It would be interesting to hear about the circuit-training limits in other urban areas such as Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal. Is anyone aware what are NavCanada's limits in these areas?

Interesting comments. Those who use the GVA airports know that our controllers do an awesome job, but I think it is crucial for the flight training operators to not get complacent. Circuit training accounts for at least 20% of all pilot training. Flight training operations need circuit access. Limit...

Oh my god, can we talk about this: Flight training on the west coast is being suffocated by NavCanada management decision-making! The word on the ramp is that NavCanada has restricted coffee consumption in the cabs and the controller are having trouble keeping up with the radio traffic! Seriously?

Does anyone know what went down at Buttonville when operations went from Tower to MF? How do the traffic volumes at CYNJ and CYKZ compare?

WTF! Transport Canada get off your butt and get this dispute resolved before somebody gets hurt! Having ambiguous status with respect to runway use is asking for trouble.

Thank goodness there was no operational impact! CADORS Occurrence Summary Date: 2021-02-12 Narrative: A ..... Cessna 152 ... from Langley, BC (CYNJ) to Langley, BC (CYNJ) was instructed to fly "on course" after following the noise avoidance procedure for Runway 25. The aircraft continued straight ou...

Man, it was bad again today in Vancouver-Fraser Valley area. Complete saturation, with everyone west of Mission Bridge on 122.72(5) MHz.

What's a good strategy for dealing with a congested practice-area frequency, and what advise would you give students/instructors?

455, what aircraft type are you referring to? Just curious...

The TSB cited the Shearwater Flying Club accident back in 2000 to point out that Cessna requires spin recovery at not less than 4000’ AGL. What does your club or school require for this exercise?

https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-repo ... a0110.html

Some local pilots from Langley have expressed concern over the high level of micro-management of circuit traffic --instead of being assigned traffic to follow, controllers often issue turn instruction , which can of course disrupt the normal approach sequence used by many pilots (base-leg speeds are...

Excellent discussion, which I think just became elevated. Is NavCanada operating the Vancouver TCA de facto as Class B owing to staffing shortages?

It's good to do a self-check at how we are doing, and I just wanted to throw it out there for discussions. CYNJ is a 3-mile zone where IFR traffic is rare. Controllers and pilots appear super-stressed and operations often seem on the verge of chaos owing to the high demand of Class C separation requ...