Ice Road Truckers?

[skygod75]

Unfortunatly one big draw back - pay sucks on the whole!!

I'd bet the pay is lower than the truckers who drive the rigs across the ice road.

 

[CUBMAN]

Too bad that US pilots don't have either the experience or backbone to actually do this work. I have worked with these folks ... they are truely pilots cut from a different cloth. US pilots are too spoiled and lazy to actually work in the arctic.

Bob

In your b*tt Bob.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Those guys look like they're having fun AND enjoying their jobs.

 

[acpilot]

That looks like a good show. I don't know about the whole "film everything I do and put it on TV" though. The FAA would have a field day with you.

 

[acpilot]

Too bad that US pilots don't have either the experience or backbone to actually do this work. I have worked with these folks ... they are truely pilots cut from a different cloth. US pilots are too spoiled and lazy to actually work in the arctic.

Bob

Wow. That's arrogance right there!

I think a lot of 135 cargo guys could be trained to do that kind of work, particularly those who have flown SP in the northern states. I don't know enough about the 121 world to venture a guess as to whether thay could "handle it" or not.

 

[GravityHater]

Here is a link to the 10 episodes now available in the US! Very cool show!

 

[acpilot]

Great show! I wish I could have had an opportunity like that!

Thanks for posting the link!

 

[727C47]

ah my brothers reminds me of our winters in the early 90's flying 3's,piston Convairs,and the DC4 out of PTK,never a dull moment,though not quite as cold as NWT.

 

[landlover]

so many poor dispatch decisions made, i was angry just watching.

 

[Captain Oveur]

Don't let it raise your blood pressure, landlover, remember, it's a
tv show. The producers know that drama and conflict raise ratings,
so they add a healthy dose of unrealistic excitement (like all 'reality'
shows do) That said, it IS kind of neat. I remember seeing LaBaTa's
C-46 taking off and landing occasionally at Laredo, before it was destroyed by a tornado.
Those guys at Buffalo Air sure have cojones grandes, operating in those
temperatures.....my hat is off to them.