So when did the federal government consider north of 60 a part of Canada ? I was in YZF in 79 and it was in control of the feds back then and it was good 3 paycheques a month 2 company and 1 federal for living up north , i recall 890 bucks a mo. tax free and you couldn't go wrong if you had brass ba...

when the Viking factory started times were lean, every county in the world that had petroleum was in line to buy Canadian technology we invented fracking and horizontal drilling and a good way to extract the oil product now a days petroleum is pumping the regular at a lower price and consumers are p...

the dhc 6 400 was doomed from the start and i don't know if viking recouped there costs but think about it a 6.5 million dollar aircraft that hauls 19 people WTF Frontier aviation is pretty much over in the world the world got a lot smaller thanks to the c208 the DHC 6 was the predecessor for develo...

i did a entry in red once and QA came down on me like a ton of bricks i responded to him and said it was the only pen i could find after a 16 hour shift fixing a airplane that was dispatched at 6 am and the worse thing about it was someone switched the black pen to to a red insert nowa days i have a...

The usual shit on this website I can't find a Job! Have you ever found a job that makes you dedicated to work before you decided to become a ame? Have you been living off the bank of Ma &pa You have the intelligences to pass a AME course If you don't mind traveling and accept that the only thing con...

Typical 21 first sentry no how, Factory management says we don't want you to think just WORK its our job to think Thats what they told me then i quit Viking after 3 mo building the things and 3 engineering orders EOs they were pissed # 877, 878, 879 they hate experienced people getting back to the 4...

well put meat servo + 2 theT Otter was originally designed as a commuter AC and it evolved into a bush plane thanks to Max Ward and he knows his Planes! The aircraft was designed strong enough to withstand anything with a lot! of oh shit this is going to cost alot and the legacy lives on I was invol...

THIS IS ONE OF MY MEMOIRS OF SURVEYING IN COLOMBIA

cat give it a break OUR Companies future looks good for now we have completed some very difficult survey blocks that in the past other companies tried and failed miserable In Quibdo the capital of Choco we had to fly about 70000 km in the pacific north west of Colombia and this place is full of band...

How is the work in South America Pros and Cons

I once saw what a tremendous amount of money spent in aviation and it wasn't militar YZF a pontoon boat that had to be flown north to a lodge 300 k north it would not fit in a herc o rDHC buffalo so they thought 212 ok the load became uncontrollable and they dropped it money was no object for this m...

if you have the ambition and money use a helicopter you have the most ridiculous post i have ever seen on avcan
aviation brings the most talented

more money than brains do you have any idea on what it takes to load a 700 pound ATV into a floatplane -3 or 6 first of all a single otter can't take your load the door measurements won't be in your specifications and a twin is not much better for the door opening you must strip all the plastic then...

Wow Roberto Politically Correct: Time to step off the bitter bus. Wages are decent in this country for aviation mechanics and what bus did you step off We have piss poor wages and they go down every time a foreigner is hired Economics are used in every way or form when deciding on hiring a foreigner...

so i was a student a long time ago and wondered about working overseas i have worked overseas and found it a challenge but i don't understand why everybody that is not from Canada wants to work here Is it better in Canada cause of the wages or the life style ? or do you just want to get you family h...

You are not the only confused apprentice use your FN head and work the problem until you find a logical solution Quote: is the millennium generation brain dead don't listen to avcanadars this is your paycheque be more diligent figure it out this will be good training for your career if you know how ...

Avionics is avionics it doesn't matter the air frame you only have to know the code on what pin goes where and how to read drawings good luck you are nothing special until you have at lease 10 years experiance and have trouble shooting experience In my experience with avionics it has been a nightmar...

may the force be with you young patawhan park your ego!

there are 2 agencies bidding on the the contracts for kfc and i worked for both about 5 years ago One job was a lobe inspection on a 37 and we had 12 contractors 3 licensed and 9 so called mechanics the 3 licences were Canadians and the rest were foreigners so you can imagine what they paid them it ...

ex cop don't mean nothing 50 percent of the working public carries the rest TFLs