One of the best experiences a pilot can have is when you start actually getting PAID to fly. Believe me, once you reach that milestone it will all seem worth it and you will laugh at all the BS you had to go through to get qualified.

Let the free market decide what is and what is not viable. ... I don’t believe in subsidies of any kind. So you would resoundingly reject in principle any and all subsidies to the oil and gas sector? Such as the billions Canada has poured into the Trans Mountain Pipeline project, for example, estim...

May I suggest the following. If the examiner says you don't take feedback well, then you must start to take feedback well. Be OK with this and change your attitude for the better. After every dual lesson, take note of your errors your instructor has found, and then try very hard not to make those sa...

TSB investigator.

The key to this question is the Temperature. We know that a HIGH has descending air, AKA Subsidence, and the temperature increases. We also know that a LOW has ascending air, AKA Ascendance, and the temperature decreases. Therefore, in this example, we will have a LOW to the NW, and a HIGH to the SE...

Caveat emptor.

Asking questions is a key component of good instruction - see the FIG. I agree with you it is not good to prevent the student from ever doing anything. But I am not advocating for this. I am advocating for instructors to be present for the preflight inspection. And to teach by asking questions. Do y...

The point I am making is the rarity of accidents should not negate being cautious. And as for types of scenarios I am worried that having both the PIC instructor plus the ab initio student pilot should complete the walk around together would be a good idea is the infamous "running out of fuel in tra...

Just curious, what ab-initio licence takes 40 - 50 dual flights?

And if you have an ab-initio student at 40 - 50 dual lessons, then you should be really, really careful for sure.

Do accidents happen alot, not really. So why not ditch the pre-flight altogether?

ALWAYS do the aircraft pre-flight inspection with your student. I can't believe how often I see senior flight instructors leaving the pre-flight inspection to the "lowly" student all alone, as if it is beneath the instructor's time and effort. The pre-flight is really important. Instructors should u...

Yes you can do this. First get your Cat 1 Medical (if you have not already done so), then sit the SAMRA, SARON and INRAT exams. You will also have to do an IFR flight test in a light twin. Here is TC's summary of the process: "To successfully earn a Canadian ATPL-A, you must: Complete medical examin...

More-rudder! wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:32 pm The TSB sited the Shearwater Flying Club ...

"Cite" vs. "site" vs. "sight". They all sound the same but each means something different and are not interchangeable.

As for spin recovery, we use the recommended height in the POH or 2,000 feet AGL, whichever is higher.

I personally knew a 3,000+ hour pilot that lost his life in a low altitude steep turn. He was a wonderful person and a highly skilled pilot.

So I would urge all pilots here to be really, really cautious with low altitude steep turns and if you are afraid of doing them, all the better.

What reference(s) is/are provided by the authors for this particular question? Most exam prep's will have some kind of reference system so the user can source the background material for their questions. It enhances the authority of their product. Or is this not the case with NIZUS, and they just di...

Aha - now everything makes sense. AeroCourse is really 2 products, their questions workbook, plus their seminar. If you use their workbook only, without purchasing their seminar, then, if you want to know and understand the material, you must research the background subjects, using alternate sources...

High level performance charts are typically laid out on the basis of ISA temperature deviation. So you work this out first, then look to the chart. In this question the fact that the Tropopause is higher and colder than ISA is certainly interesting to note, but not essential to working out the ISA t...

Good job NotDirty, you beat me to it.

To the OP: does the book not provide any references for its questions?

The precept of the initial question seems ridiculous. If you follow the line of reasoning to the end, and come to the conclusion that there is nothing definitive in CARs mandating stall-spin training, does that mean you should throw it out the window? Stall-spin awareness and recovery training is so...

As far as I know Exercise 13 has been then since the dawn of time, and is still there. I'm trying to work out what rule is broken if a student flies a first solo before completing it. Why bother trying to determine the formal existence of such a rule when we all follow it in practice, regardless? S...

I am having trouble figuring out the calculation for this question; The following wind report relates to a WESTBOUND flight of a small business jet aircraft: 274045 How long would this aircraft take to cover a distance of 150 NM if it cruised at .83 Mach? a) 31 mins b) 25 mins c) 20 mins d) 17 mins...

I read the regulation as requiring that you maintain a personal logbook, but only for the purposes of acquiring a licence/rating or for currency. So what you must log depends on your situation. If you are PPL and you never intend on ever carrying passengers or getting any further licences or ratings...

The holding speeds were recently revised by TC as per current AIM.

You are probably remembering the old rules which have now changed; any source that is more than about 2 years old will be based upon the old rules.

I would not be concerned yet - if you go to the Justice Laws Canada website they are still using the old version of the flight duty rules under Part VII: https://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-96-433/FullText.html#s-700.13 So until the CARs themselves have been updated for the new rules...

This forum is not a university. Nor is it an in-person interview with an employer. This is an anonymous internet forum. Anybody can post and say almost whatever they want. For me, this forum is like a saloon in a wild west gold town. It is often rough and wild, with many of those having something to...

Hey Schnitzel!

Your irony is so thick I can't figure out where you stand - are you in favour of a government bailout to our industry, or opposed? Or are you going to remain ironic on the matter?