?? Did you get a letter or somesuch?

Ilyushin 62. Not alot of them still flying, but they're around. The only VC 10s still flying are RAF ones. They are visitors to YYC ,YEG a fair bit. Not so much here in YVR. They're all painted olive green.

302sc: Yep... certain west coast operator recently hiring were specifically looking for low time guys that they knew they could maybe lay off and recall back next year. Higher time guys (over 2000 hrs, say) were not considered because of the risk of not having them back after a layoff. This was for ...

We use Flight Duty XLS.. it's already installed and I'm not sure how we got it. It does a really good job of keeping track of all the relevant times....

That is quite probably one of the nicest restorations I've ever seen.... That 7 would be a show stopper at any airshow.

Cat Driver wrote: The biggest fear I have is if there is not an open transparent method of selecting those in management of the group it can and probably will turn into another circle jerk for those who seek positions of power over performance.

Absolutely. Couldn't have said it better.

DHC5 wrote: Not sure where the Conair DC-6's are, but last I heard was 1 in YXS and one in Alaska still

Saw one in YXJ (Ft. St. John) the other day.....

Of course, there's also the fact that those who would act immaturely etc tend to have the loudest voices and tend to just increase their output. Those with good things to say usually tend to do so quietly and less frequently. So the idiots stand out more, just like they want to: "look at me!! I am b...

Hmm.... about Metros.... OK: Maybe there's a tiller on some, maybe not. KKR did not have one. None of ours do. Avg fuel burn on the Metro 2: 450-550/hr (actual) NWS (nosewheel steering) has always been somewhat of an issue in the design. But you just need to pay attention and fly the damn thing prop...

Whaaat??? !

Of course, there's the line of thought that training is a cost of doing business.