Hmmm...admittedly, I assumed CAT and not mixing it up with big thunderstorms. In that case, don't be surprised if you end up in an interesting situation. No worries. I just find it interesting looking back at the weather for incidents like this. Sitting in the back in CAT I've looked at windy to se...

Why FL250? Radar at the time shows what seems to be a line of thunderstorms all along the SK/MB border up to The Pas and down to South Dakota. GFA says "FRQ CB 460". Looks like you can't get around or over them. Would going lower work? If you have a premium windy.com sub you can see the winds at var...

I got a little worried once as I was holding short of the runway at Duncan and a heavy helicopter decided to do a low pass over the runway for training purposes and the entire aircraft started shaking. Luckily that is all that happened, but you need to be very careful around helicopters (although in...

I fully agree with the right of a company to fire an employee that keeps on being a problem as compared to a one-time error in judgement in behaviour. That is a personality issue for firing, not a racism issue. Have had to deal with such a situation from the management side. Wouldn't you agree that...

Hotel location was in the collective agreement, that was violated which provoked this situation. Hotel locations for length of stay over a certain amount is important so guys aren't stuck out between an airport fence and a highway with a handful of mediocre often unhealthy choices and nothing to do...

Looks like there is a whole raftload of restaurants a 12 min walk from this hotel. Has he never walked through an airport?

LEDs last a long time. I don't think I've *ever* needed to throw one out. They work really well for landing lights, as you practically never have to worry about it burning out.

One could argue the "unless the PIC determines the aircraft is adequately equipped... statement provides the PIC some lattitude, but I'm not sure how much scrutiny it would actually hold up to... I think the latitude is in the forecast itself. The "NIL-LGT RIME ICGIC ABV FZLVL UNLS NOTED" is just a...

It's true. We are where we are from the last ice age due to cavemen flying their private jets and cows farting. It's not like the earth has a cycle or anything (and we are still far from the inter-glacial peak). But it would be a shame to miss this opportunity to push agendas. You realise there are...

1759 wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2026 7:41 pm So, show me where the emissions were cut? Canada hasn't cut anything.

China has, significantly.

The reality is that climate change is going to be addressed by technology, and China is already at the forefront of this. Nothing governments do will change things very much. And yes, of course climate change is real and can/will have profound consequences.

digits_ wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2026 8:31 am
Which government emergency alert would you still want to receive?

I would like to know about tsunami warnings.

digits_ wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2026 7:21 am These instructions work relatively well on Android phones:

https://www.reddit.com/r/montreal/comme ... alerts_on/

Unfortunately not. As mentioned, it disables *all* emergency alerts, which probably isn't what you want.

Pretty much what digits said, we often debate what “forecast” icing is, but the most conservative interpretation generally is any visible moisture above the freezing level. I think it depends on circumstances. If there is no convective activity, and the ASEP shows no risk of icing, and you can safe...

“experienced an engine issue.”

Claim the medical expense on your tax return if you have to pay it yourself.

Red_Comet wrote: ↑Thu Feb 26, 2026 2:16 pm sexual dimorphism

That was point 2 in BPF's post.

The irony is that in your anti-woke anger, we're not actually disagreeing with you. You just seem to love getting angry about this. I'm guessing you get even more angry about trans people.

Actually, I addressed his post before he even made it, Einstein. Scroll up and put that boomer vision to work. I know it's gotten a bit dull from the CBC binging. No, you confused 90% European with 90% European male. Did your ChatGPT subscription expire? Figures. People who aren't able to reason pr...

The population of Canada until very recently was a European majority (>90%), which makes sense give its history as a British/French colony. Only in western countries which have been steeped in cultural marxism has this witch hunt for racial "equity" reached fever pitch. Do you think the Japanese ha...

PostmasterGeneral wrote: ↑Sun Feb 08, 2026 2:17 pm Airlines use their own programs and some have meteorologists on staff. There are lots of ways to retrieve METAR/TAF data that’s not on the NavCanada site.

But the question is: was that data available yesterday during the outage? We still have no idea what actually happened.

You’re not accurate. The metars and tafs are still available. Just because you can’t see them via a certain outlet doesn’t mean there isn’t any. They are available again now, but earlier today they were not available even on the CFPS website. No mention on the CFPS website about the outage though.

digits_ wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 11:07 am Do owners mainly focus on looks or are they generally more enticed by specs? (Speed, range)

I suspect the venn diagram of Gulfstream owners and avcanada posters doesn't have much overlap (unless you include the Grumman AA series).

I remember there being a write up of a fatal stall spin accident in a light single years back, where the pilots seat became unlatched and rolled right off the back of the rails taking him and basically the control column with him. C-182 maybe? Yes, there have been a number of fatal Cessna accidents...

I'm getting a new ipad and comparing specs. One point to bear in mind that neither the regular ipad, nor the ipad mini have hardware video decoding. Only the ipad air and ipad pro have this. While it's not an issue for foreflight or fltplan go, it does mean that your battery will drain a lot faster ...

While you’re dreaming, you can look out those oval windows at my Global passing you… Although you still might not be able to stand up in it, with the same 6ft3 cabin height. Not sure why Trump cares, as he wouldn't be seen dead in either of them. They're really just for the sub billionaire celeb an...