Heya,

So I'm going into my 4th week of training and its been great so far! All the guys in my training classes are really great and making a bunch of friends. The first 2 weeks of training have been company indoctrination stuff. It's pretty interesting learning about the airline's operations. Right now I'm in the middle of systems training for the CRJ900. The training is going super well and its all computer based by Bombardier.

I am staying in a wicked Hotel out here in Minneapolis! The rooms are suites and pretty complete with whatever i need. Plus, I can see the TV from every single spot in my room..even from the bathroom! The continental breakfasts are pretty decent and 3 days out of the week we get complimentary dinners. So not having to spend much on food!

Right now, we're all waiting to hear what our simulator schedule is going to be.. Some of us will be delayed and some our going into it next week right away. I'm either going to be in Denver or Montreal for the sim training. Anyways, I posted some pictures of my hotel room, the airplane, and me studying!

Ok! So back on this blog thing again.

So, I have officially finished my work in Squamish, BC. I really enjoyed my work experience and feel I improved myself as a pilot and flight instructor. I will always remember my flights throughout the mountains and the unbelievable scenery. One of the best parts about the job was the friends I made. It will be great to come back for visits!

As of right now I'm sitting in my parents place in Lynden. Next Sunday, I am jumping on a plane going to Minneapolis to start my new career! Yep, off to the airlines for me.. I am really stoked because I am going to be trained on the CRJ900. Whenever I get the chance, I will post whats new with my training and where I'm at!

Time square area pictures. These are my buddies Supaviza JT and Pifftown. They noticed by my street style that I am a mad hip hop and rap fan(?). I bought both of their CDs and they're pretty good. Lets just say 50 better watch out!Central Park
Top of the empire state building.
Here is the work horse itself GPJT. I really enjoy flying this machine!

Some aerial shots of Long Island

Here is a shot of KHWV (Brookhaven airport). Its a pretty nice airport with a great staff that puts up with us canuckleheads.

This is some of the crew that I've been working with on the project. I've enjoyed working with all the people on this job.

Hope you enjoyed my pictures! Things here in Long Island are going really well, we finished our final mission last night. Over the last couple of days I have been doing a lot of flying during some crazy hours of the night! I finished a flight at 5 am this morning, definitly got some good sleep afterwards. This weekend should be pretty chill because we're waiting to see if all the data has been collected properly. So the beginning of next week, we'll either be taking the plane back to Regina or going on to our next job. There might be a possibility that I'll be coming home next week! I'll let ya all know whats up if I do!

Cheers,

TK

Hello Friends!

Well... I'm posting again! Right now I am currently sitting in my hotel room in Long Island, New York. How did I end up here?? Well about mid month I applied for a surveying pilot job that is based out of Regina, SK. I went out for the interview on the 24th, went back home on the 25th, then got a phone call to start work on the 26th. So Thursday we loaded up the plane and took off for New York. We flew Regina-Thunderbay-St. Hubert (montreal)-Burlington (virginia) - Brookhaven (NY).

The job is pretty cool, I'm being trained on the job in a navajo doing topographical surveying. The surveying is done by a laser that is emitted from the plane to scan the surface elevation figures below. There is a lot of technical equipment aboard that the engineer is working with as we fly our surveying missions. There is a small screen that shows us where we have to fly the airplane along the surveying route. The plane has to stay on track +- 100m and cant bank more than 10 degrees. Definitly going to build the leg muscles up using the rudder pedals when we have to do turns back with minimal radius and very little bank.

So anyways, I'm going to help do the topographical surveying for most of Long Island and I think the job will take around 2 to 3 weeks. When the job is finished, I'll be living back home in Lynden until I get called out for another job. I'll probably have a thick NY accent when i get back, so just a warning. Anyways, I'm pretty happy about this job and I think it will be a great experience. I'll post pictures once i get a digi camera! Hope everybody is doing well and keep in touch over email and msn!

TK

TK

Alright, so I've gotten lazy and slacked off on this blog thing. Well nothing havent really gone on any huge trips since Korea. During Christmas, I went out to Edmonton and Calgary to visit my Sister and her family and my brother and sistern'law. I had a really good time with them and got a little bit of snowboarding. When I got back, I immediately got a job with a flight school called Montair out of Boundary Bay Airport. Work has been busy as I am flying and scheduling lots for the Airline Transition Program. Hopefully, I'll be building my hours up quickly to score the next better flying job in the US. When something big and exciting comes up again I'll put up another post.

TK

Ok, here it is, TK's first Blog!

Mr. TK Goes to KOREA!!!!Yep, I went to korea and had a blast visiting Andrea, Jamie, Jennica, Rob, Nate, and Lydia. They're all former TWU friends who are teaching english in Seoul. Here is the trip in chronological order with pictures!

