Road Trip
21st Feb 2009, 14:28
In my opinion the boom of years are gone and I doubt faxing off resumes is going to lead to a job for low time guys like it did in the past couple of years. I think we are going to be returning to the old days were employers are only going to consider resumes from low time pilots that are hand delivered.
Spring is around the corner and it's getting close to that time of year when many low time commercial pilots head out on the customary road trip to hand out resumes to perspective employers.
I wanted to test the waters and see if there might be any interest in a flying road trip?
I’m looking at rounding up an amphib float plane and instructor with some real northern flying experience and doing the equivalent of a 50 hour bush course BUT instead of churning out circuits in the local flying school’s lake I’m trying to talk them into doing it on a trip to the north.
I have found one place that may be interested but I would need a couple more pilots to make it worth their while.
I’m thinking early or late April and if we had enough people interested 3 pilots at 50 hrs each that’s 150 hours we could cover a lot of ground. Most of the NWT, Northern Ontario, Manitoba, BC interior, northern BC and even the Yukon. Alot of the far north lakes will still be frozen but that's why we take an amphib.
I figure 7 hours isn’t going to get even a ramp job this year. And if I’m going to do a 50 hour bush course it might as well be in combination with a road trip and include some real northern bush flying.
What do you think? Would anyone else be interested in doing this?
Spring is around the corner and it's getting close to that time of year when many low time commercial pilots head out on the customary road trip to hand out resumes to perspective employers.
I wanted to test the waters and see if there might be any interest in a flying road trip?
I’m looking at rounding up an amphib float plane and instructor with some real northern flying experience and doing the equivalent of a 50 hour bush course BUT instead of churning out circuits in the local flying school’s lake I’m trying to talk them into doing it on a trip to the north.
I have found one place that may be interested but I would need a couple more pilots to make it worth their while.
I’m thinking early or late April and if we had enough people interested 3 pilots at 50 hrs each that’s 150 hours we could cover a lot of ground. Most of the NWT, Northern Ontario, Manitoba, BC interior, northern BC and even the Yukon. Alot of the far north lakes will still be frozen but that's why we take an amphib.
I figure 7 hours isn’t going to get even a ramp job this year. And if I’m going to do a 50 hour bush course it might as well be in combination with a road trip and include some real northern bush flying.
What do you think? Would anyone else be interested in doing this?