Getting a job in Yellowknife or Whitehorse

[flyinghigh19]

Any tips on how to get a job up there. I have 950tt and a multi rating. Want to move there or anywhere up north at the end of this year.

[302sc]

where is up there?

[302sc]

sorry did not see the previous page..

[302sc]

for YZF if you do not know anyone there ,the best bet is to show up at the office of every operators on the field .
with your experience you might get some offers, pilots come and go quick , so if you are in the right place at the right time things will happen ,
I know it is a long way to drive up there but I think there is no other way ..

[Just another canuck]

YZF's main companies are First Air, Arctic Sunwest, Tindi, Summit Air and Buffalo... Adlair I guess too. The only one that hires FO's really is First Air, but I your time is low for that. The other companies take their FO's off the ramp for the most part and only hire direct entry captains.

I don't know about Whitehorse, but if you go to YZF, expect the ramp.

[Donald]

Right now you might get the ramp at Buffalo, and I don't know at Adlair. The rest are either laying off, or very slow.

[Flybabe]

Times are pretty tough in Whitehorse as well, and it's not a good place for a low timer (historically speaking). You'll see more benefit from YZF.

[302sc]

and a few jobs may have vanished for the summer at buffalo as the two ducks are headed to turkey

[Oleo 4]

I hear Tim Horton's is hiring! WAIT... I might need that gig, just stay away!

[ragbagflyer]

I can't speak for Yellowknife but I know Whitehorse is lean for a low timer at the best of times, and we're far from the best of times. There's been a slew of layoffs recently.

[floydb]

I wouldn't want to be tryin to survive in the horse or yellowknife these days. The cost of living must be absolutely outrageous and no real work to be had. I was first in the horse in '74 and things were boomin with the road to nowhere under construction, I worked for willey oilfield hauling on the dempster. Like sure, you can go out and whack your firewood and a moose but is that a great way to live to cut down on expenses Unless you are some overpaid do nothing terrified govt. worker I cant imagine how ppl do it financially. Incidentally, are any bars left open there, 35 years ago there were about the same # in whitehorse alone? Back then, booze was the elixir to cure all ills and you could drink and drive provided you werent totally pissed out of your gourd . By the by, does the mouthy fling wing driver still run the Chalet?

[All Sides]

[quote][/quote]By the by, does the mouthy fling wing driver still run the Chalet?[/quote]






If you are referring to John Flesher (fling wing) one of the owners of the Airport Chalet, sadly he was electrocuted erecting a sign at the chalet a number of years ago.

[glorified bus driver]

Talk about putting your foot in your mouth!

[floydb]

Oh well, nuff said there then, if I had known he was deceased I would have deleted the adjective. How are times in the horse these days, other than depressed?

[fogghorn]

So what happened to this Flesher guy? Was he up on the roof doing an install or something??

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[quote="fogghorn"]So what happened to this Flesher guy? Was he up on the roof doing an install or something??[/quote]






I believe he was erecting a sign at the Airport Chalet from a hyab and and hit live wires.

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[quote="flyinghigh19"]Any tips on how to get a job up there. I have 950tt and a multi rating. Want to move there or anywhere up north at the end of this year.[/quote]




Whitehorse is not busy at all, and most companies are laying off pilots.

[HS-748 2A]

Fogghorn, check your PMs.

John was erecting a sign south of town on the Alaska Highway. He was up in the bucket of a borrowed Northwestel manlift truck. His buddy running the thing from the ground accidently stuck him into 100,000 VAC.