?????? what gives?

I got word that a friend of mine just got laid off from provincial air, which has me concerned. Are the days of hoping into the right hand seat of a king air 350 or 1900 over??? Am I looking at the ramp for 6 months to a year after my training is complete?

The examples given in the general section in the cfs do not have explanations for everything that is shown.

Does anyone know if there is anywhere else I can get cfs explanations other than the cfs itself. From what I can see our gov. doesn't like to put a lot of effort in to explaining everything that's shown in the examples.

Thanks for the advice, will keep it in mind.

I am going over some cfs references and came across arrestor cables and barriers, and was wondering if anyone has ever had to to deal with them or have seen them at aerodromes other than military? Are they a common thing?

I think Ill do the same thanks.

Was wondering if someone could tell me how important it is to know the difference between all the different wx services. Reason I ask, is because every time you look in the cfs there is always some service there giving the same wx information. Does it matter what service it's being provided from or ...

thanks guys, helps a lot. To answer your rhetorical questions...I would just like to get it done asap so i can start making money and get my career on the go. Don't really like working odd jobs just to pay rent.

Forgive me if this has been posted a million times, I did an extensive search and couldn't find anything.

But as far as duration on a full time basis, how long would you say on average it would take to complete my cpl?
5-6 days a week.

sure, if you don't mind going through all that trouble, it would be much appreciated.

thanks

could someone please explain the difference between normal variation and grid variation?

in the REF example in cfs it shows two at one aerodrome location, 25 degrees east, then, gv10 degrees west.

Where is this arrow located? around the checkpoint indicator? above it? below it? in it?

In the general section of the cfs there is a note under the vfr call-up point/checkpoint saying "when cleared to orbit the aircraft should remain within 2nm of the call-up/checkpoint in the direction of the arrow...." what arrow are they talking about? I've looked on a few different maps and haven't...

thanks, makes sense now.

Was wondering if someone could explain what Day Landing Distance means in the aerodrome data section of a vta/vnc legend?

It shows : DAYS 60 Day Landing Distance

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wingman1 wrote:thanks, wasn't too sure if should be considering it right now or not.

Just out of curiosity - what was your instructor's response to that question?

I've been on hiatus for a while, ran out of money so I haven't been around any instructors.

thanks, wasn't too sure if should be considering it right now or not.

When does the ILS training start, during the ppl or commercial?

Was wondering if anyone had any advice about how many hours I should fly per week until I am able to get my ppl? I am in the circuits now, and was told that my first solo should be coming up in the next week or so. One of the CFIs at the club said twice a week was ideal, not too much not too little....

was wondering if anyone could shed some light here, going over my ADF section, and i'm a little confused - I know what relative bearing is, but are true bearing and magnetic bearing the same thing??

Was wondering if anyone knew of any websites that I could get some practice with use of performance charts, specifically take-off....I have a grasp on them, but would love to be fluent with them.

Was wondering if anyone could tell me what a navigation facility is? I am reading "From the Ground Up" and nav. facility is constantly mentioned but doesn't give any reference as to what it is?

thanks.

thanks for the help.

I was wondering if anyone knew why aircraft carriers had numbered runways? There is no number on the runway (well, there is only 1 runway) and the ship can turn around, so numbering the runway with the magnetic headings would be useless. The ship has a number (CVN-XX). They do have numbers, that's ...