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by cv990
Wed May 18, 2022 9:18 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Morningstar
Replies: 107
Views: 51060

Re: Morningstar

Just noticed a little discrepancy.. on the Av Canada posting, it references a "preference" for an already received 757 type rating, but if you click the application link the hiring page says "must be type rated to qualify for this position" slightly different scenarios there.. I wonder which is the ...
by cv990
Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:49 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Survey Pilot/Camera Operator in jobs Forum
Replies: 14
Views: 4083

Re: Survey Pilot/Camera Operator in jobs Forum

Theres some good info here. For all of you low timers worried about quals, etc: give it a chance. One size of answer doesn't fit all operators: some will be rigid on requirements, some won't. Some will appreciate a phone call, some won't. Almost all have insurance requirements, but you don't know ho...
by cv990
Fri May 04, 2018 8:41 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Westwind
Replies: 437
Views: 110326

Re: Westwind

Not just this operator.. but there is always the option of not dispatching that plane. I may be mistaken, but was there freezing rain around at the time? Can’t recall, but... I’ve had this convo before.. wx may be ok on the ground but am I in the crap for the whole approach? Will I be able to shed t...
by cv990
Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:16 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: FAA ATPL Conversion new regs
Replies: 19
Views: 6595

FAA ATPL Conversion new regs

Just curious, with the new regs now in place, has anyone actually gone and done their ATPL conversion under the new rules yet (convert TC ATPL to FAA)? If so, what was the experience like, and how long did it take?
Has anyone tried to write the new ACM exam yet under the new rules?
by cv990
Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:30 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Overdue Cargo Airplane Bound for CYXS
Replies: 225
Views: 43374

Re: Overdue Cargo Airplane Bound for CYXS

So sad.... Have they said which bird it was?
by cv990
Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:54 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Overdue Cargo Airplane Bound for CYXS
Replies: 225
Views: 43374

Re: Overdue Cargo Airplane Bound for CYXS

Yep, was a lousy day. Pretty crappy right up to 250
by cv990
Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:36 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Overdue Cargo Airplane Bound for CYXS
Replies: 225
Views: 43374

Re: Overdue Cargo Airplane Bound for CYXS

Have a few thousand hours (loooong time ago) in those machines. Very unforgiving in ice, almost no climb if they were at gross weight. I flew that corridor a few times that day (albeit in a Q400) and there were high winds aloft (80+kts@15000 which is lower alt than usual), although it wasn't all tha...
by cv990
Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:44 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: WestJet Mainline/Encore Hiring pool
Replies: 528
Views: 216675

Re: WestJet Mainline/Encore Hiring pool

Hmm..... Very interesting reading here. Just curious about the sim eval thing. I did one at Jazz. They have quite a few options for sim evals, although the scheduling can be really tight. They can do them in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal. Their Q400 sim is in (CAE) Montreal, and for now it is the one...
by cv990
Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:00 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Employee Seating
Replies: 59
Views: 19492

Re: Employee Seating

Jazz crew on company deadhead (on shift) are PY2/J10. Not confirmed J, but space available. Positive space Y class (with a do not deplane notation), upgradeable.
by cv990
Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:46 pm
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Just curious
Replies: 17
Views: 8657

Re: Just curious

Unfortunately Jazz could never set out on its own. There are a few insurmountable problems. We don't have any marketing, ticketing or reservations infrastructure or experience s. Thats not necessarily true..... people forget that the majority of our history has been at-risk flying. There very much ...
by cv990
Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:39 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Air Canada Rouge to expand to Vancouver, Calgary
Replies: 27
Views: 15951

Re: Air Canada Rouge to expand to Vancouver, Calgary

Service might be good, but a sardine can is a sardine can is a sardine can..........
by cv990
Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:18 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Employee Seating
Replies: 59
Views: 19492

Re: Employee Seating

Jazz Q400, seats 4AC are designated crew seats and wont be given out until the plane is full...
by cv990
Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Question for Q drivers
Replies: 39
Views: 40278

Re: Question for Q drivers

Q400 max TO is 65,400, MLW is 62,000, ZFW is 58,000. Typically we burn around 900-1100pph per side in cruise depending on the profile we are using for that flight. I won't get in to how we determine cruise profiles, but those are the figures you will see at FL250 or 240. The numbers increase quite a...
by cv990
Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:24 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Odyssey Airlines about to be???
Replies: 3
Views: 2071

Re: Odyssey Airlines about to be???

Odyssey....I remember those guys. Glory days of Canadian charter companies (I was with Points of Call)... tragic story is, after Odyssey folded, a bunch of crew went over to Nationair and I believe some of them were on MXQ in Jeddah. Tragic.
by cv990
Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:23 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: How Many?
Replies: 5
Views: 1690

Re: How Many?

Jazz, around 1500
by cv990
Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:18 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Is Jazz prohibited from cancelling IFR?
Replies: 52
Views: 5087

Re: Is Jazz prohibited from cancelling IFR?

As a Jazz Q400 pilot (you know, Lurch, not a transport category aircraft but an old prop puddle jumper...sheesh), I have been reading this with some measure of head-shaking and disbelief at some of the utter nonsense being posted out there. The amount of "You don't fly here so you don't know anythin...
by cv990
Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:07 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Jumpseat
Replies: 0
Views: 1319

Jumpseat

We all know that it is more fun to dwell on the negativity sometimes, but..... This Jazz pilot would just like to give a shout out to the very kind AC crew that allowed me the jumpseat from Vancouver to Calgary yesterday.. the day had started off on quite the wrong foot for me for unrelated reasons,...
by cv990
Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:55 am
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Oh the sky keeps falling......
Replies: 59
Views: 22958

Re: Oh the sky keeps falling......

Mig29 wrote: Jazz had closer to 10 wide-bodies...
Um.......... we did? I've been part of the Jazz/Air BC family since 1990.. not sure what wide body a/c we had.....

757 isn't a wide body......and they weren't ours.....
by cv990
Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:20 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS -- AVIATION STYLE
Replies: 6
Views: 1662

Re: TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS -- AVIATION STYLE

Awesome...simply awesome :prayer:

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