Thunder Air's New PC12s Now in Operation
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Thunder Air's New PC12s Now in Operation
They were quick to put them into use which was nice.
I know they are stepping down the roll of the King Airs in stages as the aircraft roll in. 8 in total on order. I do believe they have two right now and are expecting 1 a month going into the summer. Rumor has it all PC-12NG fleet by December.
Anyone have any pictures yet? I think a PC12 in Thunder Colors would look very sharp!
I know they are stepping down the roll of the King Airs in stages as the aircraft roll in. 8 in total on order. I do believe they have two right now and are expecting 1 a month going into the summer. Rumor has it all PC-12NG fleet by December.
Anyone have any pictures yet? I think a PC12 in Thunder Colors would look very sharp!
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They look great. Love the MU2s and Caravan though!
Meatservo wrote:I just slap 'em in there. I don't even make sure they are lined up properly.
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No. But there is this from back in the day.
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Wait. I thought they were brand new. That looks like Thunder's former livery. So are they buying ex bearskin?
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Wait... When the @#$! did Bearskin have NGs?
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Not sure about Bearskin. I was informed they were NGs factory new. Maybe they are using pre owned till the NGs arrive? Anyone?
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No. They leased 3 I believe a while back to see what it was like. The lease term expired. Pilots & Management were happy. They ordered these brand new. Most likely ordered them a while ago and are just now putting them into service.Goshawk wrote:Not sure about Bearskin. I was informed they were NGs factory new. Maybe they are using pre owned till the NGs arrive? Anyone?
Meatservo wrote:I just slap 'em in there. I don't even make sure they are lined up properly.
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Makes sense that they ordered them a while ago. Don't think many companies would be ordering new planes with a weak dollar and with fuel so cheap.xchox wrote:Most likely ordered them a while ago and are just now putting them into service.Goshawk wrote:Not sure about Bearskin. I was informed they were NGs factory new. Maybe they are using pre owned till the NGs arrive? Anyone?
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How does one get on this operation? Minimums? Pay scale? Bond? This is something I kind of need to know.
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I hear they're looking for 1500 hours, 500 pic. $10,000 prorated promissory note, pay starts at $35/hr for FOs, $55/hr for Captains, $2/hr per diems, 2:1 duty rig, 65 hr/month guarantee, 10 GDOs usually in 5 day blockslownslow wrote:How does one get on this operation? Minimums? Pay scale? Bond? This is something I kind of need to know.
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Just looked at my calendar. I almost thought it was April 01, 2016.
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Mass exodus from Bravo, anyone? Would explain why I never saw job postings.
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http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 7&t=108128NorOntair wrote:Mass exodus from Bravo, anyone? Would explain why I never saw job postings.
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They just bought all of Bravo's and Ornge's PC12's since Ornge just declared bankruptcy this morning. Going to a full PC12 fleet, but single pilot so lots of layoffs. Medics will double as catering.
All the MU2's were just sold to the Manitoba Ministry for low level moose counts and smoke jumpers. Talk of putting a few on Wipaire amphibs for bombing.
All the MU2's were just sold to the Manitoba Ministry for low level moose counts and smoke jumpers. Talk of putting a few on Wipaire amphibs for bombing.
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None of the PC12s in those photos are NGs, wrong winglets.
Also I would stay away from any medevac which doubles as anything other then a medevac, that just screams button rung
Also I would stay away from any medevac which doubles as anything other then a medevac, that just screams button rung
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I flew the camera plane for the photo of the Bearskin PC-12 in this thread. Was back in 2000 I believe.
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Don't think you'll see a mass exodus from Bravo. They have $10,000 of your money as ransom
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LOL... Mass exodus from Air Bravo! Thats hilarious... There are no masses employed there for an exodus! Operating a whole two aircraft from two locations, there only client is Ornge. I'm sure Ornge would drop them too if they knew all the corners they cut. You can't count the number of people that outfit has screwed, the labour board has a fifteen year history with the company, the investigators will openly laugh when talking to them about your claim. They know the principle by name and his history of ignoring federal labour laws, well known internally for simply ignoring any and all correspondence received, including federal judgements and demand for payment. Have to ask yourself if they blatantly ignore federal labour laws what other federal laws do they ignore?