Vancouver or Victoria

oscar_msl · Post by **oscar_msl** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:54 pm

What could be better for a newcomer; living and work in Vancouver area or Victoria?

1000 tt
Commercial-
Multi-ifr

Thanks in advance

asdfasd · Post by **asdfasd** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:12 pm

with 1000 TT, have are you close to having your ATPL exams done?

Flightcraft is always hiring, send them a resume. You might get hired for Flightcraft or maybe Flair.

http://www.flightcraft.ca

asdfasd · Post by **asdfasd** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:13 pm

Or, get the job then decide where to live...

flystraightin · Post by **flystraightin** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:22 pm

probably vancouver, no one has hubs in Victoria, although there are many senior pilots that commute.

longjon · Post by **longjon** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:53 pm

Victoria is very nice, for a newbie driver you might find a nice small basement room to live in. (room not apt)

2 negative things spring to mind, the island mentality, Ive got mine now cut the bridge so no one else can come over and the Sunshine tax.

North Shore · Post by **North Shore** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:41 pm

the island mentality, Ive got mine now cut the bridge so no one else can come over

Damn Straight...busy, busy, busy, pretty soon it'll be a suburb of Vancouver - who needs that crap? As the bumper sticker says: "Slow down, this isn't the mainland!"

On topic: Stick with VR, there are way more companies to work for there, and not much going on in YJ.

sky's the limit · Post by **sky's the limit** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:24 pm

For living, it's all about Victoria!

With your hours, go to Alberta....

STL

greenwich · Post by **greenwich** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:46 am

sky's the limit wrote: With your hours, go to Alberta....

STL

Sorry, but I say get the hell out of the Lower Mainland! Head East (or North) for a few years with the goal of ending back in the 'couve one day.

I did all of my flight training in the Lower Mainland and didn't drop-off a single resume there. just packed my car and drove North East!

I looked at it in two ways, short-term and long-term.

Short-term: When you start-out the first five years or so are a bitch! Mainly because you get paid entry-level wages. So why live in an area where rent is ultra expensive and the cost of living is though the roof.

Long-term: Are you ever going to own property in Vancouver...or Victoria for that matter. A friend of mine just bought a house out there but all he could afford was a crap 1,100 sq foot house in Ladner (next to Boundary Bay)...and he paid $550,000!! To add to the insult he commutes one hour each way to work every day!

Start your career elsewhere, you'll be better off in the long-run!

Sorry PasCo guys, it's just my opinion...

G

greenwich · Post by **greenwich** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:46 am

sky's the limit wrote: With your hours, go to Alberta....

STL

Sorry, but I say get the hell out of the Lower Mainland! Head East (or North) for a few years with the goal of ending back in the 'couve one day.

I did all of my flight training in the Lower Mainland and didn't drop-off a single resume there. just packed my car and drove North East!

I looked at it in two ways, short-term and long-term.

Short-term: When you start-out the first five years or so are a bitch! Mainly because you get paid entry-level wages. So why live in an area where rent is ultra expensive and the cost of living is though the roof.

Long-term: Are you ever going to own property in Vancouver...or Victoria for that matter. A friend of mine just bought a house out there but all he could afford was a crap 1,100 sq foot house in Ladner (next to Boundary Bay)...and he paid $550,000!! To add to the insult he commutes one hour each way to work every day!

Start your career elsewhere, you'll be better off in the long-run!

Sorry PasCo guys, it's just my opinion...

G

wallypilot · Post by **wallypilot** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:42 am

alberta.

nimbostratus · Post by **nimbostratus** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:09 am

1000 hrs. = Rankin Inlet