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- Thu Oct 05, 2017 7:17 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Northern Operators threatened by 'absurd' Transport Canada rules
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5659
Re: Northern Operators threatened by 'absurd' Transport Canada rules
So when did the federal government consider north of 60 a part of Canada ? I was in YZF in 79 and it was in control of the feds back then and it was good 3 paycheques a month 2 company and 1 federal for living up north , i recall 890 bucks a mo. tax free and you couldn't go wrong if you had brass ba...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:19 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Viking Layoffs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7425
Re: Viking Layoffs
when the Viking factory started times were lean, every county in the world that had petroleum was in line to buy Canadian technology we invented fracking and horizontal drilling and a good way to extract the oil product now a days petroleum is pumping the regular at a lower price and consumers are p...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Viking Layoffs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7425
Re: Viking Layoffs
the dhc 6 400 was doomed from the start and i don't know if viking recouped there costs but think about it a 6.5 million dollar aircraft that hauls 19 people WTF Frontier aviation is pretty much over in the world the world got a lot smaller thanks to the c208 the DHC 6 was the predecessor for develo...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: ink argument
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8356
Re: ink argument
i did a entry in red once and QA came down on me like a ton of bricks i responded to him and said it was the only pen i could find after a 16 hour shift fixing a airplane that was dispatched at 6 am and the worse thing about it was someone switched the black pen to to a red insert nowa days i have a...
- Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:44 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: Trying to get a AME apprentice job but is really hard
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8302
Re: Trying to get a AME apprentice job but is really hard
The usual shit on this website I can't find a Job! Have you ever found a job that makes you dedicated to work before you decided to become a ame? Have you been living off the bank of Ma &pa You have the intelligences to pass a AME course If you don't mind traveling and accept that the only thing con...
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:04 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Viking Layoffs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7425
Re: Viking Layoffs
Typical 21 first sentry no how, Factory management says we don't want you to think just WORK its our job to think Thats what they told me then i quit Viking after 3 mo building the things and 3 engineering orders EOs they were pissed # 877, 878, 879 they hate experienced people getting back to the 4...
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:43 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Viking Layoffs
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7425
Re: Viking Layoffs
well put meat servo + 2 theT Otter was originally designed as a commuter AC and it evolved into a bush plane thanks to Max Ward and he knows his Planes! The aircraft was designed strong enough to withstand anything with a lot! of oh shit this is going to cost alot and the legacy lives on I was invol...
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:18 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Why pilots are so...
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7223
Re: Why pilots are so...
THIS IS ONE OF MY MEMOIRS OF SURVEYING IN COLOMBIA
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Why pilots are so...
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7223
Re: Why pilots are so...
cat give it a break OUR Companies future looks good for now we have completed some very difficult survey blocks that in the past other companies tried and failed miserable In Quibdo the capital of Choco we had to fly about 70000 km in the pacific north west of Colombia and this place is full of band...
- Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:37 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: South America for Canadian talent
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1681
South America for Canadian talent
How is the work in South America Pros and Cons
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:57 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Bush plane capable of carrying ATVs?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16306
Re: Bush plane capable of carrying ATVs?
I once saw what a tremendous amount of money spent in aviation and it wasn't militar YZF a pontoon boat that had to be flown north to a lodge 300 k north it would not fit in a herc o rDHC buffalo so they thought 212 ok the load became uncontrollable and they dropped it money was no object for this m...
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:58 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Bush plane capable of carrying ATVs?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16306
Re: Bush plane capable of carrying ATVs?
if you have the ambition and money use a helicopter you have the most ridiculous post i have ever seen on avcan
aviation brings the most talented
aviation brings the most talented
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:54 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Bush plane capable of carrying ATVs?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16306
Re: Bush plane capable of carrying ATVs?
more money than brains do you have any idea on what it takes to load a 700 pound ATV into a floatplane -3 or 6 first of all a single otter can't take your load the door measurements won't be in your specifications and a twin is not much better for the door opening you must strip all the plastic then...
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:56 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: can foreigner get AME M license in canada?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 22850
Re: can foreigner get AME M license in canada?
Wow Roberto Politically Correct: Time to step off the bitter bus. Wages are decent in this country for aviation mechanics and what bus did you step off We have piss poor wages and they go down every time a foreigner is hired Economics are used in every way or form when deciding on hiring a foreigner...
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:21 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: can foreigner get AME M license in canada?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 22850
Re: can foreigner get AME M license in canada?
so i was a student a long time ago and wondered about working overseas i have worked overseas and found it a challenge but i don't understand why everybody that is not from Canada wants to work here Is it better in Canada cause of the wages or the life style ? or do you just want to get you family h...
- Sat Jun 17, 2017 6:40 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: Confused foreign AME
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6459
Re: Confused foreign AME
You are not the only confused apprentice use your FN head and work the problem until you find a logical solution Quote: is the millennium generation brain dead don't listen to avcanadars this is your paycheque be more diligent figure it out this will be good training for your career if you know how ...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:48 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Switching places for apprenticeship.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1780
Re: Switching places for apprenticeship.
Avionics is avionics it doesn't matter the air frame you only have to know the code on what pin goes where and how to read drawings good luck you are nothing special until you have at lease 10 years experiance and have trouble shooting experience In my experience with avionics it has been a nightmar...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:34 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Switching places for apprenticeship.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1780
Re: Switching places for apprenticeship.
may the force be with you young patawhan park your ego!
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:11 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: KF Aerospace contractor deal!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6592
Re: KF Aerospace contractor deal!
there are 2 agencies bidding on the the contracts for kfc and i worked for both about 5 years ago One job was a lobe inspection on a 37 and we had 12 contractors 3 licensed and 9 so called mechanics the 3 licences were Canadians and the rest were foreigners so you can imagine what they paid them it ...
- Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:06 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Citation down North of Kelowna
- Replies: 188
- Views: 46485
Re: Citation down North of Kelowna
ex cop don't mean nothing 50 percent of the working public carries the rest TFLs