Jesus christ. No matter how blameless you are, there will always be someone looking to blame the pilots.

I have flown in several countries outside Canada. I only speak English and have never had an issue. Where? To only other countries where English is the national language? Because if you've flown to europe you'd have heard multiple countries speak their language to national traffic. Same with Asia a...

It is Totally not safe. Amazing how English is the international language and spoke in every airport across the world except Quebec. Tell me you've never flown outside of canada without telling me you've never flown outside of canada. I have flown in several countries outside Canada. I only speak E...

On a slightly different topic is it just me or does anyone else think the use of French by ATC in Quebec is a bit of a safety issue? I totally understand the history that has made Quebec a mostly French speaking part of the world but that always seems a bit unsafe to me It is Totally not safe. Amaz...

I noticed just about every Dubai influencer is now posting reels about not being afraid because of who their leaders are. Simultaneously, the UAE is threatening fines and jail time for any resident posting about the war. So, two scenarios. These influencers coincidentally all decided to post the sa...

1759 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2026 9:29 am Worked for a 705 carrier a long time ago, we operated a D-8 for 5 days across Canada with no autopilot.

Did you miss the part about single pilot IFR? Since when is the Dash8 single pilot?

Genuine question, why are you lying to make that part of the world look bad? I guess the "facts" aren’t helping you anymore. Understandably, most people trying to leave are tourists. Residents aren’t panicking at all. My friends are literally out at a restaurant right now. Running out of food? Shel...

Headlines this morning should also factor into your decision to move out to that part of the world. Just spoke to some people living in Dubai - it's locked down with people being told to shelter in place. Airport is closed at the moment - all flights cancelled. Neighbouring FIRs closed. There was a...

Not only do you have to speak French but you best have a Chibougamau accent or else you won't get an interview.

piedpiper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 17, 2026 5:54 pm Correct. ATPL and 2000 hours.

If AC started taking lower they'd also have to do so from Jazz as the agreement states Jazz minimums can't be higher than OTS. And that would pillage Jazz of pilots even more than it already is.

Lol some people never learn.

Hi all, does anyone know where to get tailwheel training in Southern Ontario? I see Brampton offers it in their Citabria but they're quoting $3000 which I think is quite ridiculous. I'm near CYKF but am willing to drive an hour or so. Any leads are appreciated! Thank you. I agree. Sounds to me like...

Gulfstreams have more of a presence. People notice them. Pull up to your favourite FBO in a global, and the instagram models in your entourage won’t even know what it is. While this crowd isn't exactly winning any Nobel prizes. They tend to be keenly aware of expensive toys and who can afford what.

I wonder how much ad revenue this thread accounts for as a percentage of the total. Probably single handedly paying for this site's running cost.

Loads are only part of the picture. You can have full planes and still not be profitable if you're not charging enough. With a private company like Porter, it is impossible to gauge its financial health based on loads since they don't have to publicly disclose any financial metric. Its probably fair...

You’re a special kind of retard if you believe Sunwing was about to go bankrupt. “Accordingly, and on the one hand, what evidence there is establishes that Sunwing was in serious trouble. Local 4070 [the WestJet flight attendants] is undoubtedly correct that it was rescued by WestJet.” That’s from ...

The problem is that it would be up to the airline to challenge it, we experienced that with the Jazz/AC agreement. PAL was a complete violation but Jazz didn’t challenge it. Hopefully this is not the situation for you guys, I noticed this morning Transat posted a net loss for the fourth quarter of ...

Any idea what the wording is for the PD/TS joint venture, any aircraft restrictions? Haven't seen the language yet, possibly out today. It's unrestricted thru the scope, only in what TS-PD have negotiated. We were told the are some restrictions thru the competition bureau if one party went "wild". ...

PostmasterGeneral wrote: ↑Thu Dec 18, 2025 5:19 pm 1200 views in this thread and only 78 votes. Trying to stir up controversy and failing miserably when nobody took the bait.

This blew up in the OP's face in spectacular fashion.

What are you talking about? That level of engagement is higher than many other popular threads here.

You guys are actually upset Transat has a good contract? That just helps with negotiations against AC. Management knows that they have to match Transat after screaming AC's comparison is national airlines. Celebrate the win I don't think anyone is angry about it, quite the opposite. Everyone I've s...

Huh? Then tell me what "go play with a farm animal" means in your books? Are you saying its a kind, well intentioned insult? You simply meant that I should go ride a horse right? Seriously... get real. Everyone knows what disgusting insults like that mean. Even you know what it means. AI thinks you...

You wouldn’t survive the ‘60s and ‘70s, that Generation wasn’t soft with a “poor me, life is so unfair” . "I wonder who that could be" and look who popped up. I called you weak, not soft. Soft would be a lesser insult. Ah my friend…. I was there those decades, got the inside line I dare say. Life w...

What I disagree with is the approach. The jealousy of boomers is coming across as blame and anger. That doesn't solve the problem. We probably wouldn't blame things on them if there wasn't a verifiable track record of them getting in the way to make things difficult, more expensive or outright impo...

They say strong men make for good times, the silent generation. They also say weak men make for hard times. I wonder who that could be. You wouldn’t survive the ‘60s and ‘70s, that Generation wasn’t soft with a “poor me, life is so unfair” . "I wonder who that could be" and look who popped up. I ca...

They say strong men make for good times, the silent generation. They also say weak men make for hard times. I wonder who that could be.

Fair enough. I was off. I'm seeing a 38k raise for yr 1 based on the 2024 salary table for Yr1 captain. So no, not 100k. And unless I have the worng numbers, not 25k either. I was off because I was looking at the hourly rate on the old contract. But looking at the old contract Y1 cpt at 187K vs 220...