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by Right Seat Captain
Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:22 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: CADOR - controller error or pilot error?
Replies: 19
Views: 2611

Re: CADOR - controller error or pilot error?

I think NOTAM closed runways fall into a gray area of the CARs... Some years ago we had closed a runway by NOTAM due to runways conditions (ice) and the fact that there were operations in effect to remove the ice. Some smart guy in his Cherokee was adviced over the ATF that the runway was in fact cl...
by Right Seat Captain
Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:23 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flight level 23oh!
Replies: 89
Views: 6366

Re: Flight level 23oh!

RSC. Being a frenchman, I can tell you why I think "as long as your point comes across". I really make a concius effort to use proper terminology to eliminate the accent side of things. However, when I use Tree (vice the real tHree) for 3, ATC often come back to me to confirm what I just said. Some...
by Right Seat Captain
Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:48 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Practice Area Frequency
Replies: 10
Views: 2058

Re: Practice Area Frequency

When I used to instruct in Ottawa, the practice area had a common frequency and despite the occasional incorrect position report made by a student, it helped a lot to keep us in non-conflicting areas. If the problem is that you think people are making too much noise on the radio or there are erroneo...
by Right Seat Captain
Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:41 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flight level 23oh!
Replies: 89
Views: 6366

Re: Flight level 23oh!

Its amazing how we haven't all run into each other with such confusion Actually, it's happened. I'm not claiming to be the perfect radio operator, but the use of slang has in the past created assumptions being made by the receiver of the message causing confusion and loss of situational awareness a...
by Right Seat Captain
Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:52 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Skies still unsafe 10 years after Swissair crash: Experts
Replies: 20
Views: 2270

Re: Skies still unsafe 10 years after Swissair crash: Experts

b1ngnx33, you really have no class. Nearly 230 people paid their lives to teach the rest of us a lesson. We've learned that lesson through a very well thought out investigation process, yet we choose to ignore some of the more important methods to prevent a similar incident from happening in the fut...
by Right Seat Captain
Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:50 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: This just in; Air France off the end of the runway in YUL...
Replies: 26
Views: 4187

Re: This just in; Air France off the end of the runway in YUL...

Hard to believe the investigation will find the crew at fault. The aircraft was pretty much abeam taxiway B2 but pointed in the opposite direction to the taxiway, facing right as opposed to left. Hopefully it was just a bad day for boeing/air france mtce dept or a mechanical fault. I bet it was bec...
by Right Seat Captain
Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:21 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Speaking French on the radio
Replies: 187
Views: 10608

Re: Speaking French on the radio

Cat Driver wrote:I used to try and fit in when flying in the middle east by ending all my transmissions with " enchallah. " worked like a charm. :mrgreen:
Indeed, but it makes you wonder when your clearance is "You're cleared to Taif airport, inshallah" or "you're cleared to land, inshallah"
:mrgreen:
by Right Seat Captain
Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:18 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Speaking French on the radio
Replies: 187
Views: 10608

Re: Speaking French on the radio

But the international language for aviation is English, is it not? If it were something else, then I guess I'd have some extra learning to do. Last year I was flying in Spain, and many spoke Spanish on the radio. I had no idea what they were saying, however I could communicate with ATC in English. ...
by Right Seat Captain
Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:48 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Transport Canada medical payment.
Replies: 30
Views: 5859

Re: Transport Canada medical payment.

I just charge my company the $55 and be done with it. However I guess not everyone can do that unfortunately.
by Right Seat Captain
Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:51 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Accident in Northern Alberta
Replies: 2
Views: 1256

Apparently near Deadwood, AB...my condolences...

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by Right Seat Captain
Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:26 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: headset problems
Replies: 14
Views: 2385

The flight school I worked at used the AVCOMM 900s, and we had the no sound in one ear problem ALL-THE-TIME. There is a knob on each ear cup for individual volume of each ear when in Stereo mode, which is what you probably are in. It has to be switched to mono. To switch it, turn the knob on the cub...
by Right Seat Captain
Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:42 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Another Logbook Question
Replies: 9
Views: 1547

How do you get it recertified? Return to the previous certifiers and have them re-certify. Bring your old log book and this will save them having to check it over again. Or bring it to a TC Authorized person (one at almost every flight school, or within TC itself) to certify the new logbook as a ce...
by Right Seat Captain
Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:51 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: METAR???
Replies: 3
Views: 1063

Agreed, there seems to be a problem accross the board at NavCanada. I just checked the weather in Saskatchewan, and no Metars showed up!
by Right Seat Captain
Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:01 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: XC Question
Replies: 6
Views: 1334

I used the common sense approach. If you are doing a x-country, or navigation practice (as in diversion), log it as X-country. The other way to look at it is if you have to pull out the map to not get lost, then it's probably x-country. If you're an experienced pilot that's taking a trip to an airpo...
by Right Seat Captain
Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:30 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Can it Be Done? MEIFR Question
Replies: 9
Views: 1710

I originally got my Group 3, because I wasn't about to fly a multi in the two years following. Then when it came time to renew, I did my Multi Rating, then simply did my IFR renewal in the Multi to get my Group 1. No extra training required. You simply get the group you did your flight test in, with...
by Right Seat Captain
Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:18 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: I need to choose between Voyageur, Thunder, Wasaya and Bear!
Replies: 27
Views: 4117

If someone had posted this just over a year ago, everyone would have thought this was a joke!
by Right Seat Captain
Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:15 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Funding for flight training
Replies: 14
Views: 2872

Is it neccessary to have an account with TD to get the loan? How was your loan aprooved? did u have sufficent sources of income?? Please pm me with your comments, theres no point posting in this thread as it has too many off topic comments. Im guessing these kids are still in high school trying to ...
by Right Seat Captain
Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:06 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: required instrument acronyms
Replies: 17
Views: 11372

I was wondering why it's so important to say all that...rather than "Instruments showing correctly"
by Right Seat Captain
Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:40 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: AIRCRAFT OVERSHOOTS AT CYHM!
Replies: 39
Views: 3598

DareDevil wrote:ever think that maybe they were just doing circuits???
What are circuits???
by Right Seat Captain
Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:58 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: sim trainining logable?
Replies: 16
Views: 1729

snowbear wrote:I little basic pilot logic would indicate that if the wheels did not leave the ground it might be real hard to call it flight time.
Actually I believe that a Class D simulator can be logged as flight time. At least that's what the Transport guys say regarding their Citation Sim in Ottawa.

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