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by Big Pistons Forever
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: PGI instructing (always wondered?)
Replies: 11
Views: 939

Re: PGI instructing (always wondered?)

PDM = Pilot Decision Making also sometimes called ADM, Aviation Decision Making I have a PDM example in every lesson. Some PGI's, like short field landings are 80 % PDM. A short field landing is just like every other landing, however the decision around whether or not you should be landing, whether ...
by Big Pistons Forever
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Test Recommendations
Replies: 4
Views: 317

Re: Flight Test Recommendations

I assume you're a class 4 instructor and have done 5 of the last 10 hours. If so, yes it counts. Since failing the partial resulted in the requirement for a full flight test your recommendation counts as a first time pass, subject to the hours requirement referenced by Bede. I assuming the OP is a ...
by Big Pistons Forever
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Metro 3 ( dangerous as they say it is )
Replies: 54
Views: 5279

Re: Metro 3 ( dangerous as they say it is )

King Air 100 has a worse accident rate than the Metro series. It’s not the airplane that is dangerous it is the operator
by Big Pistons Forever
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:28 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: Instrument - Lost Comms - What will you do?
Replies: 5
Views: 325

Re: Instrument - Lost Comms - What will you do?

I will squawk 7600 and then since I have the ACC in my cell phone contacts. If I lose comms I will phone them and sort this out.
by Big Pistons Forever
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: nav can awws site closure
Replies: 88
Views: 8853

Re: nav can awws site closure

I never used CFPS and now that AWWS is gone I use the aero weather app and DINS for notams.
by Big Pistons Forever
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada
Replies: 12
Views: 974

Re: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada

[/quote] Where did you find an AME to rectify the 59 snags you found during the ferry flight you described?[/quote] The owner wanted me to snag everything I saw. Almost all of the snags were not flight critical like wet carpet in the nose baggage bay, a rip in the cabin carpet, leaking vent window e...
by Big Pistons Forever
Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:00 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada
Replies: 12
Views: 974

Re: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada

The 300 mile CPL cross country should be approved by the students instructor, especially if the airplane is a flight school rental. It will be on a clear and a million day to the same places everybody goes to. Ferry flights don’t give you the luxury of waiting for perfect, you will use your experien...
by Big Pistons Forever
Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada
Replies: 12
Views: 974

Re: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada

Risk is dependent, how long has the a/c been sitting, was it well maintained. WX is it's own risk, you have to be willing to say it's not happening today whether it's IFR with no suitable alternate in rate or VFR through the passes. 200 hour brand new CPL’s are going to pretty much by definition no...
by Big Pistons Forever
Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada
Replies: 12
Views: 974

Re: Ferry piston aircrafts across Canada

Ferry flying is not a job for low time pilots. Based on your previous posts you do not have the experience to do this kind of work. My last ferry flight was a trans Canada delivery of a Cessna 421. When I made it to the West Coast I presented the new owner with a 59 item snag list.
by Big Pistons Forever
Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: New hire bids
Replies: 1604
Views: 739674

Re: New hire bids

Is the Jazz MMG 85 hrs ?
by Big Pistons Forever
Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Attitude Indicator vs Artificial Horizon
Replies: 31
Views: 6185

Re: Attitude Indicator vs Artificial Horizon

The only thing I care about is whether it has a roll pointer or sky pointer. The original Chinese AI in my Nanchang has color coding opposite to what Western units have. The blue is on the bottom and the brown is on the top. I have never been able to find an explanation as to why this is. Anybody go...
by Big Pistons Forever
Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Typical IFR training
Replies: 6
Views: 555

Re: Typical IFR training

My 02 cents 1) You have to have the knobology down cold particularly with the older GPS’s like the Garmin 430/530 system. Buy a good manual ( I like the pilot workshops.com manual), download the free Garmin sim and practice using every function. 2) Using a home sim is good to practice what you were ...
by Big Pistons Forever
Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair/Lynx Merger
Replies: 25
Views: 7776

Re: Flair/Lynx Merger

Personally I don’t see everyone surviving in the current market. The million(s) dollar question is given the geographical realities of Canada and the enormous government imposed overhead costs, is it even possible for a pure ULCC to exist in Canada
by Big Pistons Forever
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructor Rating waitlists
Replies: 12
Views: 910

Re: Flight Instructor Rating waitlists

Paying more won’t fix the instructor shortage as the majority of instructors want to go to an airline or corporate job. Instructing isn’t a viable career because the entry barriers are so low. When a 231 hr total time brand new instructor can teach the CPL or ME/IFR course there is no incentive to m...
by Big Pistons Forever
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:18 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructor Rating waitlists
Replies: 12
Views: 910

Re: Flight Instructor Rating waitlists

Unless you are an aviation college graduate with a tie to a regional operator there does not seem to be very many jobs for 200 hr CPL's, at least here on the West Coast. The old days when there was a ton of Navajo operators who were hiring new guys in the right seat are long gone. I am hearing that ...
by Big Pistons Forever
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Around the Camp Fire
Topic: A crash I witnessed early in my career and some lessons learned.
Replies: 10
Views: 1032

Re: A crash I witnessed early in my career and some lessons learned.

Sad to say that is the reality of 702-703 aviation. Everybody is going to loose somebody they know if you stick with it. Almost 30 years ago I did the Multi Engine Training for an experienced floatplane pilot so he could move up to the Twin Beech on floats. Not long after he got on the line he had a...
by Big Pistons Forever
Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Helicopter hours towards regional (Encore / Jazz)?
Replies: 18
Views: 1510

Re: Helicopter hours towards regional (Encore / Jazz)?

If you have a few years to go to lock in your pension you could always volunteer for a Moose Jaw Fixed Wing tour. They seem to always be begging for Instructors and you will leave with all the time you need.
by Big Pistons Forever
Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Ferry Flight Legality
Replies: 11
Views: 1173

Re: Ferry Flight Legality

Aeronautics Act Interpretation section "commercial air service means any use of aircraft for hire or reward" and "hire or reward means any payment, consideration, gratuity or benefit, directly or indirectly charged, demanded, received or collected by any person for the use of an aircraft" From a lit...
by Big Pistons Forever
Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: Adverse Reactions Poll
Replies: 214
Views: 6515

Re: Adverse Reactions Poll

You need to answer three questions, it’s not only about how effective a vaccine is. How safe is the vaccine How effective is the vaccine How dangerous is the disease “Which is better” depends on the answer of the three points above. Unfortunately our government just said “safe, effective and danger...

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