Air Tanker Pilot, Canada. ~CDN$65K
1997: C185 on floats in the bush
1998: DHC6 '' '' '' '' '' (f/o)
1999: DHC6 " " Commuter. (f/o)
2000: DHC3T "" "" bush.
2001: PA31-350 in the bush
2002-now CL215 f/o
Show up 1st week in April for 2 weeks of spring training (Recurrent g/s, sim, ride, etc..) End of April/beginning of May - out to the base. Up at 0730ish, leisurely brekky, off to airport for 1000. Wait for phone to ring. If it does, then off to fire for maximum four hour stint, scooping water, and then dropping it. If fire's out, then return to base to wait for phone to ring. If the phone doesn't ring, then wait at airport until 19:30 ish, and then back home. Repeat until early September. Return home, ride mountain bike and ski all winter. Repeat until pension kicks in.
88 hours last season, 250 before that. This year??