So far: some solid leads, no solid offers, and one backup job on wheels that I will be trying to get in the fall anyway.
Most leads offer no flight time.
One lead offers room+board, a few hundred bucks and 50 hours on floats.
Another offers a room, $30/day, 50 hours on floats, and I will probably have to promise to buy more time above that (that part doesn't excite me at all, even though the plane is a real hot-rod).
And another is for a full-on flying position, but there are quite a few guys with more time who want it. I will really have to impress to get this one, and that is what I fully intend to do! I'll giv'er 1000% if I get this one.
I know most of this sounds like crap, so welcome to the wonderful world of someone with 50 hours on floats! More updates in the upcoming weeks.
Cheers!
So how does the summer look for you? Flying, dockhand?
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Northern Skies Wrote
If this is the sleaze in red lake i think you are talking about, run and run fast. Yes the plane is a hot rod, brand new bush hawk, but nobody else flies brand new bush hawks, and you'll be lucky to get the 50. He screwed over one fella last year, and it doesn't bother his concience at all. You know what is really funny is that 3 years ago he was paying a non pilot 100/day to help him with the bush work, but as soon as pilot's start offering to do the work the pay just drops and drops. If you take this job you are helping to ruin this industry, working for peanuts and having to promise to buy more time is not the way to get ahead, besides 50 hours won't make a diff anyway. You are a commercial pilot, you deserve to be paid like one, even if you are just starting out. I know it's hard to do, but better things will come along if you tell this a$$ to shove it. Good luck!Another offers a room, $30/day, 50 hours on floats, and I will probably have to promise to buy more time above that (that part doesn't excite me at all, even though the plane is a real hot-rod).
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Nice work Northern Skies. I heard stories of your journey through Armstrong during "Blizzard 2005" good for guys to know it is still possible to hit the road and find work. I had tried to PM and hook you up with some beers and a place to crash in Thunder Bay during your travels but I guess it never got through.
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aww man, I would have loved to do that! I never got the pm.
I did go for a few beers in Armstrong though. The locals are very hospitable, especially the young lady who followed me into the washroom. She appeared to be quite the human petrie dish though, so I politely declined her services.
The snow made for some adventure, like getting the echo stuck in a driveway and having Ernie Nicholls pull me out. The highway was a war zone, everyone ended up in the ditch!
Have a great summer.
I did go for a few beers in Armstrong though. The locals are very hospitable, especially the young lady who followed me into the washroom. She appeared to be quite the human petrie dish though, so I politely declined her services.
The snow made for some adventure, like getting the echo stuck in a driveway and having Ernie Nicholls pull me out. The highway was a war zone, everyone ended up in the ditch!
Have a great summer.
man I have to give credit to you guys, I'm not sure I could handle the stress of finding that first Job again.
Not sure if things are still the same now(probally are) but when I got hired the first time, I found out which companys were still looking for dockhands, then, rather than do a fly-by drop off your resume and hit the road routine. I spent a few days hanging around/helping out where I could. It got me a job at the second spot as a dockhand. 3 weeks later i was flying a 185.
Good Luck
Floats
Not sure if things are still the same now(probally are) but when I got hired the first time, I found out which companys were still looking for dockhands, then, rather than do a fly-by drop off your resume and hit the road routine. I spent a few days hanging around/helping out where I could. It got me a job at the second spot as a dockhand. 3 weeks later i was flying a 185.
Good Luck
Floats
Fly safe. Mud.
Got a job !! Yay !!
I wouldn't call my job a dockhand but it's similar in that I'll have to wait 2 yrs before seeing the inside of an aircraft. At least I consider myself lucky to have gotten a job in June ! It really is about timing as there can be people leaving the company at any given time of the year.
I must say, though, Northern Skies sounds like a really lucky son-of-a-gun to get flying with a fresh CPL and float rating (I'm assuming you have less than 300TT ?).
I would just like to say to those still searching to plan your drive (if you make one) and pick operators that you want to work for and hang-out -- see if you can help load something or be at the local bars / events where the CP's hang-out. Talk to the other dockhands/rampies and get info from them. Oh, and NEVER EVER put a picture on your resume. Everyone at the office has quite a laugh every time they pull up one of "those" resumes. That kind of thing may go well with the big boyz but not 702/703/704 operators.
I must say, though, Northern Skies sounds like a really lucky son-of-a-gun to get flying with a fresh CPL and float rating (I'm assuming you have less than 300TT ?).
I would just like to say to those still searching to plan your drive (if you make one) and pick operators that you want to work for and hang-out -- see if you can help load something or be at the local bars / events where the CP's hang-out. Talk to the other dockhands/rampies and get info from them. Oh, and NEVER EVER put a picture on your resume. Everyone at the office has quite a laugh every time they pull up one of "those" resumes. That kind of thing may go well with the big boyz but not 702/703/704 operators.
I dream of a pilot in shining aluminum *sigh*
