Further reinforcing the idea that the MP is not what is wearing out the engine, the CHTs are. As long as your CHTs are 380 or below, reducing MP is not going to increase longevity. Depends, what failure modes are you seeing when the engine 'wears out'. An interesting tidbit I picked up at FliteSafe...

cdnavater wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 7:35 pm What is it you are thinking, AC had 10 and what carried less passengers to get that number?

No, exactly the opposite. They carried far more passengers, and still only had 10 incidents. The metric that is most telling is how many incidents per passenger carried.

WestJet accounted for 66 of 114 total disruptive passenger reports last year. AC had 10 and Porter had 6. It's like Carnival cruise line of the sky. To be fair the article states that YYC is the worse Cristy for disruptive pax, makes sense WS takes the cake. It would be more interesting to see how ...

See that's what I always thought too but they make a turbo version of the exact same engine that climbs out at 38" every day, so leaving at full throttle at 28" isn't going to make a difference. C-421 has the GTSIO-520. It is in not 'the same engine' as the 185 or such, but the core is essentially ...

more errors from the google AI gobbledygook.

Dont rely on that, go look at the actual standard. It does not mention an aviation diploma, instrument rating or ATPL.

Have to wonder how 2 Pilots got themselves into this situation in the first place. Hopefully a full report will be published. I've read more on this. Apparently the plane was on a reposition after dropping folks off in Aspen, 2 pilots, no passengers. The company has reported that there was a rapid ...

How does it know the pilot is incapacitated? Is it like new car technology where it doesn't get any input in x amount of minutes? Pretty cool technology. I asked google, it came back with this. ==== AI Overview Garmin Autoland can be triggered in two primary ways: manually by a pilot or passenger, ...

Looks like the system has been used 'for real' now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Nl3LOZNjc

Did you create a new account just to start trying to sell gloves?

Wait until you find out what they're doing with doctors. Government is paying hospitals 100k each to hire foreign doctors while Canadian doctors who train abroad can't get a job in Canada because they're not bribing the hospitals 100k each. True story. My wife was in the position to hire doctors fo...

Oil and gas is, and will be necessary for the foreseeable future. Do you know how long it takes to build a nuclear power plant? Do you know how the peak demand is made up for when nuclear can't provide enough juice? Canada is one of the worst places in the world to try and completely eliminate gas....

This puts all the risk and pressure on the pilots. Coming back late from a Caribbean turn into the dark and stormy Canadian winter that caused the 2 hour delay that morning. Contaminated runway, gusty winds, pushing 16 hours duty and you're off the end and in a ditch... first question is why are yo...

Could you give specific details on what endorsements are restricted on a piggyback license versus the stand-alone license? When I got mine, guy was clear, none of the ratings come across, so no ifr, and no type ratings. In our case, didn't matter, I was flying a Cessna to Canada. Ability to file IF...

ok, so this got me to looking. Go digging on the faa website, eventually you will find this https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_61-135A_CHG_1.pdf So for the PPL looks like you need an FAA medical, and have to pass the conversion test. Seems the same for the other licenses ...

When I brought an airplane up, we just stopped at an FAA site, they issued me the equivalent of an American ppl based on my Canadian ATPL. Granted, that was 20+ years ago, but it was only a half hour of paperwork for us back then. The only caveat was, he said we couldn't fly IFR because the conversi...

I've had AMEs instruct me to do ridiculous things for test flights, and during ground engine run ups. It's up to the pilot to decide what the best course of action is for a flight not the engineers. I'm sure a couple pilots fresh off a deadhead into SXM know full well better what needs to be checke...

Test flight before it went north

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Tb4DlP54A

Daniel Cooper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 05, 2025 10:14 pm Impressive stuff. I'm sure the engineers didn't mind working in St. Martin for a couple months instead of Iqaluit.

I'd be curious, was it WJ staff down there, or did they hire an AOG company...

I am quite surprised the moderator(s) still permits this dude(pdw)“ flowery nonsense “ disguised as “technical expertise” to be posted on this very tragic crash that resulted in the loss of many lives :rolleyes: :rolleyes: the pdw account is essentially a very old, not very smart by modern standard...

Digits is correct. Breakers are to protect wiring, because putting to much current thru a wire will start a fire.

It does depend a lot on the aircraft, in particular, what type of flaps it has. Take the case of a C-421, they are split flaps, provide drag, do not provide any lift. That's completely different than something like the Seneca with a Robertson stol kit I flew many years ago, which has full span fowle...

How did the crew shortage evaporate pretty much overnight? Just in the spring for example Encore was looking to hire temporary foreign crews for Captains, did a bunch of their First Officers get upgraded recently? Are airlines parking aircraft now? Same thing that's been happening in the fall for a...

I see a lot of job postings around the level where I think I could consider applying that indicate minimum multi engine hours, typically 500-1000. Same kind of thing with PIC. When a fixed wing operator is looking for a minimum number of multi hours, what is the intent behind the minimum? For most ...

So has it been fixed up enough to fly out yet ?

In the 90's the median income in Canada would afford you a detached house and two late model cars in the driveway. To be able to afford those assets as easily now you would need to make $400k, perhaps even more. Son is 32, he is a plumber. He owns a 4 bedroom house on a 1/4 acre lot in town. Parked...