Ice Pilots Fly Christmas Presents To Isolated Northern Communities | Ice Pilots | Wonder

A week before Christmas, Buffalo agrees to lend a hand to an RCMP initiative to fly toys to isolated communities in the north. But a series of problems with the Electra leave the company in a jam. An excess of holiday freight overwhelms cargo manager Kelly, and despite a visit from her buddy Arnie Schreder, recovering from his cancer treatment, her stress peaks after a clash with Joe.
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Buffalo Airways is an airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. They mainly fly WWII-era piston powered propeller planes in minus 40 degrees and land on tiny strips of tarmac in the tundra.
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[@Guccifer350]

I have a strong feeling that Arnie and Kelly are now reunited once again in Heaven. RIP fellas.

[@The-Rectifier]

Absolutely agree with that

[@sanyfalkenberg4986]

Definitely agreeing with that

[@Softail77us]

If they accepted Christ as their savior then they absolutely are. In the military they say there's no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole. Kelly and Arny knew what was coming so hopefully they had at least enough upbringing to know who to turn to before they passed. And before those of you that scorn me I'm sorry to rattle your cage but this is the most important subject of all time so I'm concerned for everyone here. Remember this Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess to God. Romans 14:11 A fool says in his heart there is no God. Psalm 14:1 Whosoever will may come and take the water of life freely. Revelation 22:17. I stand at the door and knock. If ANYONE hears my voice and opens the door I will come in and dine with him and he with me. Revelation 3:20 Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Rev 34:8 Come unto me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for YOUR souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Mat 11:28

[@gershamrareai7500]

@@Softail77us Amen

[@harpo6203]

@@Softail77us You have SO much to learn. Never stop learning.

[@TED1980]

Arnie and Chuck, my favourites of the show, great to see them hug each other🥲

[@ReadTheShrill]

Buffalo: "Hey, Chuck's back working for us again." Fans: "Yay!" Director: "Cool!" Producer: "$$$" Editor: "DAMMIT!"

[@prof.heinous191]

Management skills at Buffalo - truly scary!

[@Agislife1960]

That's just the reality of the situation, they're using machines that are prong to break in the Arctic conditions, while trying to provide a vital service to remote populations and that can produce lots of frustration and conflict

[@prof.heinous191]

@@Agislife1960 I should have been more specific, I'm talking Joe vs Kelly, very sad way to treat staff.

[@markjob6354]

@@prof.heinous191 Disgusting way to treat staff I would say. I'm really surprised with Joe, I thought he was better than that, but now I'm wondering if this man doesn't have some very serious emotional problems. There's never any excuse for emotionally or verbally abusing someone. Yelling is violence.

[@prof.heinous191]

@@markjob6354 Didn't he say something about people who leave usually have some other issues? But the interesting thing here is, these films must be good for recruitment or they wouldn't get made. AlI I can say is, there must be a ton of masochists out there!

[@larrysproul9424]

@@markjob6354 Joe needed a HR manager at Buffalo . He has to learn not to be hostile to employees .

[@kylekyle2330]

Kelly: "I'm so blessed to have you in my life, you're my hero!” Arnie:😐

[@michellereed5638]

I totally understand Kelly's position as it took place here. I feel sorry for employers who have so little compassion, and lack the grace to appreciate good employees. I, too, wound up working in a position doing the work of three people! It came on gradually over the 10 years I was in the job. The job of ER clerk, the job of training new employees, ordering supplies, being a night supervisor, running the switchboard for the entire hospital at night, being responsible for entire fire alarm board at night, and contacting the plant supervisor/civil engineer and fire departments in case of disaster or emergency; (which did happen, one night, a fire, which I was in charge evacuating the ER, notifying the fire department, directing police officials and fire personnel, and running a 10 line switchboard, and the internal com system--ONE person, plus securing my computer and patient records! I was also in charge of OB patient admittance and surgical patient admits when it got to five am. My shirt ran from 8pm to 8am. I can count on one hand in 10 years that I had my lunch breaks and 10 minutes on my shifts! When I finally quit, they went through six employees in one year who could NOT do my job. They had the guts to contact me at my new DAY job to beg me to comeback and work for them again, with the promise of the restoration of all of my unused 300 hours of sick pay, 3 months of vacation pay, and all of my other benefits. Plus a raise from my former hourly wage of 10.64 and hour to 15.40 an hour. That was a lot back in 1993 for an ER clerk/supervisor. I could not longer take the stress. I had been held hostage at knife point by a socio-psychopath for 20 minutes, with phone ringing off the hook on a very quiet night in the ER. NONE of my coworkers thought enough of me, to bother to check to see why the phones were not being answered. Yet they knew it was against policy to allow them to ring like that. Instead they sat on their butts drinking coffee out of sight in an alcove and called the Nursing supervisor on duty and complained I was not doing my job! It was not until the MD on duty hit the intercom to contact me out front that finally the hostage taker allowed me to speak guardedly, and I was allowed to pick up the phone, and through a series of yes and no answers did everyone realize my true situation. Then everyone panicked but the MD, who came to my rescue, after I had talked the guy down, and he surrendered his knife to me, blade first. Then I faced a man with a loaded gun. and after that, I quit. WE had no protective glass, no panic button and no cameras. It was 2 years after I left that all of this equipment was installed. Finally they hired 2 people to do my job and a part time person to do the remainder. One person was killed, one person had a nervous breakdown. Today that same hospital is no longer in operation. I am sorry for Kelly and Arnie. Hopefully they rest in peace. They worked for a very cruel task master. This is the way of the world. I am glad I put my faith in God. I am now almost 60. I was 21 years old when I had that job. It was my best paying job, with the best benefits, but the most mentally and physically punishing job I ever had in my life.

[@emilepellerin6064]

That poor shipper. I feel her pain.

[@lolMyke]

RIP Kelly & Arnie.

[@harpo6203]

What happened to Kelly?

[@dnjuneau]

I was sad to know just recently, i was wish to tell her she s the one we all like to have as friend……. RIP

[@boweandrew3]

This is the best show ever keep it on forever

[@JibberLang]

its been done since like 2015 lol

[@emilepellerin6064]

I'm glad I rely on Santa Cluse and not Buffalo for my Christmas Presents lol.

[@barbarachambers7974]

Working for Buffalo Airways can be a nightmare sometimes

[@robertparker6349]

Very confusing to see old Arnie in a June 2022 video, when I think he passed away already.

[@JibberLang]

you have never watched old episodes of a show before? lol kelly died in like 2017 and arnie was like 2015

[@mianatwood]

Joe is wayyy too damn rude to his employees and that’s why all the people keeping leaving!

[@richardmarumaru8955]

The children were happy getting all the presents

[@sanyfalkenberg4986]

I can't wait for the next episode where they'll seel another CL215

[@reganswan8570]

Watching from Australia love the show but the undercarriage problem with the Electra was scary but the pilots came through , I felt for the chief pilot .

[@nfisher525]

It's been awhile but I watch the show....I haven't forgotten you gus

[@fionawimber1028]

"You know the cure to all this brother? It's called a Boeing 737!" Chuck called it given Buffalo did end up buying one.

[@jeremymellor8300]

It is only when people like Kelly go that you see how had they worked for you from Jeremy mellor

[@nfisher525]

You guys should apply for an civilian c-130

[@yengsabio5315]

Is it the best alternative to the Electra? If yes, I concur. Sorry for asking, eh. I don't know much about airplanes that much.

[@mohammadfaizal8461]

Good one....

[@chamindabasnayake4844]

Hi, Very interesting series.

[@emilepellerin6064]

what exactly does Mickie do?

[@guillermomontoyo]

Hi mikey, is that your new bands song?

[@yengsabio5315]

What's the best replacement turboprop aircraft for the Lockheed Electra?

[@BobSmith-dn6ed]

The Electra is a turboprop

[@pjs62ux]

C-130 Herculese

[@emilepellerin6064]

OLD equipment! eh

[@emilepellerin6064]

What a backwards gong show! You know your gonna get slammed. Prep for it. Even if you have to lease a few airplanes and pilots. for a week or so. Or is this all theatrics?

[@howardgarrett4104]

your Temper you use to excuse blowing up and expect people to cow down when they don’t you run them up how do you run a business

[@tricao57]

Buffalo should get new aircrafts OR fix their aircrafts ''CORRECTLY''

[@Northern_Farmer]

They coukd never afford them...

