Any insight as to the profit the GoC made off the $270.5m gift they provided Porter under the LLEEFF program? Perhaps a better question is how much of the principle and interest from said "loan" has Porter paid back? Here's a hint. It's less than a cup of coffee... at 1982 prices. In the real world...

C-FAHQ, a Thrush S2R-510 operated by Precision West AG Corp. (dba Provincial Airways), was conducting an aerial application flight near Davidson, SK. During one of the application passes, the aircraft struck a powerline with the main landing gear and the cable was cut by the wire cutters installed o...

Again, the hazards of flying low over a lake(glassy water perhaps?).... C-GKPH, an Airbus Helicopters AS350-B2 operated by Access Helicopters Ltd., was conducting a VFR flight approximately 9.4 nm NNW of McArthur River Aerodrome (CKQ8), SK. While enroute flying at a low level over a lake, the right ...

Pretty sure feathering props is SOP after touchdown off strip regardless of whether engines are turning. RIP to the victim. Can you feather props when they aren't turning? Is the still attached prop feathered? Some propeller types can be manually feathered when not turning. I have personally done i...

I spent much of a career with long blocks of days on and off. Loved it. Sometimes away for up to 6 weeks but a nice block of days off. Especially when it was combined with good layovers. Back in 2018, I asked some questions on this thread and asked questions for scheduling blocks days on and off. It...

My guess is that the owner is unwilling to pay for whatever is needed to upgrade the system. People are likely slowly leaving and the site will die a slow death.

And the only way to fix that carefully cherry-picked data is more taxes, more spending, and more direct government control. It’s what the USA is doing. Trump has spent massively in his 100 days. His tarrifs are a tax that Americans pay. He’s turning the US into a police state. And yet their debt is...

‘Bob’ wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 4:23 pm You forgot 2014 when crude oil crashed, 25% was wiped off the dollar, and Harper had to hide in a closet facing the blowback of his fawning for American jingoism.

Wait a minute.....How come Bob the Fraud doesn't mention that Carney supported the attack on Iran?

Not a floatplane but I wonder if glassy water conditions existed. I remember a guy from a nearby flying club many years ago that decided to impress his parents in a boat with a low fly by on the river. After he egressed from the crashed aircraft, his parents were nice enough to allow him to get onto...

It is an interesting picture. But those marks do not really look like the wheels of a typical airliner in terms of spacing for each pair. But maybe others could comment.

Perhaps voluntary overtime on an ALPA day allows one to have in-person time with one of the members for several hours to discuss what issues concern that member.

You're literally the same person who would defend DG, the incompetent pilot examiner at Springbank, for both allowing her student to take off with no fuel in the tanks on a 2 hour flight test, and also making a 360 degree turn back to a runway despite Cessna and TC recommendation stating that you l...

Left the parking brake on? * After a bit of research it looks like the 787's electric brake actuators have a history of failing to fully release and dragging. Unknown at this time but typically, it is a miscalculation of actual weight and the aircraft is much heavier than what was calculated. There...

And go unemployed? Nobody will do that. This sounds exactly like the vax propaganda, nobody forces you do it, but if you don't say good bye to your income and livelihood. Instead of cutthroat removal of medical that takes months to years to get back, how about make it so no pilot is fearful to seek...

I originally pointed out that there is the post-strike financial toll on WJ. Porter full, WJ close to empty. Could be just a coincidence.

Some WJers got overly sensitive and digressed.

From TSB... N430BC, an amateur built, corporate registered International Air Services Incorporated Trustee Lancair IV-P, was being operated on a local flight out of the Kelowna Airport (CYLW), BC, under visual flight rules, with only the pilot on board. Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) I2560/26, issued on 2...

How does this relate to the FA strike outcome? There is the post-strike financial toll on WJ. Porter full, WJ close to empty. Could be a coincidence. Ok fanboy, just remember porter hasn't paid for their Embraers yet and has seeked assistance for financing them. AI Overview "Porter has not fully pa...

From TSB... C-GETP, a privately registered Cessna A185F on floats, was landing on Kushog Lake near Minden, ON with the pilot as sole occupant. During the landing, the left float dug into the water and the aircraft spun, causing a wingtip to dig into the water causing the aircraft to overturn. The pi...

Yes of course it is. So why make it harder for people who are already hiding it to get professional help, or for people on the edge to scare them away from getting professional help because an overzealous government might dig into their medical history at some point? It is not harder to get profess...

I think the reality is that it is already being hidden. Yes of course it is. So why make it harder for people who are already hiding it to get professional help, or for people on the edge to scare them away from getting professional help because an overzealous government might dig into their medica...

Booked a flight on WJ today. Half of what AC is charging. Must be mostly empty. Usually the duopoly have the same prices. Pushing back right now. Maybe 25% full. Porter yesterday……not one empty seat. Think a few might have tried to see how good they are. In my option…….pretty good, but it was the b...

I think there was another thread on this recently. I said to use newspapers in cruise. That's what we usually did. No midair collisions happened. TCAS is a wonderful thing, although ATC never failed. A few went overboard but we survived. Maybe it even stopped a cosmic ray or two. One guy in the old...

Yeah, I disagree with Eric on this one. It's one thing to thumb through an ipad at FL360 after completing ECAM actions, but its another to have to do it in a Metro bouncing along at 10,000' in the clag. Hell, even with an EICAS or ECAM, I'd much rather have a paper QRH to back it up with than some ...

Probably best that TC can see all the records. Too many intentional crashes due to mental cases. From memory: 737 in China a couple of years ago ATR in Botswana ATR in Morocco Silk Air 737 EgyptAir 767 The European A320 JAL DC-8 Air India 787 MAS 777 Fedex DC-10 where the crew had to fight off the ...

I like it. Nothing shows how badly you had fallen behind like a 26% catch up bump on line 1 to start things out. It's a typical ALPA deal. The relatively new folks, year 1 and 2 FO get around 4%, while the top of the scale gets 30%. Just another example of how airline pilot unions eat the young eve...