I've been on the hiring end of things for a while and I would agree that, if you're going for a float job, the more float hours the better. The bush environment can be vey challenging. The operators know that and are much more inclined to hire someone with more than a bare minimum float endorsement....

Dry Guy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:39 pm It's an international airline and Calgary isn't really a major international hub. No offence WJ widebody ops. If your next question is why does Air Canada have a Winnipeg base then, I don't know.

YWG is in the centre of the continent.
Despite what Toronto may believe

Hey PilotDAR I did mention it was third hand Perhaps I should also have mentioned it was verbal I suspect that it is not official yet but very likely to happen. I don’t think they’re grounded, but there’s a Safety Bulliten to inspect the struts/fittings/bolts, etc before its next flight. That is bes...

Admittedly I got it third hand but from a fairly reliable non gov. source.
A reasonable expectation of gov. response given circumstances.
I wonder if the USA operators will be told to follow suit?

Evidently all Otters in Canada have been grounded pending the results of the accident investigation.
That's gonna hurt the west coast operators hard.
I hope they find the cause of the wing failure very soon. Before anything else catastrophic happens.

I used to fly that type of plane and the MB govt did go through all the hoops necessary to allow extermal loads on the aircraft but I don't know if it allowed external loads on both sides of the aircraft.

anyone read the articles from the MB govt and in the Winnipeg Free Press regarding Lifeflight? The govvie ain't nice.

Funniest thread on a serious subject I have read in a very long time!
ROFL

Be careful with anything with ammonia in it. It attacks the plastic of your windows and makes your plane smell like pee.

Maybe not in Gimli and the interlake but Winnipeg is not far away and I think has a significant number of people in the aerospace industry. Also maybe some present employees could be persuaded to move west. But like someone said in an earlier post, any move will be east. Manitoba, on the fringe of t...

So, just to throw this in as a wild card suggestion that won't happen because it is west of Toronto, but how about YGM, Gimli in Manitoba? Big concrete runway, lots of space, cheap housing nearby, ramp big enough any plane they make...

I was in a bit of a similar situation. Got called the evening before the federal holiday and told I wasn't flying the next day, therefore no pay. I waited to see if the stat was on my paycheck. Nope. I am getting my facts together to see what I am owed but I think they average your daily mileage for...

I'm going to do a resurrection on this thread. Here's aquestion for you people. I get paid straight mileage, no reserve, no base salary. This is to my way of thinking the same as an incentive based system such as a salesman's commissions,a category which is covered under labour legislation. So, if I...

I agree with North Shore. Hopefully all the other Instructors will be with you.
Maybe the labour board(or whatever it is called) can do something for you as well?

maybe try AlAir in Ste. Theresa Point in MB. Al Hadland has 2 cherokee 6's.

Thompson is: Great food at the Northern, The Hub, and of course, Popeyes. Pizza at Santa Maria's and Tom's. Crazy Petes. Some very nice people (and some not so nice) "The Walk of the Living Dead" by the TI. Thompson has all the mod cons such as Walmart, Canadian Tire, Tim Hortons and Safeway to name...

Yeah I know it was brought up in threads in 2007, but recent crashes in the Indian ocean and Ukraine makes people think... Fielding McConnell started the whole exposure of this in 2006 I believe and a friend of mine brought it to my attention. Interesting concept but is it true? I have never heard i...

I fly on the 8000's which have water rudders that don't retract up very far by design. Backing into a beach you have to be very careful to straighten them before impact with the sand. Otherwise the AME's get really annoyed at you for bending "their" plane.

ice must be rotten up north here in MB, I just had word of a plane going through it. Pilot is OK, plane has minimal damage

I had word from Northern MB that the ice is still thick but looks like it's going to melt quickly with this warm weather

Tipping in the bush pilot world seems to be a hit and miss thing. Ontario bush pilots seem to get a lot more tips than Manitoba pilots for example.

I have heard that putting a sign up inside the plane that says "tipping your pilot will help him remember where he left you" increases tips...

at the risk of thread drift... I measure the ground speed of a piston otter in a head wind in units of furlongs per fortnight.

check out http://www.vsslgear.com
A Canadian company, it has some cool, small survival packs that could fit into a (big) pocket.
That and a multitool of some sort and you would probably do OK.

If they gave us something, ANYTHING for our money.
Illya

Advisory Circular (AC) No. 600-005
7. The fees for Transport Canada services reflect a portion of the costs to deliver services to those people who directly benefit from them.

I agree with Illya,just what Do they give us for that?

It might help a tiny bit for the resume, but it will help you a lot more personally especially if you plan on a career in the bush. The cost of the course isn't much and you'll end up being able to help someone in need, maybe even yourself, when there is no one else for miles(and miles) around. The ...

A friend of mine used to haul boats with the bow forward on an Otter. With the horizontal stab being so high he said there was no noticeable vibration from the turbulence generated by the boat and the plane seemed to fly easier. According to every rule I've seen though, it's always stern forward no ...