planenuts wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:59 am

careerpilot? wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 10:29 am New Q400 sims. Would imply WestJet has no intention of folding Encore / retiring the Q if they’re building new sims for it. Good news.

I guess....

Is it not?

New Q400 sims. Would imply WestJet has no intention of folding Encore / retiring the Q if they’re building new sims for it. Good news.

The problem with the RCAF is the insanely onerous requirements and training programs that simply aren’t required and definitely no longer necessary in the modern world. Especially given that lack of personnel threatens their very existence. A Navajo flying into a northern reserve probably gets shot...

On the contrary. There are alot of YYC commuters (we do not have a YYC base). It is the way the bid runs which is based on seniority so anyone can bid and get awarded. Problem is when the system fills you schedule, unless you specifically anti bid the pairing #, it will say here you go. Hmm. Maybe ...

The Satellite pairings are a flop. I’m not a YYC commuter and have a YYC satellite pairing at the end of the month (guess who’s not doing that). Many YYZ non-commuters have been awarded these pairings which are creating chaos. Until a proper process is established for this I wouldn’t count on it. A...

The Satellite pairings are a flop. I’m not a YYC commuter and have a YYC satellite pairing at the end of the month (guess who’s not doing that). Many YYZ non-commuters have been awarded these pairings which are creating chaos. Until a proper process is established for this I wouldn’t count on it. A...

I’m interested in the answers too. Less of a commute for me (Edmonton) but I do have the same questions.

Nice work!

Here's one to help you out on your MIFR. The aircraft specific stuff is for a DA62.

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It's used in the practice areas around Pitt Meadows airport. I'm doing my PPL out of there and was trying to find where I would find this written down somewhere and arrived at this thread.. AIM? CFS? DAH? I guess it's just a "you gotta know", I guess no one is on 126.7 and this is just how it's alw...

astech wrote: ↑Wed Apr 23, 2025 5:34 pm

The rates are still accurate. Got started with them on the weekend.

Great!

The key point being that any other flight school in the area would have cancelled on that day. We were able to press and get the x completed when any other school would have had to cancel. It is indeed the key point. I appreciate the extra information. Did you do single engine work in the icing con...

Cool, so why not share the rate? I didn’t want to share a rate that might not be current anymore, so I sent it via PM. At the time I did the training earlier this year, it was $500/hr for the plane and $100/hr for the instructor. Could be different now. Instructing is a side gig for these guys and ...

Try Jetpro out of Josephburg. They are excellent instructors with airline and military backgrounds, and the airplane is beautiful. Wait list is relatively short, especially if you’re already close to finished. http://www.jetpro.ca/ it looks so high end. do you know its price ? I don't think I can a...

Try Jetpro out of Josephburg. They are excellent instructors with airline and military backgrounds, and the airplane is beautiful. Wait list is relatively short, especially if you’re already close to finished.

http://www.jetpro.ca/

They seem to have gone from a class every 3 weeks to 6, then 9 and now possibly 15 if September is after June. Last class was barely over half capacity. I'm sure there's no shortage of FOs, there's a shortage of upgradeable FOs. In YUL you can literally have a second full time job with the lack of ...

I attended the event and found it to be a positive experience. Maybe the perspective of coming in from a very different community (military) and being less concerned about wages (pension) gives me a different viewpoint on working for Encore, but I plan on applying when I finish my license conversions.

I just finished my MEIFR with a company that's not registered as a designated educational institute. They therefore cannot issue a T2202. From my research, I don't think I can claim that training, as they aren't a DEI and there's no T2202. A bit of a shame, as if I'd done the exact same training dow...

I'm naive because I'm not in the airlines (yet), so my thoughts may not translate well. But can't airlines just do what we do in the military - select based on merit? Sit a board every quarter and go through the FOs that have the highest scores on their last (or last few) PPCs. Rank them, and offer...

I'm naive because I'm not in the airlines (yet), so my thoughts may not translate well. But can't airlines just do what we do in the military - select based on merit? Sit a board every quarter and go through the FOs that have the highest scores on their last (or last few) PPCs. Rank them, and offer ...

Jar,

I'm in a very similar situation, though my questions were a little different. If you haven't already, check out some of the great advice I got from a few folks in the linked thread, might answer at least a few of your questions.

viewtopic.php?t=208983

What about volunteering? CASARA, Cadets, etc? I know one should volunteer for the good feels, but is it so bad to have a mutually beneficial arrangement? I give you my time, and I build PIC doing it?

IMO if I'd be you I'd totally apply to either RCMP Air Div, STARS or Ornge, depending where you are. They would take you immediately with your thousands of hours Then if you really want the airline life, do your ATPL via VAC while flying. Yeah those are options - RCMP I believe requires pilots to g...

It was pretty accessible. You must give them a quote from the school and they just pay it up with very few questions if any. It was super easy using mine all up, with 30% of it to spare for all other expenses. Do they actually cover living expenses whilst one goes back to school, for those of us wh...

CaptDukeNukem wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:49 pm Makes sense. I missed the part where you had 2 years or less to go for the pension. But it can be done, apparently so best of luck!

Yeah, and that guy has about the same level of experience as I do, so it’s promising. I just need to figure out how I want to handle the ATPL PIC hours first!

Good morning all, I haven't posted on or visited these forums in ages - Some years ago I posted as I was considering a career change from Army to commercial pilot. Thankfully my luck was good, and I was successful in transferring to the RCAF as a pilot. I currently fly helicopters (CH146, or B412 i...