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- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:17 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Fill 'Er Up
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1704
Re: Fill 'Er Up
This is one of those things I’ve never had happen to me. Is not checking fuel before start and top of climb a thing at these organizations? Several years ago, I started a thread called “A Top of Climb Check”. It suggested that at the top of climb, the pilot do a check of all the switches and gauges...
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: 704 PIC
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1392
Re: 704 PIC
Lots of DHC6 under 704 being flown by CPLs. I was a 704 Captain on a 1900 before I had my ATPL.
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: PASCO’s Constant Job Ads
- Replies: 60
- Views: 7417
Re: PASCO’s Constant Job Ads
80 credit hours seems to be the word. So a pilot flying a King Air at Carson will have to take a $25k pay cut to fly a SAAB for Pasco as DEC under their “new” scales. And they have ads up all of the time, too. Gee, I wonder why PASCO isn’t finding anyone? Are you referencing medevac pay at Carson? ...
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:34 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Pay Scale at Keewatin?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7135
Re: Pay Scale at Keewatin?
As of Aug 2022 or so:
Prop FO 45k
Jet FO 55k
BE20 Capt. 72k
BE20 Capt. w/ 2500+ hours 82k
PC12 Capt. 85k
Jet Capt. 102k
All year 1 base salary.
- Sun Feb 20, 2022 4:37 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: ATPL saron and samra
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2237
Re: ATPL saron and samra
There's a few threads on here with questions from the exam but it all depends on what version you get so I wouldn't rely on those. I wrote mine recently and there weren't many surprises, maybe 2 or 3 on each exam where I genuinely hadn't seen anything like them before. Just know the stuff you're sup...
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:51 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: New Saron Questions?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16320
Re: New Saron Questions?
I wrote mine today. Not a single question on anything duty related. The exam was dated 2016.
- Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:26 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: aviation medical
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1067
Re: aviation medical
$100 for telemedical.
- Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:45 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Aerocet 5850
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3458
Re: Aerocet 5850
Look good, are nice to walk around on and the hatches are great. Performance not so good, don’t handle crosswinds as well as 4930s either. In big water you can feel them flexing and moving, undecided how I feel about it. 4930s are the better choice in my opinion.
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 5:04 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Styrofoam substance blocking 172 fuel vents?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1019
Re: Styrofoam substance blocking 172 fuel vents?
Hahaha, yall are funny. I will defend myself and say I know the difference between the fuel vent and the pitot tube. XD. To be more specific. This foam would collapse in my hands, and would more or less break at the lightest touch, before dissolving into the ground. When I told my instructor about ...
- Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:30 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Landing legally off-airport for recreation
- Replies: 31
- Views: 31202
Re: Landing legally off-airport for recreation
How about landing on the ramp/apron? Helicopters do it all the time. At uncontrolled airports in particular I haven’t been able to find any reg that you could get whacked for over it, although I haven’t dug deep enough to get the balls to do it yet.
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:37 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: What are the three biggest reasons for floatplane crashes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4872
Re: What are the three biggest reasons for floatplane crashes
Now, it's time to depart, and most of those adverse factors are present again. And, you have the added factor that you forgot to sketch the lake and landing and possible takeoff areas while you were up, and had the view. Now, with no aerodrome diagram, distances, or preferred departure paths, you'r...
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:32 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Too long radio transmissions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1613
Re: Too long radio transmissions
Blackfly Bay is sure easier to find than “62.7 nautical miles northeast of pikangikum” if you don’t have a GPS, maybe even if you do... So long as it is published on a VNC or referenced to something that is ie. blackfly bay on mosquito lake.
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 8 seats or more aircraft rental
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2860
Re: 8 seats or more aircraft rental
Short Ho will fit 7 pax no problem with full inboards even without the BLR upgross. Good for 2 hours and VFR reserve. Nothing stupid about it. Not something I’d want to be renting out though.
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:56 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: 182 down by Smithers
- Replies: 133
- Views: 17280
Re: 182 down by Smithers
I agree with the idea that a ditching is favourable to trees in many situations and the impact is often not terribly violent. However, even in the middle of June at much lower water levels I wouldn't like my chances if I were to jump into the Babine River in a controlled manner today. That water is ...
- Sat Jun 13, 2020 11:15 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: 182 down by Smithers
- Replies: 133
- Views: 17280
Re: 182 down by Smithers
It is hard to not notice that the TSB early on commented that the operator had a section in its manual in which it was "suggested" that when river levels were high and currents fast, forced approaches should be made into trees rather than water. It seems that there was a message in that inclusion. ...
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:17 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: PilotTraining.ca. (Online ground school)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3271
Re: PilotTraining.ca. (Online ground school)
For what it’s worth, Transport did not accept my letter from the website. When I told Harvs about it they told me tough shit. Wasn’t impressed, however the content is quite good and I scored very well on the exams I used it for.
- Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:51 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 max
- Replies: 494
- Views: 67008
Re: Ethiopian Airlines: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737 max
200 hour copilot... guess that’s normal in other countries. Very sad.
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: What is your highest level of education?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 9146
Re: What is your highest level of education?
Geology. I was 24 when I went 100% into aviation. I like to tell myself I'm happy with the choiceCdnPilotsalary wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:20 am Again, for curiosities sake: for those of you who did a non-aviation degree, what career did you come from? How old were you when you switched? Are you happy with your choice?
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Why would a scheduled air service be flying VFR in this weather?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4162
Re: Why would a scheduled air service be flying VFR in this weather?
Is popping a few "light clouds" VFR really more dangerous than hard IMC just because you didn't file? Often on days with wx similar to what you describe it's much easier to stay VFR below the true ceiling and even inside the lower wisps you can still see ground below and in front. I'd rather pop th...
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:54 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Why would a scheduled air service be flying VFR in this weather?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4162
Re: Why would a scheduled air service be flying VFR in this weather?
Is popping a few "light clouds" VFR really more dangerous than hard IMC just because you didn't file? Often on days with wx similar to what you describe it's much easier to stay VFR below the true ceiling and even inside the lower wisps you can still see ground below and in front. I'd rather pop thr...