You are conflating regulatory compliance (by civil aircraft operations) and the country's ability to meet a longstanding international agreement that Canada signed up for; two separate things. Nobody has drawn any meaningful statistical parallels between Canada's aviation accident data and Canada's ...

Just to be clear, the ICAO audit results are not so indicative of the safety of aviation in Canada, as they are of Canada's compliance with the Convention or ICAO SARPs. It has more to do with Canada's inability to make timely regulatory and policy changes that incorporate those things within the Ci...

The logical solution is to provide specialized dedicated aircraft, equipment, and specially trained personnel who are qualified to handle disabled people; similar to paraplegic public transport systems and services like Wheel-Trans or Para-Transpo. All would be paid for publicly, and dedicated to se...

For clarity: Much of this thread appears to be based on a definition of “instrument time” gleaned from a TCCA policy document/ manual. When attempting to acquire a CAD, such as an atpl, the only definitions which matter are those in the CARs or the Act. Many TCCA docs such as the AP manual reference...

Would advise not to bother, unless you need some additional approval. That is unlikely since regs have not changed. Unless you had a system approved that is too onerous as a result of what TC made you put in your manual that is not required, I would just leave what you have approved alone. Just to b...

You’re not reading the actual rule. Standards are not rules.

The rule requires the person who performed the mod (or repair) to report it ( not even necessarily the person who signed the m/r). Weather it really matters who reports it, who knows. It would depend on what persnickety TC inspector is after you. Not all STCs have to be reported though; only those t...

Heliian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:42 am The one that says that any defects must be noted by the person that discovers them. If an AME is doing an inspection and finds defects, they must be entered.

605.94 schedule 1

CAR 605.01 ...?

corethatthermal wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 7:40 pm In the CARS, the AME is to record ALL defects/discrepancies/snags whether or not they are of an airworthiness nature,

Which CAR is that?

This is completely illegal and your buddy could be liable for a huge fine, regardless of how nice his 206 is and how experienced he is. Let's say I'm a TC inspector. I send you a PM saying that I'm interested in a charter. You give me your buddy's name. I call him and set something up. I show up wi...

Hi Craig, My buddy has a Cessna 206 amphib near Calgary. The aircraft can carry 3 pax with some considerable fuel and light baggage. The aircraft is much nicer and in better condition that anything you would find from a commercial operator, and the pilot(s) more experienced than any likely hired by ...

Overloaded planes and other violations I guess, but anyone who is in the know, and yes even from watching the TV show, you have to have seen it. TC is after him, personally and otherwise his company. There is very obvious animosity there. Why else would they have demanded he step down as AE after th...

wow, you can hear a pin drop on this. I was thinking there would be a lot more said on this significant "safety action" by TC. This is a well known company that serves a rather large area of northern Canada with some relatively large cargo hauling aircraft. Is there going to be no hardship in the No...

I wish people in piston-driven single-engine aeroplanes (or any other kind of plane actually) would refrain from conducting pseudo-instrument approaches in controlled or uncontrolled airspace without clearances in instrument meteorological conditions. Fixed that for you. Contrary to popular belief,...

I wish people in piston-driven single-engine aeroplanes (or any other kind of plane actually) would refrain from conducting pseudo-instrument approaches in controlled airspace without clearances in instrument meteorological conditions. You have wished carefully Meat (unlike JP who wished for TC to ...

The M licence will give you avionics privileges, but unfortunatly you would have to do the rest of the apprenticeship for the M licence.

Shut it down. We all know how this is going to end. TC needs to man up for once and do the right thing before the inevitable happens. Why don't you man up and deliver your non-compliance report along with a complete evidence package to TC that supports the grounds under which you feel TC should sus...

Oh ya, about the engine control cables, if you are talking about the Cessna missives on replacing engine control cables at engine overhaul intervals, they are not limitive, and are only stated in some of the Cessna small aicraft manuals. I've run control cables for thousands of hours beyond that wit...

Not really, lots of stuff on the airplane , any airplane really, is done/maintained outside major inspection intervals. A whole bunch of maintenance schedules I've had approved for employers, have significantly long lists of OOP items, including engine installed items. Never would replace something ...

To qualify as overhauled, all accessories have to be overhauled or replaced too.... Carb, mags, alternator, starter, vacuum pump at least, maybe governor, and a gasket set....... There's certainly a few thousand in additional costs, plus their re & re labour...... That's not exactly true, notwithst...