Confederation College Hosts Aviation Day
Nearly two dozen vendors were on hand to meet with students and graduates from the college's Flight Management and Aircraft Maintenance programs, as well as prospective students of the college programs, and job seekers. Employers were looking to hire graduates of the two programs, as well as for positions such as dock hands, ramp staff, flight attendants, and customer service agents.Vendors included: AAR Airframe Maintenance – Windsor, Air Tindi Ltd, Calm Air International LP, Department of National Defence Royal Canadian Air Force, IMP Aerospace & Defence, JAZZ Aviation LP, JD Aero Technical Inc., Lakehead Public Schools, Ledcor, Levaero Aviation, MAG Aerospace Canada Corp., Ministry of Natural Resources Aviation Services, North Star Air, Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage Center, Ornge, Perimeter, Rise Air (Transwest Air LLP), Snap on Industrial, StandardAero, Transport Canada (TC), Wasaya Airways, WestJet, Wisk Air.
Justin Mirabelli, Paramedic Ornge
We are getting a whole new fleet of PC12's which is great.We service all of the north and take patients to Southern Ontario and even Winnipeg. I work on all our assets, planes, trucks and helicopters depending on the need.”
“ If you look at land paramedics they are similar to what you see in ER's. In a flight transport environment we provide ICU level care and sometimes a little higher. We can start those therapies in the community and then transport.We have a set scope of practice we can start and also have access to the physician standing by.I love my job, I get to help people, see cool things and meet lots of people. It is a very rewarding job.”
Tyler Costa, Operations Manager for Air Bravo
“ We have 13 Pilatus PC12's and do medivac as well as charters, corporate, passenger and freight services anywhere in Canada and as far as Mexico and Yellowknife and the west and east coasts.We also lease space to other companies like Summit Air.”
“ Last June we started constuction on a new hangar and moved in the end of April.The building is 160 by 150 feet in size and the offices on the outside are 20 by 100 feet- two stories. We do work for Hydro One, NAPS and government. We have 70 staff on the flight side plus maintenance and support staff.
“Our owner started out of Elliot Lake with one small plane and it grew from there since 2001.We have bases in Sudbury and Barrie, with a new hangar there as well. We do private medivacs to the US as well and are a 24/ 7 operation.”
