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by beentheredonethat!
Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:44 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: It appears another 703 operator bites the dust.
Replies: 19
Views: 3589

"Fool."

"marktheone.ASSH*le!!!
by beentheredonethat!
Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:09 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Penta Aviation
Replies: 4
Views: 1652

..finish off your logbook?? Uhm, wrong place. They are a corporate jet service centre. Unless your logbook already includes a couple or three years of biz-jet(Citation/lear/Hawker/Falcon etc..) experience, I believe your chances aren't that great. I don't want to discourage you from trying. That bei...
by beentheredonethat!
Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:55 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Sonic blue Hoe goes south
Replies: 2
Views: 1584

:o Now if we can get RJ and his band of slimey serfs (CD & NC)
to follow the 'ho, West Coast aviation will be that much better off... :roll:
BTW I heard that NC slimed his way into an "OPS" position with Craig Air,
can anyone confirm and more importantly does Craig Air know!! :?
by beentheredonethat!
Sat May 13, 2006 11:44 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Osoyoos BC Runway
Replies: 9
Views: 1331

Have you guys also heard that Midway airport is due to be paved also?

I heard this last year from the RCMP guy there, it's some sort of Federal/Provincial program.

anyone been by there lately to see?
by beentheredonethat!
Sat May 13, 2006 11:42 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: Any cheap hotels near CYVR???
Replies: 9
Views: 765

wallypilot you wrote|that's because ralph gave 'em all a bus ticket to our more sympathetic welfare system! (kidding...about the first part). well I'm afraid it true, Ralph Klein DID give one way bus tickets to his welfare recipients as part of a "relocation allowance" in the mid 80's just before an...
by beentheredonethat!
Sun May 07, 2006 12:26 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Aeronautics act getting amended.
Replies: 11
Views: 1065

:lol:
Yep, yet another potential useful thread of discussion
killed by excessive CAT spray!
Please people, have YOUR pet spade or neuteured of this may be the result!
:lol:

Ranting response in:

3

2

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by beentheredonethat!
Mon May 01, 2006 1:31 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Fear of reprisal from TC
Replies: 325
Views: 43429

No ., you missed my point I feel strongly any wrong doings by the regulator to you or anyone should be answered to But . here is the rub, we (the collective we) have been listening to this story for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time! and "throw down" does not me fade away/giv...
by beentheredonethat!
Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:59 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Fear of reprisal from TC
Replies: 325
Views: 43429

CAT, and I quote"Not to mention I am one of the most experienced and qualified members of the aviation community in Canada. " I guess modesty has never been one of your traits huh ., . baby, you ain't getting any younger, you're what 75-80 or close to it by your own admission If your story has any m...
by beentheredonethat!
Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:36 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Sobering statistic
Replies: 12
Views: 1907

:oops:
OOps! my bad
Thanks for the link
disturbing none the less....
by beentheredonethat!
Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:06 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Sobering statistic
Replies: 12
Views: 1907

Sobering statistic

Industry and Risk The idea that work-related deaths occur only in high-risk industries is a myth. Logging, mining, and construction, for example, are high risk and do have a large number of deaths. However, some industries traditionally considered low risk - such as farming and the hotel and restaur...
by beentheredonethat!
Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:50 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Fear of reprisal from TC
Replies: 325
Views: 43429

sigh... CAT says "Yes, I have seen Sonic and Nav Air machines close up on the ramp. However having been an airplane mechanic all my career I do not make judgements based only on seeing an airplane parked on a ramp. " Now I know you haven't seen these machines up close!! How frikkin obvious does a de...
by beentheredonethat!
Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:13 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Fear of reprisal from TC
Replies: 325
Views: 43429

Mitch Cronin I could not agree with you more that most of the people who whine and bitch about the regulator do so because TC gets in the way of doing things their way and maximizing cash to them at others expense or safetys expense, usually both. Witness NAVair and SonicBlue as two prime examples. ...
by beentheredonethat!
Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:29 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Fear of reprisal from TC
Replies: 325
Views: 43429

Hey CAT,

Hey CAT, Do us all a favour when you're overseas next time.....

Stay there :shock:
by beentheredonethat!
Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:34 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Pro wings aviation job ad
Replies: 5
Views: 1481

Canadian Flag Transport Canada / Transports Canada Corporate Offenders - October 2005 Corporation: Pro Wings Aviation Ltd. Date: Count(s): Violation: Penalty: Location: 2004/10/12 1 CAR 605.84(1) $7 500 Chilliwack, B.C. 2004/10/12 1 CAR 605.86(1) $1 250 Chilliwack, B.C. 2004/06/28 1 CAR 605.86(1) $1...
by beentheredonethat!
Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:12 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Tribunal
Replies: 49
Views: 6138

172 driver "Without spilling all the details, I issued a written work order to the AME to complete a 100 hour inspection including all AD's. He took 3 weeks to complete the inspection, but by telephone told me the inspection was done and my rental pilot who was itching to go on this big trip could t...
by beentheredonethat!
Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:45 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Sonic Blue fined?
Replies: 48
Views: 5289

Shut up Cat Driver

:evil: If find it absurdly ironic that you should fault TC for fining Sonic Blue for NOT following the maintenance schedule as I recall that was the very issue that started your precarious ride downhill with TC in the first place. I'm sick and tired of the West coast aviation 'I know better than ......
by beentheredonethat!
Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:19 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: NavAir Grounded in YYC???
Replies: 135
Views: 30388

Just for once...

I agree with Cat Driver..."M&M under it's present(past actually) management is a disgrace to aviation" That NAVAIR survived audit after audit and multiple ramp checks in this (pacific) region smells of ...coersion incompetance,indifference? I KNOW that NAVAIRs attitude when ramp checked was not of u...
by beentheredonethat!
Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:19 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: NavAir Grounded in YYC???
Replies: 135
Views: 30388

Navair

How this bunch of clowns have managed to stay in business this long is a tradgedy and a miracle! There aircraft are DISTGUSTING and symptomic of a west coast avaition o/o, NO PRIDE!! I can very well beleive that because of the alleged criminal negligence of the NAVAIR EOM(Emporor of Maintenance ie y...
by beentheredonethat!
Tue May 10, 2005 10:02 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Maintenence Questions
Replies: 7
Views: 2171

1) The elementary maintenance per se doesn't need to be signed off every time, otherwise it kinda defeats the purpose!! What has to happen in a commercial setting(including flight school) is the tasks have to delineated and approved/incorporated into the schools op[s} manual. Then, an AME has to ins...
by beentheredonethat!
Fri May 06, 2005 7:33 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Are there any AME's here?
Replies: 41
Views: 9485

:lol: Yup, I'm in. 18 years, ulltralights to heavies, most of my time on medium and heavy bizjets here and the US, Oh got my A&P along the way to. Now now my fellow Canucks, don't sneer at our American brothers(and sisters!) there licence travels a hell of a lot better than ours in most instances. G...

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