By Charles Lalande
May 15th, 2020
After seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Christopher Milo took a long time to find a new job that he was passionate about. More than three years since his last match, he has finally found a job that motivates him: bus driver.
The former kicker does not hide, however, that the road to professional development has been long.
A few days ago, Christopher Milo achieved an important milestone by completing a first shift behind the wheel of a bus from the Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC), in Quebec, where each maneuver was monitored by a driver. experimented.
The Quebecer, who shared his journey in the CFLbetween Regina, Ottawa and Edmonton, chose this job because he likes to talk to people and get to know them better. However, due to COVID-19, he will have to wait before forging links with passengers.
I don’t have a chance to talk to them since they come in and out of the back door of the bus, but it’s my pleasure to drive them to their place of work
, he says.
Passengers are primarily essential workers. These people are doing incredible work right now.
The new employee of the RTCis just getting started in the field, but Christopher Milo wants to establish himself there in the long term, like his professional career in the CFL.
The Quebecer has also won the Gray Cup twice, in 2013 with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and in 2016 with the Ottawa Red and Black .
On his Instagram account, he even wrote that he planned to spend the next 30 years
behind the wheel.
The RTCoffers me stability and good working conditions. I will be able to offer a good life to my family. I’m very lucky
, he shares.
Christopher Milo thanks his tenor, Weston Dressler, after a successful placement at a match in 2013. PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS / LIAM RICHARDS
If the native Montrealer shows such gratitude, it is because the search for his new career has proven very difficult since he hung on his crampons in 2017.
He held several jobs
before finding this job, having notably worked as a merchandiser at the Labatt brewery in addition to making a foray into the world of insurance.
My transition from football to normal life was a long and very difficult process. If I have never let go, it is thanks to my wife, my parents and the other members of my family.
Never far from football
Since his retirement as a professional player, Christopher Milo has become a coach, which has allowed him to keep a foothold in the world of football.
After being released by the Roughriders, Christopher Milo continued his career in Ottawa. PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS / JOHN WOODS
He is part of the coaching group at Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy (CNDF), a post-secondary institution in the Quebec region, and he does not intend to leave this job despite his new role in the RTC.
It’s a great life experience that keeps me attached to my sport.
The CNDF gang, I consider it a second family. We are a very close group of coaches: there are even two who live on practically the same street as me, he underlines.’
VIA: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1702407/football-sports-cfl-transport-rtc
PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS AND COURTESY / CHRISTOPHER MILO
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