The degree is just there because of the high application number...try to refer to it when you hit a severe CAT at FL 390. You need the right skills/experience to deal with hitting CAT but I can refer to MET courses I took in university to try and avoid CAT. Not saying every degree helps but to say,...

Looks like this stuff may hit NL after all! http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23935330 Flights scrapped as Iceland ash heads to N.L. Volcanic ash from Iceland is heading for Newfoundland, prompting several airlines to cancel flights to and from St. John's late Sunday....

if you can, condsider getting a job on the ramp with a charter company even if just PT. you will learn an absolute ton about the industry and meet a bunch of people that could potentially help you out and theres always AME's around that will teach you a bunch if you just ask. Bang on... Networking ...

seriously...



relax

My advice is get a transponder and take the 407 when the traffic's bad. I had a one commuting from Hamilton to YYZ. I didn't use it often but it bailed me out more than once. If i'm not mistaken it's around 2$/month to lease a transponder which gets rid of the $5 charge everytime you get on with out...

Good Luck!!! ohhhh and have some fun while you're at it!

What if you had an engine failure at night in a single engine aircraft?!! I have been wanting to build my x-country time at night but the idea of an engine failing at night time is kind of scary (You don't have many (if any) options) and is possible.. Turn on your landing light upon reaching 100' A...

hey moetorious, I'm new to the Halifax area but I know there are no FTU's at YHZ or Shearwater. You'll have to look out of town.

*Underpower
*Minimal payload
*No rearward visibility
*No nose-wheel steering

Keeping the tradition alive: Two step behind the Europeans

$109,500 - I think this is the pull, not payload, rearward vis, or nosewheel stearing.

Probably the one based out of Hamilton, it's always quite a sight to see!!

It's nice when you come across a big airline driver that still remember's what it's like to be on the other end of things. Once upon a time slinging bags for WJ we had an FO jump into the pit and help pack because they were going to take a delay. Not only did he help out with the bags he chatted wit...

Found this, thought it was funny. Yes I know, that's gross blah blah blah, this dosen't need to posted, blah blah blah. Save it Air Plane Toilets I am a very tall man (610"). I was once on a flight from Auckland, New Zealand to a small town way down on the extreme souther tip of the South Island cal...

Like any operator they will push you to fly heavy

really.... mine never has. I hope my company is not an exception to the norm.

To the original poster: if you won't go back and try to help fix IFR flight training (and I can't blame you, for the crap instructors are paid) why would you expect anyone else to? I don't. As I mentioned previously that's the whole problem. Why do people expect to consistently get more than they p...

Sorry you seem so bitter about your training experience. I know it's definitely come across this way but the fact is I did have a good time training for my IFR rating and on a personal level got along very well with my instructors. It's more retrospectively that I've come to think about these issue...

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I have a suggestion to fill this void in the instructing world - why don't you quit your current job now that you are filled with IFR knowledge and go get an instructor rating and pass on your cloud experience to these new and green IFR pilots-in-training? First of all; at no point did I say I have...

I find it interesting that the IFR rating is regarded as something you just finish and then really lean from real world experience. Obviously this is the case with most, as it was for me. I learned more in my first few charters than I did in any lesson during training. But isn't this the problem??? ...

First of all, I should point out that, in general, I was happy with my flight school which is in S. ON, and to be honest I'm not sure how much blame can be put on the instructors themselves as they're just doing there job to the best of their abilities/knowledge. The problem is I feel like most IFR ...

After being in the industry for a year now and getting some actual IMC hours in a PA31, I've come to realize that many of the people that taught me my IFR rating knew very little or nothing about flying IFR. I'm pretty sure that some of them had never been in a cloud before. I know this shortcoming ...

Hey Awsome... I finished my training there last year and can tell you I have no regrets about it. WWFC is a good school with fairly good resources and pretty decent airplanes as far as flight schools go. I was finished my training from Start to CPL, Multi, IFR in 18 months and that's with a couple m...

yeah but "winning" the iraq war.... priceless

As a guy who graduated last May. I can tell you that there's no critical pilot shortage, although there is more and more movement through the industry. I was flying a Navajo out of YYZ for a couple of months as soon as i finished school, but would have averaged mabye 200 hrs a year so I would have b...

Hey Pierre... congrats. I graduated from Western in '04 not from the CAM program but with a BA in Geography. It's a great school and a great city. I did have some friends in the CAM program and they all seemed to like it. I also took many of the aviation and weather related classes that they took wh...

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