JVader wrote:YEG region, never had anything asked in french....

Likewise. YEG, no French.

ITA was the most difficult exam we wrote, just because of the huge range of material. It's the test for which an aviation background is the most useful, and even then it's hours and hours you'd need to revise to nail it.

ahramin wrote:I thought every ACC but Vancouver had already gone to electronic strips.

A large specialty in Edmonton is still using paper strips, for the time being. Another specialty uses them intermittently, or some hybrid of paper and electronic... not exactly sure.

jump154 wrote:What happens at 0000Z on the 13th?

Nothing till 9 hours after that.

The problem is not that they overshoot. The problem is that sometimes, they fly a slightly offset final approach course without realizing it. Don't know why it happens, maybe an integrity issue, but i've seen it numerous times here at YOW/YQB, enough that i can see how that might cause huge problem...

Thanks, that makes sense... though I was still thinking of the off chance they lose the ILS they'd have something to fall back on if minimums were in that small area between LPV and LOC only minimums. A highly unlikely hypothetical, I now realize. Surely the approval for parallel RNAV approaches wil...

No that is not a shock, but it doesn't explain the approaches at the airports where AC and WS are the biggest customers as well. Yes it'd be simpler to have everyone on the same approach and that can remain the case with RNAV approaches available... just seems useful for a field as big as YYZ to hav...

Why is YYZ lagging with precision RNAV approaches compared to other major airports? YHZ and YEG both have 4 LPV approaches (3 of YEG's already have an ILS) and YWG/YVR/YYC each have one... but YYZ has zero.

Thanks. What if all goes well and eventually I make it to training. Does anyone know what's good to study for that. I've got the whole alpha, bravo, charlie thing down pat. Something tells me there's more to the job that that though. Nah, once you've got the phonetic alphabet down you're in the cle...

Yeah I agree, the test seemed to hit all sections. They do a good bit of review with you for nearly a week before the test so you have a good idea of where your knowledge is weak. In terms of scheduling, our course has been extremely flexible and has deviated significantly from the one they initiall...

On my IFR course so far, ITA has been the most difficult test by a good margin. Having said that, if you are already a pilot, don't bother opening From the Ground Up; I don't think anyone on my course has looked at it and some coming in didn't know an aileron from an elevator. Everything you need to...

YEG should get a good course, current IFR course is a sort of guinea pig and all over the place.

Any insight into the calculation of the arrival rates on the OIS page? At the moment:

Sorry for the dumb question but I'm new to all this: what is the primary advantage for management in this? Reduced costs I assume, but how?

For what it's worth, that picture was completely doctored and none of those fares were accurate. YEG, for example, was showing exactly the same price as it did for Thursday.

Thanks!

Some controllers just say "Cleared direct ABC" Where else are you going to go after ABC other than your flight planned route ? Adding "remainder of route unchanged" or similar verbiage IMO just wastes airtime. In simulation, the virtual airplanes will call "requesting further clearance" about 20 mi...

As a high controller in a radar environment, what is the preferred phraseology for giving a guy a shortcut 3 or 4 fixes down his route or sending him back on course after a vector for spacing or something? Because I've heard "cleared/proceed direct xxx... ...on course" ...flight planned route" ...ba...

...through the initial rush of content in the first 2 months, anyway. Step 1) Probably a good idea to give a damn before you get here. Read a book (perhaps the one they give you) so you don't embarrass yourself. Reading From the Ground Up from cover to cover and memorizing it is not only impossible,...

Broken how I don't know, and I didn't care to ask as it no longer concerns me... but an HR guy here at the centre mentioned that he was going to spend the afternoon calling people and telling them their results because of problems with the website.

For anyone still sweating... apparently the online system is broken. YEG would have already called to update you, presumably the others will be doing the same.

I'm pretty scared about the low checkout rate... I almost wish I didn't know about it. I've put everything into this and it'll crush me if I don't get through. Gonna give it my all and hope for the best.

I'm still standby, it'll drive me wild if I don't get a seat. Just a massive inconvenience, more than anything else.

35R and 35L far enough apart for simultaneous ILS approaches?

I doubt anyone from my assessment is on that September course as we just finished 2nd round interviews. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to let them know I'd take a seat in either course.