US pilots in Canada?

[340drvr]

Hey, just looking for some general info on US pilots working in Canada. Mostly looking at 135 stuff, freight, pax, etc. as I often see job postings for the Great North.

1). What are the pilot certificate conversion/reciprocity requirements,and how about work permits?

2). Most importantly, any chance in hel! a Canadian outfit would ever hire a US pilot? I can only imagine they wouldn't, the job market there has to be as bad as the US, eh?

Thanks.

 

[Rick1128]

FORGET IT!!!!!!!

The reality is that the job market in Canada is much better protected than here in the US. To hire an American, the sponsoring company has to show that there is no one what so ever available to take that job. Or requires such special skills that are unavailable. And that is generally not the case in our industry.

 

[340drvr]

That's pretty much what I figured, thanks for the info.

 

[jayme]

Rick 1128 said,

"The reality is that the job market in Canada is much better protected than here in the US. To hire an American, the sponsoring company has to show that there is no one what so ever available to take that job. Or requires such special skills that are unavailable. And that is generally not the case in our industry."

Could you please state your sources? Are you Canadian, or did you try to get work in Canada and then attempt to get the proper work permits?

As a Canadian citizen with an American green card, I can tell you first hand that I had to take out an ad in a local American newspaper to try to recruit an American worker to replace me. The ad directed interested applicants to send a resume to a post office box that only the immigration service could open. If ANYBODY replied for the job my green card application would have been thrown out.

If the Canadian immigration rules are more stringent than that I would be very surprised.

 

[Rick1128]

They may not be more stringent but they are more strictly enforced. I worked for a major Canadian company several years ago on a contract. It was a 2 month contract and the company had to certifiy with some major documentation that they had tried to find qualified or close to qualified Canadian pilots to do it. Based on the documents I had to product, sign, have noterized, send it and so on, it was a major undertaking.

 

[chperplt]

As a Canadian citizen with an American green card, I can tell you first hand that I had to take out an ad in a local American newspaper to try to recruit an American worker to replace me.

Was the ad in 2pt font on page 36 of the Wednesday paper?

 

[jayme]

Was the ad in 2pt font on page 36 of the Wednesday paper?

Nope. It was in with the rest of the job listings in the paper. The law required me to place it for 3 consecutive days, one of which had to be a Sunday.

It was the fall of 2000 when instructor turnover was over 100% at most flight schools.