412driver Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Effective December 2008, TC is planning to allow a person with a US commercial helicopter license (150 hours) to be able to come to Canada, show their US license and will be issued a Canadian commercial helicopter license. NO flight test, NO exam! On the flip side, a Canadian pilot cannot do the reciprocal in the US because they are 50 hours short. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go coastal Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 If you do have the extra "50 hrs." or a total greater than 150, will you be able to take advantage(?) of the same privileges? gc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BeeBee Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Boy....are they in for a rude awakening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned@HeliOps Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I assume that this is after they have satisfied all the requirements from the Canadian Immigration service. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxtorqe Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I assume that this is after they have satisfied all the requirements from the Canadian Immigration service. ?? We have requirements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zazu Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 If you do have the extra "50 hrs." or a total greater than 150, will you be able to take advantage(?) of the same privileges? gc My question exactly. Although I seem to remember a few years back when I was enquiring about a US license that all I really needed was my Total Time to equal 150 hours, and the logbook to prove it. The xtra cost on my part, other than the examination fees (and machine time, competancy check ride for solo night) was the night rating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphibious Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 and yet again, Canada becomes the ***** of the Aviation world. come one, come all! work in the US? Australia? EU? oh, no, sorry. :down: still trying to figure out why I ever got my FAA CPL, don;t qualify for any sort of visa once you're commercially certified in canada.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Effective December 2008, TC is planning to allow a person with a US commercial helicopter license (150 hours) to be able to come to Canada, show their US license and will be issued a Canadian commercial helicopter license. NO flight test, NO exam! On the flip side, a Canadian pilot cannot do the reciprocal in the US because they are 50 hours short. Thoughts? My thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2007 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Good one E! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned@HeliOps Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 For what its worth I still think the best three countries to work in in the helicopter industry are (in no particular order) South Africa Canada New Zealand For those that can only work in Canada you should feel very lucky as it has an amazing diversity of work, awesome scenery and some good machinery, and best of all you dont have all the bull$#### and politics they have south of the border. My choices are made based on the places I have been and seen the industry. Ned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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