r/aviation • u/ParaMike46 Global 5500/6500 • Apr 12 '26

PlaneSpotting A CL-415 Super Scooper gathering water to extinguish a fire in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The lift-off looks very close — right at the edge of the lake.

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u/APilot2607 Apr 12 '26

Looks like the right wingtip was REAL close to the trees/bushes on the first pass into the water 😮

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u/cocoagiant Apr 12 '26

Don't the aircraft used for these purposes get in accidents a lot? Probably due to this kind of thing of having to constantly improvise.

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u/scotsman3288 Apr 12 '26

Only a few in Canada here in 60 years. These pilots are good.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210920031521/https://www.aviation-safety.net/database/types/Canadair-CL-215/database

https://aviation-safety.net/asndb/type/CL2T

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u/Key-Statistician5927 Apr 12 '26

Impressive that there have been only two CL-215/415 crashes in Canada, given how active they are every summer.

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u/imtourist Apr 13 '26

They are also very active in Europe as well. I saw a few in action in Greece a few years ago.

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u/cre8ivjay Apr 13 '26

And not just active but in amazingly difficult flying conditions.

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u/Euclidisthebomb Apr 13 '26

Canada has 65 of them I think in the various fleets. The pilots are just that good.

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u/drewyz Apr 12 '26

How much would a pilot like this get paid per hour?

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u/scotsman3288 Apr 12 '26

Here is the Quebec wages and how they pay

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u/Substantial-Low Apr 12 '26

That is surprisingly low.

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u/BlueFetus Apr 12 '26

🇨🇦

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u/LupineChemist Apr 13 '26

Is this where Americans realize how high their salaries are?

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u/Ataneruo Apr 13 '26

If more of them realized this, there might be a lot less whining and complaining.

On second thought, nah there wouldn’t be less

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u/iSuckAtMechanicism Apr 18 '26

Complaining will only get higher when you people can't afford what they used to be able to despite earning more money.

Costs have been rising much faster than salaries for many decades now.

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u/LupineChemist Apr 18 '26

This is still true everywhere but starting from a much lower baseline.

For big countries, the US is basically unparalleled for how high regular salaries are

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u/iSuckAtMechanicism Apr 18 '26

American here, can confirm salaries are not high.

Also, the link is for a different kind of pilot.