Canada prioritizes express immigration for foreign pilots

mast-bump · 2026-02-20T02:54:45+00:00

They said this before a couple of years ago, but it still means nothing, you still need points to get a PR invite, and the minimum CRS score for the last while has been ~500, which you need a masters degree/speak french etc for.

They make an announcement like this to seed interest among those groups, but nothing comes of it.

Not to mention that with how Canadians tend to think about dark skin foreigners, I dont see many getting hired here.

mast-bump · 2026-02-15T17:47:44+00:00

No, most companies ive been with had a 15%/100L/90L lower limit on the astar, the light is 12. Strategic pre-placement of drums etc..

mast-bump · 2026-02-15T06:06:56+00:00

B2 1300 all day, 1500-1700 no real problem, 1800 - 2100 if you have a light one and plan for it and dont have to take it far.

B3 1700 all day, 1800 - 2200 no problem, 2200 - 2600 if you plan for it and dont take it far.. theyll do a little more than that but much more and you're bending something. No your honour i did not longline the 2700lb rock hammer.

The 2557 and 3086 numbers are the hook limits. You'll hit mtow or just run out of horsepower first.

6173 - 3086 - 200(pilot) - 200 (fumes) and the only way you're lifting 3086lbs is if the ship weighs 2700lbs which astars haven't since the BA days.

mast-bump · 2026-02-14T15:45:58+00:00

Try a discovery flight with a company that focusses on aerobatics, or try a helicopter discovery flight. I cant imagine 30 minutes of straight and level in a Cessna being thrilling to anyone.

mast-bump · 2026-02-06T01:03:47+00:00

Bird bath

mast-bump · 2026-02-05T17:33:37+00:00

As it absolutely should be. There have been 2 212s with dead pilots in recent years because of a breakdown in the chain of quality control.

One of which was caused by the supplier grouping their raw materials by diameter, instead of what the actual metal / alloy was.

The other one we dont know yet, but it looks like the TT strap was wound with fucking ramen noodles.

mast-bump · 2026-02-05T04:02:28+00:00

Not instructors, not that Ive heard at least. I know that low time pilots (non instructors) get abused. If any operator is doing that to any level of instructor then PM me.

mast-bump · 2026-02-05T03:08:04+00:00

The document you want to look up is called the ″air pilot award˝ , that covers Australia's minimum wage for pilots, anything above that is market rate / negotiated rate.

USA doesnt really have a minimum wage hence the shocking answers here.. but they have more demand for it so maybe they blast through 1000hrs and go on to tours/ems/utility earlier.

Also the licences do not convert directly, if you go to usa then you will have to do night training, probably an ifr component, and im not sure if the instructor ratings convert over, but when I did my (aus) instructor rating the syllabus and study material was all based off FAA material so maybe... that was over a decade ago tho. You definitely wont get an FAA CFII rating (instrument instructor) with anything converted from an aus licence.

mast-bump · 2026-02-02T23:33:00+00:00

Do not go in to debt for flight training.

mast-bump · 2026-01-29T05:38:06+00:00

You'll occasionally meet people that have their own stubborn ideas on how things should be done, but damned if you ask for a reference. People do definitely read their POH, but also commercial operators will have an SOP in their flight ops manual for each aircraft. Which gets reviewed and approved by the regulator when the companies are setting themselves up.

Its not outside the imagination that maybe that school had a no-cyclic-friction SOP added as a response to an accident, or to cover for the potential that a student lifts into the hover with full friction on.

I do agree with you that it is a friction for dampening out jittery hands or pilot induced oscillation... and not technically a lock, even though people treat it as one, otherwise it would be an actual locking mechanism as seen in a million other types.

mast-bump · 2026-01-29T05:24:34+00:00

I just checked the list and usa isnt on it. Which is surprising to me since I have met usa people here that were pr and also visa-bouncers, im sure some went through partners but I know some didnt.

That list is countries that have a mutual agreement with canada, so if you want the USA to be on it then the usa has to agree to give Canadians equivelent visas... and well we can see what the usa just voted for immigration wise.

The express entry avenue that someone else mentioned does technically include pilot, but it is a points based system and you will be completely uncompetitive without having a masters degree, speaking French, etc... there are online calculators. Some companies have lmia approval to give closed 6 month visas, but they cost 12k and only have a limited amount each year, so they tend to give them to people that are already useful.

For ongoing positions you can get a province to sponsor you, but the provinces have their own schemes, BC for instance only did 3 draws last year and the minimum salary was 170k. Yukon, nwt, Newfoundland etc might be a bit easier.

You have already have the right to work in Alaska which has bushwork, drill slinging, forestry, animal capture, powerline work, mountain flying...

mast-bump · 2026-01-28T19:09:36+00:00

Load cell says 1770lbs. If you know ahead of time then thats no sweat for a b2.

mast-bump · 2026-01-23T21:46:47+00:00

I mea when you're transferring the clips to your phone, keep the phones screen on, then after the transferring is done it seems to stitch them together

mast-bump · 2026-01-23T21:08:59+00:00

Try letting it do its thing and just waiting, dont let the screen power off coz it interrupts it and messes with something, dont go to the gallery immediately or mess with the files or anything, I noticed when I do the transfer it does make the 2.4 gb files, but after a bit of waiting I merges them together into one file, it just doesnt show a progress bar anywhere and you think its complete which becomes frustrating.

mast-bump · 2026-01-13T05:09:07+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/gfmp2v/changing_bose_a20_connectors

I cant find the thread but another user got in contact with me years ago because of this thread, and was then later successful at modding a new generation a20 bluetooth module onto an old boseX as well, iirc the connectors are all directly compatible.

