You're stuck in traffic and running late! Instinctively you reach for the FMS to send out an ACARS msg justifying your delay...

Sure. It looks good in theory and in paper. Just like the 2 freeze on Jazz pilots from going to AC. However, it has not worked very well for them in reality. No offence but I think it is naive to believe that this will solve Jazz crewing requirements. Nevertheless, Good Points. You're right! This w...

I do think that the college grads are probably sharper than 2000-4000 hour pilots...they have been trained to a very high standard, and that is the main reason they were hired...don't try to make yourselves feel better by saying it is some "cost cutting experiment"...I am proud of my classmates who...

Rockie wrote: The industry regulates Transport Canada, not the other way around.

Sad, but true!

Cheers.

You guys weren't just a little proud when you passed your commercial / IFR? Liger wrote: "Not Really. It was just another baby step." My B.S. detector just went offscale! :? So did mine. And it blew up at those guys saying they would have turned down the job at Jazz if they were in this kids shoes....

I believe that I too have been included in the "you guys" group. So here we go... You guys never said anything that you wish you hadn't afterward when you were young? I still do! You guys were as smart when you were young as you are today? I was probably smarter back then... You guys weren't just a ...

BIG photo on actual paper copy of the article - on the National Post!

All I can say is that I would hate to be Mr. Daugherty, I mean Maverick! All the crews will recognize him and remeber his face because of that amazing photograph in which he was wearing his cool rayban glasses, posing in a C172! With his cocky attitude and all his experience: "this one time in band ...