photofly wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 14, 2018 1:32 pm

Yeah. NEVER get out of the aircraft until CBP shows up. Anywhere.

+1 to that. Most are very friendly. The odd one......

In my experience FSS in the US will not assume your departure unless you are just about to depart. You can't file a departure time an hour away and have them assume it. PF is right, but so is this post in my experience. I have had that work, I also have been delayed departing, and the system not on...

This is so simple but yet not taught. Why is it not taught? Why does it need to be taught? No one taught me when flying anywhere much outside the GTA, 30 minutes of fuel isn't sufficient. I set my own limits based on the flying that are much more conservative. Didn't need anyone to teach me that. O...

PostmasterGeneral wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:13 am

kevind wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 11, 2018 8:55 am

I know Scott. It was AIr Canada all the way. His luggage went to Rome. The customer service people were less than helpful.

Someone sent the bag to FCO instead of MCO?

Helpful to know your codes.

If this lady actually can't sit for two hours without a squirrel in her lap then she really, really should seek some professional help prior to traveling in public alone again. Hear, Hear! I find gentle "pet" type animals very relaxing, and I admit, that during a multi month stay in hospital, when ...

"Well, you know, there are gender impacts when you bring construction workers into a rural area. There are social impacts because they’re mostly male construction workers." -- PM Trudeau. Substitute "Construction workers" for "passengers" "workers" "writers". Or, Anything at all, actually. It's not ...

https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/12/06/bombardier-sees-shift-to-growth-cycle-as-investment-push-ebbs.html Bombardier's forecasts: "For the company as a whole, Bombardier reaffirmed its month-old forecast for 2019 sales to climb about 10 per cent to at least $18 billion. The manufacturer expects...

Listen to what an expert in corporate governance says. Completely agree.
Bombardier's governance is literally third world. Hence large investors won't touch them.


https://business.financialpost.com/opin ... governance

Canoehead wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 07, 2018 8:30 pm

But as long as everyone is happy and no feelings are hurt...

...and no one is embarrassed. That's Canadian. Sweep it under the rug.

Who says they sell it as PPL training or skills necessary to get a PPL? Just because you go on a flight before you have a PPL, doesn't mean it is considered part of the mandatory PPL curriculum. The flight training manual covers the exercises you need to master, but as far as I know it is not an ex...

Aviatard wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:53 pm

rookiepilot wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:13 pm

My own amateur opinion -- I learned a lot more doing my own first US trip without an instructor. One can always go with a more experienced pilot.

So, like an instructor then?

Uhhhhh....don't get us started on that conversation.

If a PPL can't cross the border without a hand hold, my eyes roll, but it's more appropriate. How do you expect them to be confident in doing it, if they have never been shown how to do it? I'm sure a lot of people can handle it, but for those who don't, there is nothing wrong with asking for help ...

I've been involved in multiple schools who got requests from their students to do international trips. None of them were very happy with it, but allowed it anyway as it is good experience for students. Limiting trips like these to CPL students only is ridiculous. A Canadian PPL allows you to fly ar...

I'd be wary of extending that assumption as a get of jail card for wilful misconduct. This is more of the same silliness. The rank and file members of the St. Catharine's Flying Club didn't willfully misconduct anything. Your hyperbole is drawing attention away from what really went wrong. I'm not ...

Hey they won a contract.....for Montreal.

https://www.bombardier.com/en/media/new ... -year=2002

Just remember - it's called a "limited" company because liabilities are limited to the company, and not its members as individuals. Instead of multiple shareholders, take a closely held company, involved daily in management decisions at a flying club, perhaps also holding management roles. Then the...

However, that's not the same as saying that because they're only members (or shareholders) that their organization (club, company, whatever) shouldn't be held responsible because they don't want their club or company to suffer. but I do recall you finding quotes to suggest that they were personally...

Of course it's incorporated. This "members should be bankrupted" is just too silly for words. Even by AvCanada's standards of silliness. Ontario Corporations Act, section 122: Where did I write specifically, if you're referring to me, any non profits members be bankrupted? There is an enormous, and...

As for the flying club, its owners elect the directors, who hire the employees. Any liability and how far it goes in this regard would have to be decided by a court of law, that is why courts exist is to settle such matters. This is my stance. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's up to the courts to de...

Yes, I do support laws to stop greedy families suing innocents as shown in my example in the US. Those blatently doing so should be fined the amount they sue for. Who decides this, who should be fined, and upend the justice system completely? I've got a better idea. Let's fine the "guilty parties" ...

I have no knowledge re any role either the vacuum pump or the FAA, via ATC's actions, that might apply to the accident. I'm sure the justice system will sort it out, as it's designed to do, including dismissing if that's appropriate against them. The flying club's are apparently easier to see from w...

Greed? Let me tell you what's greedy. The greed comes from flight schools that can stuff 2 students and an instructor in a plane for a trip to Florida and charge dual for a trip not on any PPL Syllabus. There is ZERO purpose in Pre PPL students going on such a trip. Zero. Inexcusable. CPL, 2 or 3 ta...

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/ ... ons-death/

Here's an example on point.

A grieving Mom that is a prime candidate to be sued!

Funniest fiction I've read today. (On Via tender).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/via-ra ... -1.4922638

"Quebec premier demands Trudeau government intervene".

Or else? They will cut off my cheese curd supply?

Why did AC sue Airbus in the YHZ accident?

What component on the Airbus was shown to fail? How is Airbus responsible?

I have expressed no view on the pump mfg or the FAA.