Money for airlines

[Guest]

Son in law has two pilots working for him as labourers
One flies the big ones
He doesnt think he will ever work again
Gotta feel bad for them
It takes 10 years of starving to death as a pilot to get the hours
One was flying groc to reserves and they paid him min wage
Its a cutthroat buisness
I feel pretty lucky doing what im doing , where im doing it right now !

[Oliver88]

Have you tried buying gravel lately? It aint getting any cheaper. Our RM has its own pit. But that won't last forever. Depending on the amount of rain we use between 50 and 80,000 yards a year. At $28 a yard if you had to pay full bore, it becomes a big number quick. Plus the cost to spread.

Just a note. The cost has gone up substantially in the last two years because of the infrastructure projects.

$28 per yard is a crazy price for gravel.

[burnt]

Have you tried buying gravel lately? It aint getting any cheaper. Our RM has its own pit. But that won't last forever. Depending on the amount of rain we use between 50 and 80,000 yards a year. At $28 a yard if you had to pay full bore, it becomes a big number quick. Plus the cost to spread.

Just a note. The cost has gone up substantially in the last two years because of the infrastructure projects.

That sounds high.

Our municipality took a tender for $7.50 or $8.00/ T for A gravel this spring when the roads were covered. Maximum 10 - 12 mile haul from pit.

At 1.5 T/ yard - not hard to figure.

Correction: that cost is per metric tonne.

Nuther edit: at $28/yard, it would be more feasible to pave the roads.

[LEP]

$28 per yard is a crazy price for gravel.

That is the reality here in wc sask. 40 to 50 mile haul from the pit. We have tendered and bought a few thousand yards at that.

Crushing is $3.65 on gravel plus $3 on reject. Our pit is becoming sandier and so we reject 40 to 60 percent.

We have bought pure clean crushed rock for $16 and hauled to our pit and blended sand and it still worked out to mid $20s.

If you have a gravel pit in your rm don't take it for granted.

[LEP]

That sounds high.

Our municipality took a tender for $7.50 or $8.00/ T for A gravel this spring when the roads were covered. Maximum 10 - 12 mile haul from pit.

At 1.5 T/ yard - not hard to figure.

Correction: that cost is per metric tonne.

Nuther edit: at $28/yard, it would be more feasible to pave the roads.

Don't take having gravel for granted. It's supply and demand. Lots of supply and it's cheaper.

Area RM's at one time looked at bringing it in by rail. That comes at a cost as well.

Cost to pave would be a few hundred million. Even just the heavy haul roads would be 75 million. 18 townships. Several hundred miles of road. But the lowest mill rate in the province.

[checking]

Envy your RM, farma.

Mine apparently doesn't have any reserves. The administrator when asked by a ratepayer replied that that question would have to be asked of their auditor.

Some days you have to shake your head, and wonder what more important could be in the head of a $80,000.00 plus salaried administrator. I'd say not much.

[farmaholic]

Envy your RM, farma.

Mine apparently doesn't have any reserves. The administrator when asked by a ratepayer replied that that question would have to be asked of their auditor.

Some days you have to shake your head, and wonder what more important could be in the head of a $80,000.00 plus salaried administrator. I'd say not much.

The info I posted is provided is a "snap shot" of the financial statements, it accompanies ever year's tax notice.

They used to also show the Councillor's remuneration but no longer provide that kind of "detail".