Like everything else it has become far more complicated and people think that if you use your "gazintas" the math will never lie. I get a warm fuzzy feeling knowing people buy into this (we are talking small aircraft). I actually flew the first 5 years of my career never knowing what the gross weigh...

I think they need build it away from Toronto and away from productive agricultural land. Look at Oslo, get it out there, supply hi speed transport and reduce the number of extra people flooding the terminal for aunt minnie.

Had a super cub show up at the dock in Red Lake with a bear sitting in the back seat. I think he was even wearing a hat

Not exempt but on condition. I know as pilots we're a little stupid when it comes to our own invincibility but I would how smart enough to self monitor symptoms and I would think it would be smart to get commitment from the company that they will cover expenses if you develop symptoms while away fro...

Flying things like snow machines, small fridges in a bvr crossways with both rear doors removed. Don't go too long an item because obvious reasons.

My only comment is how else would to egress quickly but by the slides, why you ask, they should be armed prior to departure ( not that we all did but it was a requirement) and I'm thinking one is not either thinking about it, not wanting to do the rope trick out of the flight deck and being that hig...

Why not change the system in such a way that a take off clearance is only given when the runway is actually clear of all other traffic? Isn't that the whole point of a take off clearance to begin with? How much time does anyone really save with giving take off clearances (and in a way landing clear...

I’m honestly surprised that a takeoff clearance can be issued with the airplane ahead still on the runway I've actually witnessed 3 aircraft on T/O roll on one runway. 1st A/c rotating #2 halfway down the runway and 3rd getting a go. Granted in the good old USA but they were in high volume mode. Wo...

all tail draggers are fueled in the level attitude on floats

Obviously one should seek legal advice on anything like this and true to form CBC and the news media report to sensationalise at the expense of accuracy. I don't a lot of news these days but I do see an excessive amount of opinion and speculation. No wonder people are paranoid.

It came from a news report on CBC so think what you may but the "expert" says that unless you work under some kind of contract that deals specifically with lay offs, all unions do and possibly non union companies as well, I worked for a small non union company and there was a signed agreement(contra...

Little bit of a drift from the few above posts but certainly goes with over all thread. There a 2 real glaring mistakes I saw when people convert to jets. First flying above optimum altitude (especially in aircraft like Lears and in this specific case) and the other when asked to "expedite" climb or...

I was raised in Pembroke and there was always float planes at Cranson Lake just over the river in PQ 45.822118, -76.992451 There are the co-ordinates. I suggest you contact the Pembroke City Airport and you likely can get a contact name. Cranson Lake was a water base for Wheeler/Northland back in th...

Poses an interesting question. I think the crew acted properly from information they had. A little maintenance delay is a small price to pay. If you have ground crew indicating a fire would anyone in their right mind ignore it and continue with the engine start and not do the appropriate drill actio...

In the distant pass I have plugged a tyre to get home. It was on a 705 turbine and dual wheels. I was more interested in keeping the tyre on bead than supporting the aircraft. It worked great and when I reported it to maintenance once getting home the advised me they could not find where I had plugg...

Things have changed then, it was always 2 years but as I indicated the bad part was bonding for each type of upgrade and that is just wrong but a 2 year bond and 1200 hrs dc 3 time and then bail. I never advised guys to get into multiple bonds. If there is a real down turn in the industry bonds will...

Not that NSA doesn't offer the chance at adventure; you never know when you'll have to hike, snowshoe or swim home from work! Grinding axes -- oh my -- like I said lots of good people there and the winds of change are blowing. OK, my bad, coming from a different generation. I entered aviation when ...

If you don't mind a little isolation and a company that is slowly pulling its self into the 21st century you will get rewarded for hard work and shitty wages and such. Yes they have had a cpl accidents but 2 were the same guy which likely is a factor of bad luck as well as pulling on the cboy boots ...

This means you want to incorporate and form a company. In the past it has been done but tax savings are because you pay yourself a smaller salary and put the rest into the corporation. This is not your personal money and you can recover some of it through dividends. You also need to set up a GST acc...

I know this thread is based on a safety video and from where I sit there is a lot of missing information. His aircraft had an autopilot but we have no information on it's serviceability or if it could be cpld to the GPS or the ILS. I would suspect ILS for sure but I have a suspicion that the autopil...

Putting most of it aside it boils down to a low time inexperienced pilot, a surgeon with plenty of other stuff on his mind. How often has this exact scenario played out before. He also falls into the trap I have witnessed more than once with low timers. They call up and get weather and think it's a ...

Is the question being asked from an experienced or an inexperienced point of view??

Instrument rated pilots - finding yourself in IMC should not even be an issue. I suspect they were having aircraft control issues due to the collision with the tree. I suppose that could be deemed CFIT.

My information is that it was lose of control, not cfit. Like I always say the DC-3 is a princes and the Basler DC-3T is her ugly sister, not nearly as stable and certainly less forgiving. It will be interesting to see the investigation results. I understand that the thought of removing one mistake ...