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Agreed, I'm on days off and live in West Kelowna. It's been a weird feeling not working. Thanks to everyone out there helping, it's been a challenging few days and everyone I've talked to has nothing but positive things to say about all the helis working.

I've always thought about this too but as you stated the lack of IFR/Night has always made me second guess it. A few questions: - What kind of schedule is normal? - How many $ is an entry level pilot and then a 5 year+ guy making? Including overtime/etc... - Does anyone know a rough cost these days to knock out the night/IFR requirements to get a foot in the door? I do wonder sometimes why these companies don't provide the training themselves for the right applicants. Thanks in advance, I'm genuinely curious about "the other side" of the industry.

If you get your CEP cables direct from cep-usa, they're cheaper and also warrantied for a year.

There's never been a better time to ask for the conditions you believe you deserve. The industry is hurting for guys with time and experience. If we all stopped accepting poor pay/schedules/etc, there would be a shift. The company I work for recently put most guys on straight salary (with a considerable bump over the old system that hinged on flight pay). It's a refreshing change, and shows this company is looking to the future. We already had a good schedule, now the pay is closer to where it needs to be. And believe it or not, we're fully crewed for the year.

I'm hearing talk of 170-190k for a 2/2 in an astar moving drills/skiing.

I run CEPs with a Pilot Blu-link and it works great. Highjacking this to ask if anyone has a good supplier here in Canada for custom tips that work with CEP?

Good link, thanks for the info.

Hi all, Wondering how everyone is going getting ready for these new regs. I've heard whispers that we may have to start wearing some kind of sleep tracker at night to be sure we're getting sufficient rest. Will be interesting to see how that is implemented

I've heard a few good reviews about the Northwall, but one thing to consider is if you have any plans to work south of the border, the USFS require you to have a helmet that is approved by the DOI, and I couldn't find Northwall on the list here: https://www.doi.gov/aviation/safety/helmet My head is around 56cm as well and I wear a large Gallet LH250 and it fits great. I have the grey inner visor, it's handy if you want to remove the external visor and cover to reduce weight/size to get in and out of the bubble easier/more comfortable. I bought from Merit down in the USA, they've been pretty helpful over the years when I've needed stuff. Good luck with your purchase.

https://www.castanet.net/news/West-Kelowna/363483/Vehicles-swerve-to-avoid-wrong-way-car-on-West-Kelowna-s-Bridge-Hill#363483 Probably some dang Aussie on his way to steal a job. THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!!

True enough. Be good to know what others are getting too. Heard of some contractors on 850/day 200/hr. Some employees on 335/day 105/hr. I think robottxt is close to the money there, 1k/day plus flight pay with a guarantee of days would be around where I'd want to start if it's contracting.

I'd be interested to hear the current going rate for a plug and play medium driver.

Yep

I've used it on an LH350 and now an LH250. Standard civilian comms. 250 has cep too. Weird you're having an issue and even weirder they won't help you out.

I never have any distortion. I've used it in a whole whack of different machines and never had an issue. One thing I like about the blulink over the lightspeed was when you're making a phone call you don't have to have the ICS active for the person on the other end to hear you. So you can isolate comms and your pax don't have to hear your conversation.