If this is fraud -- relax everyone I didn't say it was -- certainly would not be the first time in post secondary institutions---

Have you seen what the human rights commission, in its wisdom, decides to investigate in this country?

This person is not that. This person does have the 2000+ hours and I have flown with this person, trained and line checked this person. My god it was the most frustrating and tormenting event to watch someone that believed they knew how to do it but had no capability to retain the simplest of tasks...

If you are paying a so called reputable shop to preform your annual (not some guy on the side out of a back of a pickup) and your paying a substantial amount of money and your bill says they did an AD search you shouldn't have to do the search yourself again. The last shop that did my annual in whi...

I suspect with much of this person's experience, it has been just to ensure there was a warm body in the copilot seat. So -- not unlike drivers who plop a dummy blow up doll in the passenger seat so they can drive in the HOV lane? Why does my cynical side suspect this isn't completely uncommon in c...

Live well below your means and you'll be fine, whatever happens. On the minority issue, in Canada, it's not, I feel, unless you choose to make it one. Everyone of us have had advantages and disadvantages to overcome. Some are a heck of a lot tougher than being a visible minority in Canada circa 2019...

Not from their point of view, NS.

I'm also not so sure our form of "democracy" on these shores is that much different, or superior, than China's.

Trust, but verify is a motto I live by. I will continue to closely supervise certain maintenance aspects, if an AME doesn't like it, rest assured I will be finding a different AME. Does a passenger or a passenger who is a private pilot ask to be seated on the jumpseat of an airbus or boeing so he/s...

I should mention that it took over a year to get the first flying job, and lived pretty cheaply for many years to reach the goal . If it's a real desire, you will have to make sacrifices and organize your priorities. I drove a crappy car and lived very minimalistic in order to achieve this dream. I...

Corethermal, It seems you have a very poor opinion of aircraft owner / operators. On one hand you have never met an owner who took responsibility for ensuring AD compliance, on the other you seem to resent owners who want to be present and involved during maintenance. This is very contradictory. As ...

complexintentions wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:11 am

IMO the only reason the tanks haven't rolled yet is that second factor, combined with needing time to get influential mainland sympathizers and financial concerns out.

Interesting times indeed.

BBsault wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:18 am

They can start by NOT taken in so many students for the 8-9 aircraft they have. As you suggested, this program is a gravy train for the school as they get funding from the government per student in the program.

Uh huh.......

Unless it's very quiet, expect terminal to take the easy way out and take you way North or way South. I can fly right over the top of LAX in Class B airspace but heaven forbid I try to transit YYC's Class C! (I know controllers are trying their best, it's the system that's broken) Yeah.....I'd like...

I couldn't conceive of renting my plane to someone I only knew on the internet. Or anything else of mine, actually.

But that's me.

Support your local flying club!

redlaser wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:24 am

A good rule is to charge the same rate as the flight school is charging plus travel expenses,

A good rule is to charge what your time is worth.

northernexplorer123 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:02 pm

As a VFR controller, some of the responses in this thread anger me...

I'd actually like to know why.

Anger from a controller isn't a good thing.

We are all here to learn, including from controllers

Really.....If --- and I say IF --- this is a school taking advantage of students, foreign or otherwise--- instead of counselling them properly -- that school(s) should lose their OC. Note I said "IF". Continuing to train someone who shouldn't be trained....is a legitimate safety issue for them and ...

Really.....If --- and I say IF --- this is a school taking advantage of students, foreign or otherwise--- instead of counselling them properly -- that school(s) should lose their OC. Note I said "IF". Continuing to train someone who shouldn't be trained....is a legitimate safety issue for them and o...

Complex, re ZIRP,

It's going to get even crazier before this cycle is over.

It's why Gold is finally moving.........

BE 20 The problem is -- good public policy isn't (usually) popular, so as with most things, the problem isn't with government, it's with us. Everyone is a NIMBY. It's interesting to consider: who was to blame for the US housing crash? Big banks? Yeah, culpable, but I don't think so, at the core. Loo...

That's amazing.....

I take it jet aircraft don't glide as well as a 172.

The free market works. As for the pro-CBC and NDP comment; sure I don't mind the CBC they often try and present both sides of issues - listen to the radio from time to time and the call in shows have folks from left and right speaking their minds as well as the experts presenting their opinions, et...

Another thought on housing: Blame rent control. Yeah really. Blame the government. Why would anyone build rental housing when they can't ever raise prices? Since they brought it in over here -- several big rental projects -- cancelled. Rent control always makes it worse. Every time. The free market...

Another thought on housing: Blame rent control. Yeah really. Blame the government. Why would anyone build rental housing when they can't ever raise prices? Since they brought it in over here -- several big rental projects -- cancelled. Rent control always makes it worse. Every time. The free market ...