Hi
Just wanted to say hello and see if a Low time pilot can get work in Vancouver preferably, but Canada in general. Having a career change
I come from an IT background. I am a 33 year old South African male on a British passport with a South African CPL/IR-Multi and Australian CPL and grade 3 instructor rating. I only have 650 hours TT of which about 60 are multi on light twins, Barons etc...
I would like to immigrate to Canada from Australia, where I currently live. Any advice on who I should approach about work as a pilot first, but an aviation company for work in general.
Thanks for your help
Working in Canada
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I am not an airline pilot; however, I know a few things that could help you out.
As far as i know, getting a job in Canada wouldn't perhaps be the most easiest thing to achieve especially if you're a foreigner. The first step would be to obviously immigrate and deal with work later. However, if i am not mistaken, you don't need to necessarily immigrate? As long as you can claim legal status to work in Canada that should be enough, untill the immigration process is being done. With that being said, i suppose if you contact a company for work, and they wouldn't mind paying for your VISA to come and work for the company, then that should be well under way.
One thing that you should perhaps keep in mind is that vancouver is a rather senior base (at least based on what i've seen and heard from others) and getting a job in Vancouver could be kind of hard, especially with 650 hours TT. Although a try would definately be worth it.
My take on it is that you're better up north if you're looking into flying other than instructing. If you're looking into instructing, then vancouver wouldn't be that bad i suppose. You can contact a few of the schools in CZBB for instance and get a look on how they would deal with foreign pilots.
Further, just keep mind that with all the requirement of obtaining legal status to work and everything, you'd have to get your license converted.
Now it seems that you've moved around a bit from SA to AUS. Are your intentions to come into canada and move to another place? Cause if that is what you're perhaps looking into doing, then maybe flying in Canada wouldn't be perhaps the best choice, especially a senior base like Vancouver, because there is a lot of competition already within non-foreign pilots trying to get jobs, so being in a pool with them might make your chances slimmer.
Again, i am not in actual airline operations to be able to fully answer your question but i suppose a few insights wouldnl't hurt.
Good Luck.
As far as i know, getting a job in Canada wouldn't perhaps be the most easiest thing to achieve especially if you're a foreigner. The first step would be to obviously immigrate and deal with work later. However, if i am not mistaken, you don't need to necessarily immigrate? As long as you can claim legal status to work in Canada that should be enough, untill the immigration process is being done. With that being said, i suppose if you contact a company for work, and they wouldn't mind paying for your VISA to come and work for the company, then that should be well under way.
One thing that you should perhaps keep in mind is that vancouver is a rather senior base (at least based on what i've seen and heard from others) and getting a job in Vancouver could be kind of hard, especially with 650 hours TT. Although a try would definately be worth it.
My take on it is that you're better up north if you're looking into flying other than instructing. If you're looking into instructing, then vancouver wouldn't be that bad i suppose. You can contact a few of the schools in CZBB for instance and get a look on how they would deal with foreign pilots.
Further, just keep mind that with all the requirement of obtaining legal status to work and everything, you'd have to get your license converted.
Now it seems that you've moved around a bit from SA to AUS. Are your intentions to come into canada and move to another place? Cause if that is what you're perhaps looking into doing, then maybe flying in Canada wouldn't be perhaps the best choice, especially a senior base like Vancouver, because there is a lot of competition already within non-foreign pilots trying to get jobs, so being in a pool with them might make your chances slimmer.
Again, i am not in actual airline operations to be able to fully answer your question but i suppose a few insights wouldnl't hurt.
Good Luck.
