It's always been my understanding that although a diesel engine could burn Jet-A, it wouldn't do well in the long run as diesel fuel had lubricating properties for a diesel engines piston rings etc. that Jet-A does not have. Am I wrong on this? and if not do they address this through modifications o...

So if you apply for and receive approval to operate under an FRMS you can submit any schedule you want and have to count on your regional TC rep to approve it? Does that mean a company in one region might be operating under a schedule that a company in another region was denied? Also, what happens i...

Frankly I don't see anything wrong with expecting a pilot who is operating under VFR to require VMC, and for these Conditions to include the ability to orientate your aircraft relative to and by remaining in sight of the ground. A more accurate line of thinking would be to question whether the gener...

" It's a CH number so odds are I won't need to worry about an operators opinion... " Don't take this the wrong way, but you might wanna at least wait a few years until you're sure you are gonna do this for a living.. Aweful lot of newly minted CH licence holders out there never end up earning a livi...

It was a while ago so maybe I'm not remembering properly but didn't PASCO put out some sort of press release or article in a Vancouver paper after this accident basically saying it was the customer's (company contracting them, not those particular pax) fault for putting lots of pressure on them to g...

If you are willing to go slumming and ride a helicopter instead Helijet has a recip jump seat with Air Canada (at least they did when I flew there in 2010) We also had deals with Harbour air/West Coast Air, It was either free or 20$, I can't remember.

I'm curious what is meant by the phrase "Land your discretion" vs "Cleared to land", and at the risk of asking a stupid question can I land without it if I am landing at a spot within a control zone that is NOT at the airport? (in my case a roof top helipad) Its my understanding that a "Land your di...

I'm too busy judging you Air Canada guys over those stupid hats to be bothered judging you on your tattoos.

"..And by failing to provide pilots with a means to enable them to maintain visual reference while operating at night..." Is the Federal Ministry of Labour trying to force ORNGE (and therfore everyone else who operates and aircraft night VFR) to adopt Night Vision Goggles? Short of NVGs or installin...

Curious about how things work behind the scenes when I get my clearance, and the differences between me getting it from an airport thats controlled, one with a FSS and from aerodrome with no agency. Last night we departed a larger airport in the wee hours of the morning (Read MF vs Tower Controller)...

Shouldn't you expand this? If your going to try and get someone to come on here and say they work in HR and have actively discriminated against women then shouldn't you be honest when searching out what causes pilots to leave your company for reasons other than new tin or more money? When interviewi...

Dave, You'll find more discussion geared towards helicopters at http://www.verticalmag.com/forums/can/ don't be offended if no one answers you here, as this site is predominately fixed wing. Your school should have provided you with a list of the texts used, but the short list is fairly common regar...

Were Colgan pilots members of the ALPA before the crash? Did they get a pay bump as a result of brilliant negotiating? or because the national news media found out about the crap conditions the pilots were previously employed under and published them on the front page of every newspaper, making the ...

Looks like they've starting putting the dock in, how goes the fight for the VCSOA? Or is there a fight anymore?

Give it time, it'll degenerate, they all do..

Emailed Garmin, hopefully they'll have some sort of answer in the next few days.

Yes, I assumed if the thing was smart enough to know that it was not in the right sensitivity mode it would tell us to conduct a missed, but it just kept right on going to the next two step-down waypoints, and then the missed approach waypoint as though it was a normal approach. Thats what I don't g...

Question for people out there with more Garmin 530 experience then me. Had an odd thing happen to us the other day, I've never seen it in the 3 years I've been using the units, but I'm sure I'm missing something simple, so here goes: Flying a GPS RNAV approach, loaded and activated the approach, con...

One could also live by the moto "How will this look in the accident report should things not turn out so well?" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christine-negroni/pilot-texting-on-fatal-co_b_443794.html Now you may or may not find the Huffington Post to be the most rock solid new source, and you may ha...

According to Transport Canada's storefront website the IPM is no longer available?

http://shop.tc.gc.ca/TChtml/ibeCCtpItmD ... anguage=US

Anyone in the know have any idea if it's just being updated? or is it gone for good?

"Witnesses said the pilot apparently tried to make an emergency landing about mid-span on the deck of the bridge before losing control of the helicopter, which plummeted into the bay." "The pilot told police the aircraft had mechanical problems just after he took off from a nearby yacht." I'm curiou...

Looking for a roommate or room to rent in the Vancouver area. Hopefully something close to YVR. Would appreciate a PM if you have something.

The last time this was discussed on Vertical someone demanded it be pulled down when it begain to paint Icefield in a bad light. If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know, or you think it'll be different for you then go ahead and sign up.

A fool and his money are soon parted..

"Shortbus, Seriously, the last 50 HEMS crashes in the U.S.A have come from pilots whose MEAN flight hours > 4000. This comes directly from looking at the NTSB factual reports available for your viewing pleasure online. http://www.ntsb.gov Cheers." Don't lump Canadian operators in with the American H...

What, now British Columbia isn't part of Canada?

If your going be living in Victoria you can consider Helijet, as they also have a reciprocal jump seat agreement with AC. That is of course assuming your willing to climb into a real flying machine... (let the jokes about repelling the earth begin) In the shorter daylight of the winter they'll give ...