Bush Pilot Wanted for South Moresby Air

smair · Post by **smair** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:07 pm

Position.........................Line pilot 2008 Season
Company...........................south Moresby Air
Contact..............................Marvin Boyd
Place..................................Queen Charlotte City, B.C.
http://www.smair.com
info@smair.com
1-888-551-4222
1-250-559-4222
Apply via..............................e-mail
Aircraft type.........................C185/DHC-2
Job description.......................Line Pilot for tourist/industrial float flying
Management posibilities
Salary...................................To be Negotiated
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canpilot · Post by **canpilot** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:59 pm

What are you asking for in terms of time? Does 500TT and 70 floats make the cut?

I was on your website..Gorgeous part of the country!!

phillyfan · Post by **phillyfan** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:39 pm

Pretty crazy flying up in those parts. I would'nt want to go there with 70 hrs. But hey i'm a chicken.

Rudder Bug · Post by **Rudder Bug** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:51 pm

Yes indeed Philly, this isn't a matter of what you fly but rather how you fly it. Not for beginners

canpilot · Post by **canpilot** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:09 pm

ya, I kinda figured..

Can't hurt to try tho!

GOOD LUCK!

fly safe

CP

gongshowking · Post by **gongshowking** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:10 pm

smair wrote: Salary...................................To be Negotiated
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this is industry speak for "bend over"

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:06 pm

this is industry speak for "bend over"

Did you apply and didn't meet the requirements?

smair · Post by **smair** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:29 pm

A guy who has 5000 hrs., most of it on floats, with ops manual and cheif pilot training, and a guy who has 500 hours with a float endorsement will not be looking for, or seeking the same wage. Perhaps "wages to be comensurate with experience" would have been a better statement but I did not want to confuse anyone. Would you offer the same wage to someone who needed a month of on the job training as compared to someone who needed a week? I think the statement "bend over" might be a reflection of one's attitude toward management, not a great starting place; I think this guy is trying to screw me with my low wage offer? Get a grip!

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:39 pm

smair:

There is no need to defend yourself from comments like gongshowking made.

Just read all his posts here and you will understand who is dissing you.

One thing for sure though you need to be careful that you don't accidentally end up with that mentality on your payroll.

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:40 pm

Ah, leaving the Tree Knobs with a drum DG and a watch in a loaded Beav, heading for Masset... at 18 minutes in a S'easter if you hadn't seen land you went three more minutes then turned left, otherwise your next stop would be Japan.

The West coast of the south Charlottes is the wildest, most beautiful, most scariest land and water you will ever see in your life.

100+ knot winds reported at the lighthouse at Cape St. James; its automated now but they used to stick real people out there and they'd get stuck for weeks without being able to get supplies when the winter storms rolled in.

Probably only a couple of dozen float pilots have ever seen it, let alone landed out there - maybe at most a half dozen days a year when the Pacific is calm.

Wonderful place if you like wilderness and history and real challenging, skilful float flying. If you can fly floats in the Charlottes and the North Coast you can fly anywhere. The only time I approached that feeling later was flying around Estevan Point in a 206 at 200 feet in a Southwester because all the passes were closed, trying to get back to Vancouver before dark.

smair · Post by **smair** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:03 pm

We are going back a few years there! I'm guessing 20 or 25 years. Even when I started in 84 we had Loran, so most of the time, you could find Rose Spit. I remember the 100 mph blows, but I haven't seen that in a few years. Now if it blows 70, people are amazed. I've got a lot of time over the Charlottes and never had to operate in that kind of wind. It's very important to know when not to go and when to turn around!

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:18 pm

xsbank wrote: The West coast of the south Charlottes is the wildest, most beautiful, most scariest land and water you will ever see in your life.

From Hardy North to the Charlottes..

Wish I could still be there...

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:58 pm

I left Masset in a Beav and heard the forecast for a blow but it hadn't happened yet so I carried on to the next stop. I had a pretty steep 'hover' approach to (I think it was Tlell, I'll have to root out a map), we loaded quickly and headed for Rupert - the drift was phenomenal, and the wind was steady across the Hecate Straits and so no bumps; the lighthouses were calling 65 by the time we got halfway across (no GPS - what a concept!) but there wasn't any rain or poor vis yet so you could see where Rupert was. Good thing because the DG and the compass, with all that drift, could have taken us anywhere. Fortunately it wasn't as bad on the mainland and because we had lots of vis we could avoid the islands where we would have taken a real pounding.

North Coast Air Services Ltd!

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:40 pm

North Coast Air Services Ltd!

Did some part time flying out of Resolute for them in their DC3 in 1970.

fogghorn · Post by **fogghorn** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:44 pm

xsbank wrote:Ah, leaving the Tree Knobs with a drum DG and a watch in a loaded Beav, heading for Masset... at 18 minutes in a S'easter if you hadn't seen land you went three more minutes then turned left, otherwise your next stop would be Japan.

The West coast of the south Charlottes is the wildest, most beautiful, most scariest land and water you will ever see in your life.

100+ knot winds reported at the lighthouse at Cape St. James; its automated now but they used to stick real people out there and they'd get stuck for weeks without being able to get supplies when the winter storms rolled in.

Probably only a couple of dozen float pilots have ever seen it, let alone landed out there - maybe at most a half dozen days a year when the Pacific is calm.

Wonderful place if you like wilderness and history and real challenging, skilful float flying. If you can fly floats in the Charlottes and the North Coast you can fly anywhere. The only time I approached that feeling later was flying around Estevan Point in a 206 at 200 feet in a Southwester because all the passes were closed, trying to get back to Vancouver before dark.

I know of what you speak, however, it has been a while since those kind of storm force winds there. I heard the stories of the guys taxiing the goose off the runway in Sandspit with a rampy hanging on the upwind wing float in 80kt winds. If you knew to stay away from the lee side of the hills and what to look for, it wasn't as scary as people think. As far as heading across the hectic strait for zmt on a heading and a hopeful heart. The plastic brain has done away with that romance.

phillyfan · Post by **phillyfan** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:49 pm

This is what happened to me in Storm Force winds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6dBtFXD-60

smair · Post by **smair** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:18 pm

The job posting for South Moresby Air has been filled. Thanks to all who responded.

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