Looks like Saskatchewan has taken the 690 out of service pending results of a safety review on the 3 airframes.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/s ... sh-in-nwt/

No, AC does not hire anyone with restricted ATPLs. That's because no such license exists yet, but times are a changing. I stand to be corrected but the new ATPL requirements went into effect April 1, 2026, so the restricted ATPL does exist for those who have applied and don’t meet the PIC on multi-...

MrAviator19 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2026 5:44 pm No, AC does not hire anyone with restricted ATPLs.

That's because no such license exists yet, but times are a changing.

I wonder if they were using the 5,249' paved strip or the parallel 1804' grass strip. If it's 40°C in France that would really decrease performance. 11 people on board would put them at or near max gross. Witnesses seem to be saying the engine quit. Youtube ambulance chasers report they departed on...

daedalusx wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2026 9:31 am There no arguing with boomers.

I think you are confused about the generations. The vast majority of the boomers are retired out of the system at this point. Your gripe is actually with those from the GenX and Millenial crowd, they are the ones in charge of such things today.

ATPL requirements have been significantly watered down over the years. Back in the 80's I was CP at a small outfit and had a guy come looking for a summer job. At that time, ATPL required 1500 hours, of which 750 had to be command time, and 2nd seat time only counted half. The guy in question was hi...

Also, a pay raise for senior pilots is a pay raise for all pilots- some just need to wait a bit longer to get it. A pay raise for a junior pilot is a one-time raise for a much smaller demographic. if it was 4% across the board, I can understand your justification. But this is different. 4% for the ...

I like it. Nothing shows how badly you had fallen behind like a 26% catch up bump on line 1 to start things out. It's a typical ALPA deal. The relatively new folks, year 1 and 2 FO get around 4%, while the top of the scale gets 30%. Just another example of how airline pilot unions eat the young eve...

You could just do a Group 1 IPC on a muti engine at a flight school to get your unrestricted ATPL. That is your cheapest alternative. Reference from TC: Read it carefully, do the IPC at a flight school, and you get the restricted atpl. To get unrestricted it must be a two crew ride for an operator ...

airline will have to start hiring FO without CPL and get comfortable upgrading CPL FO to PIC position. Transport canada issue a document clarifying the changes and made a few explanations of the new process, and what ppc works and what doesn't. You should probably look into that. You can also go an...

khedrei wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2026 9:21 am

Eric Janson wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2026 8:39 am Just filled up my car - C$ 3.75/Litre!

LNG reserves down to 5.8% of maximum.

Where do you live?

Quick search shows highest in canada currently $2-2.10. Unless you are in Tuktoyatuk I dont know how you could possibly be paying that much.

He is an expat living in Europe.

Is it me or don’t both of those props as though they are in fine and not feathered? Pause the video and blow it up where there is the more or less head on shot, right side does appear to be in feather, but it is difficult to be sure because of the angle. Top blade looks feathered, the other two are...

Your daughter isn't entitled to any position in the system though. She still needs to be hired by individual managers if she changes positions irrespective of any "seniority" and her seniority doesn't exactly carry much benefit the way a pilot would imagine. A junior nurse can get a position ahead ...

There is security camera footage - the still in post #3 is from that footage. Shows just how close to disaster they came. The part that has me wondering about that approach. Apparently it's a visual approach, with a relatively tight base turn, and no vertical guidance other than a papi. The road is...

If the current system weeds out pilots with these less desirable traits, it might not be so bad after all. My 2 cents, 58 Would you consider somebody with roots in a city, family, home and a stable environment 'a less desirable trait', ie somebody stable that doesn't feel it's worth uprooting a fam...

If you accepted a job at a given pay scale, then you have already defined 'what you are worth'.

There are no domestic/transborder/Mexico supply issues though so that may be where we see the most activity. Are you sure about that. We are headed to a family event on the prairies in June, booked 'decent time flights' for the trip. Our choice was an awful 5amish departure, or a 10 am departure, s...

Well, this will certainly change some folks thoughts.

Air Canada suspending flights to JFK over jet fuel prices.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/a ... el-prices/

It’s Walmart Air now. Dunno about that, just checking on the tc aircraft registry ========== C-FEDV Embraer EMB-550 55020133 Wal-Mart Canada Corp./La Compagnie Wal-Mart Du Canada 2026-01-12 C-GUSM Learjet 45 45-255 Wal-Mart Canada Corp./La Compagnie Wal-Mart Du Canada 2010-08-13 ========

Is that photo recent, or from the hail damage last year ?

Loading... wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2026 11:13 am Call out is 24 hour so you can day drink

24 hour callout time makes it rather different. In that case, every day is a 'day off', right up until you get the call that says 'tomorrow isn't'.

For sure, but they will just pass those costs onto the consumer with fuel surcharges. How well did that work when Cuba ran out of jet fuel ? Most dont seem to realize, the shortages haven't really started yet, fuel out of the gulf was still flowing 5 weeks ago, and the tankers that left then are ju...

Another path, which is more realistic anyways. Prior to rushing off to the airlines, do a ppc on a kingair in a 2 crew situation. Problem solved. There are lots of 703 aircraft being operated as 2 crew today. It's really not that much different from folks logging right seat time in what is otherwise...

Fuel surcharges inbound...

https://dailyhive.com/canada/air-canada ... -surcharge

Loading... wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2026 12:33 pm Schedule is 24/7 reserve, if you don’t get called it’s a day off.

I dont believe that's even legal these days. You cant call it a 'day off' retroactively, it's only a day off if you know in advance.