The Canadian Helicopters Shaft

[407 Driver]

...Don't forget Pilot training. CHX has trained a lot of pilots for other operators. They do offer some good training opportunities, if you can get around the 3 years of forced slavery at below minimum wage.

[Butch Grafton]

Here is how our last contract turned out here at LSI.

 

Air Log is in negotiations now and we expect theirs to be better than this one.

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Junior pilots get a 46.17% pay increase over the life of the contract.

 

1 Jan 2003 = $44,200.00

1 Jan 2004 = $50,700.00

1 Jan 2005 = $55,162.00

 

Senior pilots get a 26.85% pay increase over the life of the contract.

 

Blue Cross/Blue Shield medical insurance maximum benefit increased to two million dollars.

Our monthly premium at contract end increases to….

Individual $66.00

Individual & Child $112.00

Individual & Spouse $144.00

Family $170.00

 

You can sell back up to three weeks of vacation time if you wish.

You get paid for up to twelve days of unused sick leave annually.

 

Maximum shift time is 6.5 hours.

Time and a half for overtime.

Double time for Sundays and Holidays.

$25.00 Night differential.

 

Junior pilots get 1 week of paid vacation after one year along with two paid weeks off at Christmas.

Senior pilots get 3 weeks of paid vacation along with two paid weeks off at Christmas.

Here is what a senior pilot can get after 24 months into this contract working straight shifts…...

 

Base Pay + 401K = $82,102.00

3 weeks of vacation sold back = $4,751.00

12 days of sick leave sold back = $3,801.00

Total Cash Value $90,654.00

 

 

[Fling Wing]

You should get your facts straight,the "doghouse" fell from the machine do to a failure of the belly hook relay.

[T-rex]

Oh buddy! I got my facts straight, Another CHL hook failure!!!Relay, What ever pal! More like finger problems up front! Relays just don't release!!! Sorry, been around to long for that!!! Maybe CHL should upgrade some of their outdated antiques!!!! Anyways, you broke it, you bought it! I am sure Don W, Bob M, and Bob H, were really happy to pay that one out!!! I know the customer wasn't pleased!! Faulty relay!!! You made my day!

[Fling Wing]

Obviously you don't know the facts, I saw the faulty relay,shook it in my hand to hear the chunks of what ever rattling around inside,watched them bench test it and fail.And since you've been around for such along time then you must know that this isn't the first time the hook relay on the BH212 has been suspect to failure.As far as finger problems,have I got a finger for you.

[Hover-Pig]

Might not be exact same piece of gear but I flew Twin Hueys in the Forces in early eighties and did plenty of slinging, had three inadvertent load releases.

 

Seems problems were faulty parts and worn relays.

[Bladestrike]

I saw three buckets go in the drink in two days around '91, plus I've seen a Kaboda and a slightly damaged 206 dropped from 212's with inadvertant releases. (I didn't actually see them drop, but I did witness the results)

[downwash]

Help, Kyle! How did the previous five posts end up on this topic???

[Bladestrike]

Slightly off topic, but check out this link!

 

http://www.area29.com/flash/index.php?g=rockface

 

[407 Driver]

What's your point Fling Wing? Is it OK to drop something if it's an equipment failure? It was a CHC relay that failed, it's still a CHC dropped load. Still unacceptable.

 

I hear there's a lot of legal arm-wrestling over that load, I heard it was worth $400,000 USD?

 

Hey, we all drop loads, it happens, be man enough to admit it. When someone asks me what we did, I say, Gravity sucks, we dropped it !!!

 

PS, I have a great picture of a diamond-drill that CHC dropped, wanna copy? That one was only $150,000...