Twin Otter Captain Joe Reid is hanging up his pilot鈥檚 hat after 45 years of flying in the North.
Air Tindi employees, friends and well-wishers gathered on the rock behind the airline鈥檚 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 RCMP for 25 years in Yellowknife and northern Saskatchewan and with Air Tindi for 20 years.
That marks Reid as a rarity for 黑料吃瓜网 pilots, said Air Tindi president Chris Reynolds.
鈥淗e鈥檚 one of the few who spent his entire career in the North,鈥� Reynolds said.
His work with Tindi took him all over the NWT, Nunavut and the High Arctic.
鈥淚鈥檓 tired and it鈥檚 time to relax a bit more and spend more time with my wife,鈥� Reid said. 鈥淚 plan to hang out at my house on Pontoon Lake.鈥�
