EC135 parked on granite above Howe Sound near Squamish

Squamish, BC · Transport Canada ACP

Raising collective knowledge.

Helicopter training, PPC checking and white-label digital checklists for Canadian commercial operators. Safety through knowledge and focused training.

Talk to Geoff See services
15 yrsTransport Canada Authorized Check Pilot
15 yrsChief Pilot, Blackcomb Helicopters
4 typesH125 · EC135 · Bell 212 · Bell 407
Sim + aircraftPPC rides in the simulator or the aircraft

01 · What we do

Three services, one standard.

Built for smaller operators who need a training department's rigour without carrying one on the payroll.

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Flight crew training

Type endorsements, recurrent and specialty training for commercial and private operators — delivered at your base, on your aircraft.

Plan a program →
Two pilots in helmets in the cockpit over forested mountains 02

Check pilot services

Transport Canada approved PPC checks for helicopter commercial air operators, in the simulator or the aircraft.

Book a check ride →
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Pilot services

Experienced, current pilot support for commercial air operators — seasonal contracts, peak coverage and mountain operations.

Check availability →
Bell 212 cockpit at dawn with a digital checklist on a mounted tablet, snowy mountains ahead

02 · Digital checklists

Your SOPs. Your brand. On the panel.

White-label digital checklists built from your approved procedures, running offline on the tablet your crews already fly with. Paired with a type endorsement and checking program, so the checklist you train with is the checklist you're checked on.

  • Normal, abnormal and emergency procedures by type
  • Your company colours and logo
  • Works with no signal, in the cockpit or the classroom
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03 · Rooted in mountain flying

Trained where it's hard.

Longline, hoist and rescue work in the Coast Mountains — confined pads, changing weather, high density altitude. That's the experience behind every program and every check ride.

Bell 212 hovering on a longline over a frosty field, ground crew holding the tag line Rescue hoist gear and line laid out on the tarmac, helicopter waiting behind
Portrait of Geoff — coming soon

04 · About

A check pilot you can ask anything.

Geoff Doran spent 15 years as Chief Pilot at Blackcomb Helicopters and has held Transport Canada Authorized Check Pilot status for just as long. He founded West Ridge Aviation Services in Squamish to give smaller Canadian operators the same standard of training and checking the big fleets take for granted.

Precise about standards. Approachable in the cockpit. Safety first, every time.

05 · Contact

Pull pitch on your next program.

PPC due, adding a type, or want to see the checklists? Email me what you fly and when — I'll get back to you within a business day.

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Squamish, British Columbia