want to fly back home.
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want to fly back home.
hi all i was wondering what kind of hours will one need to get a job flying in b.c idealy vancouver island on floats with already having around a thousand on landplanes. and who would be the best companys to look into. any input would be great
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I'd love to relocate out there too, but even tho I've got 4000 + hours on floats, the pay is not good. I'm forced to stay inland. I make almost double in AB what I would make in BC. Everybody tries to market BC as lifestyle, but I'll have to wait on lifestyle until the price of housing drops... 
Drinking lots of coffee lately, at a nice safe jungle desk, wishing I were flying......
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What do you have for time on floats? Most places willn't take anyone on with less then a 1000 hours on floats. But there are a very few that will a guy with less then that.
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Re: want to fly back home.
HA pays about $65K/yr ... what are you flying in Alberta that pays double that?I've got 4000 + hours on floats, the pay is not good. I'm forced to stay inland. I make almost double in AB what I would make in BC.
Say, what's that mountain goat doing up here in the mist?
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Northern Skies
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Re: want to fly back home.
Try calling around up island. With around 1000 and 600 on floats, most of the operations showed some genuine interest or better. I don't know about the van/vic/nanaimo companies, I never talked to them. But the prospects for the coast are much better than I have seen before.
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what about been a f/o on a twin otter?
with 12-1300tt and 250-300 floats
what the odds of that?
with 12-1300tt and 250-300 floats
what the odds of that?
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Re: want to fly back home.
What about being a F/O on a Twin Otter?what about been a f/o on a twin otter?
With 1,200-1,300TT and 250-300 on floats.with 12-1300tt and 250-300 floats.
What are the odds of that?what the odds of that?
The most difficult thing about flying is knowing when to say no.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
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I'm just trying to help him/her out twotterflogger.
Seems the school system has neglected to teach them how to communicate in the written format, so if they want to be pilots they will do better if we can understand them.
Seems the school system has neglected to teach them how to communicate in the written format, so if they want to be pilots they will do better if we can understand them.
The most difficult thing about flying is knowing when to say no.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
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Re: want to fly back home.
I'll try to word this query a little better:
What kind of options would a pilot with less than 1500 hrs total time, but up to 500 hrs on a twin otter, have for getting hired with a float operator in BC? I think twin otter time is a great way to get a start in the floating world, but as I'm sure many of you know, a twin otter is a very different beast than any other float plane. I know up island there are a few operators that ask for 500 hours on floats, would that include F/O time on a twotter? I was thinking maybe that would cut it if I was lucky and they were desperate.
What kind of options would a pilot with less than 1500 hrs total time, but up to 500 hrs on a twin otter, have for getting hired with a float operator in BC? I think twin otter time is a great way to get a start in the floating world, but as I'm sure many of you know, a twin otter is a very different beast than any other float plane. I know up island there are a few operators that ask for 500 hours on floats, would that include F/O time on a twotter? I was thinking maybe that would cut it if I was lucky and they were desperate.
Flying airplanes is easy, you just need to PAY ATTENTION. Finding a good job on the other hand takes experience, practice, and some serious talent.
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Having 1500 hours or 15,000 hours really is not the most important issue with how good any pilot is.
What counts is a combination of a good thought process and the ability to physically fly the airplane safely.
I have seen pilots with bare commercial licenses who were far better material to hire than some with thousands of hours.
The bottom line is every one here who is high time on floats started with very little float time.
You have to sell your self and then show the employer you are worth keeping.
What counts is a combination of a good thought process and the ability to physically fly the airplane safely.
I have seen pilots with bare commercial licenses who were far better material to hire than some with thousands of hours.
The bottom line is every one here who is high time on floats started with very little float time.
You have to sell your self and then show the employer you are worth keeping.
The most difficult thing about flying is knowing when to say no.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
