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bush vs. instructing

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i am an instructor in guelph looking to make the leap to bush flying. my friends in the bush tell me i have it cushy; days off, duty times kept track of,
no loading moose and such, a comfy bed at night. is the bush life hard? my friends say in the summer they get no sleep and are run off their feet. do you guys think they work for a bad operator or is this typical of life as a bush pilot? i love my sleep, should i kiss it goodbye? :?:
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No,you don't really need to work for shady operators to feel a bit run down by the time October comes around.

It's totally doable, since, well, a lot of us do it. But after 20+ legs a day one does get tired. Especially if it's short trips and lots of f.ckin' around loading and unloading, docking, sailing, swearing at the wind...but that's all part of the "romance"!

It's all good, and I wouldn't trade it for anything just yet. The good days outnumber the bad. And the feeling you get just as the float lifts smoothly out of the glass, arcing gently towrds the sunrise is a feeling not easily duplicated.

All the best, I hope you'll like it. Bush flying is not for everyone, but if you don't mind working hard, and flying lots...you'll get by.
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Funny, SuperDave didn't mention anything about drinking...
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After seeing the title of the thread I though George Dubya had something against instructors! :lol:
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Post by Cat Driver »

So which are you?

" i am an instructor in guelph looking to make the leap to bush flying. my friends in the bush tell me i have it cushy; "

You also said this.

" Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:32 am Post subject: kill your ears

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i put my mp3 player earphones under my headset all summer while flying the beaver and i think i did some real damage to my ears. i had to have the volume at max to hear the music over the sound of the engine. "

I don't quite understand what you have been saying here, one moment you are falling asleep flying a Beaver and the next you are an instructor in Guelph wanting to be a bush pilot, or am I missing something here?
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climb a tree, . cat. you should know who this is.
you don't always have to be right, ., or be the moral authority. what happened to the 'best kind' newf in ya?
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I have no idea who you are.
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Funny, SuperDave didn't mention anything about drinking...
Hehe...well, that's a given... :wink:
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Funny, SuperDave didn't mention anything about drinking...
You've obviously never spent time on a dry reserve.
So which are you?

" i am an instructor in guelph looking to make the leap to bush flying. my friends in the bush tell me i have it cushy; "

You also said this.

" Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:32 am Post subject: kill your ears

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i put my mp3 player earphones under my headset all summer while flying the beaver and i think i did some real damage to my ears. i had to have the volume at max to hear the music over the sound of the engine. "

I don't quite understand what you have been saying here, one moment you are falling asleep flying a Beaver and the next you are an instructor in Guelph wanting to be a bush pilot, or am I missing something here?
Holy crap Cat, that's too funny. You have way too much time on your hands...
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Post by Cat Driver »

" Holy crap Cat, that's too funny. You have way too much time on your hands... "

Yeh, somehow I have yet to spool up after the xmas/ New Year fiasco and its been raining every day here on the Island.

I'm heading back to the airport tomorrow to get busy building the Cub again.

Avcanada can have a debilatating effect on the mind when you get in a rut posting for no sane reason.

Is there a 12 step program to cure this addiction? :smt005
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