Thursday Night: I arrived at Incheon International and jumped on a bus to Nowon. I was super tired and hoping I was heading out to the right place. Met up with Jennica and Jamie, dropped my stuff at their apartment and went to this Galbi place. Andrea, Rob, Nate, and Lydia showed up because they just finished up teaching. So it was a fun first night eating beef, kim chi, and drinking Soju.

Friday: I got to sleep in late and battle off the jet lag. When I got up, Jamie and I went out to the street and took his RC car for a bit of drive. In the afternoon, everybody had to go to work so I decided to explore the subway system a bit. I ended up going to some University area that was pretty cool. Later at night, Andrea, Rob, Jamie, Jennica and myself went to a Korean Bathhouse. The place was pretty neat because it was like community center. Upstairs you can chill out with everybody and sit in saunas ranging from nice to death hot, watch a movie in a dvd room, get schooled at ping pong, work out, eat at the food bar, or sit on an electronic massage bed that primarily focuses on your butt. Downstairs there are men and women bath areas. No matter what friends said, I still found it odd to sit in there with a bunch of naked dudes, but when in Rome…
Jamie, Jennica, Andrea, and Rob outside the Bathhouse.

Jamie's ROCKIN RC ................................Jamie and Rob

Saturday: Jamie and I went out shopping to Dongdaemun where there was a ton of cool stuff. I found some sweet Puma shoes, buck knives, switch blades, butterfly knives, throwing knives, throwing stars, num-chucks, and a wide assortment of LED lights. They had the whole make up to be a certified Ninja! Jamie and I also went to this gigantic electronics department store. There was a large selection, but the price was still same as back home. Later that night, everybody got together at Rob’s apartment for a wine and cheese Christmas party. I met some of the other teachers that my friends work with and they all seemed really cool. Oh ya, as seen on Andrea’s blog, I made a very accurate rendition of a gummi bear tribal sacrifice.














Can you find Jamie?











Sunday: Andrea, Jamie, Jennica and I woke up early and went on a tour to the DMZ. The DMZ is the 4-mile buffer zone that separates S. Korea from Kim Jong Il and his ill pase’ in North Korea. There wasn’t much difference from that border area compared to the Canadian-USA border area, except for the immense miles of razor wire fence, tank traps on the highway, military guard posts, soldiers with automatic rifles, and land mines. There was a monument I would say is similar to the peace arch monument and a North Korean Army invasion tunnel built miles long that reminded me of the drug tunnel built at the Lynden-Aldergrove crossing. From a look out post, we could see the excitement town that Kim Jong Il built. Looking through the M.O.T.L.D.E.V.D. (monetary operated time limited distance enhanced viewing device), I could see all these buildings that looked fairly plain, no people anywhere, and a bonfire. Apparently, the buildings don’t have any floors constructed in them. There was a museum on the tour that told the history of the border and conflict between the two nations. There was a lot of sentimental stuff too about the border being removed and the countries rejoining. Not too sure when that will happen… Overall, the DMZ tour is actually a pretty good trip if you decided to go to South Korea. Not too sure how the North Korean one is though.












Oh ya, outside the museum, a train almost ran down Andrea. It was crazy, luckily our tour guide’s punctuality and keenness to get the tour on the move saved Andrea. Andrea who was observing the monuments was oblivious to the Disneyland tour park sized locomotive that was starting up. As our tour bus was about to leave, Andrea was on the other side of the tracks when the locomotive was barreling our way at 2 mph. Our guide was like “HURRY!!! THE TRAIN IS COMING!!!” in a worried voice and I was like “NOOOOOOOO!” But through many years of rigorous soccer experience, Andrea bolted with lightning quick speed nearly missing the train by 40 ft! What a crazy way to end the tour!

Later that night, Andrea and I went to Dongdaemun and did some Christmas shopping. We then met up with everybody at Jamie and Jennica’s apartment where we strategically packed my bags full of Christmas gifts for people back home. Luckily, we found a Korean Huggies diaper box for packing the presents.

Monday: In the morning, Jamie and I did some extreme RC car driving out in the cold streets of Nowon. Then in the afternoon, I packed my bags and took off with my Korean huggies diaper box to the airport for the 10-hour trip home. My Dad picked me up at the airport and we went home to Lynden, where I slept for 12 hours straight.

Overall, I’d say my Korea trip was awesome! Totally wished I could have stayed a little bit longer. The best part of the trip was hanging out with my good friends who I haven’t seen in months! Maybe I’ll plan for a TK goes to Korea round 2 if I get time.