Twin Otter Captain Joe Reid is hanging up his pilotSA国际影视传媒檚 hat after 45 years of flying in the North.
Air Tindi employees, friends and well-wishers gathered on the rock behind the airlineSA国际影视传媒檚 Latham Island office to watch him land the last flight of his career on Aug. 2. They then threw a retirement party for him.
Reid, originally from Saskatoon, Sask., was a pilot with the for 25 years in Yellowknife and northern Saskatchewan and with Air Tindi for 20 years.
That marks Reid as a rarity for Northern pilots, said Air Tindi president Chris Reynolds.
SA国际影视传媒淗eSA国际影视传媒檚 one of the few who spent his entire career in the North,SA国际影视传媒 Reynolds said.
His work with Tindi took him all over the NWT, Nunavut and the High Arctic.
SA国际影视传媒淚SA国际影视传媒檓 tired and itSA国际影视传媒檚 time to relax a bit more and spend more time with my wife,SA国际影视传媒 Reid said. SA国际影视传媒淚 plan to hang out at my house on Pontoon Lake.SA国际影视传媒