I asked this last night. Do you have to be employed at a company in order to get a PPC or a PCC? I was always under the impression that one can't simply buy a PPC because they have to be hired at that place first. Or do companies but you on some sort of waiting list and "pretend" you work their then...

I might be a little rusty on perfomance but I believe if you have an engine failure after V1 on a balanced field you are only guarenteed to cross the end at 15 feet. As for rejecting with lots of runway left, this would no longer be a balanced field meaning you might get away with..but then again yo...

Flying Canuck I agree with you 100%. V1 is the speed at which the first action of the reject has to be initiated to stop the plane on the available runway/stopway. So what is the point of calling V1 at V1 like most carriers do? I think there is a large misconception that a reject can be accomplished...

Due to the increase in engine failures/rejected takeoffs lately at SG, I have been discussing what V1 means while at work.

Assuming a balanced field what does V1 mean to everyone in here?

Just out of curiosity are these people buying PPC's or type ratings? Are they unemployed/not offered a job until they complete training or are they hired and then sign a bond/loan? IN 14 yrs I can only recall one person who I watched buy a PPC quasi legally and it didn't progress his career in the l...

You own me? I'll get to that at the bottom of the post. You never answered me on the other string..so I will try it again...what do you do with your pilots after the summer is over? Do you tell them they can go on EI? Do you fill out the forms for them? I can't believe you have spouted off for so lo...

"you do know that pimper is my alter-ego, right? Sorry for any confusion... //walks off muttering to himself about being barefoot in the head and needing to talk to the killer bees before the railway goes under and he has to swing from branch to branch to get the chicken nuggets." Oddly enough I lik...

Canus, they did a low speed reject because of erractic engine instruments. They taxied off the runway, shut down the engine as a precaution on the way to the gate. Once at the gate the mechanics saw what happened right away and ATC was notified. For all the crew knew it was a faulty reading. Second ...

Actually you could probably measure my tenure by the black rings under my eyes.

Thats pretty cool. That looks like the one out of the NG/777.

Can you program it and fly the airplane/auto flight system with it?

I just noticed that RubberBiscuit has the same amount of posts as me so I want to keep a competitive edge and add this post to stay in front.

Finally a good topic. Flight levels you make some excellent points but missing some key elements. First off you have to compare apples to apples. I do agree with your fuel burn, but that fuel burn is at 41000 with a light aircraft. So lets take a mid weight for both the MD and the -700 of 130,000lbs...

And to think the brain cells behind that post keep an airplane upright. My vote is for cornshoot to be the poster boy for aviation safety.

BD lay off the Booze. I never said I hated my job, I actually really enjoy it. I gave it two years to start to improve and it hasn't. As far as sched and life style go the MD is great. I am working 12-14 days a month. I would gladly stay at SG if a few things changed, but they don't seem to be chang...

Apparently my snazy decoder ring is misfiring...care to expand WTF you are trying to say BD.

PS I know it is difficult for you without plagiarizing everyone else's ideas.

I'll tell you what Bird Dog. When you pay your employee's all year long instead of pointing them to the nearest EI office when you are done using them for the summer, then you can talk to me. When you thank the pilots at Royal who kept the bond out even though the owner was getting screwed by PPC ju...

That all sounds great, but it was up to Canada 3000 to verify the validity of Royal's books, not vice versa. I could put my car up for sale for $200,000 and if your dumb enough to buy it thats your problem. Here's another one for you. Royal was going to buy Canada 3000 21/2 years prior. Leblance did...

I think you know there are lots of things that I could say about SG but I don't becuase it serves no positive purpose. I gave them 2 years to get their act straight which was up a while ago. There are lots of rumors about SG that are totally without merrit that seem to come from other carriers or th...

I'm curious as to whats going to happen when the AC/Jazz pilots have their 30 grand paid off and leave. Or when the industry turns around like it seems to be doing now and SG pilots take off for greener pasteurs when the 30 Grand is paid.

What I love about avcanada moderators is there total lack of intelligence. Hey Saluko you ass wipe, how long do you think it took me to figure out you made up the handle balls deep? Speaking of balls deep say hello to Lisa for me!

PS wouldn't it be ironic if I didn't work for SG?