Helicopter Pilot
job description
**Type of Flying**:
- Commercial aviation
- Bush pilot operation
- Aerial surveys
**Pilot Specific Skills**:
- Conduct pre-flight inspection of aircraft and check passenger and cargo distribution to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met
- Co-ordinate flight activities with ground crews and air-traffic control, inform crew members of flight and test procedures and direct activities of aircraft crew during flights
- Contact control towers for takeoff clearances, arrival instructions and other information
- Maintain communications with flight dispatchers and weather forecasters and respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions
**Aircraft Experience**:
- Small turbine helicopter
**Workplace information**:
- On the road job
**Financial benefits**:
- Mileage paid
**Other benefits**:
- Transportation provided by employer
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities
- Travel insurance
**Screening questions**:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?