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15[71] His employment with Skyservice was as a contract flight crew member, initially flying asa first officer the first season and the second season as a captain. He was offered a winterassignment from November 2007 to April 2008 out of Calgary as a first officer. He advisedSkyservice that he would accept a position as a first officer based in Toronto or a captain inCalgary, but was told that these positions were not available. For him, it did not make sensefinancially to operate out of Calgary as a first officer because the hotel costs, commuting andmeals would have consumed his entire salary.[72] Kelly applied to Jet Airways in November 2007 but was told that because his pilotproficiency check was over two years old, it would require a full course and they were unable tooffer him a position at that time.2010 CHRT 27 (CanLII)[73] From 2005, he consulted various web sites containing information about airlinesworld-wide for airline pilot positions. He submitted his CV with Park Aviation in 2005 showinghis flight experience and aircraft ratings.[74] Kelly produced documentation showing the search results and other efforts he made from2005 to 2010 to obtain employment. He responded to several of these opportunities and also did ajob search for airlines within Canada operating the aircraft types for which he was current at thetime. He was current when he started applying in 2005 but his currency expired.[75] He also contacted Zoom Airlines in 2005 but they were not hiring. He contacted HarmonyAirlines but they were in decline at the time and were not hiring pilots. He also did an Internetsearch for A330 postings for captains in Europe, Australia and Canada. There was a contractposition through Park Aviation but they wanted pilots under the age of 50 and who had flown anA330 within the previous six months.[76] Because he was no longer current after April 2007 he would have to take a full trainingcourse in order to fly commercially at a personal cost of around $40,000. This did not seem to himto be a good investment at this point.