There's a really nice promotional video that was done a little while back
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.ph ... 4713426826

http://youtu.be/-wW5xumzp9M

Nice article written by the pilot of a recent PNPC mission
http://www.pilotsnpawscanada.com/2013/0 ... ada-pilot/

CBC Follows up, with as much detail as they were able to glean from the court transcripts to answer reader / commenter questions... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/12/11/f-vp-hanomansing-rim-execs.html?cmp=rss It certainly was an attention-grabbing headline: "Fired RIM execs 'chewed through...

4 on 4 off is fairly common.... but there are others, I once did a 6 and 6, I've also done 2/2/3/2/2/3 (that one was weird), I also wrote a 5/5 schedule. It will depend on a lot on how the rotation is in terms of day and night shifts some go day/ day/ day / nights so you're only working on set of ni...

Hi guyz: Can someone please indicate what the proficiency levels are and what's the highest level in the flight dispatcher study guide by TC? The study guide indicates for e.g level 2 or level 4, level 3 etc but there is no legend indicating what these levels mean? Can someone please help? I need t...

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That program was horrible reporting. The TW accident was a poor example of SMS not working. Furthermore, the Air Canada Simulator example was silly and obvious. KK7 and The Hammer have it right. I feel that this issue of SMS is separate from the Issue of TC oversight. SMS is a great tool to help a ...

The highschool isn't great, but I've seen far worse in some neighbourhoods in Toronto, and Vancouver, ... it's a matter of perspective I suppose. Some of the elementary schools are better than others, when I left in 2006 Deerwood was still considered one of the better ones. I spent 6 years there as ...

Correct me if I'm wrong....

But I had someone who should have known tell me years ago that in general the per operating hour maintenance costs for any of the Airbuses is considerably higher than the comparable Boeing - is that a myth? an over exaggeration? someone's biased opinion?

http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/cockpit-crisis/ Cockpit crisis In five years, over 50 commercial airplanes crashed in loss-of-control accidents. What’s going on? by Chris Sorensen on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:47am - 31 Comments With low clouds and a fine mist hanging in the morning air, the pi...

working dispatch... one of my compatriots got a call from home - we all fired up CNN on the computers just in time to see the second plane hit. We spent the morning getting a hold of and grounding all our aircraft and running back and forth to the board room TV, and trying to answer a lot of questio...

Nice! Very nice!

Just to add a note clarifying.... no per diems do NOT count as income in calculating child support, HOWEVER.... you can't not declare the per diems AND deduct your travel expenses (as those are supposedly covered by the per diems) It's one or the other ... show the per diems AND the expenses OR show...

Okay, thank you very much for that. Are there any other books/study material you can recommend besides the AIM and From The Ground Up? Regards, Joost You should refer to The Transport Canada Study Guide http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/publications/tp12513-menu-1320.htm But you'll want a copy ...

Hi all, Can anybody tell me what the TC Flight Dispatch generic exams look like? Are the questions multiple choice? And is it allowed to have any books with you during the exam, like the AIM? Or do you have to know the complete AIM by heart? I have the Flight Dispatcher Written Test Guide (FD-Ops e...

Indeed, a sad sad day for a great company and great people ... my heart and thoughts are with all those affected by this tragedy

For goodness sakes, it shouldn't matter if it is a peanut or a knife. No one should have to stand for anyone throwing anything in anger at work. Poor guy can't make it through a flight without a pacifier? Grow up, drive or stay home. Exactly! We're seeing more and more cases of 'air rage', at the v...

http://www.kare11.com/news/national/art ... attendant-

Dreadful headline for an issue much more serious than they want to imply. It really downplays the seriousness of really unruly passengers

the Study Guide is on Transport Canada's website:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/p ... u-1320.htm

The exams are taken at any TC examination centre

Correct me if I'm wrong.... but you can't go selling tickets without an Operating Certificate?

I don't know about Australian law on this one, but seems there's a whole lot of dodgy chit going on at Tiger
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... 260857.htm

Tiger Airways (Singapore) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (their low cost carrier division) - looks like Singapore and Tiger Airways Singapore are in damage control mode: http://info.sgx.com/webcoranncatth.nsf/VwAttachments/Att_A39644856B11B047482578C20033BA8A/$file/CompanyStateme...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... 259482.htm

For the first time ever - CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority - Australia) has grounded an airline. (they have in the past grounded Ansett's 767 fleet - but not shut down the whole operation)

My thought was initially - perhaps a '27 cargo hop run sorta thing - YYT, YQM, YQB, YUL, YYZ, YQT, YWG, YQR, YYC, YVR, YYJ - Mon, Wed, Fri, and the return trips on Tues, Thurs, Sat. Something like that I'm sure pet owners - especially of large dogs (I'm a Newf owner myself), would be quite willing t...

Pet Airways: Interesting concept, a) you can fit a lot more dog/cat kennels in an aircraft than people b) pet owners would (and do) love it, c) could likely keep the cost of the tickets in the same ballpark as a passenger ticket and still make money. I know for folks with bigger dogs especially (I ...

Hi guys, I'm taking course in University of Ottawa and I decide to take course in Flight Dispatcher because it needed in my country, as I read in some web site that dispatcher course will not be longer than 5 weeks. However I was looking for school in Ottawa or near I couldn't found. I need some he...