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- Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: If not AME then??
- Replies: 67
- Views: 9285
Re: If not AME then??
Being a technician at Tesla, you are going to top out around $50 an hour. Starting out as a first year apprentice, it's going to take over 10 years before you see that 50 an hour. In those 10 years you have to learn how some of the most complex vehicles on the road work. You are going to be doing a...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Can a training bond that was NOT signed be enforced?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10159
Re: Can a training bond that was NOT signed be enforced?
I'd wager a toonie on that.joefo wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:18 amWild guess, but sounds pretty similar to an operation out of The Pas that goes by MA?piperdriver wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:07 pm You didn’t sign the contract so you are not legally bond by the conditions of said contract. Tell them to pound sand. Also who is the operator??
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:35 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Misfuelling Thread
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4060
Re: Misfuelling Thread
From TSB... C-GQXD, a Piper PA-31-350 operated by 2080061 Ontario Inc. (dba SkyCare Air Ambulance), was conducting a flight from Pickle Lake Airport (CYPL), ON to Winnipeg/St. Andrews (CYAV), MB. The aircraft was fuelled by a local fuelling company in CYPL. As the aircraft was departing from CYPL, ...
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:07 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Does Transport Canada even exist?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8172
Re: Does Transport Canada even exist?
They exist if you're patient enough. Took them about eight weeks to re-approve me to write CARs for my AME license which I had been approved to do so back pre-Pandemic... Then another couple weeks to get the appointment booked... Holy frig. Got my license finally but not without being up their hole ...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Missinippi
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4630
Re: Missinippi
I'll just say that you'll probably find a better proportion of Pros vs Cons elsewhere.
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:26 am
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: Journeyman AME
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1283
Re: Journeyman AME
Never heard "Journeyman" used regarding AMEs.
Just "Apprentice" until they're licensed.
Just "Apprentice" until they're licensed.
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:23 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: New maintenance contract
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4653
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Sunglasses: To Polarize or Not to Polarize
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1453
Re: Sunglasses: To Polarize or Not to Polarize
Was always told to avoid polarized glasses for flying. As an AME and using polarized glasses, it all depends on the angle you look at the surface. Heated windscreens, different displays can vary between brands of sunglasses. Whether they use linear or circular polarization and the angle will determi...
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Embraer Legacy 600 business jet shot down in Russia - Prigozhin on passenger list
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1599
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:32 am
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: Please Lock Thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2429
Re: Is it just my company?
Wait, do we work at the same place?
We're not far off from that.
We're not far off from that.
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:03 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: Future AME Discouraged
- Replies: 341
- Views: 263912
Re: Future AME Discouraged
Wow.
Tell us how you really feel. But in less words than Homer's Iliad please.
We have plenty of transferrable skills. I had to use them during the Pandemic lockdowns. Apparently we can work high steel and build gondolas.
Tell us how you really feel. But in less words than Homer's Iliad please.
We have plenty of transferrable skills. I had to use them during the Pandemic lockdowns. Apparently we can work high steel and build gondolas.
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Self-flying plane in one-year deal with feds
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2932
Re: Self-flying plane in one-year deal with feds
Uh, you guys do know that it's already almost done. https://www.piper.com/blog/taking-safety-to-new-heights-meet-garmin-autoland-and-the-halo-safety-system/ It'a not a big stretch to take this from an "Emergency Only" to a field-to-field system. The damned thing flight plans on the fly, briefs pax, ...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Who should pay for the extra seat for large passengers?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 4087
Re: Who should pay for the extra seat for large passengers?
You take up two seats, you pay for two seats. Why make it more complicated than that. You need to use a wheel chair, you pay for a wheel chair. You need assistance and priority boarding because of mobility issues, you pay for it. You're blind and need a guide through the terminal, you pay for it. W...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:56 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Who should pay for the extra seat for large passengers?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 4087
Re: Who should pay for the extra seat for large passengers?
You take up two seats, you pay for two seats.
Why make it more complicated than that.
Why make it more complicated than that.
- Sat May 27, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: Aircraft Maintenance Type Courses
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1570
Re: Aircraft Maintenance Type Courses
As far as I know for M1 category fixed-wing there is no Type Course required to sign them out.
I have a couple M1 courses but they were only because I was working at an OEM certified Service Centre for those types.
I have a couple M1 courses but they were only because I was working at an OEM certified Service Centre for those types.
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: C-180 on floats 2 blade vs 3 blade prop
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2275
Re: C-180 on floats 2 blade vs 3 blade prop
Canadian Propeller in Winnipeg is MT certified too I believe.
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:33 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The Sealand RED V12 Diesel Beaver flies!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 10066
Re: The Sealand RED V12 Diesel Beaver flies!
Probably because of fuel burn. They're probably running Jet-A in it as it'll work in a diesel engine.
For those operating low with turboprops, they're burning a lot more than a King Air humming along at FL210.
For those operating low with turboprops, they're burning a lot more than a King Air humming along at FL210.
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 6:16 pm
- Forum: Maintenance
- Topic: Line Maintenance Log Book Sing off Amount
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1109
Re: Line Maintenance Log Book Sing off Amount
Use amelogbook.ca to keep track. It'll give you your percentage of completion.
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 1:27 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Airline pilots: How much do you use your "travel benefits"?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5309
Re: Airline pilots: How much do you use your "travel benefits"?
When I worked for a carrier with benefits (was in Ops / Dispatch) I used them a couple times a year when I could around working all the time. Had passes on WJ and PD and cheap fares on company routes.
Now I'm at a smaller op in Maintenance with zero travel benefits.
Now I'm at a smaller op in Maintenance with zero travel benefits.
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:32 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Maintenance / Inventory Tracking Software (best)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 765
Re: Maintenance / Inventory Tracking Software (best)
RAAS works pretty well where I'm at.
I've used AMS before elsewhere and that was okay too. https://aircraftms.com/solutions/mro/
I've used AMS before elsewhere and that was okay too. https://aircraftms.com/solutions/mro/