Seair Seaplanes? Has anyone worked for this company? Sounds like the pay is good? Any coastal drivers who know of this company, your imput would be most appreciated.
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Seair Seaplanes?
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Only what I've heard. Very good pay, very good working conditions, and very good equipment. As a result they have, and hire pretty much only very high time float pilots.
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Top notch equipment, top notch people top notch pay. Great place.
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How much money is top notch for flying floats these days?top notch pay.
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After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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Hardly top notch pay...more like average on the coast. And as for hiring only "very high time" float pilots...not true. 
Top notch equipment indeed and a good place to work as well. Gets my recommendation.
Top notch equipment indeed and a good place to work as well. Gets my recommendation.
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Ridden with them a number of times, pilots seem happy there and I second that the equipment is good. Actually the staff there is all very friendly.
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Seair is a great place, happy employees, good morale and some of the best maintenance in the biz now that it's in-house. Machines are kept in like-new condition except for the new ones... like-new would be a step down for them. 
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Digging up old threads here, but they are the friendliest bunch to fly with, happy pilots and staff. Wonder how many other companies notice that well treated staff make happy staff which make happy customers which make happier bankers? Just an outsider perspective as I was just a passenger.
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The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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No, seair the place the wca guys move on to.
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Overall, it's a good company to work for.
-Aircraft are top notch and very well maintained.
-All of the staff are friendly.
-Pay is average for the Coast.
-Very long work days in the summer (understaffed, in my opinion.)
-As of recent, they seem to be hiring pilots with less expirience than they have in the past.
-Aircraft are top notch and very well maintained.
-All of the staff are friendly.
-Pay is average for the Coast.
-Very long work days in the summer (understaffed, in my opinion.)
-As of recent, they seem to be hiring pilots with less expirience than they have in the past.
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How long is long?username: wrote: -Very long work days in the summer (understaffed, in my opinion.)
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Very long duty days - dawn to dusk in the summer. Not sure why the pilots put up with that. I guess if you don't, you don't have a job. Nice equipment. And you can park where you want anywhere on the dock in YVR.
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buck82 wrote:As should everyone else !
But Seair owns the dock... 
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Welcome to the world of float flying, where you have 6 months to generate a years worth of income.Phillips66 wrote:Very long duty days - dawn to dusk in the summer. Not sure why the pilots put up with that.
And 75% of that summer income is generated in a 100 day window.
12-14 hour duty days are standard late June through the end of September, not just at Seair, but pretty much everywhere in Canada. (At least everywhere I've flown in BC, SK, MB, and ONT.)
Even for year round operators like Seair or HA, long grueling summers are the norm.
That's the life float pilots choose Phillips66. We're not putting up with anything we don't already know exists.
As for safety, 14 hour duty days are legal and most of us have negotiated 4 on, 3 off schedules to allow for rest and play time.
By the way, I don't work for either of the 2 companies mentioned. I'm responding generally about float driving.
Can't wait to get back at 'er.
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