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by ettw
Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:29 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Will the Canadian "pilot shortage" reach U.S. levels?
Replies: 18
Views: 5837

Re: Will the Canadian "pilot shortage" reach U.S. levels?

Well let's hope so!

That being said, if my FO is getting a signing bonus, I'd better get a retention bonus!!

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by ettw
Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:01 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: LX40 in YFB
Replies: 2
Views: 1399

LX40 in YFB

Apparently with an engine out.

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by ettw
Wed Dec 07, 2016 9:24 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Canadian airport designators explained
Replies: 18
Views: 3637

Re: Canadian airport designators explained

YPH Port Harrison/inukjuaq I believe.

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by ettw
Wed Dec 07, 2016 7:56 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: CF18 crash @ Cold Lake
Replies: 33
Views: 10216

Re: CF18 crash @ Cold Lake

An ex RAF guy I worked with said "you only pull the handles because you know you'll die if you don't".

I think that sums the ejection seat option pretty clearly.

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by ettw
Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:08 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Saving fuel any way they can
Replies: 46
Views: 8541

Re: Saving fuel any way they can

I can tell you that I ended up shutting an engine down on the -6 on the west coast of Baffin. I loitered overhead my intended destination while company came up with a rescue plan. Once everything settled in I did the math and had jags of gas to get back to YFB. The return trip had originally been ex...
by ettw
Mon Oct 24, 2016 6:22 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: 5680?
Replies: 5
Views: 2509

Re: 5680?

I've only read back two decent clearances from Montreal to the passengers .....

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by ettw
Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:05 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: 5680?
Replies: 5
Views: 2509

Re: 5680?

Arctic has very good coverage on 56. If I can't get ahold of them it's probably the equipment in the aircraft I'm flying that's at fault.

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by ettw
Sun Sep 25, 2016 7:46 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: First Air
Replies: 4
Views: 3160

Re: First Air

Our latest ATR captain upgrade has about 5.5 years with the company.

Our number one guy on the seniority list has about 35 years in. I'm guessing our junior 737 captain has about 24 years in.

I agree with Marinths assessment.

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by ettw
Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:22 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: 7F and 5T Codesharing flights.
Replies: 34
Views: 11888

Re: 7F and 5T Codesharing flights.

Well you could make all of your customers happy. Then you go broke. Finally the airline who is still in business has a monopoly...for a while. Id be able to hear all of the complaining from 1200 miles away. It's expensive running a northern airline and I doubt even with all of this codeshareing and ...
by ettw
Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:20 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: 7F and 5T Codesharing flights.
Replies: 34
Views: 11888

Re: 7F and 5T Codesharing flights.

7f is down an airplane for a few months while it has the combi mod done to it. I'm sure that Flair is cheaper than what 5t would have wanted to get paid for doing 7f's AM flight YOW-YFB AN I figure that ruffled feathers at 5t so they pulled out if part of code share. What's going on is two airlines ...
by ettw
Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:50 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: 7F and 5T Codesharing flights.
Replies: 34
Views: 11888

Re: 7F and 5T Codesharing flights.

Between the jigs and the reels, it's a crappy time to be working for a 705 Northern operator.

I've just about had enough of this and I might need to go back to my Twin Otter.

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by ettw
Sat May 16, 2015 10:14 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Summit Avro RJ85's YEG
Replies: 5
Views: 1996

Re: Summit Avro RJ85's YEG

Our Executive management are pleased to call this a "strategic partnership". In other words Summits cost per seat/mile is less than 7F's so they do some of our flying now. It's a slippery slope but I won't air dirty laundry here.

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by ettw
Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:26 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Canjet hijacking in Jamaica.
Replies: 11
Views: 4336

Re: Canjet hijacking in Jamaica.

Well if you looked around you might have seen one of Russ's super cubs on its way from YRP to YEU with Weldy Phipps checking out a young Karl Zberg on "Balloon" tires..... :D

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by ettw
Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:44 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Canadian North / First Air Pilot & Aircraft Bases
Replies: 20
Views: 9533

Re: Canadian North / First Air Pilot & Aircraft Bases

The rotation for 7F is a constant 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. We have an exemption that allows us to fly the day we come in and the day we go out which is actually the 15th day. There are other restrictions to this but as a result they can't really mess with the schedule. We have guys who have had the s...
by ettw
Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:58 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: First Air Crash Resolute Bay August 20 2011
Replies: 488
Views: 91292

Re: First Air Crash Resolute Bay August 20 2011

Likewise the Cape Martyr beacon. http://www.navcanada.ca/EN/products-and-services/Service%20Project%20Announcements/SPA-2011-Resolute-EN.pdf I know the RB NDB to the North is still there but as an old fart I like to have a beacon on the approach if possible, who knows if seeing it at a funny angle ...
by ettw
Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:28 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Airport with private apron advisory service?
Replies: 6
Views: 1421

Re: Airport with private apron advisory service?

YFB has an apron advisory frequency now. Its managed by the FBO at the north end and if the ramp is busy up at that end FSS will "hand" you off to them on their freq. They are not controllers and, as far as I can tell, they can't prevent you from doing what normal aircraft do on the ramp. They simpl...
by ettw
Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:33 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Spock is gone....
Replies: 12
Views: 1924

Re: Spock is gone....

Changes in Latitudes wrote:Don't you wish all of your first officers were like him?
i flew with one like him...882/883

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by ettw
Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:22 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: North Pole..NOT!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 1427

Re: North Pole..NOT!!!

I'm also assuming that a reduced number of experienced floating sea ice capts is a factor in the risk analysis. By my count there are only about 5-6 capts left there who could, almost without fail, get that job done reliably and without banging up the machine or skis.

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by ettw
Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:09 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: North Pole..NOT!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 1427

North Pole..NOT!!!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/can ... -1.2970395

They'll do it....it will just cost twice as much

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by ettw
Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:13 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The importance of 126.70 calls....
Replies: 16
Views: 4015

Re: The importance of 126.70 calls....

Good points made about how we handled this scenario and J31, yes it might have been possible that the TCAS system may have commanded a reversal but given the fact that the TCAS displayed target was already in the decent and below us I can't imagine we would have received anything other than a climb....

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