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...

I'm actually a bit surprised you need current to instruct IFR. It's not like we ever went in actual IMC in training. When I taught IFR back in the 80's, thru the winter, the majority of the flights were in IMC. I especially enjoyed a few trips where the destination airport was w0x0f, tell the stude...

He's definitely slid down my friend ranking this week. How to tell the difference between friends and acquaintances ? Moving day. I've told this to the kids time and again. A couple months ago, son had to move. Once all the stuff was in the new place, he phoned me to say, now he knows who the real ...

So has it been determined yet the fate of the airframe ? Is a crew down there fixing it, or is it headed to the pop can factory ?

rudder wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 6:01 am The aircraft touched down 1420’ prior to the touchdown zone. That is nearly 5 football fields.

The article says 420, not 1420. That a few less 'football fields' for those that cant figure out how far a thousand feet is.

https://youtu.be/Rjm7TqJCN8c The removal in high speed. It’s hard to tell but it looks like the gear re-collapsed and the crane dropped it at around the 2:20 mark. It's a time lapse so things will look faster and more abrupt than they actually were. If you play it back at 1/4 speed, it looks more l...