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by PilotFlying
Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:57 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Aircraft Register App
Replies: 7
Views: 928

Re: Aircraft Register App

iflyforpie wrote:This is an aviation website. :smt040
Hehe... OK that's fair. :D

C.
by PilotFlying
Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:45 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Aircraft Register App
Replies: 7
Views: 928

Re: Aircraft Register App

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...
by PilotFlying
Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:40 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Aircraft Register App
Replies: 7
Views: 928

Aircraft Register App

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...
by PilotFlying
Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:09 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Live traffic feed for Canada, alike passur
Replies: 6
Views: 1214

Re: Live traffic feed for Canada, alike passur

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.

Cheers,

Chris

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by PilotFlying
Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:18 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Live traffic feed for Canada, alike passur
Replies: 6
Views: 1214

Re: Live traffic feed for Canada, alike passur

Here's something similar for CYVR.

Cheers,

Chris

8)
by PilotFlying
Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:23 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011
Replies: 440
Views: 43611

Re: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011

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...
by PilotFlying
Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:26 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011
Replies: 440
Views: 43611

Re: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011

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...
by PilotFlying
Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:12 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011
Replies: 440
Views: 43611

Re: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011

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...
by PilotFlying
Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:25 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011
Replies: 440
Views: 43611

Re: Federal Court Decision re V-K JR, February 3, 2011

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...
by PilotFlying
Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:57 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Three New CHRT Decisions Released
Replies: 3
Views: 1649

Re: Three New CHRT Decisions Released

Mechanic787 wrote:... pain and suffering ...
Seriously?
by PilotFlying
Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:35 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Junior Pilots, you have control!
Replies: 38
Views: 8948

Re: Junior Pilots, you have control!

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...
by PilotFlying
Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:29 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: "Ground to flightdeck..."
Replies: 16
Views: 5137

Re: "Ground to flightdeck..."

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 ...
by PilotFlying
Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:53 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: "Ground to flightdeck..."
Replies: 16
Views: 5137

Re: "Ground to flightdeck..."

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.

Cheers,

Chris

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by PilotFlying
Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:08 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: New "Air Canada Pilots Private Forum"
Replies: 56
Views: 13300

Re: New "Air Canada Pilots Private Forum"

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...
by PilotFlying
Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:56 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: New "Air Canada Pilots Private Forum"
Replies: 56
Views: 13300

Re: New "Air Canada Pilots Private Forum"

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...
by PilotFlying
Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:40 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: New "Air Canada Pilots Private Forum"
Replies: 56
Views: 13300

Re: New "Air Canada Pilots Private Forum"

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...
by PilotFlying
Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:31 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: New "Air Canada Pilots Private Forum"
Replies: 56
Views: 13300

Re: New "Air Canada Pilots Private Forum"

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...
by PilotFlying
Sun May 16, 2010 5:40 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Sokay, just a nav database error.
Replies: 15
Views: 1846

Re: Sokay, just a nav database error.

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...
by PilotFlying
Fri May 14, 2010 9:09 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Sokay, just a nav database error.
Replies: 15
Views: 1846

Re: Sokay, just a nav database error.

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 ...
by PilotFlying
Thu May 13, 2010 8:37 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Straight-in approach inside the IF
Replies: 18
Views: 2611

Re: Straight-in approach inside the IF

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.

Cheers,

8)
by PilotFlying
Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Question about joining AC as a pilot
Replies: 30
Views: 4495

Re: I don't believe what I am reading...

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 ...
by PilotFlying
Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:28 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Question about joining AC as a pilot
Replies: 30
Views: 4495

Re: Question about joining AC as a pilot

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...
by PilotFlying
Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:33 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Aircraft Ferry Services
Replies: 14
Views: 3333

Re: Aircraft Ferry Services

Oops too late.
by PilotFlying
Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:41 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: New tunic
Replies: 29
Views: 3562

Re: New tunic

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.

Cheers,

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