Contact Vic at Contract Aero 250-473-7475

If you pay people properly they will go to school . The air operators do not pay so there will be a shortage that will only get worse ! It is really that simple . AME 2 years of school 15 an hour when he gets out you figure it out .

Where are all the contract ame's M1/ m2/ structures these days ??/ Have oodles of work with no one available . Apprentices too!! Contact Vic at Contract Aero !250-473-7475

Snap Lake is shutting down ! Not good for aviation once again. DeBeers says there is less demand for diamonds or is this like oil just too many of them on the market . Must affect quite a few charter and regular carriers .

Whoever is doing the bomb hoaxes is doing a very dangerous thing. People have already been hurt and it is no laughing matter . To make an emergency landing in very busy airspace creates huge risks. It could be internal issues someone has or a very unhappy customer. Either way it comes down to a ment...

Bombardier Inc said Thursday it plans to cut 1,750 jobs in its business-jet division, about 15 percent of jobs in that unit, due to weaker demand, in the latest setback for the Canadian train and aircraft maker. Net business aircraft orders dropped to 19 from 46 a year earlier in the first quarter, ...

Its not just the oil patch hurting but Natural Gas, Gold , copper , Iron ore , Moly prices have been halved as well . This creates a domino effect for everything not just in aviation . This happened in 2008 and the patch boys were over extended with toys and trucks . Hopefully they learned to save f...

Do a road trip and check out the small airports . You'd be surprised what you can find .

JUST FOUND THIS ON LINE Lot #1: 2006 Beechcraft King Air B200 - times as of Nov 18, 2014 C-GFSD B200 S/N: BB-1962 Aircraft Total Time: 3043.9 Total Cycles since new: 4299 Model Serial Number TSN CSN TBO TSO TSHSI ENG 1 PT6A-42 PCE-PJ1017 3043.9 4299 3600 3043.9 1307.5 ENG 2 PT6A-42 PCE-PJ1019 3043.9...

Not an expert but don't the reserves seem a bit on the high side? Depends on hull, avionics and engine times I guess .

I know there is always a surplus of politicians :D In general though there seems to be a tightening going on in heavy maintenance as a lot of the big boys are going south for their maintenance . AMO's in Canada have to fight the 15-20 $ range for mechanics in the US less for central America. Line is...

Glad everyone is OK . Like any incident it will be evaluated so someone can learn what the mistake was and how not to do it again.

A word of caution from a person with experience on not getting paid . There are a lot of shady characters in SA who often do not pay their engineers and pilots on the out bases. Be very careful on who you are dealing with . Make sure your pay comes in on time the first 2 weeks . If not get out while...

News of the employment scene in the US is that they have returned to the unemployed rate before the 2007-08 downturn / recession . Only problem is people are making 25% less now . In Canada we make on average less that we did in 1990 when you factor in cost of living and decreased value of our curre...

Today I checked on prices for a flight for 3 people to Halifax return from Kelowna BC Sept 8th for 2 weeks cost on a Canadian Airline $ 4160.00 Then I checked with an American Airline from Spokane to Portland Maine basically the same distance cost on Southwest Airlines $1361.00 . Please tell me why ...

Canadian survey aircraft crashes in Andes: two dead Written by The Associated Press May 6, 2014, Regina - One of two Canadians identified as the victims of a plane crash in northeastern Colombia was described Monday as a smart guy with a passion for the outdoors. The civil aviation authority in Colu...

Aviation has always been the Canary in the gold mine in terms of the economy in general . Tough times ahead for aviation in Canada? Even with the loony down 10% with mechanics in the USA willing to work for 15.00 an hour or less it only spells a deflationary wage situation forming quickly.

The way I see things changing in the job market / economy is in a deflationary direction in terms of wages, benefits or hours worked ( per annum) in many fields of labor. In some cases jobs are disappearing altogether (Caterpillar , Heinz, Steel industry and Auto manufacturing from the Canadian land...

Is the Viking DHC 6 -400 assembly plants moving to Wichita is true or not . Anyone know ?

I'd get as far away from owning any aircraft as I would soon have no money !!!

Condo on the beach where its warm , small fishing boat , boogie board and a cooler .... where the senorita can hand me a cold one from.

I am finally selling my aircraft structures tools :cry: . Will sell in one lot only . Easily $20,000.00 worth of tools Tool boxes , squeezer's , angle drills ( screw and Colette types), rotor files , drills , reamers ,microstop countersinks , hundreds of clecos and twist clecos , 12 ' vernier , micr...

If you can't find the Ser.# I'm not sure the AME profession is going to be your bag ...... unless you can demonstrate... to all......... that you were Dad's fastest.

Just kidding it is in the MM of a/C type. Placards etc.. and other places . ... index's .

We are having a hard time finding EASA licensed Heli structures and or Mechanics for Mid bell and Sik 76 heavy checks and repairs in Europe . If there are any out there or you know of any can you please message me! Thanks