Very pertinent article.
http://m.theatlantic.com/international/ ... de/388949/
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- Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:51 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Germanwings A320 Plane Crashes in Southern France
- Replies: 203
- Views: 42426
- Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:32 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Cabin safety question: seatbelt extensions policy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 993
Re: Cabin safety question: seatbelt extensions policy
Thanks for the responses.. the photo (yikes).... and thank you CD for the FAA bulletin. Still, just for clarity, did the Flight Attendant violate a rule or not? My view is if it ain't specifically prohibited in the CARs, then, by default, it is permitted. Rules never seem to be Black or White with T...
- Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Cabin safety question: seatbelt extensions policy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 993
Cabin safety question: seatbelt extensions policy
Question for CD or any cabin safety regulator. I was recently on a charter flight (737-800 out of Punta Canada...) when a large passenger across from me pulled out a personal seatbelt extension and asked the flight attendant is the flight attendant had any problem if she used it. The FA said "I have...
- Tue Feb 03, 2015 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Shock over Jordanian F16 pilot burned alive by ISIS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1982
Shock over Jordanian F16 pilot burned alive by ISIS
Sorry folks, but I need to express my horror, and solidarity, over this atrocious event. Solidarity over a fellow pilot, who died a barbaric way at the hands of a group that what makes World War 3 more and more likely. Never thought we would see a group worst than Nazis... The first time I saw ISIS ...
- Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:21 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: UAV Pilot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 976
Re: UAV Pilot
Very exciting actually... Currently most if not all UAVs are within line-of-sight flight, and we are still in the "hobby+" stage, relatively few commercial operators, mostly photo/video stuff or thermal imaging for commercial properties. (check iseeit.ca) . Most UAV operators/pilots (are they really...
- Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:21 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: External loads...canoes...any photos?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9872
Re: External loads...canoes...any photos?
Had a friend who once picked up some hunters and they convinced him, (a low timer at the time), to strap a large portion of a moose that had been cut up to the outside of the floats. He got airborne, but barely, and after just clearing the trees at the far end of the lake he set it back down on the...
- Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:35 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
- Replies: 327
- Views: 24596
Re: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
I guess, according to the majority who support the under the bridge take-off as safe and legal, that I could take off from Runway 24 in Quebec City and fly right between the turrets of the nearest Church because I am in the process of taking off and I have the hands and feet skills to do so safely (...
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:19 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
- Replies: 327
- Views: 24596
Re: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
424... I thought I recognized you, Spock!
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
- Replies: 327
- Views: 24596
Re: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
I hope I didn't miss any; this took me quite a while to compile.... ... Sorry, not passing any judgement either way, just reflecting from a purely logical point of view. Nice if not off-the-wall commentaries the424... Let me wrap-up on a few of your theories... - A knucklehead who recklessly and in...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:29 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
- Replies: 327
- Views: 24596
Re: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
Maybe based on the video evidence TC decided that no further actions was required? I doubt that... my take is that TC is simply unable to find anyone to rat on the guy, or it cant identify from the clip. Essentially, it is TC's MH370... it vanished in thin air right across the Prime Minister's brea...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:16 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
- Replies: 327
- Views: 24596
Re: Ottawa RIver Departure under the Bridge
Nope, not yet, according to this news report...Cat Driver wrote:Did TC ever figure out who that was?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/no ... -1.2775186
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:46 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: small plane crash near Ignace/Atikokan.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2141
Re: small plane crash near Ignace/Atikokan.
Typically for a random local news outfit in the dark, they said " the Transport Canada Safety Board" will investigate... A new agency ... I think NOT...
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:40 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Your French Lesson for Today
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2511
Re: Your French Lesson for Today
Wow, no matter the good news story here, some dickhead posters still manage to diss Quebec and TC for no reason whatsoever... Is this a natural AvCanada syndrome that you gotta have diarrhea of the mouth and cant just say anything positive? Kudos to the aerobatic family, no matter their background.
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:21 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Transferring Stuff to a new Licence Booklet
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2228
Re: Transferring Stuff to a new Licence Booklet
Sounds like a minor problem to me...
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:50 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: COPA Reform
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2634
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:34 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: COPA Reform
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2634
- Fri May 23, 2014 9:42 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: TSB Report: Mid-Air Collision Saskatchewan May 2012
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4922
Re: TSB Report: Mid-Air Collision Saskatchewan May 2012
I don't usually broadcast much/any on 126.7 or other enroute frequencies...partly through laziness, partly because I just want to enjoy flying, and partly because I doubt the value of transmitting my position to the entire province. I do usually listen out though. It would be nice to have a PCAS, b...
- Thu May 22, 2014 1:15 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: TSB Report: Mid-Air Collision Saskatchewan May 2012
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4922
Re: TSB Report: Mid-Air Collision Saskatchewan May 2012
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/alberta-widow-sues-pilots-after-sask-mid-air-collision-1.2649793 While we all sympathize with the widow of deceased passenger Eric Donovan and mother of the deceased 11 year old boy, I doubt this $6M lawsuit against the estates of the two dead pilots will ...
- Tue May 13, 2014 12:37 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Air Labrador Twin Otter Hard Landing
- Replies: 46
- Views: 9200
Re: Air Labrador Twin Otter Hard Landing
My argument is based on the premise that a qualified, stamped and PPC'd First Officer at a 705 carrier (it was a 705 at the time of the accident, later reverted to a 704...) should be able and expected to fly any approach in most conditions, under the Captain's supervision. A revenue-flight with pas...
- Mon May 12, 2014 2:44 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: California air show accident
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4219
Re: California air show accident
Here it's on the second inverted try in bumpy air . But is it even possible also to determine if this upside-down impact had an associated medical event (ie blackout) ... or not ? Actually I was not suggesting or implying a medical event or blackout per se for this accident, but more into the adver...