Oh, and oil ain't going anywhere in our lifetime. It'll get more expensive, as things that deplete do. But it isn't going anywhere for the simple reason that there just isn't any alternative even close to carbon-based sources for recoverable energy output. Notable exception is nuclear, which has a ...

I am learning something new all the time by reading these posts. Crashing airplanes has nothing to do with getting behind the airplane it is caused by random wind changes and all pilots can get caught unaware and crash regardless of their flying skills. I am sure happy I was never in the wrong plac...

flyinhigh wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:43 pmAnd 3, is we're Ifr. Meaning aircraft separation is accounted for,

VFR aircraft are allowed in Class E airspace with no clearance, it's only controlled for IFR traffic

LOL sorry for the bump

Thank you for your activism Gilles

In virtually every situation where this situation may pop up you are on an atc frequency (center) and then have the choice of the MF or 126.7 for the other radio. Two reasons for picking the MF. 1. Usually there is someone very knowledgable locally on the other end and can give you presice details ...

I've heard AC make calls on 26.7 going into YMM on many occasions. Likewise (always inbound from the east anyways). Oh. Ok nice :) I haven't been operating out of there for years, but AC didn't go into there much back then, so I guess I wouldn't know. Is it SOP for you to broadcast on 26.7 when ent...

well it's pretty much all transponder airspace now and the oilsands freq. is 123.5, so why make a call on 126.7? What's pretty much all transponder airspace now? Canada? Yes the oilsands zone is about 800 sq mi where the en route freq is 123.5, and that would be the appropriate freq to use in that ...

Well I only have about 4500 hours but I've spent a lot of it in Fort McMurray and the oilsands, Prince George, Vancouver and Yellowknife and I haven't heard an airline make a 126.7 call yet except for one from Jazz and some from Suncor. Actually 5T and 7F make a lot of them. But AC and WJ are at tho...

I've always wondered why I never hear Air Canada or WestJet making calls on 126.7? I understand that you're almost always IFR and that you are seperated from other IFR traffic by ATC. But if you're in VMC, and your airport is not serviced with terminal airspace there's no reason that there couldn't ...

From a job posting looking for instructors. "Because the majority of our students will be unilingual Chinese speaking,fluency in Mandarin is an absolute necessity." You know you are fast rising to be the next super power when you can start dictating changes to international aviation standards. Not ...

Pff, if you want to make good money go be a lineman for the power companies. Low 70s is above average but that's about it, most pilots make more than that. Everyone's always complaining about money in this industry but it's not that bad. Fly for three years and you're in the 70's, unless you manage ...

They should open the flying up to Canadian airlines then!

Fly to Jamaica

No! These guys are trying to hose you. For one thing, never ever pay for your own training. That's not your responsibility. Any job you go to requires training, and I don't just mean flying jobs. If you go to a government job, nursing job, engineering etc you require training and none of them pay fo...

It is interesting to note that often in cases like this, where there is no injury or damage the occurrence is treated as minor, and little detailed investigation is taken. That's true, and it would be nice to have a full investigation done for every incident. But even if that was a fatal crash it w...

An audible fuel warning horn couldn't be that expensive to rig up, maybe people should think about installing them into light single-engine airplanes. Not because we all need it but, all the larger aircraft are being loaded up with regs on aircraft equipment, when I think it would be better put to u...

Fist pump! We win. High five guys :D LOL. Seriously though I find it hard to disagree with the writer that we have it good. Come on, do a year of training to get a job flying an automated machine that takes you all over the world, in the safest way possible. And you get to chat away enjoying the sce...

LOL. I get it now. Nice Beef. UM! No pilot salaries should not be ruled by A/C weight. Does a Seneca grad direct entry onto the RJ at Jazz deserve more than senior training captains on say a Saab, when the new hire can't even operate the plane by himself in a safe manner? Or what about a guy flying ...

Met a handful of guys who do chisel charters and they are always always the worst pilots around. Someone should put that in the kijiji user disclaimer. One guy started doing them after I refused to check him out to fly revenue passengers, so he got his own plane that he crashed 3 weeks later.

I don't personally know the current instructors but I know the operation has very good maintenance, good hiring personnel and there's nothing to be scared of training there. The key to good training is a good work ethic on the student's part, so you have every opportunity to succeed.