Ideas please

[mingan]

Hello All

I am a Canadian cit CAA ATPL (medical IR expired) 3700 hrs all in east africa log boot certified by trans can. I am willing to renew medical and IR.

Problem I have not flown for over 15 yrs so understand its not worth returning to a flying career but can't get the bug out so am always looking at trying to get back into flying.:ugh: also having not flown in canadian winters and I am 50yrs old.

I have applied for jobs have had 2 interviews but no job offers.

So the big question how to get a flying job.

Thanks

[evansb]

SEE THE STICKY AT THE TOP OF THIS TOPIC.

Send your resume to Flying Schools that have associations with multi-engine commercial/charter ops so you can instruct first, (VFR PPL/CPL) and then work your way up to IFR multi-engine charter ops or whatever else the FBO does...

Get floatplane (seaplane) training if you are planning on living near large bodies of water.

Business administration experience could be quite an asset to get in the door..

Air Hart is one of several FBOs providing bush plane training and float plane training:

www.air-hart.com

[clunckdriver]

In what part of Canada are you located? cant help if we dont know where you are.

[mingan]

in calgary

[mingan]

sorry did not explain myself

I have a Canadian ATPL FAA ATPL 2500 multi engine piston but since I have not flown both ir and class 1 med have expired.

[+TSRA]

Well, you're going to need to renew BOTH you medical and IR before you're hired by any company. I'm actually surprised you were able to get an interview without those being current. Frankly, I wouldn't even give a resume a second pass-over if I saw that. That's probably the biggest reason you've not heard back.

So, once you get your medical and IR up-to-date, you'll be in a better place to expect a phone call. You're going to be the underdog, so you're going to have to highlight your non-flying experience and how it relates to the cockpit. At 50, you'll have enough transferable and life skills to draw on. I've worked for companies who hired 50-year old ex-cops over 23-year old new pilots a number of times - all because of life experience.

The Calgary area has a couple operators (North Cariboo, Sunwest, Integra, etc.) that are willing to take pilots who are older and looking for a second career (or looking to get back into it). I would expect you to be hired on as a First Officer or co-Captain for a while before releasing you to the left seat again.

Finally, as evansb mentioned, read the sticky. A lot of really good information in there.

Hopefully some of this helps! Good luck.

[mingan]

thanks will update