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North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:49 pm
by YYCcrew
Anyone seen the posting on the jobs page!? what is the scoop

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:07 pm
by Johnny#5
Who, with a type rating, will go there? Maybe Jazz or Porter FO's for an upgrade?

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:06 am
by Gilles Hudicourt
Hey North Cariboo! Just go to HRSDC and apply for an LMO to import some Q400 type rated Foreign pilot. You won't have to pay for training. Then once he/she arrives, pay them overseas through an offshore company and don't declare the pilot to the CRA and you'll save on all the other stuff Canadian employees normally cost. Since he/she will basically be collecting a tax and deductions free salary, in an offshore account, they will be happy working for less. Of course you need not pay vacation and all that either. They will eventually bring their friends over too. Licences! No problem. The good people at TC will rubber stamp his/her home country licence as long as he/she can pass the instrument ride in a Q400 simulator. It should be a piece of cake. Just put a qualified Canadian Q400 pilot in the other seat. The FLVC is valid for one year at a time but TC will renew it every year without any problem, allowing continuous and un-interrupted flying with a foreign licence. All the pilot has to do is maintain his offshore status. Since they don't pay taxes anyway, that is easy to prove. Work permit expiry? No problem. They'll eventually renew it. Just tell them a Canadian corporation will lose money if they don't. In the meantime, they can work without one. Just provide the pilot with a letter stating the foreigner is in Canada "training". Nobody will come snooping around. Especially if you don't fly international. If anyone causes any trouble, give me a call. I'll tell you what to tell them to shut them up and make them go away. Others do what I just described so why not North Cariboo and any other company. Why bother with expensive and troublesome Canadian pilots.......

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:53 am
by Rogerdodger2
I'm pretty sure people don't appreciate you hijacking their thread Gilles. You seem desperate and frustrated. Must be because you've lost the support of ACPA, ALPA and even your own employer, Transat.

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:56 pm
by leftoftrack
Gilles Hudicourt wrote:Hey North Cariboo! Just go to HRSDC and apply for an LMO to import some Q400 type rated Foreign pilot. You won't have to pay for training. Then once he/she arrives, pay them overseas through an offshore company and don't declare the pilot to the CRA and you'll save on all the other stuff Canadian employees normally cost. Since he/she will basically be collecting a tax and deductions free salary, in an offshore account, they will be happy working for less. Of course you need not pay vacation and all that either. They will eventually bring their friends over too. Licences! No problem. The good people at TC will rubber stamp his/her home country licence as long as he/she can pass the instrument ride in a Q400 simulator. It should be a piece of cake. Just put a qualified Canadian Q400 pilot in the other seat. The FLVC is valid for one year at a time but TC will renew it every year without any problem, allowing continuous and un-interrupted flying with a foreign licence. All the pilot has to do is maintain his offshore status. Since they don't pay taxes anyway, that is easy to prove. Work permit expiry? No problem. They'll eventually renew it. Just tell them a Canadian corporation will lose money if they don't. In the meantime, they can work without one. Just provide the pilot with a letter stating the foreigner is in Canada "training". Nobody will come snooping around. Especially if you don't fly international. If anyone causes any trouble, give me a call. I'll tell you what to tell them to shut them up and make them go away. Others do what I just described so why not North Cariboo and any other company. Why bother with expensive and troublesome Canadian pilots.......
has North Cariboo hired foreign pilots?

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:11 am
by Gilles Hudicourt
No they haven't and I hope they never will. It was all tongue-in-cheek......

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:46 pm
by Spaceshuttle
Great News. EnjoY! I look forward to flyin with ya.

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:16 am
by complexintentions
Actually really good satire like Gilles' is always appreciated, probably because it's more intelligent than 97% of the crap that gets posted here.

Note that RodgerDodger doesn't actually refute anything Gilles said, just scolds like a schoolmarm....

*sigh*

Here's hoping there isn't someone at NCA studying Sunwing/CanJet carefully as we speak. Be nice to get a few more Canadian jobs on the go. Now that the Western aircraft manufacturers have sold out to the Middle East.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/03/busin ... index.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/17/trave ... ord-deals/

How's THAT for a thread hijack?!

You will ALL work in the Middle East one day, if you want a decent wage. The only ones working in Canada will be the lowly-paid foreigners on temporary contracts. (Don't forget, vote for Harper!)

