That can't possibly be real. I can tell you one thing, if I asked questions about an instructor's availability as a potential client and I received a bill, I would be tearing that invoice up in their face. Ground Instruction is charged for ground instruction, not asking how much their fuel costs or ...

I've been at this for 2 decades now, and Jason the CFI in Sarnia has been teaching for even longer. Sarnia is also a great option. Family owned and operated outfit. You can't go wrong with Sarnia either. They had me out the door with a CPL + float rating in under 6 months.

I needed roughly 6 hours of night PIC XC after a few thousand hours of PIC from a decade of crop dusting and water bombing. My experience was about 98% day VFR in piston bangers and turbines. A few decisions were made over all those years... I finished off my AAs with PICUS at Porter many years ago....

Nice list. Here are some more 802 operators. Forest Protection Limited (702): https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/RchSimpRes.aspx?cn=%7c%7c&mn=%7c%7c&sn=%7c%7c&on=FOREST+PROTECTION+LIMITED%7c&m=%7c%7c&rfr=RchSimp.aspx Forest Patrol Limited (604): https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/...

I'm curious why when issued a SID with the clearance, after departure most of the time we are given vectors that parallel the SID? I've always scratched my head with that one, given that it appears leaving us on the SID would be less workload. Thanks to the ATC guys that answer.

Submitted for renewal September 2023
Expiration date May 2024
Recieved February 2024.

They certainly have made them on the cheap for this round of prints.

On the bright side, I received an invoice for the first time in roughly 15 years for processing my medical. It’s a step in the right direction! No way, you too? Did you happen to do your renewal via telemedicine? Because that's the only change for me and I never got charged before either. I did not...

I tried to find up an email from TC regarding a follow up on my renewal. It basically outlined that regardless of how much in advanced you submit, they will not even begin to process your renewal until 90 days prior to expiration. My company informed me a while back that they were something in the t...

clrdleftbase wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:07 pm most FOs (YTZ) are only doing 200-300 hours at year at the moment.

Wow. Pretty cruisey. I was doing 600 hrs a year when I was at Porter. Not much flying going on or just over staffed with lost of RES?

My 170B ... It means I'm on a day off.

Currently, we do not have PICUS.

We have previously agreed that if a plane is hopping over from Hamilton to Kitchener on a VFR itinerary and joining the circuit for landing on a clear day and just eyeballing it, that's not valid instrument time. But! If you are the aircraft behind them and you have the ILS dialed in and you are us...

Capt Nerdly. Now there is a name I haven't heard for well over a decade! Hope all has been well since the Chimo days!

nohojob wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:45 pm Somebody coming to Sunwing with 2k on the 737 is likely to be upgraded within 1 year.

In 2022, 38 qualified candidates as per CBA were bypassed with varying service up to 10 years. I would use the term likely very lightly.

I went from an Air Tractor to a Q400 when I made the transition to airlines a while ago. You're many steps ahead of where I was, if you have experience transmitting on a VHF radio. :lol: There is some good information above, but I think it's important to brush up on ICAO standard radio phraseology. ...

The goldilocks balance of lifestyle, compensation, and work satisfaction. The 737 has the perfect-sized fuel tanks. It goes far enough that you get good credit and lots of days off and not so far that you have to worry about the back of the clock and time zones. Does that mean the red eye turns whe...

Must? or Every effort. 13.4.4 A Reserve FCM will be considered on call at all times during his RAP. Two hours is the minimum advance notice to report for Duty. Crew Scheduling will make every effort to contact and assign Duty to a FCM on Reserve as far in advance as possible and the FCM will make ev...

My local strip owner uses a blower too. Only blows 2/3's of the runway which leaves about 2000'. More then enough and we run 8.00x6 tires on our 170. I haven't heard him bitching about shear pins mind you.

Scheduled at a max 85 hrs and/or 18 days with 80 MMG.

I nerded out and picked up a Fenix TK20R half a dozen years ago. Zero issues. I think I have charged it once? Looks like v2.0 is out. After having 1000 lumens, I wouldn't buy anything less. The variable lumens is nice. 10 is much better than 1000 inside the flight deck :lol: https://www.fenixlightin...

When I worked for Porter, I lived (and still live) in London. Reserve was short lived. I think it was a few months if I recall? It was easy to hold the long 4 day pairings, but there were only a small percentage of them. I used to run 3 (4) day pairings + 1 split a month. Lots of nights on the road,...

Has anyone asked for $500? I have. $525/day. I got relatively close to it on a "total compensation" package. I have also been paid well above that. Know your worth and stick to it is very sound advise. Total compensation is key as I have taken jobs north of 1k per day. Some times HR just plunks you...

Unfortunately it seems as though our fears about Sunwing bringing in Temporary Foreign Pilots this winter are coming true. Smartwings in Europe is posting availability this winter for crews to fly Canadian registered aircraft at Sunwing. Currently there are six Sunwing airplanes operating in Europe...

I am under the impression a base bid was run and upgrades were exhausted. The company is under rapid expansion plans. Do you have information to state otherwise?

GoHome Leg, believe me when I say the lecture is not required. I am not making an irrational or emotionally influenced decision. I have done my own risk assessment, lifestyle assessment, career assessment, and I made a decision based on what was best for myself and my family. I stated a few facts an...