treetopflyer Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Western bidders win Bombardier's pilot-training contract MONTREAL (CP) - Bombardier Inc. has lost a $1-billion-plus pilot-training contract to a consortium based in Western Canada, a Bombardier spokesman confirmed Wednesday. Zev Rosenzweig, Bombardier's vice-president for military aviation training, said his company has been advised it will not get to renew the federal contract it has held for the past 13 years. The 20-year training contract for military pilots will go to the competing bidder, Kelowna Flightcraft of Kelowna, B.C., and its partners, which apparently submitted a lower bid. The federal government says the 20-year contract is worth $2.3 billion, not all of which goes to the winning bidder. Bombardier was seeking a portion worth more than $1 billion. The training program for helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft, called Contracted Flying Training and Support, is done in Portage La Prairie, Man., and Moose Jaw, Sask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 submitted a lower bid. That's CHL's standard M.O. ! In other news, CHL is rumored to be moving all N/R Training (ie, PPC's and recurrent for their own crews) out of Penticton to possibly ? Edmonton ? plus adding a few extra instructors in the Garlic City. The rumor says they will only do Revenue training in Penticton....didn't know they had that much going on? If so, it Must be from JR's high pressure sales over the last few years? Go JR go ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-rex Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Talk about moving backwards....Edmonton? Yeah, alot of them hills there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widgeon Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 so is their mix 206 and 412 or are they going with the A109 for advanced training ?. IS 109 type certified in Canada ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cap Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 That item just made a big "splash" here in my backyard this evening and the figures quoted here are in the Billions over the length of the 20 year contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 There's a corporate A109 out of YVR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidz Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 The one and only dedicated helicopter air ambulance in Quebec is an A109... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 Appears that you are both correct. :up: Behold, Canada'a current A109 fleet... 1 C-FBGP Agusta A109AII AIRMÉDIC AVIATION INC. 2004-08-04 7296 2 C-GWPL Agusta A109AII Western Forest Products Inc. 2004-07-29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphonso Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 In other news, CHL is rumored to be moving all N/R Training (ie, PPC's and recurrent for their own crews) out of Penticton to possibly ? Edmonton ? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It is a move that makes sense to me as CHL has closed many of its BC bases and does mostly non mountainous work now. Why pay for pilots to go from Edmonton (where most are based) to Penticton on an annual basis? From what I understand all pilots will be rotated through Penticton every three years or so. Pilots who routinely work in the mountains will continue to do their annual training in YYF. As CHL is a large company focusing on ROI it was a decision that had to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widgeon Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/applications/...04+00%3A00%3A00 TCDS for A109 and 119 . Anyone know which aircraft Kelowna / CHL are proposing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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