MUHAHAHAH! *evil laugh*

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:24 pm
by tincanflyer
Gilles Hudicourt wrote:Hey North Cariboo! Just go to HRSDC and apply for an LMO to import some Q400 type rated Foreign pilot. You won't have to pay for training. Then once he/she arrives, pay them overseas through an offshore company and don't declare the pilot to the CRA and you'll save on all the other stuff Canadian employees normally cost. Since he/she will basically be collecting a tax and deductions free salary, in an offshore account, they will be happy working for less. Of course you need not pay vacation and all that either. They will eventually bring their friends over too. Licences! No problem. The good people at TC will rubber stamp his/her home country licence as long as he/she can pass the instrument ride in a Q400 simulator. It should be a piece of cake. Just put a qualified Canadian Q400 pilot in the other seat. The FLVC is valid for one year at a time but TC will renew it every year without any problem, allowing continuous and un-interrupted flying with a foreign licence. All the pilot has to do is maintain his offshore status. Since they don't pay taxes anyway, that is easy to prove. Work permit expiry? No problem. They'll eventually renew it. Just tell them a Canadian corporation will lose money if they don't. In the meantime, they can work without one. Just provide the pilot with a letter stating the foreigner is in Canada "training". Nobody will come snooping around. Especially if you don't fly international. If anyone causes any trouble, give me a call. I'll tell you what to tell them to shut them up and make them go away. Others do what I just described so why not North Cariboo and any other company. Why bother with expensive and troublesome Canadian pilots.......

Soooooooo sick of the thread hi-jacking.......boo-hoo Gilles.....happy, you got some sympathy.

Thought this thread was about NCA and them getting Q400's?

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:30 am
by yycflyguy
His concerns are very valid on a macro Canadian industry viewpoint. His tongue in cheek post are based on other carriers past practices and should concern every pilot in Canada.

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:48 pm
by jedinite
:smt032 :smt032 Or they could just upgrade their current dash drivers

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:00 pm
by twinpratts
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Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:01 pm
by twinpratts
Gilles Hudicourt wrote:Hey North Cariboo! Just go to HRSDC and apply for an LMO to import some Q400 type rated Foreign pilot. You won't have to pay for training. Then once he/she arrives, pay them overseas through an offshore company and don't declare the pilot to the CRA and you'll save on all the other stuff Canadian employees normally cost. Since he/she will basically be collecting a tax and deductions free salary, in an offshore account, they will be happy working for less. Of course you need not pay vacation and all that either. They will eventually bring their friends over too. Licences! No problem. The good people at TC will rubber stamp his/her home country licence as long as he/she can pass the instrument ride in a Q400 simulator. It should be a piece of cake. Just put a qualified Canadian Q400 pilot in the other seat. The FLVC is valid for one year at a time but TC will renew it every year without any problem, allowing continuous and un-interrupted flying with a foreign licence. All the pilot has to do is maintain his offshore status. Since they don't pay taxes anyway, that is easy to prove. Work permit expiry? No problem. They'll eventually renew it. Just tell them a Canadian corporation will lose money if they don't. In the meantime, they can work without one. Just provide the pilot with a letter stating the foreigner is in Canada "training". Nobody will come snooping around. Especially if you don't fly international. If anyone causes any trouble, give me a call. I'll tell you what to tell them to shut them up and make them go away. Others do what I just described so why not North Cariboo and any other company. Why bother with expensive and troublesome Canadian pilots.......
:roll:

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:12 pm
by tincanflyer
twinpratts wrote:
Gilles Hudicourt wrote:Hey North Cariboo! Just go to HRSDC and apply for an LMO to import some Q400 type rated Foreign pilot. You won't have to pay for training. Then once he/she arrives, pay them overseas through an offshore company and don't declare the pilot to the CRA and you'll save on all the other stuff Canadian employees normally cost. Since he/she will basically be collecting a tax and deductions free salary, in an offshore account, they will be happy working for less. Of course you need not pay vacation and all that either. They will eventually bring their friends over too. Licences! No problem. The good people at TC will rubber stamp his/her home country licence as long as he/she can pass the instrument ride in a Q400 simulator. It should be a piece of cake. Just put a qualified Canadian Q400 pilot in the other seat. The FLVC is valid for one year at a time but TC will renew it every year without any problem, allowing continuous and un-interrupted flying with a foreign licence. All the pilot has to do is maintain his offshore status. Since they don't pay taxes anyway, that is easy to prove. Work permit expiry? No problem. They'll eventually renew it. Just tell them a Canadian corporation will lose money if they don't. In the meantime, they can work without one. Just provide the pilot with a letter stating the foreigner is in Canada "training". Nobody will come snooping around. Especially if you don't fly international. If anyone causes any trouble, give me a call. I'll tell you what to tell them to shut them up and make them go away. Others do what I just described so why not North Cariboo and any other company. Why bother with expensive and troublesome Canadian pilots.......
:roll:
YUP!

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:21 pm
by motox415
Should be in YYC in a couple of weeks.

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:44 pm
by justwork
That looks really sharp!

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:32 pm
by Localizer
100% with you Gilles! Hi-jack all the threads to keep the point alive and in their face!

Nice paint job! Plane looks good.

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:07 pm
by leftoftrack
Rumor has it that two dash captains just stabbed every other pilot that works there in the back. Anybody know more?

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:09 pm
by tincanflyer
leftoftrack wrote:Rumor has it that two dash captains just stabbed every other pilot that works there in the back. Anybody know more?
Something tells me you know more but are fishing for a word war on this site against the two.

Re: North Cariboo getting Q400's!

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:30 pm
by whiteguy
leftoftrack wrote:Rumor has it that two dash captains just stabbed every other pilot that works there in the back. Anybody know more?
NOT true at all!!!!!!