Well! I`m glad I started this thread because there`s some good input. Often there seems to be a fair amount of screaming on these forums and nobody gets anywhere like that. A couple of people were reluctant due to a single issue and I respect their concerns. The foreign pilot issue is a real problem...

I'm getting ready to retire so this is not a big deal to me but I thought I'd make a comment. I read in the paper that A) "Pilots at Westjet are not happy and there is talk of a union" B) Somebody wants to start an ultra low cost airline in Vancouver. After 35 years I can see that what goes around c...

Curious At AC we have the following on the small bus 319 3 F/As for 120 pax 320 4 F/As for 146 pax 321 5 F/As for 174 pax So what are the numbers with you guys and how will this change them? No doubt we will be screaming for a "me to" which would bring us down one F/A on 320 and 321. (Although highe...

Give me JT8D any day:-)

With a 4800' take off "run", balanced field length would have to be 6000+. Closer to 7000'. Something a little fishy here?

"An extension that will forever elliminate any and all operational restrictions for the Q400 (i.e. wet/contaminated runway, adverse weather"

Can I take it from this that even the Q400 is sometimes restricted at YTZ? If so then adding 168 metres at each end would solve this?

"The C will lift a full load off YTZ and fly them to L.A. quite comfortably off 4100 feet of runway." Then it is a quantum leap in performance in a field where gains are usully incremental. The 319 needs 7000' to do that with alternates usually being no more than 100 miles away (not a problem in Cal...

Hmmm
The 319 needs a balanced field length of about 7000' to take off at max gross and go to LAX, say from YYZ. So if the C series can do that from 5000' or so feet then it must be some hot rod! Sounds a little optimistic.

Anybody have any insight into the performance of the C series? I fly the 319 which is a pretty good performer and I doubt if we could go out of a 5000' runway at YTZ and go to LA or Vancouver. I have done KSNA-YYZ but the winds are always on the tail coming east. KSNA is 5700' and it's a tight squee...

On my home computer the "Go AC Family" link on the travel site is a dead link. I select it and nothing happens. Anybody else getting that?

Apologies to whoever was behind me this morning when I did a runup without checking. My own personal lapse rate spiked I'd say!

Wagaero Sportsman 2plus2 which is a replica of a PA14. Its on 2870 which are almost as long as the airplane and keep me out of trouble in the winds we get here in Newfoundland. 30 knots is not a problem. 200hp Lycoming with constant speed prop and 8 hours of fuel. I've had a lot of fun in it but avg...

-lawsuit-spurs-ottawa-to-review-foreign-worker-program Ottawa will review a controversial federal program that brings thousands of foreign workers to Canada every year, under pressure over a B.C. mining company’s plans to hire Chinese workers I awkwardly cut and pasted this from the Globe and mail. ...

Just finished my sim. Instructor said we are hiring 30 a month now and he is "flat out".
Thought some might like to hear that.

Thanks for this. I was wondering about the wx when young Burton Winters lost his life just outside Makkovik (CYFT). I used to fly fixed and rotor wing in that area so have some familiarity. I can find all the metars I want but no TAF or Area Forecast. Maybe there is none? The 5th Estate says wx was ...

Hi

Can anyone tell me how to get historical metar and taf for a particular date in the past?

cheers

Can anyone tell me if there is such a thing as a 737-300, -400 or -500 combi? I used to fly -200 combis which could hold up to 7 pallets or 120 pax or any combination thereof. I have seen newer 737s with cargo doors but are they combis or freight only?
thanks

About 30 years ago when I was a newly minted and very green 737 FO I did a landing one night on a slippery runway. Quite slippery. I was in an excitable state and after the much wiser Captain took control to taxi in the tower asked us for comments on the braking. I breathlessly replied "nil braking!...

interesting picture back there and it got me thinking. I've been at this a long time and am now starting to fly with F/Os who don't remember a time before Type 4! It certainly looks like the wing is illegal and had to be sprayed. So here's a test. If you had gotten aboard in the dark and fell asleep...

From FOM bulletin 227: "For example, carrying an extra 100kg on every flight amounts to over 2.1 million kg of fuel per year. This equates to approx. $1.7 million. From the Globe: Calin Rovinescu, Air Canada’s (AC.B-T2.280.083.64%) chief executive officer since April 1, 2009, earned $4.55-million in...