PPRuNe Forums - Avionco is bad business

A warning to all prospective contract pilots considering working for Avionco, Located in Calgary Canada. This company has one of the worst reputations in the industry and is infamous for either paying late or cheating many pilots out of their money for services performed. They will lie to you about having contracts, while you are sitting at home Awaiting assignment and not getting paid for it.

There are much better contracts out there with other companies than the Bombardier Contract they will try to hook you and lead you on with. The fact is most pilots never even get the chance to work the Bombardier contract. This contract only consists of approximately 12 pilots at any given time, and is usually full and politically driven. These pilots are subject to a 30-day cancellation notice at all times and with rotations being frequently changed or delayed.

If you think that this program may lead to a full time position with Bombardier for you, forget it unless you are Canadian, and even then, they really don’t want a full time employee when a contract worker will do. There are no long term prospects for a career here, but if you like living on a wing and a prayer, being lied to, and working in a places that are downright dangerous, then this may be the place for you.

Many pilots and engineers can't be wrong! Do some research on these people before you work with them.

Try a simple web search for, "Avionco" and see what you come up with.

Has Avionco ripped you off?

This may help.

Lawrence Ator, LLB, P.Eng. [email protected]
T 403 298 3148 / F 403 265 7219 / E 4500 Bankers Hall East / 855 - 2nd Street S.W. / Calgary, Alberta T2P 4K7

His firm has had success with getting pilot pay from Avionco in the past.