voyageur airways

ame25 · Post by **ame25** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:10 pm

anybody know what they pay their oversea ame's or even north bay engineers?? im being offered a job there,but they wont give me a dollar amount.

seattrack · Post by **seattrack** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:41 pm

ask for a dollar amount before you take the position

Troubleshot · Post by **Troubleshot** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:59 pm

ame25 wrote:anybody know what they pay their oversea ame's or even north bay engineers?? im being offered a job there,but they wont give me a dollar amount.

They offered a position but no dollars where discussed before the offer ???? What kinda whack job outfit is this company? Anyway you would be stupid to fall for that bullshit, get all details in the letter of offer or risk getting hosed.

your worth at least $25/hour if your newly licenced..don't take less!!

longjon · Post by **longjon** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:14 pm

Thers is a bit on these forums about the company so check it out a bit.

There is a tech school there in NB pumping out new apprentices yet they seem to always be running adds for people on this forum.

Hmmmm wonder why.

It seems they pay below standard so get it in writing before signing on.

chowda · Post by **chowda** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:14 pm

did you even try scrolling down the main page?

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=16218

dashx · Post by **dashx** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:44 pm

They offered a job without an interview? What kind of work experience and/or endorsements do you have? Dash 7/8 King Air??????

2024 · Post by **2024** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:46 am

hey dashx, sounds like your doing an interview with those questions. fishing for possible employees in the maintenance forum? has it come to that?

KingDash · Post by **KingDash** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:21 pm

Voyageur pays there new engineers 18 dollars an hour. ACA 22. Time and a half in Africa. Fifty dollars a day per diem. Normal pay on time off.

Human Factor · Post by **Human Factor** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:47 pm

ame25 wrote:anybody know what they pay their oversea ame's or even north bay engineers?? im being offered a job there,but they wont give me a dollar amount.

Without a disclosure of salary, it's not an offer. Offers consist of how much you'll be paid including a breakdown of the benefits package, holidays, sick time, etc., how many hours a week you'll get, where the job is and sometimes even a job description. Mighty novel, that!

What was their plan? Have you start working and just issue you some semblance of a paycheque after the first 2 weeks? Or maybe they think you'll work for free to get the experience? Run Forrest, Run.

dashx · Post by **dashx** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:46 am

2024. I don't do any hiring. Far from it. Voyageur is just another means to an end.

YVRAME · Post by **YVRAME** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:00 am

got offered a job there

I would like to know about the transportations there and cost of living there. Are there any public transportation there?

How much is the rent there for a small room?

Blue Juice · Post by **Blue Juice** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:17 am

Are you talking about YYB?? Yes theres public transport, Its a city!!! The bus goes right to the airport. Its a college/Unversity town so rooms are farely cheap average $500 for a place. Lots of parties and lots of good bars. The North Bay Nugget is a good place to look its the local paper also online. You AME or Apprentice??

YVRAME · Post by **YVRAME** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:42 pm

Yeah I meant YYB, and I am still an apprentice hows the cost of living there? Is the grocery there cheap?

YVRAME · Post by **YVRAME** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:02 pm

and also, if I were to fly from the west as to where do I fly to? Do I transit in Toronto?

Human Factor · Post by **Human Factor** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:18 pm

When I lived in North Bay for school, I rented a bachelor apartment in a hi-rise building on Airport Road for about $450/month. Groceries were on par with southern Ontario although fuel was a little more. Remember that N. Bay is only 3 hours away from Toronto (and 3.5 from Ottawa) so it's not like it's in the middle of nowhere. Yes, they have mass transit. Yes, they have electricity and running water. Yes, they have 1000 new university girls move into town every fall and a few decent watering holes in which to seduce them... I think you'll do fine.

