Last time I checked YKF has a runway long enough for a Westwind.

They are just looking for an excise tp buy a new aircraft. They have been for a while pushing for a couple of used 604's. We've made similar aircraft ADS-B compliant recently and it's not that expensive. WAAS, etc is another upgrade but again some of this is likely required on 604's as many have bee...

Technically Georgian is the longest Air Canada Connector because Jazz was created in approx 2003 and it's predecessors were fully owned by Air Canada hence technically not a "connector". Georgian originally was a 19 seat feeder for Canadian Airlines in the 90's. Like everything else about Georgian i...

Any truth to the story that someone pulled back the condition levers (red handles) instead the of the props after takeoff. Apparently the condition levers are bent and embedded in the front of the pedestal by the PIC when they realized what had just happened....

Keewatin doesn't anymore.

Use the TC registry

https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ ... hSimp.aspx

Or dig the floats in. Ie nose down but careful not to flip it

95% of the medevac flying in MB is already done by the private industry. The only reason the industry isn't doing Code 4 is because they aren't permitted to carry the extra drugs or use the extra equipment even if its installed. Other provinces permit allow all the Code 4 equipment onboard a King Air.

ALPA is pretty anal and they recommended only classroom. No Sim required.

From what I see on a googled King Air 200 MEL you don't need 2 working attitude indicators unless a second in command is required. No offense to King Air first officers but I don't they are required. Correct me if I'm wrong. You can MEL the Copilot's AI if you have a functioning autopilot because t...

Doc just wants to blame people. That being said, it does take some skill to either have a dual engine failure or run out of fuel in a twin turbine. I can think of a couple instances, but it's pretty rare. I'm willing to bet that the combined experience in the cockpit totals less than the average of...

2112 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:36 pm

AFAIK Amik and Sowind share the same management.

There's been more than a couple of aircraft bounce off the ice on Family lake on the approach to 36 in ZGR in the winter.

That prop really doesn't look like it was producing power. Even Pratt's mangle the prop when they hit something abruptly

You can blame operators all you want but that certainly doesn't explain the large number of CFIT accidents by private pilots in personal aircraft. It's pretty clear that pilots will push weather even if they don't have a boss pushing them. They do it all by themselves....... Pressure is just as ofte...

J Lets just say that the average salary ( take away the top 2% ) is $60,000.00 before tax. An average pilot wage is $160,000.00 ( 10 years in ) A lawyer or doctor may make what the top end pilot would make $250-$300,000.00 + WHY do people think that an EMPLOYEE like a CEO should make nearly 200 time...

No political involvement?? There no coincidence that North America is essentially the only place that has not grounded the plane. Boeing has a monstrous political lobby group that has likely been knocking on/ kicking in so many doors right now that you're dreaming if you think the FAA is not being p...

They are dealing with the floats side right now as spring is coming. Turbo Otters

EIC just bought Kississing's King Airs, but they're mostly ancient, early serial number 100s and the awesome Beech 99. Don't be too discouraged though, they do have some of ex-Keystone's high end modern and well equipped 200s. :roll: Probably pretty safe to say that if more equipment is needed that...

digits_ wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:04 pm

I guess the government likes flying old junky airplanes?

Were they actually willing to pay for anything else other than older king airs and metros. That's what they use today for more $$.

Lots of people pay as much or more than pilots for their education. Lots of them will never make nearly what a professional pilot could. None of them are guaranteed jobs. Such is life. The difficulty in Aviation is that it's very difficult to access the funding especially if you're not going the co...

Okay, and who is gonna pay for these cameras? First of all, most commercial cockpits today already have a CVR, 705 jets also have a black box and most modern high tech jets have engine parameters being fed via satellite to maintenance every second. Pilots are some of the most highly monitored peopl...

Well that hurt my head to read.. How is this going to affect the airlines with those highly productive turns to the Caribbean/Central America with early morning report times (swg, tsc, rou, etc)? Will they just depart later in the day to take advantage of the extra duty, or will they have to hire m...

You are dreaming if you think Big Business likes government. Government gets in the way of free enterprise. Everyone loves layers and layers of red tape. 1 action equals dealing bureaucracy on a municipal, provincial and federal level. How do you think the oil industry feels about government interv...

I don't disagree but politicians are trying to win votes and putting pressure on the front lines.

TG

Hopefully these "big" changes will get the company back to the level it was at 5-6 years ago. It's crazy how fast a company will fall when you appoint the wrong people to be in key upper managerial positions. WWA is in need of a fresh start to get their priorities back on track. This is a step in t...

^ F@#K all that Sh!t! Indusrty created the looming headache by paying poorly in the first place, and now they want the taxpayers to bail them out, by increasing the supply of pilots, so that they can continue to pay poorly??!! FTS! How about salaries going up to attract more people? You know, just ...

rigpiggy wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:15 pm

What did i say earlier"follow the money"

I did follow the money for 16 years and sat immediately behind the NDP gravy train. I am very well off thanks to that but I sure wouldn't run my business that way. Its not sustainable.