Rouyn Noranda

[andy_mtl]

Salut le monde.

je serait a rouyn cette semaine a cause de mon employ d agent de bord, et je me demande si il y a des compagnie et /ou des operateur d avion de brousse ou je pourrait deposer mon resume en personne.

Merci pour votre suggestions et bonne annee!

Andy

[CL-Skadoo!]

. perhaps...bonne chance!

[andy_mtl]

J ai pas de IFR .

Je cherche un operateur des ski/flotteur ou vfr.

c est ca que est difficile de trouver!

[intruder-flight]

Salut Andy-mtl,

A Rouyn-Noranda, il y as juste . qui opere la, avec une licence professionel, multi-IFR et 1000 heures totale, et 100 de multi. A Val d'Or c'est Air Creebec qui est la avec les memes licences et exigence.

Peut-etre aller voir a Amos, a l'aeroport, mais durant l'hiver il y as pas grand chose qui passe la.

Regardez Air Sagnuenay, qui est une des seul operateur dans la domaine de brosse au Quebec, a part de petits comapagnies qui on 2-3 avions ou helicopteres.

Bonne Chance!

http://www.airsaguenay.com/

(sorry for my french).

[andy_mtl]

hey thanks, i wrote the post in french cause i thought more french people would know the area.

Currently i am not up to 1000 hours, i ve been flying skydivers last summer and going back this summer again, but i'm trying to look for a possible year round pilot job.

and about air saguenay i applied, but they seem to require alot of float time.

mind you i am at 330 tt and being checked pic on a pa31 , but for a skydiver operation, so no IFR what s so ever.

Thanks for the info anyway,
Andy

[intruder-flight]

Hi Andy,

Great to see that you are getting Multi-PIC because that is gold in this industry. You have to look at two things, how old you are, and what your goals are. If you would like to be a bush pilot, then what does it take to do that. If you want airline, then what is your flight plan to get there.

Remember that adding flight time is important when you are low, once you get to 1000-2000 hours, you are much more marketable. Sometimes you have to divert your flightpath in order to come around and get what you want. Say you fly another summer of para-dropping, and get 500tt with 250 ME-PIC, you would be able to get into a 703 career much faster, say ., Max Aviation or Pascan.

Perhaps in order to get your floats, if you do not have them, check out Aero-Loisir at La Macaza near Mont-Tremblant, after you do your para-drop season. Imagine about 700tt plus 500 ME-PIC and then you get the 7-10 hours on floats would make you more appealing in many diverse companies. Of course IFR is not required for many floats operators, but you will be surprised how many float operators in Ontario require it, simply to take off VFR from a lake, and fly IFR to a major airport hub.

I had to instruct in order to get as close as possible to getting my ATPL to fly for a 703 operator. I got into my CARs 703 with 1450tt, and then a few ground schools after me, had a majority of pilots come in to work for us with an average of 800tt and 50 ME-PIC because pilots with 1500tt were getting harder to find.

Determination and flying experience will get you far. Good luck and keep the blue side up.

Cheers, I-F

[andy_mtl]

Hey I-F thanks for the reply.

i am going to be 25 in may, and at the moment i am planning to start with a bush/float career then move up to some 703-704 operator.
Airline isnt my piece of cake, been inflight director and flight attendant for 4 years now, and even tho i started this career to become a ariline pilot, i think my place is in a smaller operator.

at the moment i am studying for my inrat, and what i will probably end up doing is another full summer at my present job, and i desperately hope to have a winter job , or full time job as a pilot by next fall/winter.

that s my goal

andy

[intruder-flight]

Hi Andy,

Sounds like you have a great flight plan for your career!

If you go to Rouyn-Noranda, check out .. Bring a CV/Resume anyways and go meet the chief pilot, Jean Lalumiere, or Operations Manager Ron Tuggey. Even at less then 500 hours total time, just bring a name and face for yourself. Then another visit in the fall after your Instrument rating and more flight hours will get you closer to working for them. They prefer pilots with bush or other operational hours versus guys who get 1000 hours instructing. Both those gentleman have several thousand hours flying bush, and if they see you come in a few times, and progress, they will remember you for their next pool of pilots for selection and ground school.

. is a great company to work for. Essentially it is a bush operator who fly's from mainly the James Bay and Nunavik regions of Quebec, to all gravel airstrips. . specializes in Air Ambulance 24/7, bringing miners to various mine camps throughout Quebec, Labrador and Ontario, and a few executive air charters. It's a Multi-IFR bush flying experience. Basically the co-pilots gives the passenger briefing, but gets hands on flying in a King Air A100 or a Gulfstream G-I (G-159) aircraft.

There is also Air Inuit with various Nunavik bases. You start on the ramp and work your way up to co-pilot on the single or twin Otter. Ask to work the ramp, and in 3 to 12 months, a spot opens up, and you can make your way to a co-pilot's job. It is similar at Air Creebec in Timmins, Ontario or Val d'Or. If you go to Iqualuit, you can also work the ramp and then fly for Air Nunavut. I know of a friend who worked 2 months of ramp and is now a King Air 200 co-pilot, and all he had was 230tt with a valid Multi-IFR. Other then Air Sagueney and a few independent float operators, there is relatively few seasonal bush pilot VFR flying in Quebec anymore. There is fire patrols in Cessna 310s with Exact Air and Groundair, but you would make more money working part-time flipping burgers at a fast food place. It's its a slow fire season like in 2011, you may only get to fly 30 hours in 5 months. Perhaps the para-dropping would be better.

If you need more info, send me a private message. I fly as a co-pilot for ., first based in Rouyn-Noranda for ten months, now based at YUL.

Best of Luck,

Intruder-Flight