Thread: Opportunities in BC?

Thx for all the responses! Ah.. my bad, forgot to say: I currently live just outside Vancouver, BC and will hopefully be applying soon for my permanent residency card. I have lived in Dom. Republic, Italy, US and Canada; Canada is by FAR the best place to live!

Yup, It's that bad. T is spring I applied to and called at least a couple hundred places (not all of which were in Canada) without any luck. Eventually I found a dockhand position, through a friend, which was a foot in the door. From there I changed employers and havn't looked back. There are always jobs out there, just very hard to come by. As 5ly mentioned, every step of the way there are reasons why it won't work and...

Hey, My son is one of the Seneca grads and trying to find a direction to go to.. I did not tell him to go into aviation, but he did it anyway... It was not any easier in the 70's. True, the big money may be gone for a while, but it is always supply and demand. You just have to hang in there, because some of them will not and the chance for the persistent will come.. Safe flying glex01

What Limits' summary is on the money. If you look at how many recent Seneca or Moncton Grads that are still looking for a ride, it makes depressing reading. It is also true, the "job for life" that many of the mature ones in the left hand seat have enjoyed, is a dream from the past. Low-time pilots from overseas who want to come to Canada in search of a flying job - you won't get past the Border - impossibility, and...

OK Alex, here is a brief on the current state of the aviation industry in Canada If you do not have the unrestricted right to live and work in Canada, it is almost impossible to get a work permit. There are Lay-offs Pay cuts Bases closing AOCs in suspension Companies closing down Companies eating each other Low-timers who thought they might have to spend a year or two on the ramp first are facing the prospect of 3-4 years before they get...

Hey Alex, 12 years ago now, I packed up the car with $1000 in my pocket and headed to the Northern Territory in Darwin Australia to follow my dream. At the time I had a bare CPL, 220hrs and no plan at all, I didn't research the market prior to packing in my job and basically fell flat on my ar5e. I managed to find a good job and transferred to my home town of Melbourne, Victoria, still no flying. Married, two kids, a mortgage and a good...

Hey, I am a Spanish guy waiting for my license CPL, ME, IR and MCC. My dream is also try to found a job in Canada, try to create my aviation life there. I know is hard in every place, i am sure, that if you fight for your dream you will be reward with something... That bad is the situation in Canada?

There are those that do, and those that moan about how difficult it all is and don't - do -- anything. It has always been thus. 40 years ago I encountered the same negative nonsense and carried on anyway to a full carreer in aviation. One foot at a time, walk in that direction and you will get there, or put your feet up. Your call. Ever heard of buy low sell high? same thing. When everyone else is running for the hills, dig in and...

you and about 500 other pilots, good luck with that.

Hey Domyalex I can say this , every one of my mates I learnt to fly with (who perservered) , are today airline or heavy corporate metal pilots. ( not that that is the be all and end all , a c208 on floats is heaven). The ones who gave up on the dream ( and listened to the peanut gallery) or who were not prepared to work for less than their existing ( non flying job) were the only ones that never made it. Its very tough getting there and once...