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- Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:45 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Bush pilots love Canada Goose jackets?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11262
Re: Bush pilots love Canada Goose jackets?
Great jackets, those Canada Goose. Have the "Resolute" parka and wear it in the arctic religiously. I could go outside in -45C with just a t-shirt underneath and be warm enough in it. Like wearing a fitted sleeping bag. It's also tough, durable and well-thought-out. If I had to "put it down" in the ...
- Thu May 19, 2011 10:31 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: TA REJECTED
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8937
Re: TA REJECTED
I'd say 98% turnout shows that people have taken interest and are involved.
Just need some leadership to bring the members' concerns to the table.

Just need some leadership to bring the members' concerns to the table.
- Sun May 15, 2011 9:43 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: one pilot one voice
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2937
Re: one pilot one voice
OnePilot, A necessity for your web site is be to have someone double check the grammar and spelling before it is posted for the world to see. A quick read of the main page reveals at least 4 mistakes. I'm not trying to be critical but if you want to be viewed as a professional, your presentation mu...
- Wed May 11, 2011 12:51 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: LCC
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9483
Re: LCC
Don't work for AC and don't care what you vote. AC will continue to limp along pissing off passengers and losing buckets of money either way, I'm sure. Well then what the F are you on this site for? You have no vested interest in the employees that these decisions will affect, yet you feel the need...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:12 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Virgin Galactic seeks pilots for space flights
- Replies: 5
- Views: 848
- Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:56 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: 65? HAH!!!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2681
Re: 65? HAH!!!!
Talking to the young guys, they don't want to vote yes because (only ONE reason) that means they will be the last people with a DB pension plan in a majority of DC plans near the end of their career. And how do you think the vote will go when it comes to scrapping the DB pension early? Is there any ...
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 126.7 In NWO
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2757
Re: 126.7 In NWO
What Doc said. I just add my altitude. Quick and easy.
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:54 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Want To Be a Star?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 13236
Re: Want To Be a Star?
Why do people keep saying AC is the only airline to force-retire people?? They don't say that. Air Canada is the only airline to force retire them at 60. Yet... 1. AC is the only airline in North America to force retire their pilots, even after age-based hiring restrictions were declared illegal ov...
- Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:30 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Want To Be a Star?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 13236
Re: Want To Be a Star?
1. AC is the only airline in North America to force retire their pilots, even after age-based hiring restrictions were declared illegal over 30 years ago. Why do people keep saying AC is the only airline to force-retire people?? The only difference with the other airlines is that they force people ...
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:43 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Ice Pilots of NWT Series on History Channel this Fall!
- Replies: 1407
- Views: 189966
Re: Ice Pilots of NWT Series on History Channel this Fall!
I guess it wouldn't have been much of a show if they sparked both Electras up and had everything moved before lunch. Most of the stuff was moved out by the other YZF operators actually, with Buffalo Airways called in to clean up the little bits. One day of moving stuff? Those shuttles went on for a...
- Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:11 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: What a NOB!
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6579
Re: What a NOB!
Inadequate?LisaS wrote:Can you imagine how we all feel at WestJet.
Zing!
- Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:50 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011
- Replies: 440
- Views: 41118
Re: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011
The way I see it, those approaching 60 have seen their salaries and benefits slashed to unconceivable levels. We are ALL going to have to look at the future differently. Of course the younger group understands that salaries have been slashed. To slash, you have to start from levels that were higher...
- Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:39 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011
- Replies: 440
- Views: 41118
Re: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011
The way I see it, Flypast60 is going to happen eventually. However, those in support, who benefited from years of seeing those above them retire at 60 and have been able to plan their progress through the company by knowing when those above them will retire, are happy about the changes because they ...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:40 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Can Canadians work in europe with an ATPL?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5015
Re: Can Canadians work in europe with an ATPL?
What's the ATPL conversion like coming to Canada from Europe? I know the other way around is quite involved, including 14 exams and a sim ride on your type-rated aircraft. To convert when you don't meet the CAA time requirements, you have to take a 6-9 month groundschool and flight-training course a...
- Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:03 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 21st Century Logbooks
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2617
Re: 21st Century Logbooks
Referring to Safelog, isn't that $79 only for 3 years of use? How much is it to renew a subscription after those initial 3 years?Xander wrote:It's totally worth the 79 bucks. I've recommended it to colleagues already and they love it.
- Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:10 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Why in the world???
- Replies: 204
- Views: 16167
Re: Why in the world???
I find many here are looking in the rear view mirror, rather than navigating. The people doing the navigating are the people who will benefit from the changes in direction, the baby-boomers. They need more pension money? Up the taxes and raise tuition fees! The younger generations have been coping ...
- Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:06 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Why in the world???
- Replies: 204
- Views: 16167
Re: Why in the world???
With the impending passage of legislation to eliminate mandatory retirement for hundreds of thousands of workers in the entire country, does it really matter one iota whether anyone anywhere is for or against the change? If it is going to happen, why not deal with it, rather than cursing it? The yo...
- Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Bones found on Pacific island may belong to Amelia Earhart
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5851
Re: Bones found on Pacific island may belong to Amelia Earha
They have been in existence for 25 years and to date have NOT recovered a single aircraft. Sure they go on "expeditions" but to me that is a far cry from actually recovering an aircraft. They lack serious credibility in my opinion. To announce they have found bone fragments that can be anywhere fro...
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:14 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The PT6 Nation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1588
Re: The PT6 Nation
This story of a PT6 missile strike would make a good addition to the website.
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- Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:26 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Calling taxiing on 126.7 at uncontrolled airports?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4405
Re: Calling taxiing on 126.7 at uncontrolled airports?
As long as you listen on 126.7 after making your call and not jump too quickly to the other frequency, just to get out what you wanted to say quicker. I've seen that all too often. Talk, listen, then talk on other frequency, then listen again. It's not a race to talk the fastest.
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Another TSA Outrage - Soldiers returning home from war
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3032
Re: Another TSA Outrage - Soldiers returning home from war
So... I know what some are thinking... could we request a pat-down from someone from the opposite sex? Had to be asked...
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:25 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Calling taxiing on 126.7 at uncontrolled airports?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4405
Re: Calling taxiing on 126.7 at uncontrolled airports?
You must work for Tindi. They seem to be the only ones in the north who do this on a regular basis. I don't have a problem with it, but don't see the need. It's only stated in the regs that you need to make a 126.7 call after departure from an MF/ATF, while leaving the zone. I'd like to trust that w...
- Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:03 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: "There's no such thing a a little ice"
- Replies: 79
- Views: 6167
Re: "There's no such thing a a little ice"
LOL, there is no airport so far north that it can't be fitted with a LADDER and BROOM! The only reason they're absent is an absence of common sense and balls on your own part. A pilot so timid that he can't ask for that equipment, AND a pressure bottle of de-ice fluid ought to go back down south. I...
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:24 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: We shall never forget
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2180
Re: We shall never forget
I think people have a problem with the "never forget" slogan because it implies that you blame someone and you will never forgive them, like there is a large group responsible for it all and you want them to pay for what they've done. It was in fact a small bunch of fanaticals, not an entire religio...
- Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Not Ice Pilots--for sure
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3614
Re: Not Ice Pilots--for sure
Looks like a mix between Dog The Bounty Hunter, Crocodile Dundee, Cops, Timothy Treadwell, David Lee Roth, and Joe Dirt with a few airplanes thrown in to make it interesting.