Justin44 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 I had to find a way to fund all of these road trips so I jumped into Heavy Machinery, no tickets required whatsoever other than your basic oil and gas certs that most people have anyway. Figured it'd also be a good backup in case I manage to ever find an aviation gig and things slowed down again. Not much of a learning curve after handling a helicopter the sensitivity of a machine that usually throws guys for a loop was easy to adjust to. Good pay too, some of the guys I worked with that had being doing it for only a year or two were bringing home 600-1000$ daily, 20 days a month or more and you're set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freck Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Sooooo you guys want to leave that kind of money for the dream to go flying??? I will trade you my hours for your job! We can do that right? If I made that kind of money I would fly for fun. Don't be irresponsible to think this career is the bees knees! And the 6 and 6 thing?! Man PM me I need to get on that gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveCut Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 @DirtyBH47 YA man I was looking at that as well. That's decent pay, heavy duty is alright but it's heavy work not for most people... I'll look into it too haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bif Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 And my BSc is just sitting in a drawer gathering dust... Mind you it's in geology so I was spending an inordinate amount of time away from home anyway (or at least that's what it felt like at the time). Curse all you cool pilots who flew me around each summer and lured me to the dark side! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helitech69 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Anyone look at power engineering as a second trade it's heavy in demand right now in Alberta , I took a 4 month course after being a low time pilot wasn't paying the bills, with less then a year experience I am making 120k+ working 6 days on 6 days off, their are guys I work with easily making 200-250k+ a year with some experience and O/T. Best decision I ever made and It's filling the bank account nicely while I try and give flying another go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie314 Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I see an operator in Vernon, BC has their building up for lease and the lights are off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over-Talk Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 There is a report floating around about a company in Prince George doing the same thing. Anybody heard anything about that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveCut Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 There are 6 operators shutting down in BC this year and 7 mediums I know of not flying this season coming...... That's huge.... Everyone keep your pants done up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidz Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 As sad as that is, most of us know that there is an overcapacity of companies and machinery in this industry. A little scaling back may be beneficial to the industry as a whole. Sucks for the people directly affected though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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