Missinippi Airways' AOC Reinstated - 19 November 2011

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Transport Canada Reinstates Missinippi Airways' Air Operator Certificate
WINNIPEG, Nov. 19, 2011 /CNW/ -

Transport Canada has reinstated Missinippi Airways' Air Operator Certificate following the approval and implementation of the company's corrective action plan. The reinstatement is effective immediately.

The corrective action plan addresses previously identified deficiencies in the company's Operational Control System. Transport Canada will closely monitor Missinippi Airways to verify that corrective actions are effective. Ongoing monitoring includes regular and no-notice inspections.

On October 21, 2011, Transport Canada suspended the company's Air Operator Certificate in the interest of public safety after a comprehensive review of inspection findings identified safety concerns.

For further information:
Transport Canada Communications, Winnipeg
204-983-6315

[lost in the north]

Wonder if they have any ame/pilots left?

[rigpiggy]

That would explain their latest job ad

[takamasa]

do you guys know their schedule like for FO on b200?

is it on rotation? like 12 days on and 12 days off? any alliance with calm air to get on the jump seat?

thanks guys for answering.

[North Shore]

Taka,

As a fairly long-time poster, I've seen people come and go as this site has ebbed and flowed. In observing others' posts, I've tended to get a feel of where those posters are coming from. You have come across to me as being wedded to living in the Lower Mainland or a big city. Now, I don't know at all about your personal situation, so maybe there is a good reason that this is the case (elderly parents, kids, sick spouse?) but, assuming that is not the case, and you are a single, able-bodied person, then you don't really have an excuse for not wanting to move. If it's a partner that's tying you down, time for a newscast - you are severely limiting your options and speed of advancement by staying in one geographic area. Looking down the road, if you are working for an airline, you are going to spend about 150 nights a year away from your family. If your absence now can't be handled, it will be a huge issue later. Where does this leave us? Well, if I was an employer, I'd be having 2nd and 3rd thoughts about employing you, based on your posts here.
Why, you ask? Well, you are coming across as having absolutely NO interest in actually living in and being a part of the community where you are hoping to be employed. Posts like the one above just tell me that you are going to come to my company, do your job, and leave at the first possible opportunity, once something better in the city comes along. Now that may well be (have been) true of the rest of us, too, but at least we were nice enough to lie about it. Think of this as being like a seduction in a bar - there is only one answer (whether it's truthful or not) to certain questions if you want nocturnal activities to occur.
Now, how does this apply to Missinippi, or any other like airline, you are asking? Well, take a big bite of the sh!t sandwich that is an entry-level IFR job 'up north', and smile like you mean it. Come and do a competent, professional job, settle in, make friends, and enjoy yourself - you might find that you actually like it up here. We've all been there and done it (several times, perhaps) before we reached our own personal 'Air Canada'.


WRT your specific questions, most medevac ops are ~ 2week rotations; IIRC, Missinippi is the same; they may, however, want you to hang around on your weeks out to fill in for the odd charter, or if someone gets sick. I think that they get passes after 6 months, but I'm quite willing to be corrected on that.

Shinpai shinaide! Nihonjinga kokonimo sundeiru kara. Ganbatte!

Good Luck!


**Not suggesting in any way that Missinippi is a poor or bad employer - it's just that they are the ones being discussed in this thread.

[bobcaygeon]

Taka,

Looking down the road, if you are working for an airline, you are going to spend about 150 nights a year away from your family. If your absence now can't be handled, it will be a huge issue later. Where does this leave us? Well, if I was an employer, I'd be having 2nd and 3rd thoughts about employing you, based on your posts here.
Why, you ask? Well, you are coming across as having absolutely NO interest in actually living in and being a part of the community where you are hoping to be employed. Posts like the one above just tell me that you are going to come to my company, do your job, and leave at the first possible opportunity, once something better in the city comes along. Now that may well be (have been) true of the rest of us, too, but at least we were nice enough to lie about it. Think of this as being like a seduction in a bar - there is only one answer (whether it's truthful or not) to certain questions if you want nocturnal activities to occur.
Now, how does this apply to Missinippi, or any other like airline, you are asking? Well, take a big bite of the sh!t sandwich that is an entry-level IFR job 'up north', and smile like you mean it. Come and do a competent, professional job, settle in, make friends, and enjoy yourself - you might find that you actually like it up here. We've all been there and done it (several times, perhaps) before we reached our own personal 'Air Canada'.


WRT your specific questions, most medevac ops are ~ 2week rotations; IIRC, Missinippi is the same; they may, however, want you to hang around on your weeks out to fill in for the odd charter, or if someone gets sick. I think that they get passes after 6 months, but I'm quite willing to be corrected on that.

Shinpai shinaide! Nihonjinga kokonimo sundeiru kara. Ganbatte!

Good Luck!


**Not suggesting in any way that Missinippi is a poor or bad employer - it's just that they are the ones being discussed in this thread.

What airline are you working for? I have never been away more than 11 nights in one month in my airline career and have 10 days of stats and 2 weeks of vacation (by law) = 4 months of the year where I don't work a full block.
In my position I chose to work single days and overnighted 4 nights in one year (excluding recurrent training -4 nights??). I am not senior. I work 0500 -1500 approx most days or 1400-2400. I see my kids every day.

150 days away a year is a personal decision made to be away or work OT

[fish4life]

even 10 nights a month quickly becomes 120 nights in a year so that can easily become 150 days away

[oldncold]

culture has changed over the last year for the better great cp new ops mgr hard driving but very fair safety culture has become manditory way of life . over all vast improvement , good crew housing, for medvac crews .

[esp803]

I am inclined to agree with North_Shore on this one....

I have never worked at Missinippi, I do have some close friends who do/have, and for what it's worth it would be MILES and MILES ahead of Montair in my books... even without passes...

[Big Pistons Forever]

My guess is only 1 in 5 people who get a CPL and MEIFR/FI rating will be working as a pilot 5 years after they finish flight school. I do not expect Taka will be one of the "1".
Unless you are very very lucky you have to really want to make flying your career.

If the desire to fly for a living comes behind hitting the clubs, playing video games. updating your facebook, chillin with the boys etc etc, then you won't have the drive to make it. A good leading indicator IMO is the students attitude during CPL training. The guys who do the minimum, want to only train to the test, and bolt the second the lesson is over usually disappear in a year or two......

[Chris]

A good leading indicator IMO is the students attitude during CPL training. The guys who do the minimum, want to only train to the test, and bolt the second the lesson is over usually disappear in a year or two......

Funny, my experience/observation has been the opposite!

[x15]

I was one of the pilots working at Missinippi prior to the shutdown. Hands down it is a great company. I went there with the bare minimum number of hours as an FO; in less than 7 months I was PPC'd on the Navajo and within 17 months on the King Air 200. Left there with 2000 hours and everyone of them was fun and an incredible learning experience. I will always recommend Missinippi to people. They are like an undiscovered gem. A place a pilot can go and get paid really well and build really good time in good machines fast.

While no place is ideal; Missinippi was/is a great place that comes quite close to being the perfect place to go get some time. Pilots left Missinippi and went straight to Air Canada, large private jets, and other airlines. I would still be there if it had not been for the shutdown. I often think of my time in the north and smile. It was a great time!!!

Cheers