Alberta Skydivers in Beiseker

[freezerburn31]

Has anyone worked for them that would like to share their experience? Only information I can seem to find on them is all the accidents that occurred in the past.

[BverLuver]

Only information I can seem to find on them is all the accidents that occurred in the past.

Is this generation completely devoid of common sense?

Excuse me freezerburn31, but does the phrase "all the accidents that occured in the past" not bring up any red flags for you?

BL

[High Flyin]

Only information I can seem to find on them is all the accidents that occurred in the past.

Lol

[freezerburn31]

What I meant by that is accidents with the skydivers themselves no aircraft accidents that I'm aware of. Skydiving can be a dangerous sport, I'm aware of that. People land hard, get sprained ankles and broken legs. Sometimes people just plum forget to open their chute

I just wanted to hear from anyone that have worked for them that would like to share their experience, good or bad. It could potentially be my first job in a flying position and I'm just doing some research.

[BverLuver]

freezerburn31.

Somehow I knew that was going to be your response. Understand, safety (or lack of) is a culture within a company as a whole, it is not selective nor exclusive. If you don't understand what that means then I hope I never have to fly with you.

BL

[freezerburn31]

freezerburn31.

Somehow I knew that was going to be your response. Understand, safety (or lack of) is a culture within a company as a whole, it is not selective nor exclusive. If you don't understand what that means then I hope I never have to fly with you.

BL

I completely agree with you and that's exactly why I'm on here asking this question. Most of the articles I read insist that they follow the same safety standards as any other skydive company. But I like to think I'm not that naive, and I would like to hear from people that have worked there first hand, not the mass media.

I'm not trying to argue with anyone I just wanted to get some information. I guess I should have been more direct with my question.

Feel free to pm me if it's better that way

[High Flyin]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Own ... story.html

"Six people have died at the skydiving facility since 1989"

[co-joe]

...and none of them were in the aeroplane when they died...


Good way to build time. No not the safest op, and you won't make a dime, but it's a fun job from what I've heard. If same guy owns it he likes MRC grads. The more time you have, the cheaper his insurance will be.

[CpnCrunch]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Own ... story.html

"Six people have died at the skydiving facility since 1989"

And???

Looking at the stats, skydiving has a fatality rate of one fatality per 1000 jumpers per year. Giving that Alberta Skydivers trains 600 soldiers per year (plus whatever other training they do for the general public), they "should" have a fatality once every year or two.

PS, I know absolutely nothing about this company, I just don't like seeing companies being bashed by people who don't know what they're talking about.

[Morav]

Guys, quit getting your panties in knots.

Alberta Skydivers is under new ownership since the string of accidents a few years ago. I worked for Ian in 2007. It was a great first aviation gig. Alberta Skydivers has a contract with the British Military. Through out the summer they get a continuous flow of new military jumpers who do a 7 jump course as part of an Adventure training program coupled with first time Tandem skydivers. You'll definitely fly over 200 hours in one season. This DZ is very different from any conventional Drop Zone. It's a very proffessionaly run buisness. The skydiving equipment is top notch, planes are kept in mint condition, and the facitlities are clean. Ian is extremely fair. He treats his employees with respect, and if you are not comfortable flying, he doesn't push. It's a great introductory job in aviation. You'll build some good hands and feet skills and see some real operational flying (outside of a FTU).

My first season I racked off over 100 skydives and 200 hours flight time.

I would recommend applying now! This is probably the best Skydive flying job in the country.

[freezerburn31]

Guys, quit getting your panties in knots.

Alberta Skydivers is under new ownership since the string of accidents a few years ago. I worked for Ian in 2007. It was a great first aviation gig. Alberta Skydivers has a contract with the British Military. Through out the summer they get a continuous flow of new military jumpers who do a 7 jump course as part of an Adventure training program coupled with first time Tandem skydivers. You'll definitely fly over 200 hours in one season. This DZ is very different from any conventional Drop Zone. It's a very proffessionaly run buisness. The skydiving equipment is top notch, planes are kept in mint condition, and the facitlities are clean. Ian is extremely fair. He treats his employees with respect, and if you are not comfortable flying, he doesn't push. It's a great introductory job in aviation. You'll build some good hands and feet skills and see some real operational flying (outside of a FTU).

My first season I racked off over 100 skydives and 200 hours flight time.

I would recommend applying now! This is probably the best Skydive flying job in the country.

Thank you, this is the kind of feedback I was hoping to hear