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- Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:53 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Left or Right seat
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1380
Re: Left or Right seat
The seat does not matter, what matters is the PIC. If the crew is x-trained, legal, current and operationally blessed, (expect for ferry flights, non rev, then currency is not necessary, except for insurance issues). It seems to me this whole thread was started based on wannabe captains, low timers ...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:17 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Alternate Minima and ETAs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 455
Re: Alternate Minima and ETAs
Like any other profession there are misguided and misinformed people. I've encountered similar situations over the years and mostly it was for good intentions but there were the dickheads that were just on a power trip. I have had it come down to "do what you have to do" and I'll do what &...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 6:57 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Get safe aircraft control before talking to ATC
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1865
Re: Get safe aircraft control before talking to ATC
It is amazing how many times I have had to tell someone to Fly-T-F-Aircraft - this is the first rule and supersedes anything else until such time, if any time left, to do the "house keeping" For a go around it's the same as a take-off climb to your safety altitude, manage power and config ...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:56 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Kenn Borek Air Operations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2444
Re: Kenn Borek Air Operations
It's been a while since I spoke with Richie but the position he seems to have the most trouble filling is the king air in Inuvik. This has likely changed with covid but that was their high turnover point at one time. I had one of my f/o's leave for direct entry on the DC3 but he was current ( parach...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:30 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Get safe aircraft control before talking to ATC
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1865
Re: Get safe aircraft control before talking to ATC
A screw up by a commercial pilot 25 years later, over 30 PPCs passed, yet the root cause of the incident is always bad instruction during primary training! :smt043 really! read the post There something wrong with the current system. The lack or stick and rudder skills is rampant but the knowledge o...
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:17 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Get safe aircraft control before talking to ATC
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1865
Re: Get safe aircraft control before talking to ATC
With inexperienced pilots the first thing I always had to beat out of them is not to start yapping on the radio as soon as airborne. I guess that's how the schools train them and it's wrong. Fly the aircraft or do you non flying pilot duties of monitoring until the safe altitude is achieved (400 to ...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:09 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Looking to get into a career as a bush pilot
- Replies: 4
- Views: 668
Re: Looking to get into a career as a bush pilot
Alaska for you if you are serious !!

- Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:43 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Use the Ferry Tank Early
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1135
Re: Use the Ferry Tank Early
That was a fancy beech, imagine an autopilot -- damn, made his job much easier.
That's what the tops of 45 gal barrels are for, an ash tray.

That's what the tops of 45 gal barrels are for, an ash tray.
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:36 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 17839
Re: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
Vaccines are not the silver bullet. I wonder how many here get their flu shots every fall because covid will likely be under the same preventative measure. It just cuts down on the odds. It's not a cure. Vaccinations will become more of a routine and part of life because this won't be the last time ...
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:20 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian aircraft owned by foreign company
- Replies: 21
- Views: 863
Re: Canadian aircraft owned by foreign company
I know a cpl tourist operators who flew their american registered a/c using canadian pilots, the aircraft always went back to the USA and I'm pretty sure there was something like 6 months. They would just make the time limit during their season. I know it might be difficult to get information on for...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:36 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 17839
Re: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
Here is how you get people to wear a mask. An app on their phone that will not let them use their phone unless a mask is on their face -- LMFAAOOoooo it's a proven fact that the mob mentality is incapable of making a reasonable decision and that only someone making rules for them keeps them from kil...
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:49 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 17839
Re: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
Really????? and proof of age, it's just a number and Trolls are ageless.Take a step back, and listen to yourself, a grown adult.
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:50 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: FAA Permits airlines to ban emotional support peacocks.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 563
Re: FAA Permits airlines to ban emotional support peacocks.
Pretty simple for me, animals in the hold or sent as freight. If you want to travel and can't do that maybe you should not have a pet, stay at home with your pet or just do road trips. I like dogs and cats and have had them as companions in the past. They were never considered my brother, sister or ...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 17839
Re: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
It's not about a particular group unless you divide it into just 2. The group that feels it's a government conspiracy and choose to ignore all the common guidelines and the group that does follow all suggested precautions and is ruled by common sense and concern for more than just themselves. Blame ...
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 17839
Re: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
Would it even be necessary for people in their 20’s 30’s or even 40’s that don’t smoke, not overweight, have no underlying health issues, etc. to take the vaccine. There is where the problem lies. This attitude is what is causing the present surges. It's about people and personal contact and that t...
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:04 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 17839
Re: Pfizer Covid Vaccine shows 90% effectiveness.
The reality is John Q Public in Canada will not see the vaccine much before August/ September 2021- the gov is blowing smoke up peoples' ass. Nothing changes.
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:44 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Use the Autofeather
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2548
Re: Use the Autofeather
I stand corrected and there is one instance of reduced T/O weight and I believe that's structural at colder than -40 due to landing gear. Maybe that's changed as well. It's only been almost 40 years since I flew one 

- Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:22 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: boeing 737 max returns - coming back
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1968
Re: boeing 737 max retrurns coming back
Most seem to be ignoring the fact that what happened to the max (crashes) was part of the aircraft manufacturing culture. History verifies this. Boeing is caught in the past as far as company culture is concerned. That needs changing! They endeavoured to produce a safe aircraft but in truth how can ...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 12:07 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: boeing 737 max returns - coming back
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1968
Re: boeing 737 max retrurns coming back
certainly "everyone" failed and the mindset that every new aircraft developed, (as the long history of airliner development shown), has an acceptable body count to make it safe needs to change. It's a daunting task since it's now software and automation and with dumbing down of stick and r...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:29 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: boeing 737 max returns - coming back
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1968
Re: boeing max retrurns coming back
It has been an interesting voyage. In my mind I have always questioned if the aircraft should have been grounded in the first place. It was a media and social media farce. Tragic but it wasn't the aircraft but the human factor which caused the grief. Social media magnifies human knee-jerk emotional ...