First fire season for the controller?

These are some great suggestions, thank you!

If society decides cannabis is legal, then it stands to reason you should be able to take part in societies basic functions without severe restrictions (eg driving, working, ...). Huh? Alcohol is legal and we severely restrict its use. You cant drive and work under the influence. Cigarettes cant be...

Hi all, With the unfortunate closure of Piny Pinecreek airport, we unfortunately lost a convenient airport for ESTA passengers to cross the US border. Are there any other location in Canada where one could land in Canada, walk across the US border at a ground station, and then return to the airplane...

Whenever AC hires a Jazz pilot, it triggers two training events at the AC “family”. One at AC itself for the new hire, and another at Jazz to replace the pilot that just left. I’ve heard that training costs at Jazz are paid for by AC as part of “pass through” costs, but I’m not sure if that’s true....

It would be quite problematic if an investigation couldn't rule out recent cannabis use, I'm still not sure why aviation should be treated different than the transportation or construction sector or medical sector for example. Not aimed directly at you, but more towards the regulators. Cannabis use...

Is it really that outrageous? The RCMP, most city police departments, fight fighters, paramedics, nurses, and doctors to name a few have as little as 12 hrs between toking and working, just like the CARS for alcohol. Not supporting either way but I know of operations where dispatchers, crew schedul...

Depends on where you get your population stats from. Wikipedia is about the last place I would get information from. It has a small group of people who think they are in the know and protect their little corner of the internet. Go look up the biggest city by land area and you will see how they say ...

You think a flight instructor flying a Seneca for an IPC and sitting right seat in a 172 is learning more than an FO at Encore or Jazz, or even a decent medevac operator? Having done both, I'd say it's a toss up. You learn lots of things in every branch of aviation. You learn things sure. But are y...

Bede wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2026 12:02 pm This is the document that TC uses in assessing your medical for psych reasons.si_404-004_e01_20230601.pdf

Great share!

It looks fairly fair and practical, if it wouldn't take months to process each step...

Are you an employee or self employed?

If you're an employee, the tax deductions don't change. Can't you look at what he did the previous years and just copy that? Personal tax returns are not very complex, you should be able to figure it out.

Who cares about WJ??? Your pay would triple and you'd have true legacy airlines to pick and choose if AB becomes the 51st state. Literally no other group of people would win more than pilots. You say that as if it's a sure thing.. In reality it's the best case scenario and certainly possible, but I...

lostaviator wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2026 8:49 am
We appear to have a large pro-separate group amongst us

Source?

Some loud voices, sure.
A lot of voices? Not sure.

does the seaplane pilot all get first 50 or more hours by themselves before hired ? it is expensive. It might be common but is not a hard requirement. It really depends on the company and your other experience. Insurance rates and requirements can change every year. There's also no job guarantee af...

It might not have been a hard pull up just for terrain, but normal ops. The G limits on the commanders are quite low. Not really lower than other aircraft types, but for a job where you are often making steep turns and pulling up a bit more sporty than in other operations, it is quite low. Note that...

does the seaplane pilot all get first 50 or more hours by themselves before hired ? it is expensive. It might be common but is not a hard requirement. It really depends on the company and your other experience. Insurance rates and requirements can change every year. There's also no job guarantee af...

My other point is, the pay system has been this way for my entire career Objectively, no it hasn't. There was a certain FO / CPT ratio, and this new TA makes the discrepancy between the 2 of them worse. If roughly everyone got a 25% raise across the board, you could somewhat ethically say "it's bee...

So, here is the conundrum, the ones now at the top scale have been under the same system where there is a delay in the pay progression favouring the later years. We are here now and waited patiently for the payoff and the suggestion that we should share the wealth is equally selfish but no junior p...

The argument "oh you will spend more time in the left seat" is soo unbelievably frustrating. Anyone who knows anything about investing knows that money today is worth way more than money down the road (Especially if it takes 10-12 years just to upgrade to hold short call in the most junior base WJ ...

The argument "oh you will spend more time in the left seat" is soo unbelievably frustrating. Anyone who knows anything about investing knows that money today is worth way more than money down the road (Especially if it takes 10-12 years just to upgrade to hold short call in the most junior base WJ ...

Canadaflyer46 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 23, 2026 12:50 am I was incredibly sad to hear this news about Air Sprint as it had a reputation of being a place to hang your hat in the corporate world.

What percentage of pilots has been there over 3 years? I know they have a few long time pilots but it seemed like a small minority.

Me262 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2026 11:13 pm
I'd think personal device, and they can check the website address to make sure it's the real TC website.

That's very easy to fake on your local computer

Its even simpler than any of the above. If a company is granted an OC in canada, (yes there are a lot, but not as many as there are pilots) that should come with a login and access to an internal verfication on TCs website. All they have to do is login to TC's verification site. Punch in the licens...

It begins. https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/reference-centre/civil-aviation-safety-alerts/pilot-documentation-civil-aviation-safety-alert-casa-no-2026-09 2. Transport Canada is now reinforcing its approach to validation of all new pilot hires. Operators are expected to ensure that all newly hired f...

You know more people than you think. Instructors, other FTU staff, maybe the occasional FBO that you visit. Every time you visit a company you will make connections, even if they reject you. Ask when you can follow up, and then do so. What type of engineering were you in? Anything that could be of i...