Conair Aerial Firefighting
Chris Bingham has extensive aviation experience, having served as a Captain for Conair Aerial Firefighting and Conair Group Inc. since June 2001, operating a variety of aircraft including the Dash 8 - Q400AT and Cessna CJ 525, primarily focused on aerial fire suppression. Previous roles include Captain positions at Suziair, Island Birds, Alta Flights Charters Inc., and Skyward Aviation Ltd., where Chris Bingham operated various aircraft in both charter and tactical environments, demonstrating proficiency in off-airport and short field operations. Chris Bingham holds an Aviation diploma from Mount Royal University, completed between 1996 and 1998.
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Conair Aerial Firefighting
For over 50 years Conair Group Inc. (Conair) has led the aerial firefighting industry, supporting government agencies with the largest, privately owned, fixed-wing fleet in the world, operating in Canada, the US, Australia and France. A skilled team of 350 professionals equips the company’s 70 aircraft with the latest tools and technology, going above and beyond to ensure aircraft are ready to dispatch when needed to respond to wildfires. With a focus on safety, Conair offers pilots a specialized Training + Tactics Centre, the only one in the world of its kind, providing access to simulators that produce successful missions in real world operations. Conair’s versatile fleet includes Bird Dogs, Land-Based Airtankers and Amphibious Aircraft. The newest airtanker is the Dash 8-400AT, with a 10,000 litre capacity to drop suppressant over diverse geography. The airtanker is converted at Conair's hangars in Abbotsford at a pace of one every 75 days. Offering a depth of resources, Conair provides wildfire agency partners the full advantage of economies of scale when enhancing, modernizing, or outsourcing operational support for their aerial firefighting resources. Conair provides aircraft for purchase, lease or contract, offering specialized services including engineering, flight operations and fleet maintenance related to aerial firefighting. We incorporate four values into everything we do and base all of our corporate decisions and actions on these fundamentals: • Supporting each other • Refining our safety practices • Improving service to our customers • Being accountable for our commitments. Individually and collectively, we are accountable for our performance, the delivery of our commitments and the results delivered to our customers.