Hi Reserve Tank, You misrepresent the information contained in the old website. The list of operators that you speak of was a list of companies where our first board members worked. There has never been any support in the form of cash or time off from these operators and there is varying degrees of ...

One other point, if you are a member and haven't been receiving email updates from us, check your spam or junk email folders. We are trying to resolve this issue, but in the meantime, check there. I know some of you will see the "poetic justice" in the above, given your skepticism of our efforts, so...

My concerns are for young pilots being bullied, and victimized, not by other pilots, but rather unscrupulous employers. Again, not part of your mandate. I'm out. :bear: :bear: Hi Brown Bear, The above items, quoted from a post of yours, are actually part of our mandate. If a pilot is bullied or vic...

Hello All, It's amazing how the conversation here can be so circular. Today is a reflective day for me as it was one year ago today that we opened the website 8 Aug 2012. As far as AC pilots joining for free: No. In 2009-10, the pilot associations of Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing, Air Georgian and th...

Good morning. I guess it's time to do a little clarifying. 1. The College that we envision has ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST in limiting the number of pilots. Even if the projections of pilot shortages are out by 50% there will still be a need for more pilots. 2. The College has ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST in c...

Good point cncpc The first two that Doc mentions- beginning with "prevent". Certainly if pilots were found doing those items, that would seem to "push" what is considered professional behaviour and second, if these pilots were being "pushed" by other pilots to do this (ie management pilots), then th...

When your "college" makes concrete plans to: Prevent companies from pressuring young pilots to "push" limits, weather, duty times, overloads etc. Prevent or at the very least strongly discourage the practice of taking cash out of pilots pockets to "buy" jobs. Insure companies pay young pilots a liv...

To whomever it was that asked about membership cards, it is something we are looking at, but isn't high on the priority list right now. Price the cost for me and offer to lick the letters and stamps, then maybe you've got me. When you join, you do get a receipt that verifies your membership. The col...

Lionheart27:
http://www.collegeofpilots.ca/faq/

Most should be answered there.

Some quick responses Photofly: The guild is indeed a livery corporation and there's a lot of history there. We have been in touch with their Canadian leadership and we sees parallels between our two initiatives and hope to build a solid, collaborative relationship with time. The "big stick"? Yes, we...

Hello All, The College continues to move forward, slow and steady. We sit just shy of 1,000 members at this moment, after having opened our website for membership 8 August 2012. As far as what's in a name, perhaps it is useful to visit the definition of the word "College". Webster's 4th definition i...

You are correct Doc. The only information that is collected is that which is necessary to appease the credit card clearing house we use. You are also correct that license number is part of the deal specifically for the College's purposes. That and an address in case we need to reach you via phone or...

Oh dear, The language in the privacy statement is what lawyers refer to as "boiler plate". What wasn't referenced in the above post was a portion of the statement that says "Only that information which is required to make a determination of an individual's eligibility will be collected." You can vie...

Nephilim, I have reviewed my notes. You sent your initial note to an email I use for PM's from this site. I responded to your note on or about Jan 14, 2012, just over six months ago and one day after first receiving your message. My response was sent to the email you provided in the initial contact....

Fair enough URC

One point to consider. The College envisioned will be a peer based, democratic association. So, you are correct, perhaps that is something that the membership would choose to do, except something of that magnitude would require a vote of the members.

Cheers

Loopy: Your comments are correct in assumptions about "Colleges" vs "Associations". Some questions though: 1. Which came first for the other groups, the colleges or the associations? 2. Are the colleges headed up by administrators that have never practiced the profession that they represent? 3. Thro...

Well, This has been an interesting, enlightening exercise. Messy, but interesting. Perhaps the way to move forward with this discussion is for me to reiterate some of the things that I’ve already said and add a few more observations and comments. There is a great desire from many of you to have me t...

Thanks for the kind words Doc. Elvis and I shared a Jack n Coke and chipped ice off of Walt Disney's cryogenic chamber to put in the drinks! OK, here's some tentative text for the hopefully soon to be rolled out, revised website: Mission: In the interest of public safety and in collaboration with al...

Sorry for the delay in posting, I just got back from meeting with Jimmy Hoffa and Elvis in Area 51 and we have unilaterally decided where this needs to head. I'd have been back sooner but RL-206 was snagged with a rough running #2 Iroquois. I hope you read that as a little humour to lighten the mood...

I need to clarify a comment as I suspect there has been a misinterpretation. Snoopy made a comment in her post which was a compilation of previous posts something to the effect of all the others in the industry and I interpreted that to mean people like AMEs, dispatchers, ramp attendants, flight att...

Kirsten B. I'm not sure which are your thoughts or comments from others pulled from the previous thread. I have looked through the thread you reference and have chosen to only post to this thread as it is more current. While three years in many respects is an eternity, for the development of the Col...

Old_man:

This is an organization for ALL fixed and fling-wing comm and atpls. This is another current shortcoming we hope to address ASAP. Interested?

BTW- the 604 operator I mention above does have both aeroplanes and helicopters.

Tom

What's up Doc? Sorry, couldn't resist :) MPL is Multi-Crew-Pilot-License. I don't want this to digress into a debate of the merits of this, but that's what it means, here's a link: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/standards/general-mpl-menu-2278.htm First of all, I am a terrible dancer and I ho...

Oh yes, the edumuhkayshun thing. I have seen pilots with degrees up the ying yang that are hacks and I've seen pilots with grade 8 that are some of the finest drivers whom I would trust with the lives of my wife and kids. So as far as those who believe that this College would enforce irrelevant acad...

Wow- you go flying for a few days and all hell breaks loose!! :) To address some of the comments subsequent to my last post: 20102m2: Thanks for the link. FYI, although not mentioned, I believe that the former President of the College did participate in that report. Perhaps his contribution was not ...