Kenn Borek Air

I have been searching the forums for some insight to the company but have had little results. Anything I found was years old and not really pertaining to QOL, pay, hiring, and schedule.
Anyone on the forum currently work for them or has any details about the company?
Appreciate any insight, Thanks

 

Do you like visiting remote, and I mean REMOTE, locations? Like Antartica, Africa, the boondocks? Like long ferry flights, a Twotter to Antarctica from Calgary. If you do, they’re the place.

GF

 

Remote, unique places and changing environment is what I am looking for. Thanks for the input.
I have seen videos of them flying in Antarctica and Siberia.

 

The Twotter is the best and most fun airplane I've ever flown. Got about 1200 TT in it and loved every second.

 

Do they ever hire Americans?

 

There are several US companies engaged in the expat turboprop contractor flying world that pay way more $, and in US dollars, and with better rotation / schedules.

That being said, there isn't quite a US version of Kenn Borek, with the exotic variety of things they do all around the world in Twotters and DC-3s (Antarctic, Maldives, northern Canadian bush). There are some parallel operators in AK but they don't wrap Borek's variety and scope of work into one job.

 

Yeah I work for one of those companies now haha. Was just curious as to if they ever hired Americans.

 

In the right circumstances, they might. I have heard of Voyageur, a Canadian DHC-7/8 & CRJ operator taking non-Canadians. Trans Capital, a similar operator also. You'd probably have to be a higher time Twotter guy and possibly with a specialized managerial skill / degree to offer.

That being said, unless you desire a pay cut and to work harder....
Might be an interesting retirement job. Why pay thousands to go to Antarctica when you could be getting paid.....

Despite the talk, Canada has a milder pilot shortage than the rest of the world. You'll find a lot of guys up there get their initial experience on the industry by moving up north to remote Arctic communities and basically volunteering to work on the ramp, with hopes it will lead to progression to the flight line. Respect for that - not something I would do. Most of their airline pilots would love to come down to the US.

 

AVCANADA :::WELCOME::: --> their version of this site. Probably the best Borek intel. Recruiters from various companies do make appearances alongside job ads, so you might get a primary source response.

 

Not unless you have the right to work in Canada. Canada is pro immigration compared to the US but the Aviation industry is one of the exceptions...