Still operators looking for float drivers!!!

185_guy · Post by **185_guy** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:53 am

Wow, I cant believe the amount of operators STILL looking for float drivers this late in the spring!!
Is there that much of a shortage of people to fill these positions? If so, im in a bit of awe.
Are you low time guys starting out (7-50-100hrs of float time) finding flying jobs? Or is there still the same ole carrot being dangled? I doubt the insurance companies have gave any slack, but if this continues, maybe they will...........which will be good for everyone!

Good luck to the operators to fill these spots before it gets busy!!
( i kinda wish i dident leave float flying this season!)

PUCE PILOT · Post by **PUCE PILOT** » Fri May 04, 2007 5:03 am

Hey 185

340 TT,200 on floats,came close(or maybe just got the carrot?).

But still nothing...WTF

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Fri May 04, 2007 5:41 am

550/150, six offers. It's a pilot's market this year!

canadadry · Post by **canadadry** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:29 am

310TT/85 floats, some offers but not hired yet....

StudentPilot · Post by **StudentPilot** » Fri May 04, 2007 7:42 am

I know several other low-time pilots with 25-50 float hours that have gotten float jobs this summer. As for me, almost every float operator I have called has no positions available for low-time pilots.

Star'Fox · Post by **Star'Fox** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:13 am

350TT/ 90 floats. I got three offers from float operations but nothing final yet.

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Fri May 04, 2007 11:17 am

300 on floats.. have had a bunch of offers that I just can't take. Sure would like to have my medical back.. Another week or so and the docs will have me drivin my car again

Maybe end of June early july.

If anyone needs a guy for half a season I'll be around

flyinphil · Post by **flyinphil** » Fri May 04, 2007 7:28 pm

18,000 hrs, 3200 floats, gainfully employed but counting down the years to getting a float job again!

Good luck to all those looking!

bluenote · Post by **bluenote** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:23 am

Any operators in Ontario that are still looking for float drivers?

StudentPilot · Post by **StudentPilot** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:27 am

Out of curiousity, how late into the spring/summer will float operators typically hire, or does it all depend on when the ice goes out and how many experienced float drivers are available that year?

Viking_01 · Post by **Viking_01** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:22 am

When I was looking for a small float job/dock job with 24hrs, I wasn't having any luck. I was being told that it was the insurance companies that were running the game, and that the operators wished they could hire me...go figure.
A few of us out of school landed float/dock jobs, but not I. Went on with a bigger company as a ramp hand.