and dropping parachutists. I did that to avoid hanging out in remote places for extended periods of time. Even at low total time.....tailwheel time set you out from most other...

If you live near a large city(actually, in many small towns as well - based on my area), you can build hours towing gliders and dropping parachutists. I did that to avoid hanging out in remote places for extended periods of time. Even at low total time.....tailwheel time set you out from most other...

The other thing to consider is the opportunity loss by wasting time on the ramp. You're earning a pittance, and every week spent on the ramp is a week not gaining seniority and flying hours which means a week less in the top end of the career where you're earning a lot. Many people would actually b...

The other thing to consider is the opportunity loss by wasting time on the ramp. You're earning a pittance, and every week spent on the ramp is a week not gaining seniority and flying hours which means a week less in the top end of the career where you're earning a lot. Many people would actually b...

Like I said, the goalposts would change. The conversation changed from the original title. You literally asked about Fedex and driving and I literally told you about Fedex and driving. 1500 hours was not a typical US carrier hiring amount back in the days of that thread. Slinging boxes or driving g...

Found it......Had to sling boxes for a minimum of a year(or other position). Even the big boys do it. https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/fedex/40623-fedex-throwing-boxes-flying.html Now waiting for the goal posts to suddenly change in this discussion. Do you not see the title of the thread? But ffs...

Found it......Had to sling boxes for a minimum of a year(or other position). Even the big boys do it. https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/fedex/40623-fedex-throwing-boxes-flying.html Now waiting for the goal posts to suddenly change in this discussion. Do you not see the title of the thread? But ffs...

Another reason for hiring on the dock first is that it allows the company to weed out the problem employees prior to getting the pilot job. That could be a personality issue or just general competence, As we have seen in many accidents, there was a competence issue. Here is a dock job ad. Mostly re...

Sounds more like a humiliation ritual than anything. Only in Canada are pilots degraded and disrespected to such a low level. Someone doesn't understand how things work in the real world and call working your way up to be huniliation, degraded, disresoected. AI Search....Do lawyers start off in men...

At this point it'll be easier to marry an American and do your FAA conversion. Know a couple of pilots that didn’t have to marry to get into US carriers. One of the pilots I knew did something interesting in order to get on with an American carrier. She has no right to work in the US, so she went t...

JungleRiot wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2026 3:51 pm At this point it'll be easier to marry an American and do your FAA conversion.

I guess this is on me for being open to suggestions

Yes, I know people will come out the woodwork but unless you have a better suggestion of where to go I'm pretty desperate at this point.

I spoke to multiple small operators and they said 2-3 years ramping before a flying position comes up, how long would skycare be?

This "we are on the edge of needing layoffs" and "too poor to pay for fuel" narrative also works to the company's favour as the AME's and rampies contract is up and they will be entering negotiations this summer. You can never count out dirty games when it comes to AC management. The summer bid wil...

‘Bob’ wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 1:06 pm Didn’t Trump bankrupt his own airline under pretty much the same economic climate he’s currently creating. ?

How could that be? He's a financial genius lmfao

pelmet wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 6:56 pm Busy again. Doing some cool stuff.

No need to reply, we’ve both got our points across