This is Your Captain Speaking

Gary McLeod provides quite a contrast to his fellow pilots at Harbour Air.

Like most Of his colleagues, Fernando Tripodi settled on a career in aviation not long after learning to tie his shoelaces.

Harbour Air pilot Bryan Webster has logged more than 11,000 hours in over 35 different types of aircraft, and owned two successful aviation-oriented companies.

“I’m a better pilot than I am a driver,” laughs Ian Ross. He quickly adds that he “probably shouldn’t say that.”

Until five years ago, 29-year-old Darren Batstone had his sights set on a career in professional football.

At the tender age of five, Zoltan Miklos had an epiphany.

One moment can change your life. For Tom Radatzke, 54, that moment happened 27 years ago while working as a construction superintendent building homes in Campbell River.

It’s a page straight out of Boy’s Life magazine: a childhood spent hunting, fishing, swimming and sailing with family and friends in rural Northern Ontario. No TV or radio.