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 ...

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 &...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Alaska for you if you are serious !!

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.

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 ...

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...

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...

Take a step back, and listen to yourself, a grown adult.

Really????? and proof of age, it's just a number and Trolls are ageless.

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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.

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

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 ...

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...

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 ...