[@whistlinvladimirec5367]

737 is coming

[@yasmanisantiesteban9169]

Why flight this Olds birds to many problems we in 21 century

[@iridium5652]

Because newer planes are very expensive to buy and maintain. It's probably not worth getting modern aircraft just to fly things to the small northern communities.

[@jean-christopheasselin1939]

No other new plane of this size can do gravel strips, same issue with the “newer” 737-200 that we still use here in canada

[@yasmanisantiesteban9169]

@@iridium5652 there’s many plains can do the job like this old bird not have to be a Boeing 737

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@jean-christopheasselin1939 exactly

[@RamSkirata]

i find myself fast forwarding the Kelly scenes... to much swearing and complaining.

[@juliandilling2702]

Kelly gets paid for the work she does why she has to carry on like she does i don’t know she should think herself lucky she has a job

[@harpo6203]

You give her zero credits for the stress she's under?

[@pascalbeauchamp3814]

Its funny noting goes find,in Buffalo.scott i hope they paid you for stand by.if not why dind you ask to be paid ?

[@scottcol23]

24:22 "wanna know the cure to all this.... Its called a 737" lol 12 years later buffalo got their first Boeing 737.

[@Northern_Farmer]

Yea butnit can't go up north...just yellowknife

[@Northern_Farmer]

Yea but they can't land on gravel strips..

[@scottcol23]

@@Northern_Farmer the 737-200 sure can. There is a gravel kit made for them. It is essentially a plate that mounts on the nose gear to deflect rocks. There is also a tube mounted off the bottom of each engine that blows any possible rock kicked up away from the intake.

[@Northern_Farmer]

@@scottcol23 Mikey said it's only for paved runways...I talked to him myself about it. It's just going to run from edmonton to yellowknife.

[@scottcol23]

@@Northern_Farmer that is because they did not get a 200 series. I was just saying that there is a 737 that can land on gravel.

[@helpthemtvafrica3129]

What happened to this week's episode

[@techisgod]

She was the glue that held things together.

[@thomasm1964]

Is it really beyond the wit of man to build an unloading hangar into which an aircraft can drive that at least keeps men and machine out of the wind and snow? There must be plenty of space out there to build a rudimentary structure.

[@craiggilchrist4223]

Thats too much for Buffalo to comprehend. It seems like a really poor place to work.

[@jean-christopheasselin1939]

The cost are just too important, not just for buffalo but every other northern airline. You just can’t have a heated hangar for each of your destinations

[@thomasm1964]

@@jean-christopheasselin1939 I wasn’t suggesting heated hangars - just a shelter from the elements. It would instantly make operations both safer and more comfortable for the personnel.

[@jean-christopheasselin1939]

@@thomasm1964 i currently work in arctic and been a rampie for other companies too. I get your point but the large scale of the building and the overwhelming cost of every single item in the north is what makes it impossible in my opinion. Normally companies prefer to invest 500$ per person in heavy duty winter equipment rated for -100 but it still has limits too.

[@nfisher525]

And if you guys need help with shipping....

[@humfredakama7639]

pls can someone tell me the year ??

[@RobertTKlaus]

It's 2022 already!

[@colincampbell7126]

@@RobertTKlaus they meant when the show was recorded i believe.. I'm pretty sure they knew the current year they're living in

[@humfredakama7639]

@@colincampbell7126 yes am asking which year the show was recorded I know we are in 2022

[@oshkoshgeorge2139]

@@humfredakama7639 2009/10

[@aminsarif7756]

🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@canislupis3129]

50 plus year old planes. It’s not a mystery.

[@davidbrett1958]

First time I seen them electras I thought they'll near send you broke. New enough to want to keep them going and old enough to be nothing but problems.

[@nfisher525]

Guys and way to make weight for the f18

[@MASKOP09]

Why is she cursing every 2 seconds?

[@g-manonthego6678]

Because she was stressed out. When Joe got angry at her in this episode, Kelly decided she had enough and called it quits.

[@dankiburz4217]

If Joe didn't buy these old junk planes. They wouldn't always be trying to patch them up so they could fly.

[@clipperjuan8797]

new episode or repeat?

[@craiggilchrist4223]

A repeat from a very long time ago.

[@michaelknott4361]

None of these episodes are “new”, but this one is still in series with the past episodes being uploaded