Do any of you have ideas on a good software program?
Win air ,RAAS , Aeronet etc.
User friendly and cost effective.
Thanks

Can any one tell me if all companies need to have there SMS manuals approved by TC?
Or is it up to the PMI that is handling your company?
Can an SMS Manual be handled as an Incorporated by reference document?
Seems to be a gray area or I am just not looking in the correct places.
Thanks

Thanks for everyone's input. I will post what I find out and run it by you all.
Please feel free to add any ideas.

Yes you are correct, no mistaking that. So what can a company do when a pilot phones in a defect that he thinks needs addressing. He is not available lets say for two weeks. As an AME or DOM that needs that a/c to work to keep the company in business what can he do? Depending on the defect the AME n...

Well that is what I think as well. I have talked to a couple of airline guys they say they enter pilot reports often. And do much as you describe. I will have to check what their MCM says. And I would argue with a auditor any day saying the AME did the safe and efficient thing. How ever some people ...

This is a question more directed to how companies handle defects reported verbally, say phoned in after the flight has ended the crew are at home and remember that they forgot to write a defect in the book. The CAR says it is to be entered by the originator or who found it. What would you do? What p...

I would say the unproven system that has been chocked down our throats has failed, Why they didn't adopt the DOD system that has been proven, and yes has room for improvement is beyond me. But that is what it is all about improving (fixing) systems making it better. Instead we have people being hire...

Great idea, if they go for it I will send money to help pay.

Thanks for the correction lownslow, It was a great looking a/c and a lot of painstaking work must have gone in to it. Was there a cause to the crash? I thought i saw a Gee Bee somewhere though!!! All the aluminum dust and fabric dope must be taking it's toll on my last two brain cells. I will have t...

So i did ask the question on the TC web based question and answer site and was treated very well, It took a lot longer to answer then the guy working on it thought it would take. But that tells me that he had lots of input form other standards people in Ottawa. The short answer is a private a/c does...

I saw a Gee Bee at the Reno Air Races and that year it went down in one of the parks going home. Another place you can get plans is the Smithsonian Institute they will sell plans and blue prints there some items to rise money. We were talking to one of the guys by the Gee Bee at the races after he h...

How about a Airmaster Avalon 680 (N767LB) that would be cool. It had a PT6 i think Larry only built one. Would be nice to find. Another fine thing that originated from Edmonton the city that had good things at one time.

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On the Cessna 300 series the SID came out as part of the Maintenance Manual. I have been told to sign off the annual as per 625 appendix and all will be good. But 625 is a standard and in CAR 605 it says that some manufactures publications need to be done for the A/C to meet the Type Certificate. Th...

I would say Instructors are setting the bar for how fast a new pilot excels in the industry or kills himself and others. I grew up working on aircraft in the north bush charter and southern crop applicators both outfits were owned by seasoned family members who flew all there lives and could out fly...

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But Pat you must love your job to be in it for this long. Yes auto mechanics, bus & truck drivers, rig pigs and everyone that works with your wife makes more money then you but are they happy.

Lets go to all the old folks homes and drag the AME's and pilot's you can find back into the work force and get the work ethic back to where it use to be. We may have to help them read and write so they can meet the safety crap requirement of today although they had a better record of there day.

I won't pickle or preserve unless i knew it would be parked for a determined long time. Put fresh oil in her give her a good run. Charge the battery and disconnect leave in the a/c and check it or charge it midwinter. Bringing it inside just sulfates it. If it is sitting for anytime winter or summer...

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