If you don't mind messing around with finicky websites, then sure - that works too. Personally, I like a well-designed, clean interface that works well on the size of the iPhone's screen. And $2.99 won't break the bank for anyone making above minimum wage in this country. Anyway, it's just an FYI if...
For all you iPhone people... just thought I'd share a great app I found a while back, which just got WAY more useful because the developer has just added the ability to search Canadian registrations... http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aircraft-registry/id323103435?mt=8 I know we all wonder "who owns t...
Unfortunately it's the only one that I know of. It was set up for Vancouver-area residents to track aircraft noise. There may be others like it, but I'm not aware of any.
Don't be cute ... So drop the "dumb, I just don't understand attitude". ... stop with the "dumb, innocent" attitude, already. You may have noticed that I mentioned to Understated that I haven't been following the court/tribunal process very closely, because I recognize that nothing I do is going to...
The Court last week stated emphatically that the mandatory retirement exemption to the general prohibition against age discrimination is not constitutional. Thanks, Understated - I wasn't yet aware of the details of this ruling. To be honest, I haven't really been following the tribunal/court proce...
What if Lincoln had said, "I will free the slaves, but those who are presently slaves, must remain so". Thanks, vic777; however, I don't really think the misfortune those forced to retire were faced with is in any way comparable to that faced by those subjected to slavery. The solution, if one is e...
You owe it to yourselves to work together towards an end-result that you helped to create. It’s that age-old (pun intended) question: “Do you choose to be part of the problem, or part of the solution?” Hi Doug, I enjoyed reading your post; it brings (or returns) to light the fact that this is not a...
I am personally planning my finances to be able to afford a comfortable retirement with no pension at all. I know in Canada we have regulations in place to protect our pensions but who's to say that 25 years down the road when the Baby Boomers have sucked the pensions plans dry that these protectio...
Next question: Is YYZ the only field that doesn't turn on the apron taxi line lights? It's a pet peeve of mine about their operation as it makes it difficult to push at night (hard to pick up the line until you're almost on top of it when pushing from certain gates). YYZ is actually one of the few ...
AWESOME dialogue! Thanks, yyz monkey, for posting your questions. I don't have much to add to what the guys above have already said, but I think there is something we can all learn from these-type discussions. This is the kind of stuff that should REALLY be in ART.
One critical point that is difficult for any outsider to get their mind around with respect to your dispute is the question, what makes the Air Canada pilot group so different from every almost every other pilot group in Canada and the rest of the world who have not only accepted the removal of the...
I can accept the law argument; I cannot accept the fairness argument. So, how would you see this dispute ever resolving itself, then, if the law argument prevails? ... Other than relegating the returning or staying pilots to a subservient status, which on the face of it is similarly contrary to law...
With respect, isn't your fight with Parliament? Parliament did not enact the law incorporating the implementation process that you would find acceptable. You're probably right. I'm not necessarily pointing fingers at who is to blame for this mess. All I'm saying is that the people sharing my positi...
You are suggesting that the world can never change--it must always remain frozen in time, because change is unfair to those adversely affected. No. I think I speak for many in saying that we are not opposing the change - we are opposing the implementation . If this were really about human rights, w...
How about posting that CAR PilotFlying. I can give you the AIM reference off hand, but will have to dig around the CARs to find it. AIM 3.16.18 Avionics Databases, 2nd paragraph: It is good practice to verify that retrieved data is correct, and it is mandatory to do so for approach data . Verificat...
Our SOPs have us check the lat and long of each fix and or heading/milage to ensure that they are in the correct place as part of verifying an approach. Your SOPs say so because the regs say so. Every pilot flying a Canadian-registered aircraft is required, by the CARs, to perform this cross-check ...
Virtually all vectored straight-in approaches are intercepted inside the IF. It is definitely legal, provided you adhere to the appropriate safe altitudes - be it minimum vectoring altitude issued by ATC, PT altitude, MSA, etc.
Sorry pal, that is the biggest load of shite I have ever read on the forum about AC.... Hi, pal. :smt023 Had you actually read my words carefully you would have realized (as other readers did) that I was referring to current hiring practices - not those 2 decades old. I am well aware that nepotism ...
Unless if you have good connections then that's another story. There's absolutely no truth to this. I'm not sure how it works in other departments, but in Flight Ops having connections no longer does anything for you. My guess is other departments are the same too. Applying is all it takes and your...
What BLZD1 said. Flt Ops Bulletin 92-09 explains it, but there's really not too much more to be said. I sure hope the non-fitted tunics won't look too sloppy.