Grand Canyon/Scenic Airlines
03-06-2010, 06:16 PM
#11
alchemist
Joined APC: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,089
Originally Posted by minimwage4
More importantly are there still people paying for an old 206 to go up to the canyon? I guess they're dirt cheap. I was in Vegas a while back and I saw one of these GC tour boutiques, it looked like a 3rd world travel agency with no one in it.
I'm not surprised, it was pretty 'iffy' operations when I worked there in 05, but last I heard more helicopter operations now and 206 planes are being used for customers who wants to fly in a plane for a couple of hours type deal. I can't say too many bad things about grand canyon flying or other operators there, they did give me the opportunity to work and build hours/experience
03-11-2010, 05:43 AM
#12
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: Left
Posts: 393
Flying the canyon will be one of the better experiences in your flying career. I did it back in 97-98. Flying beat to death 402 A-C models. Its some of the toughest flying conditions to get in with underpowered and under equipped airplanes. You will learn a lot as a pilot from the experience. You will be using the MEL seemingly more than your checklists. Remember the stuff that shows up on the MEL usually breaks on the last leg of the day at the outer marker inbound. Enjoy it.
03-11-2010, 06:02 PM
#13
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: DHC-6 right seat
Posts: 72
Originally Posted by cl601pilot
Flying the canyon will be one of the better experiences in your flying career. I did it back in 97-98. Flying beat to death 402 A-C models. Its some of the toughest flying conditions to get in with underpowered and under equipped airplanes. You will learn a lot as a pilot from the experience. You will be using the MEL seemingly more than your checklists. Remember the stuff that shows up on the MEL usually breaks on the last leg of the day at the outer marker inbound. Enjoy it.
03-11-2010, 08:55 PM
#14
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: Left
Posts: 393
Originally Posted by DiputadoVolador
I have had the complete opposite experience with MELs. I maybe had 2 in 2 years. But that is in the otter as opposed to the 402. But great flying and great experience.
03-11-2010, 09:52 PM
#15
18 Day Gear Monkey
Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: Phenom Gear Jockey
Posts: 171
Originally Posted by cl601pilot
When I wrote "beat to death 402's", what I really meant was barely airworthy. The company that I worked for had absolutely crap maintenance. Air Vegas and Eagle had much better maintained aircraft than we did. I would have given up really important body parts to have gotten to fly the Otter.
03-12-2010, 10:34 AM
#16
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: Left
Posts: 393
Originally Posted by Herbie
Sounds like a fellow King pilot. I put in some time over there flying those death traps and then went on to TSA in 2007. Good times, but scary some days too. Can't beat making deals with God on short final to 1G4 when the wind is howlin. Oddly enough, I miss the hell out of it.
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