Hello all, ... Is pursuing flight training still a reasonable long-term career choice given current and projected developments in AI? Realistically, how far away is AI from becoming a major operational factor in airline cockpits? Could airlines use advances in AI or automation as leverage in pilot ...

I don't know, but I would guess they landed at Fort St. John (6900 ft, 2 hours away) and took a bus from there. If that isn't long enough, the next closest airport with a (really) long runway is Prince George - 4.5 hours away. Dawson Creek is pretty close as well. I've been in there with a 1900, an...

I can confirm that Westjet is not authorized for LPV approach mins. They do RNP approaches instead. I am pretty sure Air Transat can't do RNP or LPV. No idea about Porter or AC. Canadian North, and Air North are the only airlines in Canada with jets that have LPV capability that I know of. It's way...

I remember there being a write up of a fatal stall spin accident in a light single years back, where the pilots seat became unlatched and rolled right off the back of the rails taking him and basically the control column with him. C-182 maybe?

Makes sense that this was a big factor. The app I have access to changes from moderate snowfall intensity with a hold over time of 25-50 minutes for Type 4, to heavy intensity with "no holdover guidelines exist" when you switch from daytime to night time, based on that first Metar.

I found it surprising that the Ryan Air CEO apparently said that a Starlink antenna would cost a 2% fuel burn penalty and so wasn't worth it for their short haul flying. 2% is massive.

Hey everyone, I’m looking into Flair and trying to get a better handle on the actual quality of life for YVR based pilots. I’ve seen public facing info but I don’t know anyone working there so I’m hoping to hear from someone about the day to day reality of it all. 1. Scheduling How often are crews ...

Ok I see the issue then. Yeah that's not good at all, because then I'm less likely to seek medical help for fear of Transport Canada over reach in the future.

This seems weird to me, I've watched my CAME log into the same medlink portal that all doctors in Alberta have access to. They can already see every single piece of medical history on my file from the day medical records became digital. I asked him if he had access to it all and he said yes but he o...

I just feel like you have to make a decision between going ifr and going vfr. If you chose vfr and enter imc, you chose poorly and should probably go to your alternate. Especially if the landing spot has no approach and no ifr altitudes. both pilots flying solely by reference to Foreflight is just w...

Looks like 5T pilots need a scope clause in their next contract badly. If EIC can just take any work they want away from them and give it to 3H at lower wages, I'd be seriously wondering what routes are next? If I was a pilot at 5T I would 100% make this the hill to die on for the next contract. Th...

Looks like 5T pilots need a scope clause in their next contract badly. If EIC can just take any work they want away from them and give it to 3H at lower wages, I'd be seriously wondering what routes are next? If I was a pilot at 5T I would 100% make this the hill to die on for the next contract.

danno wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 12:36 pm Is there any chance of Encore base expansion to YVR?

Have they even reached the point where they can crew all the yyc planes they had parked?

Housing is gonna collapse once the boomers start moving into retirement homes and dying. They'll flood the market with homes few people can afford. Lots of supply, little demand, prices go down. ... I doubt it. More like private equity firms will buy all of those homes, boomers will cash out and en...

"Cash bond"? Wow, run away. Far, far, away.

RTFQ man. I said the only airlines NOT hiring are WS and 5T.

We are at least a little to blame here. During covid when the airliners were all parked and crews laid off, we screamed and cried that Navcanaca was still charging service fees to the airlines, so in turn Navcan fired all their trainees and gave retirement incentives to cut costs. They still haven't...

I would never talk someone into climbing the greased pole as a career. We're here because we need it. We embraced the suffering.

I would certainly be sending out resumes and doing road trips when you can to keep building contacts. As winter sets in up north turnover can happen fast. The company under promising still leaves room for them to over deliver, I'd rather this than having them constantly say "maybe tomorrow". The onl...

What have you done to promote diversity in your work place? It will be asked of you by a DEI hire.

I'm of the opposite opinion to those above. If ac is want you want out of life, then do it now. Today. Just remember that for the next couple years at ac, your pay and for the most part, your lifestyle will suck. No joke, 16-18 days a month (up to 22 with recurrent), no control of your days off, you...

A study in why Canadian aviation can’t rely on commodity prices and one-time projects. Empress has always had ups and downs, that's the nature of charter work. I haven't heard if its 737 crews, or ATR, or a mix being hit. Porter is hiring 400 more pilots, AC is still going, as are Jazz and Encore, ...

... Pilots - Stop flipping frequencies and talking before listening. ... Porter - stop doing everything at half the speed as of everyone else. :D ... I agree with all the stuff you said, especially the part about PD, could you taxi any slower guys? 6 kts on a 3 mile taxi, really??? But honestly, if...

... I cannot agree with your comment more than I do now. Onex is sucking the blood from WestJet and will leave the corpse to rot after they sell it off. I think the investment by Delta, Air France-KLM, and Korean, is Onex finally admitting they have no idea how to run an airline, and bringing in in...

8) Hello my Chappies! It has been far too long since my last update, so I wanted to pop in to share the latest exploits of yours truly. COVID threw old Henri a curveball. You too? ... It gave me tinnitus. I wish I could claim that ringing in my ears was from standing front row, face to face with a ...