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Helijet pilots do, but they are the only ones in Canada that are a registered airline. "Canadian Helicopters Limited" used to when they had the Whistler shuttle.

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Helijet seems to be a very desirable place to work? Is that true?
It appears to be very slick!!
 
Okanagan Helicopters were members of INTERLINE when they operated out of Montreal in the 70's & 80's. This I know because I have the "Package sheet" in front of me now and used it. They were not considered "an airline" then either, but it helped having the company CEO also on the Board of Directors of CP Air. 😀 Some examples (these are round trip prices): Osaka, Japan = $85.00/London, England=$15.00/ Freeport, Bahamas=$6.00 and the most expensive =$169.00 for a 'round the world trip. These all originated out of Montreal of course and involved various airlines....not just CP.
 
I worked for Okanagan in the late 70's as well and used the deal with CP for half price fares to Hawaii.



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As per Your request Bleedvalve I have used more than one key.

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Elvis ---- you have now "dated" yourself and since you mention Hawaii, I'll also assume you knew Tim Tagurdin.
 
Duf,
Helijet is a good company, good equipment etc.
They fly very predictable routes, so they can offer a schedule, benefits, airline discounts etc.
They used to hire low timers (maybe still do) to unload baggage, then work in Dispatch, and eventually get flying as a co-pilot. Then the new pilots had to move on to get some real solo Pilot In Command time somewhere up north.

Eventually the pilot gets married, and Mrs Pilot wants a schedule, benefits etc., so the pilot gets his IFR rating and heads back to live in Vancouver and hires on with Helijet to fly to Victoria 5 times a day !!

Meanwhile some pilots decide that's not what they want, and get a divorce.
No schedule, no benefits, no guarantees..........but all the babes, big bucks and beer-induced glory that a northern Canadian community can provide.
It's a non-stop party for real pilots. I love it. !!
 
Hello Cap.
I knew Timmy very well.Worked with him in Jimmys Lagoon many years ago.Very nice guy.Too bad.Im sure hes watching all the Bull SH?? going on in these threads and shaking his head.
Have a good day Mini.........
 
The interline deal at Helijet is OK, ID 90 when I was there (you pay 10% of the full Y class fare), there was also a seperate deal with BA ($100 Cdn per leg). The problem was always the threat that you may get to Hawaii, or Paris and then not be able to get ID 90 coming back as it was always on a space available basis. The CP was quite clear that no ID90 fare available was not a good excuse for missing a shift ! As a place to work, I can't say enough about Helijet, it was without a doubt the best helicopter company I have ever worked for. Cheers
 
So anyhoo -----This story must be true since I heard it in a bar late at night :
Tim (AKA The Fly'n Hawaian ) has just arrived from Jimmy's Lagoon on a cool spring day and is walking down the street in Valdor complete with Parka and Bush boots, mitts ect.
Two braindead US tourists see our Hero walking down the street and the man rushes up to Tim saying to his wife " Look Honey - an Eskimo - maybe we can get a picture with him!"
After overcoming his flabberghast Tim whips opens his parka like a flasher and says: "Wanna buy an OOPIK?" The rest of Tim's reply cannot be quoted here but needless to say the tourists were most impresssed with "the eskimo's" knowledge of the King's English especially some of the slang terms for body parts, lack of intelligence, perverse sexual practices and legitimacy. 😀
Great guy.
 
Sharkbait -----I only saw Tim really mad on one occasion. When he flew with Dome up in the Beaufort years ago, OILWEEK magazine had a picture of him coming down the air-stair of a S-61. The caption on the picture read (and I paraphrase after all these years) ........"First Nations pilot also contributes". The "ribbing" he took was almost unreal.

He'd be here today if he hadn't ttaken that air conditioner down over the side of the high rise to save those workers on the top of the building.......and no, he wouldn't contribute to this site at the present moment. I consider myself gifted to have been called "a good friend".
 

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