I'm glad I'm not paying for his maintenance or flying the plane after him!

Spock

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ODF

I agree. I don't have a problem paying for ANS once but twice is moderately upsetting.

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I think some of you are missing the point. The fuel tax was introduced before Nav Canada was created. The reason given for this tax at the time was to help the government pay for ATC and navigation equipment. Subsequently Nav Canada was introduced as a non government not for profit organization to r...

Willis Nigh

About 40% of salary is invested. About 30K registered and approx 18K non depending on rrsp limits.

Spock

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45,WestJet, 737 as FO

Spock
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If I read the AD correctly it only applies to aircraft fitted with the automatic pump shutoff. As far as I'm aware Westjet didn't buy that option.

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Spock

All Westjet planes have life jackets.

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More doom and gloom Airlines have 'never faced a darker future:' report Updated Fri. Jun. 13 2008 10:10 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff The skyrocketing price of oil has landed the airline industry in the midst of a "full-blown crisis," according to a report published by a U.S. travel industry consumer grou...

It has been awhile since I had to worry about this and the CARS might have changed but I think it is an annual requirement. Your ops manual should have times for initial and recurrent ground school and there was a guide in the CARS stating time requirements based on aircraft type. Hope this helped. ...

I agree it should be included in a class 3 but I don't have all that much faith in their investigations anyway. From what I've experienced, unless it's a major occurrance where they through unlimitted resources at it, they have a 50% chance of finding the right answer at best. Spock Live long and pr...

Milton to reap windfall with dissolution of ACE BRENT JANG, From Saturday's Globe and Mail Robert Milton's pay package totalled nearly $43-million last year, and he stands to reap a further $10-million when ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. winds down by this fall. The ACE chairman and chief executive off...

Until recently the loonie went up in lock step with oil prices and reduced the effect on Canadian airlines. The latest increases in oil have not moved our dollar (it actually went down a little) so we could be feeling some more pain soon.


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Hi I have reading avcanada posts for a couple of years and finally decided to join. Just so everyone knows where I'm coming from when I post, I'll give a little background info; aviation is a second career (didn't start flying until 31) about 8500 hrs experience (been a while since I've updated my l...