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- Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:06 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Average flight time
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3127
Re: Average flight time
Are you at a well-established flight training unit with a set curriculum or a smaller operation? Have you seen the curriculum? If you're following the curriculum, and accomplishing everything that should be accomplished on each flight, then it's a non-issue in my mind. Most larger FTUs have a set cu...
- Sat Jun 05, 2021 11:40 am
- Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
- Topic: Classic Dash replacement??
- Replies: 169
- Views: 67391
Re: Classic Dash replacement??
« Notre entente interligne avec Air Canada et WestJet permet maintenant aux gens des régions de la province de pouvoir se promener à travers tout le pays », ajoute le directeur des ventes de PAL Airlines. Translation: "Our interline agreement with Air Canada and WestJet now allows people in regions...
- Thu May 20, 2021 10:06 am
- Forum: Porter Airlines
- Topic: Porter receiving E195-E2?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 34724
Re: Porter receiving E195-E2?
I think there are some interesting underserved point to point opportunities in this country that don't have the volume for a narrow-body aircraft, but are too far apart for a Q400. That said, leasing, or reselling delivery slots, could net them a small profit given the timeline - 2022-2023 may see s...
- Tue May 11, 2021 6:14 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Airport revenues
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1609
Re: Airport revenues
You would think that operating these large airport terminals like shopping malls with products marked up am atrocious amount would be enough to pay the bills - but given the AIF's and other fees they charge obviously it's not doing the trick. Maybe forget about investing in the infrastructure requir...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:54 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Frontier lack of deice in Nashville
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1403
Re: Frontier lack of deice in Nashville
Terrifying shit when you picture yourself up front with no other help and can't see the wings. The "trained" de-icer people need to be elevated above a minimum level wage. This has always concerned me - bigger airports in Canada are good, but some out-stations have left me really wondering the comp...
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: End of the Line for the Dash-8?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3406
Re: End of the Line for the Dash-8?
They were going to have to pause production at some point in order to relocate the assembly plant from Downsview... so while it still sucks, the timing on this may almost be helpful in getting things arranged and moved. I'd say as long as there are orders, production will restart. If routes are thin...
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:37 am
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: WAWCON at PAL Aerospace
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4254
Re: WAWCON at PAL Aerospace
Also, from having friend's of friend's that work there, I believe they are flying quite specialized King Air 200's that are well over-weight compared to a joe-blow B200 at low-level over the North Atlantic... So I don't think it should be compared to the average King Air job. Seems pretty specialize...
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:50 am
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: WAWCON at PAL Aerospace
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4254
Re: WAWCON at PAL Aerospace
was told they had a slide at 1st day GS, it was on for about 3 seconds, and never available after that......do they have a policy book they distribute that shows wages? Maybe that's why this happened :lol: https://www.alpa.org/news-and-events/news-room/2020-07-23-alpa-represents-pal-aerospace-pilots
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:08 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Steep Turns At Low Altitude
- Replies: 142
- Views: 7287
Re: Steep Turns At Low Altitude
The problem is I feel like the aircraft will fall out of the sky at any moment while doing it, whether a steepish turn or full rudder slip. This is fine at altitude, because I know I can recover (I rather enjoy spins) - which is not the case close to the ground. Have you tried having your instructo...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:01 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: COVID MOA 2
- Replies: 267
- Views: 55707
Re: COVID MOA 2
Additionally, wouldn't EIC's existing companies infringe on the non-competing clause in the Jazz CPA? Not sure about Calm Air and Perimeter, but I know at least PAL is competing with some AC/Jazz routes, while also having a Montreal base... Separating Jazz from Chorus makes much more sense - Jazz go...
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:43 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Steep Turns At Low Altitude
- Replies: 142
- Views: 7287
Re: Steep Turns At Low Altitude
When I instructed I taught my students that I didn't want to see more than 15 degrees AoB during a climbing turn, and never more than 30 degrees AoB in the circuit. There's no need, certainly during the pre-solo phase, for steep turns below the upper-airwork floor. If you can't make it onto final wi...
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:01 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: What is wrong with the aviation industry?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3376
Re: What is wrong with the aviation industry?
I know some people that made 40k plus their first year flight instructing, but they had to work like a dog at a busy school, push weather, not really care about results, etc. to manage that. It is only what you make of it, but as said above, you can end up a senior wide body captain making 300k annu...
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:39 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Sometimes the turnback is too successful
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2245
Re: Sometimes the turnback is too successful
It's important that everyone remembers that a 180 turnback is a lot more than 180 degrees worth of turn, in order to line back up with the departure runway. Unless you have practiced over and over again in the aircraft you're flying, it's recipe for disaster. As a poster pointed out above, it's real...
- Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:36 am
- Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
- Topic: Jazz Dash 8 400 Freighter
- Replies: 41
- Views: 27533
Re: Jazz Dash 8 400 Freighter
I really thought when they had announced this that they had already figured out a structure to distribute some of the freight AC was bringing into YYZ/YUL to smaller communities...
Obviously that wasn't the case.
Obviously that wasn't the case.
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:08 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Full length takeoff
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3071
Re: Full length takeoff
I remember reading somewhere (don't know if it's true) that manufacture recommended procedure for old Soviet machines deliberately delayed rotation to use up the whole runway to improve performance in the event of an engine out. Don't know if there is truth to this, and haven't done any research on ...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: What should pilots do going forward?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3864
Re: What should pilots do going forward?
As much as most of us want to keep our jobs and keep money rolling in, keeping more pilots on reduced wages will diminish wages and working conditions long-term. If this goes on long enough supply and demand will cause wages at a lot of smaller carriers to decrease, but keeping conditions at the lar...
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:14 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Nolinor Aviation Starts New Airline
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9271
Re: Nolinor Aviation Starts New Airline
In the nearly ten years I’ve been a part of the aviation industry in this country, I’ve had the pleasure of working with several ex-Nolinor employees including both pilots and flight attendants, some of whom would later become close friends. Interestingly, I’ve never heard someone make a single pos...
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:45 pm
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: Got a letter from a Doctor at Transport regarding my class 01
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7851
Re: Got a letter from a Doctor at Transport regarding my class 01
I know a few guys that have gotten the same letter. As far as I can tell it is often based on BMI with no other contributing factors.
Waste of time. Would be nice if they would just let the doctors do their jobs.
Waste of time. Would be nice if they would just let the doctors do their jobs.
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 1:20 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Turn That Master Off For a Forced Approach
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2068
Re: Turn That Master Off For a Forced Approach
What are the thoughts on cracking the door prior to impact? I remember during my PPL I was taught by one instructor to unlatch the door prior to touchdown, in the event that the airframe bends and stops the door from opening. I never heard it again from anyone else. On one hand you don't want your d...
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Annoying pilot "friends"
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7585
Re: Annoying pilot "friends"
There's a difference between someone who's actually your buddy/friend acting like your buddy than someone who you barely know acting as if he's your long lost BFF. "Hey man, I'm out of a job, any chance you guys are doing any hiring" is different than "Hey dude, long time! Remember that time you len...