Tick tock... ...time to be hired

Travman · Post by **Travman** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:20 pm

Its march and the ice is thinking about melting. I am willing to go anywhere and fly anything. (preferably floats) 230tt, 50hrs. floats, mainly 172 time with some 150 and a sprinkle of 206 time. Can't seem to find anywhere with low enough insurence minimums. Thinking of buying some time from a friend to build total time. Anybody know of flying jobs overseas: africa, thailand, new zealand, brazil... ...anywhere!
Help or any advice/suggestions would be appreciated a lot!

Blue Skies
Travis

seiger · Post by **seiger** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:39 pm

Don't buy your time! Move to NWO (ie Red Lake, Kenora) and knock on doors until someone gives you a dock job. Work your ass off and they should give you 50-100 hours in the season. Then the following year they might give you a full time flying spot. The best time to be up here is now.

Mr. North · Post by **Mr. North** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:34 pm

Don't even think about flying floats overseas unless you have oodles of time, I checked it out myself... Save yourself the hassel and put all your effort into NWO as mentioned.

Bookem Lou · Post by **Bookem Lou** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:22 am

Thailand has one commercially operated floatplane. An amphibious caravan that flies out of Phuket. Also unless you are Thai, good luck finding work there. More than a few people have tried to start float ops there and met a wall of resistance from the government.

boozy · Post by **boozy** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:10 pm

Here's what you do: You go work up North somewhere on a dock like everyone said...maybe you'll get some hours, but more importantly you'll build connections. THEN, in the winter you take your money and find a buddy that owns a plane and fly the piss out of it...while your on EI. (as for EI....I don't want to start a thread on that one). In a year or two you'll have the minimums, AND you'll have contacts.....AND you wont be owing the bank a damn thing. If that doesn't work...become a plumber...way more money in that!

Travman · Post by **Travman** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:55 pm

A lot of good ideas, Cheers and thanx for the help

zero 2 · Post by **zero 2** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:35 pm

Yep, I took a year off flying commercially to make enough money to pay for more float hours, it worked and I flew a C180 in NWO the following season.

Tick tock... ...time to be hired

Tick tock... ...time to be hired

Make the money and buy the time