123dash · Post by **123dash** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:20 pm

Check some of the pilot forums for voyageur.A lot of negative talk for this company from pilot types.Also they are always looking for people.U should ask urself y?

dehav · Post by **dehav** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:11 am

voyageur airways is the worst place i have ever worked .... there review polices are brutal ...bad review no pay raise seems to happen alot....as for pay 10 to 15 dollars an hour seems pretty standard ...there stores manager larry is a terrible man i have seen him make his employees cry...max still runs the show ..money money money dont care how he gets it..but jeff cooke is the meanest coldest two faced person i have ever met...i worked there just under ten years and things will NEVER change...and as for overseas just as bad...promises promises promises lol.... good luck to anyone who decides to try voyageur out,but know this you have been warned!

dehav

longjon · Post by **longjon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:08 am

A lot of these forums are crap but the Vayageur one seems to have a lot of common info regarding maintenance.

So do a search on this forum and see the common input and I dont think its all that good for new employees.

I.d say the last post says a lot about this company.

fixinem · Post by **fixinem** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:55 pm

I find it kinda funny that it took someone almost ten years to figure out that a place is not good to work at ???? What does that tell you about that reply ??? Sounds like BS to me.

dehav · Post by **dehav** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:20 pm

people need to eat dont they,i know my kids like food.....and i did not think my length of time there has anything to do with making my post as you say BS, regardless you may make your own conclusions. i would like to also add only a manger there would make a statement like that.....

i am sure there is enough info on this forum to let the people decide
dehav

fixinem · Post by **fixinem** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:21 am

What I am getting at is this...you either went there as an apprentice or a licensed AME correct ? Why would anybody stay at a job / place they didn't like for ten years ?? If you could not find a job somewhere else in the last ten years that seems odd, as there are and have been other jobs out there for AME's that know there stuff...unless you were the recipient of some of those "brutal reviews"...any of the places I have worked at, have always asked for references.

by the way...I only manage my tool box...so far ! lol

dehav · Post by **dehav** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:54 pm

fixinem wrote:What I am getting at is this...you either went there as an apprentice or a licensed AME correct ?

well umm no ... kinda silly to imply only AME's and apprentices work for airlines??

fixinem wrote: Why would anybody stay at a job / place they didn't like for ten years ?? If you could not find a job somewhere else in the last ten years that seems odd

to be honest i loved the work i did ,but a person can say only so many times "it's gonna get better" or "it cant get any worse" made me hate what i was doing

fixinem wrote: as there are and have been other jobs out there for AME's that know there stuff

i found work outside the airline industry ,pretty tough finding something half ass just so you dont have to move and uproot the kids, i guess im old fashioned that way putting family first...

fixinem wrote:unless you were the recipient of some of those "brutal reviews"

you can only hear and see your co-workers beating themselves up because they didnt live up to some manager's expectations for so long ,all because they would want a little more money to make there lives a little more comfortable

fixinem wrote:any of the places I have worked at, have always asked for references.

well i guess we can say this is a new age were people collaborte on these forums ,ask questions ,share ideas and maybe this is a new age type of asking for refernces would you think ??? and if i were looking here to get a refernce on voyageur airways with a few minutes of reading the nomourise bad refernces. i think my choice would be pretty clear,,,but hey its only my opinion right?

fixinem wrote:by the way...I only manage my tool box...so far ! lol

but i bet ya they promised ya alot more lol

sorry for my ramblings but sometimes i get annouyed when simple people try to sway peoples opinions like calling a post like mine BS...but hey i could be just as bad because my mother always told me if you dont have anything nice to say keep it to yourself, no pun intended

i wish i had this new age refernce 10 or so years ago!
power to the people lol

cheers
dehav

YVRAME · Post by **YVRAME** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:47 am

guys thanks for the informations especially you dehav

lets keep this on topic shall we without bickering at each other's post keep those opinions to yourself or through PMs.

so far I have read one negative post about Voyageur is there anymore coming?

Pat Richard · Post by **Pat Richard** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:28 am

go nuts..

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=16611

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=19466

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... sc&start=0

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... sc&start=0

Try using the "search" function next time.

dehav · Post by **dehav** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:09 am

thanks pat i was just about to post those links lol

maybe a anonymous worker poll would be in order ? or company ratings ?

maybe they would open there eyes, but probably not lol

dehav

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