quote: kind of a hard piece of advice for someone with a 60000.00 loan for training. yeah it is, but how is working for free going to help? And how is it going to help the rest of us with these loans fresh outta school, with buddy down the way offering free labour to anyone with a helicopter? I am c...

Thanks guys who answered, pretty much what I expected to hear. Sent out a few resumes now, havent heard back from anyone, think Ill go be a carpenter until it picks back up, hopefully sooner than later. Or maybe theyll let me drive the garbage truck, bit of experience in that field, and now at least...

Hey guys, im in the middle of a rotary conversion right now from cpl (lovin these crazy machines), worked a couple seasons in the bush flying floats, not a ton of hours. just wondering what chance a guy has at getting hired this spring flying helicopter, with the recession and all, if id be smarter ...

Listen to the vets; although that program is definitly not easy, there is simply no way to gain the knowledge through school that they have gained through working in the field. And yes, I do think the college incident is definitly news worthy, i believe it is the first accident or incident, whetever...

sheephunter, getting to this a little bit late maybe, but there is a set of 2870 floats with the 180 rigging for sale by Art Latto out of Savant Lake, Ontario(hour out of sioux lookout). no idea on price, fairly sure theyre in good shape, givem a shout