Forget about the airspace for a minute. Think airport. YGL and YVP have commercial service. YZR doesn't. Yes, I'm not suggesting YGL and YVP shouldn't have an FSS - I know they need one. I just don't get why YZR, which has no FSS nor commercial flights, needs to be controlled down to the surface wh...

Interesting, I didn't know this existed.

So you can have an MF with an FSS in class G, or an ATF with no FSS in a class E control zone (i.e. CYZR). Make it make sense!

Honestly, this is Brutal. Airline Pilot job started out, like the Skilled Trades today. You could say and do anything, and keep your job. Slowly, the employment pool became more saturated, and the rules involved in the profession, driven by Employers and the Government became more stringent. Now, w...

Dramatic much?

I'm not defending many of the changes in Canada over the past decade, but equating being slowed and vectored to living in a low trust, low competence society where nobody cares about their job is a bit of a leap.

I don't know, but I would guess they landed at Fort St. John (6900 ft, 2 hours away) and took a bus from there.

If that isn't long enough, the next closest airport with a (really) long runway is Prince George - 4.5 hours away.

The ATC audio says a lot. Yes there should probably be an ILS on 05, but the length of 14 and the crosswind appears to have played no role in this particular incident. They had apparently slowed to taxi speed and gave a braking action report with no stress in their voice. They just took the turn off...

Discerning for intent of the cockpit question (did U cut off) , hinges on whether or not the ‘answering pilot’ responded honestly or deceitfully. Claiming it was the latter’ that it must be suicide, firstly also requires investigative responsibility in determining for certain it wasn’t valiant reli...

You have no fuckin clue what you are talking about. Have you been in the military? Have you dealt with them at least? Overhead breaks, formation flying, low approaches, PARs, circuits, etc etc, all fitted in, most at the same time. NAV Canada controllers barely hold a candle to their training. With...

I don't have an answer for you, but if it was me I would just say "yes I need to do a run up... where should I do it?" and punt the issue back to Ground. If a controller gets mad at you for needing a runup, but there is no guidance on this matter in the CFS, ATIS, or when receiving taxi instructions...

DingDingDing wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 5:52 pm Watch this space.

More info is coming soon! And it is bad news for the defendants!

We all keep refreshing with disappointment.

I would never feel "safe" being at a hard cap altitude. OK what are you going to do then, fly at 100 feet over the river? It's a rock and a hard place, which is why this wasn't a viable helicopter route. If you still have to see and avoid, why complicate everything with a very low altitude cap? The...

The helicopter being above above max altitude is such a red herring. If the difference between 200 and 300 feet is death, it was never a viable helicopter route. It's not a cruising altitude of 200'. It's a hard cap altitude. I get that, but 100 feet is not separation. There needs to be a buffer, l...

The helicopter being above above max altitude is such a red herring.

If the difference between 200 and 300 feet is death, it was never a viable helicopter route.

Thank you for posting your story.

Daryl sounds like a special person and a good friend.

When was back in the day? With the exception of COVID, traffic has generally gone up year over year. Meanwhile the number of rules ATC has to follow has gone up, and the number of controllers has been steady or gone down. There is only so much pavement (06R/24L was completed over 2 decades ago) and ...

It's not completely off the table some day in the future, but for now, no.

I don't think the company has any desire to put all the resources required into training an employee, and only getting half an employee. They can't catch up to required staffing as it is.

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When being cleared to land give the pilot the full runway length unless the controller gives additional instructions, such as land short if able, or something else, What would happen if your brakes failed on landing and the controller positioned an aircraft for take off midway down the runway, Land...

It's been in place for a few years now at the international airport in Hungary: https://www.atc-network.com/atc-news/searidge-technologies/searidge-remote-tower-technology-certified-for-live-operations-at-budapest-airport That article is from 2017, and I can find nothing more substantial or recent ...

It appears YYR still has a BC to RWY 26.

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