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by confusedalot
Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:43 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: THE NEXT GIGANTIC ISSUE.
Replies: 251
Views: 33055

Re: THE NEXT GIGANTIC ISSUE.

https://ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector

won't change anything, but will put things into context.
by confusedalot
Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:39 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: New pilots nowadays
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

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...
by confusedalot
Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:06 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: 9/11, 20 years later.
Replies: 2
Views: 717

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...
by confusedalot
Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:16 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Unable to contact Transport Canada
Replies: 29
Views: 4447

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...
by confusedalot
Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:41 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: RCAF looking overseas to fill pilot shortage
Replies: 46
Views: 12122

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...
by confusedalot
Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:18 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: RCAF looking overseas to fill pilot shortage
Replies: 46
Views: 12122

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...
by confusedalot
Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:33 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Will the shortage return?
Replies: 30
Views: 6059

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 ...
by confusedalot
Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:03 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How bad is commuting
Replies: 76
Views: 16322

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.
by confusedalot
Sun Jun 13, 2021 4:43 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Countries better than Canada for flying?
Replies: 118
Views: 16194

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 ...
by confusedalot
Mon May 31, 2021 6:28 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Chrono Aviation
Replies: 12
Views: 2418

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...
by confusedalot
Mon May 10, 2021 5:28 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: JetBlue's coming North
Replies: 41
Views: 7222

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...
by confusedalot
Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:38 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: I'm going to court
Replies: 86
Views: 16808

Re: I'm going to court

Aviatard wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:41 am
confusedalot wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:22 pm this is not a joke. this guy is still flying.
What guy?
I'll take the fifth on that one, not inclined to end up in a drawn out defamation case......

The point I am making is that if this character can still keep a licence and can't hear squat, well, anybody can.
by confusedalot
Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:33 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: I'm going to court
Replies: 86
Views: 16808

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...
by confusedalot
Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:22 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: I'm going to court
Replies: 86
Views: 16808

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 ...
by confusedalot
Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:18 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Any good news lately?
Replies: 35
Views: 6598

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 ...
by confusedalot
Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:08 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Government Support for essential air access to remote communities
Replies: 3
Views: 823

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............
by confusedalot
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: 22280

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...
by confusedalot
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: 2124

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...
by confusedalot
Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Is This The End Of SkyRegional?
Replies: 44
Views: 15524

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...
by confusedalot
Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:14 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Is This The End Of SkyRegional?
Replies: 44
Views: 15524

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...

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