The decision to pair the captain and first officer was. It manifested in the lad calling the hung gear, and then directing the captain to slow down. Neither of those things would have been in his training or in any SOP. It is an example of his belief that he knew more than the captain, and of his m...

Pardon my very limited bush experience, but is it considered normal ops to fly fast after take-off to blow any residual snow off the wings? Wouldn't the ability to get off the ground mean that the wings are providing enough lift at lower speeds so you managed to cheat death? Swept-wing jets can get...

Juan sums up the prelim well. These guys were amateurs. I don't believe they even consulted HOT tables. If they did, they had no idea what they were looking at. Horrible decision making and knowledge base. Nevermind the so called flying "skills". Amateurs. https://youtu.be/HK2uhj6AABI?si=x8ZcWZ1gDb...

Juan sums up the prelim well. These guys were amateurs. I don't believe they even consulted HOT tables. If they did, they had no idea what they were looking at. Horrible decision making and knowledge base. Nevermind the so called flying "skills". Amateurs. https://youtu.be/HK2uhj6AABI?si=x8ZcWZ1gDb...

I'm surprised the TSB report put so much emphasis on wing contamination. The real issue seems to be fiddling with the engines to reduce airspeed at 100 feet above ground instead of just climbing. Scary to see blackhole get another highly experienced pilot. What do you say to yourself as a reminder ...

The fact that you are coming onto a public forum to ask a very basic IFR question is concerning. I don't care enough to go looking at your post history to figure out if you are working at a 705, but I truly hope you aren't. If you are truly that clueless on what to do in this scenario, you should b...

Can't begin to imagine how the young pilot would bear this trauma for the rest of his life. TSB initial info only came out today. Would have been nice if we were provided the weather..... C-FDPW, a float-equipped De Havilland DHC-2 MK.1 operated by MHA Enterprises Ltd., was conducting a VFR flight ...

From TSB... C-GWPS, a De Havilland of Canada DHC-8-102 operated by Perimeter Aviation LP, was conducting IFR flight PAG774 from Thompson Airport (CYTH), MB, to York Landing Airport (CZAC), MB. During the initial climb out of CYTH, at approximately 200 feet above the ground, the smoke and master warn...

The issue is, it's hard to take about any of this stuff without examining basically every aspect of how man are treated differently from women (and vice versa) in society from childhood to adults. DEI is such a broad phrase it's almost worthless to use. It could mean almost anything to anyone. As a...

The issue is, it's hard to take about any of this stuff without examining basically every aspect of how man are treated differently from women (and vice versa) in society from childhood to adults. DEI is such a broad phrase it's almost worthless to use. It could mean almost anything to anyone. As a...

Have you ever actually asked a woman why they don't go into this field? Have you ever talked to a woman in the trades? The reason is the men! Well there you go folks. We now know that if the city I live in decides to stop using private companies for trash collection and decides to hire only women f...

First of all, the tiny ratio could be due to girls not even realizing this career field is open to them. Gender norms and influences get ingrained very early on. Females know that every career is open to them now. Can we stop the intentional lies? Do you honestly think that somehow, there were only...

I would call that an irrelevant argument. The more important question would be prior to becoming aware of the hostile professional environment.... what was a male/female ratio in her training class. I bet it was tiny, which proves lack of attraction. Assuming that the same professional environments...

In reality, it doesn't attract very many people but men are much more willing to bite the bullet and do the job than women. In other words, a lot more women will outright refuse to do that job than men when push comes to shove, even if the monetary reward is reasonable. Again, I think you are not v...

I've also personally spoken to a female plumbing apprentice who quit because she found the professional environment extremely hostile to women. She was sad about having to quit because she really enjoyed the actual job. I would call that an irrelevant argument. The more important question would be ...

Perhaps so. Fewer women could be interested in a profession AND there could be systemic barriers for those who are interested. Those two things are not mutually exclusive. Could be this, could be that. A person could come up with all kinds of "coulds" with no actual evidence to back any of it up. I...

I've also personally spoken to a female plumbing apprentice who quit because she found the professional environment extremely hostile to women. She was sad about having to quit because she really enjoyed the actual job. I would call that an irrelevant argument. The more important question would be ...

They refuse to accept the reality that women are just not nearly as interested in certain jobs. They have never once seen a female garbage collector and have probably never seen a female plumber, roofer, pest control person, etc. The reason is obvious yet that can't extrapolate that to other career...

After posting I decided to see what I could find and essentially the most recent census data has all three, pilots, plumbers and electricians equally represented at 5% female If we can accept that women are a lot less interested in plumbing without controversy, why all the backlash in stating the s...

They have never once seen a female garbage collector and have probably never seen a female plumber, roofer, pest control person, etc. The reason is obvious yet that can't extrapolate that to other careers. Had a bathroom renovation done here last year, both the plumber and the electrician on that j...

About 90 % of the Canadian airline pilots are white males. White males represent about 32% of the entire Canadian population. So is the fact that 90 % of the pilots are white males due to 1) Only White males are good enough to he pilots, or 2) Only a very small percentage of the 68% of the Canadian...

186 hours dual, 11 hours solo at the time of the checkride :shock: There are scenarios where this wouldn't be a red flag, but in combination with the other data in the report, it doesn't paint a good picture. Must have been horrible for the passenger. Can you give us a scenario where that does not ...

As for the comments from instructors and the FTU that she was barely competent, how the hell did she pass her ride(s)? I did a checkride at an airline where the captain had a stickshaker event and some worriesome navigation after an engine failure with high mountains around and trouble taxiing afte...

Fairly rare(fortunately), but perhaps a pilot planning on skiplane ops someday will want to use this as a reference.... C-FOXF, a privately operated, amateur-built KitFox Series V aircraft, was conducting a visual flight rules (VFR) flight to and from St-Lambert-De-Lauzon Aerodrome, QC (CST7). After...

If the taxiways turn out to be glare ice, might want to stop and get the sweeping(or urea vehicles) to go ahead of you first. Could take a while. Residual engine thrust could be an issue of really slippery. Maybe have the APU already running in case you decide to shut down engines quickly. Then agai...