I don't really care if this is a PR move (I'm sure it is). It will probably help some people who might be SOL otherwise.

Yep, this was just for flight planning for the CPL flight test Nav portion. Well I'm glad to see I'm not going crazy as it is clearly class E. My instructor seemed pretty adamant that you had to talk to someone though. He's a great instructor and is the kinda guy who considers best practice a stand...

I’m absolutely certain of that. The context isn’t gliding distance. Or engine out operations. It’s exactly as I said... “once you are visual and can stay visual”. You have to fly the approach you have been cleared for. You can't just declare yourself to be on a visual approach; you can request it a...

I personally will be starting a Checklist checklist to make sure I don't forget any of my checklists.

Apparently you can be contagious with this virus before you show any symptoms of having it which makes spreading it that much easier. Sure, but colds and the flu are also generally contagious before symptoms begin. Now the lag time may be more or less, but this feature alone doesn't appear to make ...

Saw the "new" FENO today... it's an Encore Q400.

The old one was better.

Not related to the overrun but related to dispatch reliability from an airline captain friend of mine; He was on his way out in a 737-200 & upon reviewing the dispatch info found that he was 8000 lbs light on fuel & requested the fuel be put on board before he would allow pushback - dispatch told h...

https://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/aviation/documents/TP11541E-Accessible_VFR_procedures_at_uncontrolled_aerodromes_EN.pdf The diagram is fairly straightforward to me. At any airport you can join via overhead into the mid-downwind, or the straight-in downwind. If it is an MF, whether or not there is a...

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...

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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...