http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/co-pilot-andreas-lubitz-hid-existing-illness-from-germanwings-1.3011724 Oops. What was that about horses versus zebras? Part of the benefit to other countries methods of crash investigation. If there is pertinent, confirmed information right away, they release it. Oh ...

Professional pilots completely losing situational awareness and landing off-runway should be a serious concern to all in aviation in Canada. The fact that people seem to think we are over reacting is far more concerning to me. On an ILS or any SCDA approach there should be zero discussion as to what...

And discuss... http://www.saultstar.com/2015/02/28/tsb-probes-sault-landing A landing at Sault Ste. Marie Airport that caused substantial damage to an Air Canada Jazz plane early last week is being investigated. Flight 7795, inbound from Toronto Pearson International Airport last Tuesday, was prepar...

Just to throw in my thoughts on this... I fly a Caravan, single pilot. It's 'known icing' certified but most people know how it really performs in icing. With that said, I make a decision based on the overall picture, not just the dreaded Red S on the GFA. If there is any FZRA/DZ at my origin airpo...

To all the newer CPL pilots out there, considering places like Gogal for their first job: 1 - When you're PIC the buck stops 100% with you. If you choose to fly overweight, fly with ice on the aircraft, fly VFR in IMC, its going to be 100% your a$$ if even the slightest thing goes wrong. 2 - The sec...

http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 19770512-0

Another DC-3 with an engine fire during the takeoff roll...Difficulty climbing, elected to turn back towards the airport, ended up ditching in the lake instead.

Change the hiring policy and minimums: aviation slave wages will dissapear! I guarantee that! In an ideal world with rose-coloured glasses, maybe. If every pilot actually attached a proper value to their experience level, maybe. Encore, Sky Regional, Rouge (sorry, rouge ) have all proven that even ...

Isn't that around the guaranteed wage at Encore for a new F/O? And We should definitely get the college working on this case. One, even if they could convince some small operator to pay double, say $56k for a PC12 FO (not saying the position is worth that), Encore will still pay $28k, and the guy w...

The one classified as an accident was on landing, now just over a month ago. There was also one during takeoff about a week and a half ago where the crew rotated before V1 in an effort to avoid some birds, and scraped the tail behind the tailstrike sensor. To paraphrase Mr Burns: I suspect you need...

I wonder about the quality of training that some PPL candidates seem to receive at YTZ via Island Air. I don't know how many times I've heard a 150 or 172 waive wake-turbulence separation just to fit in another touch-and-go behind a departing Q400 from Porter or Sky Regional. A dangerous habit to be...

That's a bold claim to make against the ATC without hearing the official recordings from NavCanada or the cockpit recorder. I tend to agree that we should see what the official recordings say, however; curiosity gets the better of me, so I listened to the LiveATC archive as well: Sounds like tower ...

I've seen guys come in loopy on T3's and say that it wasn't a big deal. Seen guys so sick they said "its a good thing its two-crew, because I'm useless". Guys puking from stomach flu at outstations only to fly home because they've "never called in sick in x # of years". Fantastic work people. You co...

I'm sure this isn't the end of his "legacy" in Ontario. Hopefully it does progress towards criminal charges of some kind. Hell, I'd be in more legal trouble if I stole a loaf of bread from the Metro down the street.

Article by the local newspaper, also has a mediocre shot of the aircraft sitting in the snow/brush after the accident.

http://www.timminstimes.com/ArticleDisp ... ?e=3437717

"Greased it!"

Without further information, my first thought would be: Was it reported as only light freezing rain? If so, then there are appropriate holdover times given on all the charts in the Transport Canada-issued HOT Charts. So, did they de- and anti-ice and depart within their holdover time limit for light...

I'm getting tired of this reluctance to speculate about accidents that kill people, if we don't speculate how do low time pilots get to learn about how many things there that can suddenly go wrong when you find you are in over your depth? I completely agree with you, Cat. Most low-time pilots who f...

SEIFR is more inherently dangerous than MEIFR in a comparable turbine-powered small aircraft. The big difference is pilot mindset and training. I find it disturbing that some people are saying "average" pilots are having more problems in small multi-turbine aircraft when an engine quits. When did it...

Whenever the Government stops treating aviation like a never ending cash cow with duty day regulations worse then third world countries then they will have my undivided attention. I guess you missed the major point of the OP's posted article: Administrator Babbitt, Chairman Hersman and General Schw...

+1 . and STL, well said. As for Latitudes? So you didn't know any of the pilots in the accidents clod? I can tell you that 3 of which I did know, I wouldn't call their experience, and dedication to professionalism into judgement. Not everyone is in a race to rolley bags and salary cuts up there. If ...

RIP, and condolences to all involved in yet another tragedy for Canadian aviation.

Wow. Take it easy guys. The OP is asking a very valid question that I am sure has crossed the minds of many Canadians over the past few weeks. We have 3 accidents in the same geographic region of Canada, one which is known to be more challenging than most others. Those from the area, or those "in th...

Oh I agree 100%, don't get me wrong. I just hate when they try to find excuses for stuff like this. You can "Swiss-Cheese" it all you want, try to find something to blame, but like I said, its the BASIC job description for a pilot. One airport to another, SPECIFIC, airport. Maybe they should build b...

I may get flamed for this but what the heck: The flight crew, particularily the PIC, should be terminated immediately for something like this. Continental Express needs to run a risk assessment, figure out why, and adjust accordingly for the future. However; the fundamental basics of the crew's job ...

Aurora, Your cavalier attitude towards flight safety, and blatant disregard for the CARs, makes me question how you've managed to advance to the point where you're at a 705 operation. For all intents and purposes, pilots are all human-factors accidents waiting to happen. The only thing we can do abo...