Why can’t you get it through your thick skull that everybody wants to open up? The difference is most people want to do it intelligently so we don’t have to close it up again like they will be forced to do in the US. Actually I've met quite a few people who'd be quite happy to have things not open ...

Grammar is the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you’re shit. Everyone can make minor errors, I know I do. No sweat. It isn't about achieving perfection, it's about striving towards it. Somewhere along the way society starting worshipping mediocrity, to our great peril. When I see som...

How on earth can you compare a guy making obscene money for ruining a perfectly good company, that WE (you and I) propped up for all these years, with the average schmoe on a government scheme? It sounds like typical bottom-feeder mentality at work. Guys at the top, who make that filthy amount this...

Tsk tsk so testy. Pardon me if this ant isn't weeping for the grasshoppers. From your touchiness I take it you're one of the latter. I won't bore you with the details of my personal circumstances as it's clear you wish to dismiss them with the ever-popular meme of privilege. That's laughably incorre...

Out of touch? Out of work too. But not dead in the water because I actually considered that sometimes really bad things happen. I'm not getting a dime of government aid and I don't need it. Don't bullshit about everyone wanting to go back to work. I know of too many personally: family's neighbours w...

The fact that millions, not thousands, of people are out of work is not their fault, true. The fact that so many have zero contingency plan and absolutely NOTHING set aside and can't survive financially without government aid? Hmmm. Extending the CERB another 8 weeks will cost $34 billion dollars. T...

Chumming the waters are you rookiepilot? :mrgreen: Yes, what a horrible person receiving taxpayer money. Cause, like, no other Canadians are getting 300 billion dollars of government money rained on them or anything... Of course it's excessive and ridiculous but outrage about the public purse is hil...

The end of a job is not necessarily the end of a career. Surely you of anyone should know that Eric, I'll assume you don't mean to sound as condescending as that comes across. Perhaps you should pass along your insights to these former colleagues of yours and see and what they think of them? Sure, f...

I’m curious to know what if any of those four things were more important than maintaining aircraft control close to the ground. Indulge us, Rockie. The first two are obvious to any current or former military jet pilot. 1. Identify the engine failure (while in close formation focused on the lead air...

That's not assigning blame or or pronouncing judgment, that's making a dispassionate observation of the facts at hand. Emotional defences of one's comrades by attacking anyone trying to understand this accident is understandable but not helpful in finding the truth. Well if you consider calling for...

Aviation, airplane, handling skills-brain says I love the Snowbirds. Coldly rational brain says time to scrap the whole thing. Risk/reward equation just isn't there. Doubtful it ever was, to be honest. It's just that they're so cool! And all militaries cling to their traditions like stink on poop. R...

9th flying job, 5th layoff. But 1st since leaving Canada - the instability is why I left! :lol: Longest period away from the industry, 8 months. But that was somewhat voluntary, I wasn't in a hurry to go back. Wasn't an issue with training as I was going on to a type new to me at the time (B737). Bu...

I was out walking in London today. Tons of people out enjoying the 26C weather. Not sure their presence is incontrovertible proof of anything, but that's what I saw. I don't disagree that the Communist Party of China lies about things - that's literally what Communism is, a lie. There were more than...

I have UK citizenship, so I looked at doing it in Ireland, however the costs(you can't take all the tests at once(they told me one a week), so hotel airfare food for 3 months........long story short, I didn't do it though i have TCAA/FAA/CASA licenses Interesting, I didn't think it would be THAT re...

I did this entire process in 2017 and wrote a fair bit about it elsewhere on this site if you search. Apologies, but not going to write a bunch of separate messages privately. While I commend your ambition to spend your downtime doing something constructive, I should point out that until borders and...

W.H.O. Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Don't forget that the Chines blocked them from visiting Wuhan at the beginning of the outbreak. The WHO director general, the one you want out, had to fly to Beijing at the end of January to negotiate entry and information sharing. It t...

I think the public won’t put up staying home for much longer. It goes against your civil rights to tell you how many people can gather within your own home. The prolonged affect of isolation will cause more damage than being infected. We live on an economic planet. The economy needs to keep moving ...

I remember flying the B777F in and out of PVG. Cargo ops even prior to the virus were a nightmare. Even when you did get your consignment you'd sit waiting, sometimes for hours, to push back while everyone screams at each other in Mandarin on the radio. Then push and start, to taxi...100 metres. Set...

I'm not personally involved, just passing it along. There are social distancing and hygiene protocols in place. Apparently hospitals are fairly well-informed about the risks of Covid-19 transmission. I wish you well setting up something similar using Zoom.

So here in the UK, with all of the unemployed aviation employees they've set up a project called Project Wingman where crew from all the airlines volunteer their time to support frontline healthcare workers in the NHS. Basically they set up lounges in hospitals and simply offer a break: a quiet plac...

When a wide body Skipper position is paying slightly more than —half— the Canadian industry standard.........that’s a garbage wage. Don’t even try to compare it to US cargo carriers cuz it’s 40% worse than half of garbage. There comes a financial break point where the responsibility, cost of attain...

Please mods, lock this thread. There is zero value-add anymore.

Only two types of poster left now: unhinged conspiracy theorists, and paternalistic a-holes with strangely similar names talking down to them.

Shut 'er down, the patients are running the asylum.

4. It is not nearly as high a death rate as you are saying...."On Mar. 3, the World Health Organization said the mortality rate for the virus had increased to 3.4 per cent." Guess what WHO.....there are all kinds of people without symptoms or few symptoms who never got tested. The mortality rate is...

It’s amazing how self-righteous and know-it-all pilots can be, relying on their own unique, revolutionary ideas, concepts, and pseudoscience, rather than having faith in the doctors of the world and people with actual medical expertise. Everyone is trying to save the economy from behind their keybo...

I believe he's simply pointing out that ventilator or not, your chances are not good once you get to the point you need one. The doctors can't do much in such situations, only designating between certain death and almost certain death. Some "choice". Of course they should try to save everyone, that ...