Everything roar and wallypilot said is true. It's a great company to work for, they treat you really well. The owner is excellent. The only downfall to the company is the schedule. It can be very erratic at times but if you want to see the world and get some great experience go for it. I must warn y...

My longest was, Chilliwack, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Heathrow, Qatar, Bombay, Ahmedabad India......then a 3 hour drive on Indian highways, about 40 hours of travel.

A lot of survey companies....try Fugro, Aries Aviation, Airborne Energy just to name a few. I'm sure there's lots more out there.

My advice, throw back a Gravol and 2 double rum and cokes after departure......wake up in CDG!

Found this article Interesting.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0912 ... traveler_1

Here is an interesting video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-BGryCRcg8

You can check out some survey operators.

Aries Aviation offers rotations 6 on, 4 off

Airborne Energy does too not sure what the rotations are

Also bored in a hotel.

PA31 - 1750 ..... 3 years

Good post by the way BBB. It's been a while, hope all is well.

Rotation work is a great way to make a living. I do 4 on 4 off when in North America, and 6 on 6 off for overseas work. I find this schedule to be great, all of the above posts are very true. You do need to do something other than aviation on your time off to keep sane though. I find Boating, Campin...

6 weeks on, 4 weeks off

60-100 hours a month depending on what the project is!

You should try to look at some survey outfits, some have a schedule of 4 weeks on 4 off. Others are 6 weeks on and 3 off.

When Flight training was driving a car without power steering, getting onto the highway on the cloverleaf i reached down for the trim wheel!

They prefer you to live in YYC, although you can live in other places.