Note the ceiling does not matter, only visibility does. If ceiling is less than 1,000' but visibility is 3 miles or more, and you can maintain VFR, you do not require SVFR. I cannot speak to the ATIS, but I believe most airports do not broadcast on the ATIS when IFR or SVFR is required.

Are we talking about dispatch in the USA or Canada?

Thanks for the absurd “solution” but I have no use for a landline. I got rid of my telegram machine as well, years ago.

How about we solve the problem instead of coming up with ridiculous workarounds?

Why am I forced to choose between possibly being woken up at night and thus working fatigued the next day, and being available for a family emergency call I could possibly do something about? For those who think it is as simple as turning the alerts off... this thread wouldn’t be at 3 pages if it we...

I just signed in without problems.

I did my flight training at DFC 8 years a go, never had to wait at all to taxi out of the apron, practice areas are to the north, east and west of the airport, to the north was the preferred area because it was pretty quiet, mostly the DFC guys would go there. At the time I did my training, DFC was...

I’m pretty sure it’s the larger diameter fan that leads to the increased efficiency of the LEAP engine. If they could’ve kept the engines where they were they would’ve, but the gear was too short.

For a short trip I can bring a carry-on, pay $0 and be off the plane and into an Uber right away. Or I can check it, pay $25 and wait 20+ minutes at the carousel, and that's if it didn't get lost or damaged along the way.

Kind of a no brainer why people might bring a carry-on.

Just be warned, many jobs that are advertised as "Flight Dispatcher" are nothing of the sort. There are no dispatchers for flying school 172s. Only 705 airplanes require dispatchers, so don't be fooled.

"Neither pilot saw the other aircraft in time to avoid a mid-air collision, partly owing to the inherent limitations of the see-and-avoid principle. Relying solely on visual detection increases the risk of collision while in uncontrolled airspace. Pilots are strongly encouraged to broadcast their in...

Well, in theory, if at the end of the day I have $100 extra in my pocket, I can spend it by going to the movies and put this money into the hands of an American movie studio or I can go flying and give $95 to the Canadian FBO and oil companies and $5 to the government and they can distribute it by ...

All I know is it can be very hard to spot traffic, even when it's relatively close, you know exactly where it is, and it is repeatedly pointed out to you by ATC. That's why I don't think a good lookout is enough to spot traffic (early enough to avoid it) in every conceivable configuration 100% of th...

B208 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:34 pm

All this talk about radio calls....

Radios don’t prevent collisions, your fucking eyeballs prevent collisions; so use them.

If only you knew how many planes you’ve got really close to and never even saw.

It certainly is a freak accident to be killed in a private jet crash when you’re in a turboprop.

Really? A crew that was not trained in a common NNC item has to be blamed on the machine?????? I'm pretty sure there is no "Unfounded MCAS Activation" checklist, and I know there wasn't at the time of the first crash because no crews even knew MCAS existed. If such a checklist existed, and was trai...

Just remember the FIR can be bigger or smaller than a province, i.e. Toronto FIR is smaller than Ontario but Winnipeg FIR is more than Manitoba. For national courses, I don't know how they decide where to send students. In my course, which was not a national course, we had no input as to where we en...

If 2 airplanes are crashed due to pilot error - is that a reason to ground a fleet? No - it's not 2 hull losses likely precipitated by the same issue, on a type with less than 2 years under it's belt? Seems like a pretty good reason to hit the pause button until this is sorted out. Boeing had their...

I don't think the FIC can create a NOTAM for a runway condition report based on a PIREP. It would be distributed as a PIREP, with the normal expiration period that entails. Only the airport operator can issue a runway condition report NOTAM. It's not uncommon that the conditions are so bad the maint...

I'm a little surprised by the number of pilots willing to defend a system as poorly thought out as MCAS. With a single point failure, it will actively yet subtly try to kill you, while providing multiple, possibly conflicting warnings. It has a foreseeable and severe failure mode that never should h...

FlyGy wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:38 pm

Ooooooh. I get it. You ASSumed.

Apology accepted.

Not sure what your problem is. I asked a question, you didn't answer it, someone else did. Moving on.

I mistakenly thought, from another photo showing the whole scene including what I thought was the aircraft on the south side of 16th Ave, that the aircraft was travelling north to south.

Understood, I was thinking the plane ended up on the south side of 16th Ave. Thanks for the clarification.

I’m aware of the orientation at YKZ. But the video provides no proof circuits to 33 were in progress, it is just as likely it was a botched approach to 15.

I’ve already read the article and seen the video, if you have any analysis or confirmation on specifics I’d be interested to hear it. I know the article says RWY 33 but I don’t have much confidence in the Toronto Sun getting the runway direction right, or even knowing there is a difference.