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- Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:34 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Ontario flight training: Sault, Confederation, or train privately?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1833
Re: Ontario flight training: Sault, Confederation, or train privately?
In your case go private. If speed is the goal the most successful pilot I’ve seen split his time between flight training and being a bartender. Seemed to pay well enough to be flying most days and he was done crazy fast. I think he went from zero to turbine captain in under four years. Also at work ...
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:28 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: From Float flying to Airlines?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2562
Re: From Float flying to Airlines?
If I do start flying floats would it be harder for me to get a FO position on a multi turbine down the road Generally no, but some companies still have CPs that are biased against some backgrounds. I’ve also known some to count instructing time as zero (“Why would I want to hire a passenger?”), and...
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:15 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Possible Government assistance for training pilots.....given to the airlines?!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6456
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:10 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Time is of the essence
- Replies: 44
- Views: 5373
Re: Time is of the essence
Thanks for that. Not trying to get out of the bond, I agreed to it and will pay but I cant afford to pay it in one go (for the reason of the income received having been so low) so will have to agree to a monthly repayment. Good on you for being true to your word and your signature. People like you ...
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:01 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: fifty reasons to find a new instructor
- Replies: 83
- Views: 7616
Re: fifty reasons to find a new instructor
What's a better way to teach attitudes during initial training? I’m not a big believer in set attitudes, at least not at that stage of the game. For ab initio an ‘attitude’ is simply a lack of movement on any axis. Yes there will be some distance to eyeball some reference in front of you below the ...
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: fifty reasons to find a new instructor
- Replies: 83
- Views: 7616
Re: fifty reasons to find a new instructor
I myself would like to fight* anyone who puts a given number of fingers on the glare shield to use as some sort of reference. If you’d like a common trait of the weak aviator that might be the easiest to spot. *Before I got out of flying I used to try and educate them. Note that this post doesn’t ma...
- Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:13 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Will a bad written exam mark affect my career?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3912
Re: Will a bad written exam mark affect my career?
As the title states, will a bad PPL written exam affect my career negatively? Only if you let it. Only out know why you got the mark you did, and I promise it was a factor that you have control over, so use that to plot a course correction for your future studies. As for whether an employer will ev...
- Sat Jul 06, 2019 9:06 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: What happens to a Pilot in Case of an accident
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2768
Re: What happens to a Pilot in Case of an accident
If he plays it right: nothing. I know pilots who have killed passengers through their own arrogant negligence and they’re doing fine. I myself couldn’t do that without being crushed by my own conscience. I’m weak like that.
- Sat May 25, 2019 4:39 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Salary, benefits, and reality.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3576
Re: Salary, benefits, and reality.
Pilot pay is complicated and a large number of pilots aren’t as smart or valuable as they think they are.
- Fri May 17, 2019 11:33 am
- Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
- Topic: Any chance we just lost our AC flow?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6620
Re: Any chance we just lost our AC flow?
I don’t have a horse in this race but from what I do know I imagine Jazz folks can keep sleeping well. If you want to stare at the ceiling all night over something think about how AC can cripple WJ by fast tracking all the applicants from there right now.
- Fri May 03, 2019 8:24 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Bonds
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6732
Re: Bonds
It's a difficult trade off, but in this hiring climate, I'd be extremely suspicious if you have to pay money up front, and I'd be very careful signing any bond. It's very easy to say, but put yourself in my shoes. I rack up six thousand dollars in training expenses on one new pilot. This new pilot,...
- Fri May 03, 2019 8:12 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Air Tindi Flight Missing
- Replies: 190
- Views: 42997
- Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:38 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Bonds
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6732
Re: Bonds
Do you know what percentage of pilots that owes you money tries to weasel out of it? It probably feels like more than it really is, this year has actually been pretty good but a year or two ago it felt like everyone was doing it. What are their favorite tactics? Simply "forgetting" to pay, or are t...
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:37 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Bonds
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6732
Re: Bonds
Just a joke, digits. I hate that I have to, but I do pursue all of them.digits_ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:56 amSue them? I'm sure you could find them if you think you have a strong case...seven-oh-nooo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:52 am Does anyone know if training bonds are anything like bail bonds? I have a couple of ex-employees I'd really like to hire a bounty hunter for.
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:52 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Bonds
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6732
Re: Bonds
Does anyone know if training bonds are anything like bail bonds? I have a couple of ex-employees I'd really like to hire a bounty hunter for.
- Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:21 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Amik Caravan
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6798
- Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:16 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: The Air Canada OTS thread
- Replies: 2326
- Views: 815254
Re: The Air Canada OTS thread
What are my chances of getting an interview at AC with no 705 experience? It's been done before when interviews were much harder to get. My little company averages one per year but bear in mind it's never been one of the sub-thousand hour group who are climbing over each other to get to the door. I...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:22 am
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Encore's reference calls suck
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7199
Re: Encore's reference calls suck
Especially if you really do care about correcting the problem. This is kind of more Encore's problem than anyone's. Let's be honest, the folks who missed out because a reference was misquoted instead just went to Jazz, Porter, Sky Regional, Georgian, Transat, Sunwing, or somewhere else within a mat...
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:31 am
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Encore's reference calls suck
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7199
Encore's reference calls suck
Look, I'm not a fan of any company that outsources parts of their HR and I'm sure a company like WestJet has enough candidates to vet these days that they could dedicate an intern or something nearly full time to the task of calling references. Instead they've contracted it out, and like most times ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:12 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 80k for a government chief pilot
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4020
Re: 80k for a government chief pilot
You got me on that one, I'm proudly one of them bottom-feeding scumbags. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go bully a pilot into taking off at max gross.iflyforpie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:01 pm Is that being one of probably a few CPs for a national airline or a 703/704 CP for a 100% turnover bottom-feeder?