Hey all, I noticed Jazz is looking for an AME in YHZ. I've been thinking of moving back there for ages, anyone care to elaborate on how they treat their AME's? Wages, benefits etc would be most appreciated (feel free to PM as well).

I'm not sure about YXL or YQT guys but I do know all YKF and YWG maintenance guys were laid off 14 people in total) already.

If my memory serves correct and nothing has changed you should know that tools bought as an apprentice can be written off at tax time. Tools bought after cannot.

There wouldn't be a NOTAM for this. The drag strip is on a former Runway that hasn't been used in years. (Last time I was racing there was in 1992).

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2013/09/15/plane-lands-during-interlake-dragway-race Whoopsie.... In memory of the Air Canada Gimli glider, an unexpected visitor landed at the Interlake Raceway on Sep 14. Active racing was taking place on the track around 1:45 p.m. That’s when a plane touched down in th...

Flickr makes sense to me. Use 1 login and password and any employee can log in. It costs nothing to upload and host. Plus less chance of having their own servers bombarded with people lookin for pics.

Does YWG tower still allow drop in visits?

$24.00 / hour is probably the starting engineer wage. I'd be more interested to find out what the jump is after you are given aca. Also I'm curious how long it would be to get aca.

I will add a good headlamp so you can have both hands free when you are doing tasks. My other suggestion would be flush cut side cutters. Nothing worse than ri[[ing your hand open on a semi cut tie-wrap. You should also know as an apprentice you can write off some of your tools at income tax time, b...

I am in no way an expert on the CARs but I would interpret that to mean the part you want to install must be re-certified or have NDT testing to verify that it is airworthy. However you might be able to submit the associated paperwork to TC and get it approved. Myself I would be very wary of install...

One sure method of ensuring your AME hasn't forgotten his gear, is to ask him if he wants to ride along in the jump seat! Not really if your AME has forgotten a tool somewhere in your airplane then they have FORGOTTEN it is there. So naturally he would be releasing the aircraft as being fit and saf...

Long as the rivnut is installed correctly (a small notch is cut into the hole prior to squeezing) I don't mind them that much. When people don't do that the rivnut will eventually begin to spin when removing the screw....that grinds my gears.

Also as a point of interest I have known a few Westjet counter staff that will volunteer to fly with a single parent to keep the adult/infant ratio proper.

http://www.ornge.ca/Media/Articles/Documents/OrngeSalaryDisclosure.pdf 5 pages of mostly EMT-paramedic salaries and no pilots listed. EMT's are considered govermental workers which is why their salaries have to be published. The pilots however are not govermental workers so they don't publish them....

Without seeing the bolts in question I am going to say they are both for lockwiring just different styles.

Any details about the maintenance side of things? Will there be specific Q400 maintenance or will current staff be getting endorsed?

We use Wearcheck (http://www.wearcheck.com/), seem to be good to deal with. I can't tell you about pricing though, it's not something I deal with that part is left for the bean counters.

Now that is awesome.

Can you taxi an A320 from the FO seat? That could be why the off duty captain came forward to do it.

Is it a case of these new hire AME's are experienced AME's and the company is just waiting through their probationary period before granting them ACA?

Now I have to ask is what you are being paid fair?

Really? Slower than the second coming for me...

Check your PM's

Typically it is usually only used for the first start of the day, but your company SOP's may be different. I would highly recommend doing one just to see the funky sh1t that happens in the cockpit.

You also can get some wonky indications when starting in series.

That's putting it mildly.....

I seem to recall they couldn't get the reliability out of them that was required for certification. But don't quote me on that.