Good on you for trying, too bad the job never panned out. More power to this young man for showing some desire to get ahead relative to his less motivated, or less financially able peers in my opinion. The concept that there is some form of formal line of pilots entitled to the next job in aviation...

Pay for PPL? OK CPL? OK Multi? OK IFR? OK Type Rating? Not OK Spend hundreds on a road trip? OK Spend thousands to fly out for an interview and move to new city? OK Take a large pay cut to fly for Air Canada? OK Who makes these rules? I agree with you here. I was told this is the way the Canadian b...

He is trying to make the best of a bad situation. Had an opportunity, took the risk, and it did not pan out. Now he is dealing with the repercussions. Couldn't have said it better myself. It was never my intention to try and cheat the system here in Canada. It was for a job outside Canada. And now ...

Gents! thanks to everyone for their advice and suggestions. I will take most of them into consideration. I have basically applied to every twin otter carrier in and out of Canada. I know ive basically missed the hiring season but i am going to keep on trying and try and get my foot in the door at so...

I paid for the training myself. Nothing company related. It was a risky move but i wouldn't have done it if i didn't think i had a good shot at the job. I am still keeping in touch with them and will apply again next hiring spree.

Hey Gents (and ladies). I have landed myself in a sticky situation. I am a recent graduate and have typical low time, Multi IFR, IATRA, CPL etc etc. I also finished a Twin Otter initial training course at Flight Safety in hopes of getting with a company outside of Canada which unfortunately didn't h...