Pasco

coastpup · Post by **coastpup** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:54 pm

Does anyone know how the goose is doing this year? Are they for sale? Will they be flying for years to come?

coastpup · Post by **coastpup** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:05 pm

Is this not an interesting enough topic? or just a 'nobody' posting questions not well known enough to answer? I've been reading this for years, surely there's a Pasco VFR guy on here... to help a brother out.

square · Post by **square** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:34 pm

I'd be interested to hear, just can't say one way or another for ya buddy

MZUNGO · Post by **MZUNGO** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:19 am

heard from a couple of the guys that the goose will be flying this summer out of yvr

square · Post by **square** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:58 pm

I wonder how many hours are on those old airframes

coastpup · Post by **coastpup** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:40 am

Just wandering, would love to get some boat time before they're possibly parked.

L1011 · Post by **L1011** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:09 pm

They're based in Port Hardy and doing a bit of flying out of Bella Bella, and I haven't heard anything about basing one in Vancouver this summer.

SkyWolfe · Post by **SkyWolfe** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:57 pm

From what I gather the goose is doing the flying out of Bella Bella for the fishing lodges. 4N brings supplies up and people up from YVR and the goose takes the aforementioned the rest of the way to the lodge.. Pasco is also doing the ground handling for 4N.

Canpilot

flyinthebug · Post by **flyinthebug** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:33 pm

coastpup wrote:Just wandering, would love to get some boat time before they're possibly parked.

Take a road trip and go meet the crew up in Port Hardy.. Ya never know when the right place right time senario will come into play. Its the right time of year. Id say if you have some coast/float time..it would be well worth the effort of visiting up there. The Pasco crew was always very welcoming to other float drivers. If nothing else you can check em out and meet a decent crew.

I hadnt heard any rumours even of a Goose in YVR? Stranger things have happened though.

Fly safe all.

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:46 pm

The flying the goose was doing in yvr is being handled by another twin engined float operator.

privateer · Post by **privateer** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:07 pm

I wonder why its a different company now?

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:33 am

Insurance! Thats why

flyinthebug · Post by **flyinthebug** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:12 am

Same thing Sowind did after the EMB110 crash.. They put all their planes under our neighbours AOC and it was business as usual right afterwards.

privateer · Post by **privateer** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:18 pm

I think its more under the lines of getting from A to B with a company that can actually do it safely and legally.

coastpup · Post by **coastpup** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:35 am

It would be nice to see the goose keep flying. Any truth to the rumour of the company selling the VFR crafts? Are they paying too much for insurance? How many are wet this summer? Four? Thanks for the interest...

Handsome B. Wonderful · Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:43 am

I did a seaon with them in Hardy in 2004. One of the best jobs I've had. The A/C were nice, maintenance was never an issue, and the only pressure to fly was pressure you put on yourself. Great people too. It's the shits that there are Bozos around that shouldn't even have an AOC, and a nice outfit like Pasco is on the radar because of bad luck. Ok...Well...Awful luck.

Still a shame...

dtpilot · Post by **dtpilot** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:08 pm

privateer wrote:I think its more under the lines of getting from A to B with a company that can actually do it safely and legally.

I hope this isn't implying what I think it is.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:22 pm

privateer wrote:
I think its more under the lines of getting from A to B with a company that can actually do it safely and legally.

Interesting comment, could you enlighten us further?

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:48 pm

I think he was reffering to two crashes in a short period of time in IMC conditions... but perhaps is a bit misinformed as to the causes..

The public perception of pasco took a huge hit.. which is too bad, I always thought they ran a good show.

However.. it'll now be done with another companies ifr capable twin otters.

How is the hardy operation doing? The machines busy this summer or slow due to the poor economy? Are they just running the beavers?

dtpilot · Post by **dtpilot** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:48 pm

4 gooses and both beavers are running.

St John's lodge closed which was a big one for Pasco. Some other lodges went with other airlines because of Pasco's new VFR limits and safety culture.

Tidbit:

A company wouldn't give them an alternetive to not getting into the lodge so they went with another airline. So instead of using Pasco to go to Bella Bella and then to a lodge 15 minutes from there... They fly them to Sandspit and then an hour down from there in an otter. First day they can't get in and fly the guys back to Sandspit. Hotels and stuff. Haha. Take THAT.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:09 pm

However.. it'll now be done with another companies ifr capable twin otters.

The Grumman Goose is far more IFR capable than a Twin Otter on the west coast unless the Twin Otter is on Amphibs.

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