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- Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:41 am
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Anybody Joining/Rejoining the Airforce?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9609
Re: Anybody Joining/Rejoining the Airforce?
All this talk about pension got me thinking - I always wondered if aircrew who do the minimum years (not sure how many years that is) and then retire from the Forces in Canada start getting pension payments the day they leave, or do they first start getting pension payments after 65? I always wonde...
- Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:55 pm
- Forum: Sunwing
- Topic: 2018 Pilot Hiring
- Replies: 361
- Views: 132051
Re: 2018 Pilot Hiring
A Letter of Understanding was signed rescinding the training bond. So there is not oneindieadventurer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:40 pmFrom their CBA: 13.1.2 Newly hired FCMs will be required to sign a training bond.
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:53 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: MERGED power curve / floats posts
- Replies: 265
- Views: 11325
Re: The backside of the power curve
The normal approach in the C-17 is a backside approach. Power for Glidepath and Pitch for Airspeed. Of course Power and Pitch are a couple and you need to change both in varying degrees for a consistent performance. I will say this, the plane was designed to work this way. That is partly why the fla...
- Fri Aug 31, 2018 5:48 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Air Canada lands again
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6606
Re: Air Canada lands again
Edit CADORS = 2018O2272 "An Air Canada Airbus A321-211 (ACA150) from Calgary Int'l, AB (CYYC) to Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Int'l, ON (CYYZ) on short final to Runway 06L was instructed to go around due to previous arrival not expected to be off active runway. ACA150 did not acknowledge instruction an...
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:23 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: WestJet almost puts one in the drink
- Replies: 194
- Views: 43114
Re: WestJet almost puts one in the drink
Question: ILS to minima, at minima you can see only the first flashing light of the rabbit (not sure what the official name is). Can you continue the approach? Everyone will have a different answer. In the video provided the ceiling is not 200' (the vis is closer to 1/4 SM), for if it were at the 3...
- Fri May 18, 2018 3:53 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Flying school costs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3006
Re: Flying school costs
ATPL exams are SAMRA(meterology) and SARON(rules). You can do the exams at any time however once you have completed the exams you have two years to meet all the hours requirements(Total, PIC, Cross Country, Night, night cross country etc) for the issuance of the ATPL. If you don't get all the hours ...
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:35 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The importance of having a degree
- Replies: 156
- Views: 20750
Re: The importance of having a degree
Critical Thinking is exactly that.....critical for some reason. In aviation time is usually the critical factor typically associated with some sort of emergency. I can't speak to a degree as I only got through part of mine when i realized there was absolutely zero value provided to flying. Have a re...
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:06 am
- Forum: Sunwing
- Topic: 2018 Pilot Hiring
- Replies: 361
- Views: 132051
Re: 2018 Pilot Hiring
I interviewed in Dec. Just wondering when the next course is scheduled for.