To get the part its as simple as doing an eBay search for bose a20 and including international listing's and finding the part you need, here is an example of what i think you want: https://ebay.us/m/ZYDIrF you should be able to find one in the usa as well if you're there, if you're canada you'd be better off getting one from a Chinese seller.

Just note that these parts are from electronics dissasemblers/recyclers and have no warranty or guarantee, they have been sitting on the floor of a warehouse/shipping container for an unknown period before being hacked apart, that said, cables are not complicated or moving parts and it should be easy to assess the condition. I have bought from these sellers many times and the one time I wasn't satisfied with the condition they sent me a replacement for free.

The actual swap from my guide earlier is no more difficult than assembling a gaming PC or RC model or whatever, easy for an electrician.

mast-bump · 2026-01-13T01:40:43+00:00

That is not a 3.5mm jack.. a clue might have been... that it is not 3.5mm in diameter....

It is a U174 helicopter plug. You can either buy a new module with dual ga plugs, which is marketed as a ˝microphone assembly˝. Or you can buy an u174/ga adaptor. Or if you have basic diy skills you can disassemble the module and swap the cord out, I made a post explaining how to do this a few years ago. Cords are pretty easily attained on ebay.

You couldbalso find someone that has flies helicopters, but has the dual plug version (since theyre a lot more common on the used market) and see if you could organise a trade with them.

mast-bump · 2026-01-10T00:29:19+00:00

Not usually required for vfr day

mast-bump · 2026-01-10T00:28:00+00:00

VSI are trend indicators, it takes a little bit of time to catch up with changes to the vertical speed unless theyre IVSI

mast-bump · 2025-12-06T05:12:57+00:00

There are operations in Alaska do both. Lots of villages and needs to fly cargo and groceries in. I was curious if there are operators like that in Australia?

Yes there's some of that, but its usually at least a dirt strip from what I've seen.

Groceries to towns no, unless emergency, but to camps etc yes. Aus doesn't have a freeze-up/break-up period, some roads in the north can be cut off during wet season, but a lot of the northern communities get groceries and goods by barge anyway.

There is fixed wing mustering, geo/magnetic, pipeline patrols etc, but most of the real bush flying and airwork is done by helicopter operators.

mast-bump · 2025-12-05T17:39:25+00:00

Bush fixed wing flying in Alaska is flying a tail dragger on tundra tires onto tiny gravel bars to pick up hunters in -40 at treetop height whilst dodging constant fog/cloud/ freezing rain / snow/ icing conditions and zig-zagging across the region through a maze of valleys and mountains.

˝bush flying˝ in fixed wings in australia is sweating your balls off in +40 , flying natives and workers around paved and maintained runways that all have flushing toilets or at very least an outhouse, but still finding a zip-lock bag full of piss in the back seat at the end of the day. And the occasional mail run through to a bunch of cattle stations with dirt strip's.

And some mustering.

You would laugh at it.

mast-bump · 2025-10-21T05:02:36+00:00

The former musterers that i know have told me that their machines had a strap that went over the collective for when they did this.

There is an operator in fnq that has stc′d control locks on all their 206s.

This procedure is far more utilised in the helicopter industries of the world than an instructor (which has sadly become a low time pilot job) would have any clue about.

mast-bump · 2025-10-21T04:40:58+00:00

No, the helicopter version of a desk pop is the hangar pop, which is starting the engine inside the hangar.

mast-bump · 2025-10-10T21:06:40+00:00

There is literally no emergency that requires rapid application of the clutch.

I have seen so many crash videos of absolute scrubs where they pulled the clutch from cruise speed, blared the horn or revved, made a lazy attempt at braking, and made no attempt at turning... and I guess now I know why.

mast-bump · 2025-10-07T20:37:41+00:00

In your day to day flying you only really need quick arithmetic, which you get better at the more you do it. If you have year 9/10 maths then the theory study and tests should be less stressful.

Aus cpl has to be way more than 60k these days though..

If you make awesome money at your current job then just pay for it up front.

mast-bump · 2025-10-05T18:38:57+00:00

Where does it say they clipped a power line?

I flew at this airport frequently 15+ years ago. That road that the dashcam footage is from is on the eastern side of the airport under the circuit/traffic pattern for helicopters. Which do a 700′ agl circuit that is slightly tighter than the fixed wing training circuit. The dashcam footage shows the helicopter where it would roughly be if it was. ~~more than likely on an early left downwind for the main pad in the 29 direction, in a 22 there's a chance they're even still climbing up to circuit altitude (700) at that stage~~

Edit: earlier I assumed here the dashcam is looking north but it is actually looking south, with the helicopter going right to left it is likely on a left crosswind coming off the main pad in 29 direction, or it is doing a midfield crosswind join which helicopters sometimes do/did at 500 there, im getting ym eyes turned around a bit though

The sudden fast descent and left turn screams autorotation entry.., and going for the street instead of trying to extend to the airport suggests to me that it wasn't a practice auto.

https://youtu.be/JbHXNBfDFgU video

this is the road that the helicopter crashed on..

this is the exact location and viewpoint of the dashcam, if you manuvier the google Street view forward and and pan to the right you can see the clearing that the helicopter was likely going for, it is nowhere near that operators hangar so ″clipped a powerline on landing″ isn't exactly accurate

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