Icefield Helicopter Tours

[shaggy]

i never said ralph was. i only know him by reputation. the industries biggest a$$hole (in my experience at least), i was unfortunate enough to work for for two years and i iknow him better than i would like. :shock:

[highbladedown]

Does Icefield still fall under the Kananaskis Mountain Helicopter umbrella as well?

[Blackmac]

Magpie, you make me laugh with your comment on destroying the indegrity of the industry. Maybe you can make another comment on who actually has any integrity in the aviation industry.

 

Guess who.

[Elvis]

Guess Who

 

Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Garry Denis, Donnie McDougall & Bill Wallace.

 

:up:

[412driver]

GUESS WHO BURN!! :up: :up:

 

 

"Negative 412 The university guy is a whole other story." well up on that story!! :down:

[downwash]

Well said, Mag.

 

Don, a statement like that could make one wonder if you're even capable of recognizing integrity! If youy've got to dewll in a pit of bitterness, everyone else has to share it, do they?

[Elvis]

ditto :up:

[Rotorboy2]

Low-timers, IMHO, continue to get shafted by employers willing to pay little or nothing and expect a whole lot in return.

 

I realize employers invest in their people with training and such, but it is a cost of donig business and I really believe that if you treat people fairly and give them some respect, then you'll keep good people and won't be wondering why so many people keep walking out the doors.

 

In the end, you spend more money and have a higher turn-over if you continue to implement unreasonable restrictions on your employees, cut benefits or otherwise make short-sighted, penny-pinching business decisions.

 

But the industry has always operated this way... it's like an abusive parent. The parent hits the kid and the kid ends up hitting their kid.

 

Someone has to break the chain.

 

My advise? Don't subscribe to that train of thought. If you are a low-timer looking for work, don't be so quick to jump on that first 'ground crew' job that pays almost nothing and builds you no hours. If you are an operator, start thinking 'long-term' instead of 'short-term' solutions to your staffing needs; hire a low timer, give him/her a slightly better wage than 'the other guys' and build them up. It'll pay off in spades in the long run.

[jetbox]

If you are an operator, start thinking 'long-term' instead of 'short-term' solutions to your staffing needs;

 

Hiring low timers and paying them a small wage (how small is small is debateable) is essential to find out weather or not this new employee has the "right stuff" to be a petential long term employee. If he/she is willing to work hard and show some loyalty for that first season, then we turn the tables around and show loyalty to them in return with increased wages and hopefully the best working conditions we can offer. However, character is too important in this business to just throw a wad of cash at the first low timer you hire and "hope for the best". They have to prove themselves first and then, they become your company's most important investment/asset and should be treated as such.

 

I'm not condoning what Ralph is doing by the way, expecting low timers to pay their dues and raping them are two different things!

[Frequent Flyer]

Unfortunatley Jetbox not every operator shares the same views you have. As we have seen operators like Icefield take advantage of the up and comers which in turn paints alot of other outfits with the same brush. Young pilots dont differentiate between operators looking for them to put the right foot forward and operators taking advantage. There is no doubt in my ming Iceefield is not trying to build a company minded outfit. They are just taking advantage of the situation and profiting from cheap labor.