don't try to justify whoring it out at sky as a sob story...oh we needed jobs....this is all we could find. Thats quite the load from the farm. Scroll back in the employment section during sky's inception to DATE. Lots of 1900, kingair level jobs, corporate jet gigs all over the country. BingBong, ...

Brown Bear wrote:The captain who rubs your nose in the fact that he's the KING, just might be picking up on YOUR haughty attitude. You may not see it. He may. Again, gentle, polite suggestion will go a lot further than veiled hostilities.

BINGO!!!

It's true... we all have frain barts

... why aren't we also concerned about the special type of co-pilot, we all know at least one of them, who has decided that he is just as competent as any captain and doesn't feel he needs to listen or take orders from anyone because he knows best. Years ago a friend, who was a co-pilot, was tellin...

As an FO I flew with a newly minted Captain that had no place being a Capt. Before I flew with him, one of the senior guys took me aside and asked "you know where the fire axe is in the cockpit, right?" I never needed it but there were a few discussions where basic logic and a flash course in syste...

When you throw a party you invite only the ones you want. It's your right. In a relationship you only date who you want. It's your choice. During a family reunion only those who are family, immediate and extended, get invited and everyone else is excluded. This is the host's prerogative. In all thre...

... From now on, all job offers will be in writing, or I'm not going. While it may be difficult to litigate from another province, it at least puts the expectations in writing and keeps the "I never said that" conversation from happening... Although it refers to something else the quote "The medium...

SuperchargedRS, A long while ago I was offered to be a CFI and CP of a flight school(with a 703 on the OC). The investor wanted to re-open this training unit with the same name and same aircraft. Since I was contemplating a second job offer, working on the ramp at a northern 704 company, this indivi...

...and had a great personality. I can work far easier with the latter. I can definitely relate to this as I work(ed) with different captains. A good personality doesn't necessarily mean that one needs to be super outgoing, witty, or extraordinarily humorous. It signifies that you work well with oth...

... The glass is litteraly half empty, and China + India are just joining the party. :shock: Was thinking of a response but Xander's comment sums it up the best. Seems like everything is converging at once. Not only did we hit the peak in oil production but China and India, requiring increasing amo...

As brought out by KAG's first post on this thread this issue will affect aviation. It's true some companies are hiring at the moment but it's on the momentum of $70 - $80/barrel oil. West Texas Intermediate reached $100 today and Brent Crude sits at $116/barrel. Is anyone concerned about making a ca...

This has been a topic on my mind as of late. If one is attentive enought they will realize that the business and economic 'climate' has changed and that more and more are growing aware that something big is going to happen. Why even self-help, motivational speaker, Anthony Robbins has chimed in and ...

Some guys use their MPIC on a large aircraft to get them to a jet job. Can you bypass the Dash 8 job, land the MD80 First Officer seat and advance to captain at that company? Find YOUR place.

You can tell they don't have much material to go on. Here they put those two rampies through the grind with a F/O check ride with the "BOSS" and the poor buggers couldn't hold altitude,heading, and airspeed. Good for them, but they aren't quite ready yet. I just watched that episode a couple nights...

If you need a controlled rest period while in the cockpit, and transfer control to your partner, would you time your catnap and then deduct it from your flight time? If you need to step out of the cockpit to look after physiological needs will you time your stay in the lavatory and then subtract it ...

I work in a 705 operation and always file IFR regardless of what the weather conditions are like. First of all what I use is the air time(not flight time) as the basis of the calculation. Then I subtract 0.2 for every t'off/ldg. This gives me my instrument time. Example: Flight 320/1 has 10 legs and...

I honestly don't remember what exam numbers I wrote. Didn't notice because I didn't really care. What I did notice however was that the questions were different than the ones found in the Aerocourse and . exam practice books. During my studies I made absolutely sure I knew and understood: all types ...

Bicycle pedals in the cockpit linked to the wheels. Pilots will never get fat.

Never Mind

Back in 2007 I was hired by Canadian Flight Academy and instructed for 6 months. I can honestly say that this was the one and only flight school that had minimal, if any, internal politics and the CFI was very easy to deal with. After having been associated with 3 other FTU's this was a very welcome...

... This is about an airline that sent out offers to very qualified candidates then withdrew them and offered a fraction of the previous offer knowing that 1000 hour wonders would jump at the opportunity if they said no... They're dropping wages and seeing who will bite... Say no to the interview u...

flymez, At every place that I've worked, whether in aviation or not, I've met well-intentioned individuals who would counsel me to not leave for another company. The reasons were all the same: "No other company pays as much as us", "Do you really want to go live there?", "Sure it's more comfortable ...

Excellent!

Nice thing to have for sure. I know that in general aviation is the same south of the border but are there areas, here and there, where you really need to learn something completely new?

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NEVER PUT MONEY ON ACCOUNT! This advice is quite simple but, oh, so very wise. Going through my Private training I put $2000 on account at my flight school. It worked out well for me and in the end I got some extra interest. In the following years though I've met some real 'greasy' people and disco...

I was reviewing the oxygen requirements in CARS 605.31 and CARS 605.32. Most of the information is very clear however there is some confusion, at least on my part, regarding one item. I couldn't wrap my mind around it because it is contradictory. Did some research and found an article that points ou...

Looking for work, especially when you're 'hungry', always sucks. To be fair though employers don't necessarily HAVE TO respond if they don't want to. There can be many valid reasons for this . Sorry guys that's the way it is. There are many aspects of this world which are impersonal and have the pot...