The delay is only for the plastic licence (problems with printing them). At least that is what my TC office told me. You can get the temporary paper one in the mail in a few weeks and there is no fee.
I got my temporary licence in the mail 10 days after I dropped off the forms.

No Biggie, IMHO!

I should of listened to my mom and became a doctor.
Or listened to my uncle...he told me to become a Quality Control Manager in a whore house

The only reason to join is the pension and once the current government get through with gutting the public service, it will be heavily modified and unattractive.
Spare yourselves the agony and look for a "real job".

I need to chime in. My best friend is an AC flight attendant and she is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. Of course I am completely biased. :) For those who think they are all old, fat, and cranky...her and her friends are anything but. They are all in their 30's, attractive, and they ar...

ALF, SMS assessments, PVI's and PI's do not define TC Inspectors. The back seat of a 206?? I presume a Cessna 206-really can't see a lot from there? Bell 206. :lol: Hope she enjoyed the ride anyways. She put up a fuss to get on board. SRV- I won't engage you any longer. Your view is obviously very ...

Just for the record, pilot inspectors (CAI's) are required to maintain annual/biannual medicals, ppc's and instrument ratings, with which a lapse in any one would cost them their job. So every six months the job is in jeopardy. The maintenance inspectors (TI's) have no such risk to job security. Th...

Sorry for the mis-qoute CD. I have no idea how I did that.

I have seen a few of those "captain" business cards and they always made me chuckle.

Of course, that disparity exists in the real world too; AMEs don't normally make as much as captains. I have been in industry a long time and know this too be true. I thought TC hired "Inspectors", not Captains or AME's. :) Shouldn't all inspectors make the same amount of money? I know some Pilot I...

Oversight as we knew it went down the tubes when SMS was introduced. The problem was that TC threw out the old oversight program (audits) before SMS was brought in for 704, 703, and 702. Now we have TC Inspectors doing SMS style oversight on non-SMS companies. It just doesn't work. My buddy is an ma...

Nasty looking wreck.

Hopes are with those onboard.

Sympathy to all involved. Speedy recovery to those injured.

Call your PMI. That is what he is there for.

Invite only. I believe only Accountable Executives and OP's Managers from the 50 something floatplane companies bombing around on the coast. Plus some TC folks.
My buddy is a DOM for one of the floatplane companies and he requested an invite but was told "not at this time".

armchair wrote: On SMS, I dont think SMS will ever be fully implemented in that sector, so I think TC will need/must increase surveillance to enforce the current rules - which are adequate.

+1
Well said.

Glad to see they were spending their limited funds on something important
Keeping up with the Jonses.

Rowdy wrote:I highly doubt they'll keep many of the WCA/ex baxter beavers...

I don't blame them if they ditch those beavers...but you would be amazed what some paint can do.
I guess the other challenge will be getting those twotters with the 6-20's "Carbon Nuetral".
GOOD LUCK with that.

i heard HA paid them with a 2 can dine for $8.88 mcdonalds coupon and a bag of hockey pucks. i saw XX in a starbucks and overheard him say he thought he got ripped off. HA still paid too much from what I have seen of the fleet. :P At least all the WCA Beaver's will now become "Carbon Neutral". :lol...

Funny sh*t

Good point JCA.
Why even write exams...we all know that as soon as you get out of tech school you know everything there is to know.

You want to be given the answers...go find them, they are in the text books.

Hedley wrote:Does anyone know what was on the jogger's iPod?

Hard to say... likely;
Jefferson Airplane, Air Supply, Megadeath, or Third Eye Blind

Another move by the conservatives to restrict freedoms. I have been reading a lot of bitching and complaining on here about how TC is moving in the wrong direction as far as giving up oversight and licensing. Seem like Baird is hearing the masses and I suspect this is the first of many steps to com...

When I was QAM I was getting ripped off. The top Mechanic was making $4 an hour more than me.
My own fault...I was never a good negotiator.

I have worked for a bully. Ex-pilot turned millionaire who had little interest or understanding of what an AME is worth. The guy wanted everything done but then bithched and moaned about the cost involved in doing it. Not because he couldn't afford it, but because he wanted everything done for next ...

We are all assuming that the pax were conscious and not able to open the doors. IMHO blowing off the doors when ditching in water is not such a great idea. The water rushing in would surely sink the plane in seconds instead of minutes. Now don't ge me wrong...I know that no Beaver has a door that se...

I cancelled my interview... I am sure you have made a wise choice. I have a friend working there. The pay sucks he hates it. The reason they got the 30 day NOS is because their QA system is virtually non-existant. No QA = no AMO FYI, Enhanced Monitoring lasts for 90 days...not 1 year as mentioned a...