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- Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: THE NEXT GIGANTIC ISSUE.
- Replies: 251
- Views: 33319
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:39 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: New pilots nowadays
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5068
Re: New pilots nowadays
Chill out guys, from an old f**ker who is retired but still has a retirement flying job. It's all about luck and timing. Nobody in this world can control or predict that. The previous generation to me just happened to be born at a certain date. The big red, ''air canada'', were scouting and hiring 2...
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 9/11, 20 years later.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 719
Re: 9/11, 20 years later.
no, toronto was not next. these assholes were looking for bigger fish. was a big plane driver at that time. totally fatigued after the shift, my wife of the day was all panicked and woke me up to witness the events on tv. took me 15 minutes to understand that this was real. Who would do that kind of...
- Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Unable to contact Transport Canada
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4541
Re: Unable to contact Transport Canada
Welcome to dealing with Transport Canada. What region are you in? I'm in Quebec, Montreal specifically. It's not you, it's them. I had the unfortunate experience to work in the place, and yes, quebec region is a serious problem that no one has had success in fixing. From what I understand, it keeps...
- Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:41 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: RCAF looking overseas to fill pilot shortage
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12160
Re: RCAF looking overseas to fill pilot shortage
I find the situation very disturbing. In the sense that armed forces management cannot even find the wherewithal to recruit and train a whole bunch of perfectly good people who would make perfectly good pilots. So they need to hire mexicans. Then again, having the unfortunate experience of being st...
- Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: RCAF looking overseas to fill pilot shortage
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12160
Re: RCAF looking overseas to fill pilot shortage
I find the situation very disturbing. In the sense that armed forces management cannot even find the wherewithal to recruit and train a whole bunch of perfectly good people who would make perfectly good pilots. So they need to hire mexicans. Then again, having the unfortunate experience of being stu...
- Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:33 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Will the shortage return?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6076
Re: Will the shortage return?
The americans are hiring off the street, so I would say a mere few months after the, ''ahem'', experts give the all clear, the pre existing shortage will reappear. Can't say when that will happen though with this bunch in charge, but it will happen regardless. Been around the block many times for 4 ...
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: How bad is commuting
- Replies: 76
- Views: 16401
Re: How bad is commuting
Another short answer, no fun at all. To state the obvious, your life is to be at the service of an airplane and that is where it stops.
Had to do it like everyone else, in another life, will opt for another skillset where I could actually have a life.
Planes are fun, but not that fun.
Had to do it like everyone else, in another life, will opt for another skillset where I could actually have a life.
Planes are fun, but not that fun.
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Countries better than Canada for flying?
- Replies: 118
- Views: 16390
Re: Countries better than Canada for flying?
So here i am as a dinosaur figuring i would see what is happening on avcanada......... Lots of words flying around I must say, very few that make any sense. This is the new normal apparently. So.....yes, Canada WAS an aviation leader 40-50-60-70 years ago. Now, and before, one of the major canadian ...
- Mon May 31, 2021 6:28 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Chrono Aviation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2440
Re: Chrono Aviation
Panama Jack, To answer your question, well, I donnu...... Having said that, as a retired driver who has been around the block quite a bit, BUT, lives in quebec, perhaps I can give a teeny bit of insight. The guy who started this place came up through the red tail regionals, got a job at big red thro...
- Mon May 10, 2021 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: JetBlue's coming North
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7266
Re: JetBlue's coming North
sad indeed for canadian aviation. americans have to save the day. good for them, not a very good legacy for canadian aviation pioneers. i firmly blame politicians for this situation. politicians are merely a reflection of the population. canada was at least near the top, now they are near last. mayb...
- Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: I'm going to court
- Replies: 86
- Views: 16886
Re: I'm going to court
- Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: I'm going to court
- Replies: 86
- Views: 16886
Re: I'm going to court
Confusedalot, nothing you wrote is correct, Your name suits you well, Some people will write anything, you must be a 10 year old kid wanting to become a pilot, 😁 nope, 62 and retired from the real stuff, had a couple of ''retirement'' jobs just to get out of the house, and run into these sort of th...
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:22 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: I'm going to court
- Replies: 86
- Views: 16886
Re: I'm going to court
this is not a joke. this guy is still flying. somewhere around 66 or 67, can't hear squat, severely overweight, bad attitude, complaints about his way of doing things galore, and this guy is still flying commercially in a turboprop............ apparently, he had a check ride with a tc inspector and ...
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Any good news lately?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6633
Re: Any good news lately?
all depends on what the chief government medical guru tells trudeau what to do. not looking so good for now, the whole vaccine rollout and herd immunity notion that the medical types keep pushing is going slowly to nowhere. it is going to take a very long time until canada is open again. as for the ...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Government Support for essential air access to remote communities
- Replies: 3
- Views: 825
Re: Government Support for essential air access to remote communities
quebec did the same thing 6 months ago.
the ''operator'' pocketed the money and did zero to improve service. sad situation.
i shall not reveal the operators name right now. but i will in the future.
what a world............
the ''operator'' pocketed the money and did zero to improve service. sad situation.
i shall not reveal the operators name right now. but i will in the future.
what a world............
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: What do you do when you think someone should never fly again?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 23215
Re: What do you do when you think someone should never fly again?
so here I am as a retired pilot. older person, but I survived 40 years from small to big planes. No big deal, normal progression. nobody got hurt, no bent metal. Then I get a retirement job. Ended up with a nice person in the copilot seat, owned his own airplane actually. Simple go around, the perso...
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WestJet cancels orders for 15 Boeing 737 Max planes as industry struggles, southwest about to order 100 plus.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2136
Re: WestJet cancels orders for 15 Boeing 737 Max planes as industry struggles, southwest about to order 100 plus.
yep, very sad indeed. it all comes down to the ottawa gurus for us, they say this is how it is going to be. kill the virus and kill everyone else in the process. my buddy at american airlines was paid most of his salary throughout this stuff, did not do anything for 10 months, and had to downgrade f...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:32 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Is This The End Of SkyRegional?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 15562
Re: Is This The End Of SkyRegional?
Good for jazz, bad for skyregional. Putting emotions aside, quite perplexed at the air canada business decision, overall cost to run the operation will go up it seems to me. The whole idea of having more than one service provider is nothing new, the americans and europeans have been doing it for ye...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:14 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Is This The End Of SkyRegional?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 15562
Re: Is This The End Of SkyRegional?
Good for jazz, bad for skyregional. Putting emotions aside, quite perplexed at the air canada business decision, overall cost to run the operation will go up it seems to me. The whole idea of having more than one service provider is nothing new, the americans and europeans have been doing it for ye...