Grand Canyon/Scenic Airlines
 

I haven't heard much mentioned here on APC about them hiring. I am going down to interview on March 4th and was wondering if anyone near Northern Utah was going down as well. I've got a place to stay in St. George the night before and would love to split the fuel.

Any other info about the interview would be appreciated too.

Are you interviewing for the 207s? As far as the interview goes, I would recommend reviewing jepp chart symbols and practice chair flying them. Be able to explain how you would fly an approach step by step. Also make sure you're proficient in the sim. Overall it's a pretty laid back interview.

I'm interviewing on the 10th. I was told they are looking to hire 7 pilots for the C207. No Twin Otter positions right now, but was told that could change. The 207 was actually my first choice. I already got enough SIC time...;)

I guess even though the 207 flying is all VFR, we should still look over IFR stuff and fly approaches?

hemaybedid can fill me in on in the interview since I'm going the week after you!:) Maybe we should review Sectional charts! :D

did gca always operate 207s? i thought only twin otters and some navajos

You might get the VFR sectional of the Sfar and look over the routes, and all of the checkpoints. You wont make much dough, but you will love the flying.

Grand Canyon Airlines purchased Scenic Airlines in 2007 I believe. They still fly the Twin Otters. I think the 207s came from Air Grand Canyon and all these companies are now merged and operate under Grand Canyon Airlines. At least that is how I understand it.

I know about the pay and benefits, but when you've been unemployed already for over a year, you can't be exactly picky. I think they will be hiring full-time seasonal only this year, so that is fine by me.

Ok. I worked the canyons too flying the 206/7 and 402s. I don't know if it's still in business or operating fixed wings

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 know someone that just got hired there. I don't know much about it. I'm pretty sure there were only a few applicants that got interview and even fewer hired.

I can't say I'm 100% accurate but that's what I an tell.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

No not King. They were the only operator that seemed like they were worse than ours. I flew for Sunshine out of VNY. We would fly direct from VNY or anywhere they could get paying passengers out to the Canyon. You have to love a a proposed 2:00 leg with :30 minutes reserve. Even though it seemed to always take 2:15 to get there and back. Those were fun times. I really do miss a lot of what went on with that flying. We also seemed to have a lot of late night crew meetings that are very memorable.