How do you submitt an application to Transport Canada?

[Therewewere]

First thing you have to do is find out if they are looking for people. Best way is to check this website:
http://jobs-emplois.gc.ca/index-eng.htm
Then submit your application for specific jobs that they have posted. Expect to wait a long time!

[sprayrail]

Depends on what you're looking for, with staffing issues looming large you might be surprised!

Regards

[Troubleshot]

http://jobs-emplois.gc.ca/

Must be a posted opening to apply.

[OceansEdge]

Last posting just closed last month - Nov 15th or 16th I believe

[CloudCover]

You don't. The Dark side will find you. They will make you join them or you will Die.

[ballstothewall69]

You act like a prick...They notice you, and you get hired! Don't worry they will find you.

[ScudRunner]

all that and the Lobotomy is free!

[justwork]

How do you submitt an application to Transport Canada?

with a side of lube.

[North Shore]

Pilots, eh!? A decent job in aviation, and people are making snide comments

[Hedley]

You act like a prick...They notice you, and you get hired!

Been doing that for decades, isn't working. Any other ideas?

[5x5]

Pilots, eh!? A decent job in aviation, and people are making snide comments

I'm honestly curious what makes it a decent job in your mind? And I'm not trying to pick a fight.

I see it as an OK job from a pay and benefits point of view. However, you wind up flying an airplane infrequently or not at all. You're required to enforce rules and support/promote policies which you are likely to not agree with personally. I don't see it as particularly satisfying which is what I think makes a decent job.

If I wanted to do something other than be a pilot I would look at ATC as a decent job but still in aviation.

[The Old Fogducker]

5X5 ... In most sections of TC you fly every couple of weeks, not unlike being the Chief Pilot of a company where you supervise a bunch of other guys. In fact, its not unlike being the Chief Pilot of about 15 Chief Pilots that report to you on training & checking matters, company management direction, ops manual amendments that describe how a company will be run, or to provide regulatory interpretation. Every now & then you actually make a difference in some young pilot's life by ensuring he's trained properly, that his boss isn't making him work 20 hour duty days, or flying crap airplanes where he gets fired for writing a snag in the logbook.

Your real "customers" in the job are those persons in the travelling public that stand at a ticket counter, or on a float dock after having paid money to be safely flown somewhere, and they encounter a company that's still functioning as if its 1928 and proud of the number of regs and safety practices it breaks per flight.

The pay and benefits are good, but not fantastic, they almost never get called at home after hours, so you can live "a fairly normal life" without being expected to cancel out of your kid's school recital because you've been sent out on a trip at the last minute.

The airplanes you fly are well equipped and maintained, you are never expected to fly overloaded, or any of the negatives associated with the industry. Simulator training is the norm, not some outer space concept.

Although the size of the deductions on the pay stub is really hard to swallow every 2 weeks, it pays off when the time comes to collect a pension at the end of your service time.

The training you receive in aviation topics is diverse, ranging from legal, investigative, CATSB hearing procedures, specialty aircraft training, audit procedures, etc. Another educational aspect is getting inside dozens and dozens of companies to see how they operate and learn how they do what they do, and why they do it that way. You can generally pick up the phone and talk to people with whom you wouldn't previously had access .... if you have a question on how the Engineering Test Pilots flew a particular item on the flight test card ... dial their number and ask. If you want to learn about why an avionics test flight is required for a new GPS installation ... talk to the engineer who was on the design team for Garmin.

Is the job the be all and end all of aviation? Not likely. For some people who want to learn more about the industry once they top out in "driving airplanes" its a good opportunity. It also can lead to international postings through ICAO, and that will broaden your horizons. Have an interest in the scientific aspect of accident investigation? Talk to them at length ... maybe even apply for a job there ... internal govt employees get first crack at getting hired with them. Like being an ACP and have a sincere desire to increase the standards of how PPC rides are conducted? Join TC, supervise about 20 other ACPs, teach them how to do a ride properly, and then monitor their work.

As I was coming up through the ranks of the business, a couple of Civil Aviation Inspectors probably saved my life ... with direct flight training info, or with advice on how to maintain enthusiasm for the industry during times of recession when every carrier in the country was selling airplanes and laying off people.

A now deceased CAI that really helped me was Dave Brophy from the Winnipeg office, and later based in Regina. Another great guy also now passed on, was Jim Dyer from Edmonton. In the Toronto office another fellow that gave me some tidbits that were helpful was John Miller ... unfortunately also dead. They all deserve special mention as having made great contributions to the industry.....and there are many more who will be forgotten.

"Broph" asked me to apply to Transport, and I still remember my answer "Dave, you've got a lot of jerks working there ... and I don't want to become one of them." His reply was quite complimentary, and still carries weight for anyone considering joining Transport now ... "That's exactly why we need guys like you ... to counterbalance them."

So it can be a good job in aviation, but if you go there to fly airplanes with an exclusively line pilot background, you'll be miserable and likely develop some form of personality disorder that will cause you to behave like a good pet dog that's turned to killing the neighbour's chickens.

Its best suited to someone who has already been a Line pilot with a lot of diverse experience, Training Pilot, Chief Pilot, and Operations Manager who is looking for the next step up in the business while still getting the chance to go out and fly a nice airplane every now and then. If you keep your eyes & ears open and go there to have an overview of the industry, its an opportunity like no other job in the country offers.

One drawback .... you can be working your heart out in a section where everyone around you shares the same outlook and strives to improve the industry, be a personable educator and mentor, and a few desks over from you is one disgruntled SOB that is mean and sour .... has made it through probation, and now that he/she is a confirmed employee, is pretty much impossible to get rid of .... but that's not unlike any organization is it?

So there's more to it than first meets the eye folks, and its worthy of consideration. Is it for everyone? Thankfully, no.

The Old Fogducker

[Big Pistons Forever]

Great post Fogducker. It is nice to see a post about TC that isn't just pointless nastiness.

[All Sides]

Excellent post OFD!!!

Although there are some "bad apples" in every bunch, the majority of CAI's I have dealt with have been excellent. During PPC's, once you prove you are competent, (almost without exception) they have tried to expand my knowledge by pointing out better ways of handling emergencies and safer ways of executing maneuvers.

Since we are pointing out some good ones, Al Reilly, James Morrell, Steve Smith, Chris Reynolds and Ken Walsh come to mind. Most of these CAI's are rotary but I have had lots of excellent fixed wing inspectors too.