North Cariboo CNRL new carrier
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beentheredonethat
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North Cariboo CNRL new carrier
Just found can't confirm anything but I overheard that North Cariboo is won the contract for the Horizon Project. If this is true wow that company is going to expand tremendously
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Found out some more info. Aparently the crew changes when the project get busy will be happening almost daily involving Canadian North's 737 and North Cariboo's King Airs, 1900 and Dash 8 I heard up to 2 or 3. The affiliation between the two is not written but I guess one of Cariboo's owners works for Canadian North. Not sure on all of this just rumours I've heard. Sound like a good company would love to fly with them.
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Kariboo Kid
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Not sure where you get your info from......Cariboo has run 1900's since before I started (a couple of years) so this none one day and 2 the next is crap.....
As for morale, I don't agree with that either. There are always a few bad apples in the bunch and if your "friend" is one of the few that like to b1tch all the time, then I wouldn't read into it. The couple that complain are the ones that had problems before they ever came over to fly with us.....
I enjoy all the people I fly with, I'm flying 3-4 days a week, I get my days off, training sometimes is a last minute affair because we're short but overall I'd say we've got good people. We just put some of our own people on the Dash and the CNRL stuff means more work for all.....
Tell whoever your "friend" is to move on if he doesn't like it.....the rest of us are reasonably happy...
As for morale, I don't agree with that either. There are always a few bad apples in the bunch and if your "friend" is one of the few that like to b1tch all the time, then I wouldn't read into it. The couple that complain are the ones that had problems before they ever came over to fly with us.....
I enjoy all the people I fly with, I'm flying 3-4 days a week, I get my days off, training sometimes is a last minute affair because we're short but overall I'd say we've got good people. We just put some of our own people on the Dash and the CNRL stuff means more work for all.....
Tell whoever your "friend" is to move on if he doesn't like it.....the rest of us are reasonably happy...
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Here's an article from Friday's Calgary Herald. It certainly sounds like it'll be quite the project.
Oilsands Workers take to the Air
Lisa Schmidt
Horizon Oil Sands Project Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. launched the first of its oilsands commuter flights Thursday, a service that will transport hundreds of workers daily from as far away as Newfoundland to its mega-project near Fort McMurray.
"That's our goal -- everyone working on the site here will by flying in and flying out," said Real Doucet, CNRL's senior vice-president of oilsands after a ceremony Thursday to open the private airstrip at its $10.8-billion Horizon project, located 80 kilometres north of the city.
The bulk of the employees will come from Edmonton and Calgary, but regular flights are also already being planned to bring workers from as far away as Ontario, Newfoundland and other provinces if numbers warrant.
"We are not excluding any part of the country," said Doucet.
About 1,000 employees are already working at the site, a number expected to rise as high as 7,000 at the height of construction. The schedule could mean more than 600 employees flying to the site every day to work shifts of 10 days on, four off.
The flights are a sign of the looming labour crunch in the Fort McMurray region, where several oilsands projects are underway or planned over the next few years.
"This airport is going to help move people here more efficiently and effectively," said Steve Laut, CNRL president and chief operating officer.
"The travel will be much safer and probably most importantly of all, you'll also have a better quality of life."
And even with airline fuel costs much higher than when the project was first planned four years ago, the commuter flights should help prevent some of the cost overruns caused by labour shortages at other projects.
"To do it within schedule and budget we needed people to work on the site. So we wanted to put an infrastructure here and a strategy that was . . . attractive to the employee as well," said Doucet.
"It's still a very apropos strategy even with the price of oil where it is."
The service will be operated by a partnership of Canadian North and North Cariboo Air and use a combination of Boeing 737-200, Dash-8 and Beech 1900 planes.
The flights were welcomed by union officials and members of the Christian Labour Association of Canada, which will both be working at the site.
CNRL workers are currently bused from Edmonton, a six to eight-hour trip compared with a one-hour flight. Time saved by flying could serve as additional incentive to attract and retain employees in an increasingly tight labour market, while alleviating a housing shortage and reducing highway congestion.
"Our people want to see a better way of travel," said Mark McCullough, executive director of the Alberta Building Trades Council, who said his group has lost nine workers this year to highway and other accidents.
"Safety is a big issue, the infrastructure isn't there, our Highway 63 is crowded twice a week. . . . The air travel mitigates that."
Several oilsands companies have proposed paved landing strips for projects in the Fort McMurray area, which has sparked a moratorium on new runway construction until the municipality can study the issue.
Oilsands Workers take to the Air
Lisa Schmidt
Horizon Oil Sands Project Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. launched the first of its oilsands commuter flights Thursday, a service that will transport hundreds of workers daily from as far away as Newfoundland to its mega-project near Fort McMurray.
"That's our goal -- everyone working on the site here will by flying in and flying out," said Real Doucet, CNRL's senior vice-president of oilsands after a ceremony Thursday to open the private airstrip at its $10.8-billion Horizon project, located 80 kilometres north of the city.
The bulk of the employees will come from Edmonton and Calgary, but regular flights are also already being planned to bring workers from as far away as Ontario, Newfoundland and other provinces if numbers warrant.
"We are not excluding any part of the country," said Doucet.
About 1,000 employees are already working at the site, a number expected to rise as high as 7,000 at the height of construction. The schedule could mean more than 600 employees flying to the site every day to work shifts of 10 days on, four off.
The flights are a sign of the looming labour crunch in the Fort McMurray region, where several oilsands projects are underway or planned over the next few years.
"This airport is going to help move people here more efficiently and effectively," said Steve Laut, CNRL president and chief operating officer.
"The travel will be much safer and probably most importantly of all, you'll also have a better quality of life."
And even with airline fuel costs much higher than when the project was first planned four years ago, the commuter flights should help prevent some of the cost overruns caused by labour shortages at other projects.
"To do it within schedule and budget we needed people to work on the site. So we wanted to put an infrastructure here and a strategy that was . . . attractive to the employee as well," said Doucet.
"It's still a very apropos strategy even with the price of oil where it is."
The service will be operated by a partnership of Canadian North and North Cariboo Air and use a combination of Boeing 737-200, Dash-8 and Beech 1900 planes.
The flights were welcomed by union officials and members of the Christian Labour Association of Canada, which will both be working at the site.
CNRL workers are currently bused from Edmonton, a six to eight-hour trip compared with a one-hour flight. Time saved by flying could serve as additional incentive to attract and retain employees in an increasingly tight labour market, while alleviating a housing shortage and reducing highway congestion.
"Our people want to see a better way of travel," said Mark McCullough, executive director of the Alberta Building Trades Council, who said his group has lost nine workers this year to highway and other accidents.
"Safety is a big issue, the infrastructure isn't there, our Highway 63 is crowded twice a week. . . . The air travel mitigates that."
Several oilsands companies have proposed paved landing strips for projects in the Fort McMurray area, which has sparked a moratorium on new runway construction until the municipality can study the issue.
Thats not what I meant. I meant from what I see, one day there is no Falcon and the next day don't be suprised if there is one.Kariboo Kid wrote:Not sure where you get your info from......Cariboo has run 1900's since before I started (a couple of years) so this none one day and 2 the next is crap.....
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Kariboo Kid
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Thats not what I meant. I meant from what I see, one day there is no Falcon and the next day don't be suprised if there is one.[/quote]
Understood....the only real additions have been the Citations and the Dash. The rest has been adding King Airs which we already operate..
Thats not what I meant. I meant from what I see, one day there is no Falcon and the next day don't be suprised if there is one.[/quote]
Understood....the only real additions have been the Citations and the Dash. The rest has been adding King Airs which we already operate..
