I don't buy that instructing counts as multi-crew experience that requires CRM. There's a huge difference between two pilots who are trained to work together and share responsibility for the outcome of the flight, and an instructor providing direction to a student; the latter doesn't involve them w...

I find a regular sized ipad best. You can just put it on your lap, and the size is perfect. The mini is a bit small when viewing approach charts, documents IMO. Some people use yoke mounts, but that can be risky. I’m curious how you were able to read paper approach plates which were the same size a...

Hmm… I actually worked for PASCO. Was not my experience. Mind you, this was a long time ago. I had worked up north and had twin turbine time, but all of my PIC time was instructor. Probably just biases of amateur hiring managers at these revolving door companies.. plus I bet they get more instructor...

WCS is trading at $45 and change. The TMX that Trudeau twinned isn’t even at capacity. Provincially owned resources don’t benefit most of Canadians. The East imports, refines, and exports foreign oil because it’s more profitable and their refineries can’t handle bitumen. Lumber is a tiny industry ma...

First thing I’d suggest is ditch the “actual operational experience” and “non-instructing time”. You have 750 hours and if you haven’t actually done instructing.. you have no clue what it’s about. All of my time was instructing at 750 hours. I learned things like CRM, how to supervise and delegate, ...

TC can fine you whenever they want with one of the multiple ambiguous or subjective regulations. Things like Reckless or Negligent Operation of Aircraft. Yeah…. I don’t think so. They’ll fine you with that if you hit an obstacle.. or maybe if it’s some poor bastard’s house that you’re repeatedly fl...

Yeah.. you have airline pilots who are operating under a different part of the CARs and with SOPs that explicitly state stabilized approach criteria and define the touchdown zone saying that their rules apply to all aircraft and therefore landing on a displaced threshold is illegal. It’s not illegal...

Beside spirit and frontier, name me another airline that has 28in pitch in seats in economy. It’s a horrible trend and a complete 180 of the company’s current messaging to improve guest experience after screwing the passengers for years with swoop and Sunwing tail swaps. Enjoy being forced to deadh...

Yellow chevrons are stopways and aren’t rated for aircraft landings. Don’t land on those. Displaced thresholds are fine. They are only displaced because there are obstacles that cut in to a 3 degree (or whatever the PAPI/ILS is set to) slope. As most said, light aircraft can easily exceed that slope...

Position Overview Contract Term: May – October 2026 Six months. You will need other employment. Read on. Location: Based in Southern Alberta (local candidates strongly preferred) Yeah.. because you’ll have to still live at home or with a sugar momma/daddy to afford this job. Aircraft: N-Registered ...

lostav8r wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 7:41 pm

ACPA2.0 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:53 am You need to pay your dues! Work the ramp, low starting pay, to one day fly a shiny jet. That is the way!

living up to the username

Then there’s ALPA 2.0

wOrl KlAs KoNtRaK!1!1!!1!!!!!!1!1!

Coulson: The social media influencer company that does fire fighting on the side.

If only they spent as much time getting their aircraft certified in Canada as slagging the competition.

Two things that are in the back of the hiring boards mind are a candidate’s ability to get through the initial course, and later on, their ability to get through a command upgrade. As a result, in no particular order: Multi crew PIC time. Transport category 705 time especially in larger aircraft. U...

No recline is a godsend. So sick of the general public who has no courtesy before they do so.

I still don’t get doing the journey log in the climb. If it is a long leg, do it in cruise, if it is short do it at the gate at the end of the flight. As to the story; yeah, what is the purpose of VS in that situation anyway. IAS is paramount. Do it in FLCH(Vnav speed window open) or Open Climb or ...

This thread is exhibit A for the flakiness of Air Canadas HR department. http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=108166 Nobody knows the magical formula for getting hired.. so an almost ten year old survey and 96 page thread of what personal experience was and like the markets past performanc...

That’s going to be ten years of your life you will never get back. You’ll make good money (for now.. until the next global crisis which cleaned out the last group of expats) but you’ll have no life and a soul sucking job that takes all of your waking hours (and more than a few sleeping ones as well)...

Get single engine PIC first. You’ll be an upgradable candidate when you start right seat. Lots of these companies are having to hire direct entry captains because their rampies have no PIC, no ATPL, and sometimes can’t even log PICUS. Direct entry captains means no FOs are upgrading which means PIW ...

I hope you’re asking this question for reasons of avoidance. Rule #1: Never make yourself too useful to a company. I’ve purposefully avoided being dual-typed/trained my entire career. If the company in Calgary is the one I think it is, they do swap between aircraft. What’s interesting is that they o...

Fly as many hours as you want.

Don’t hold your lifestyle hostage to a flaky HR department which is probably going to be cleaned out when upper management is wondering why planes are getting parked, employees are leaving, and candidates are the dregs of the industry.

AV80R wrote: ↑Wed Sep 17, 2025 5:02 pm When Canada ramps up domestic manufacturing and natural resource extraction.

You mean.. when Canadian resource and manufacturing concerns start hiring and paying workers.

Enough of this bait-and—switch supply-side nonsense. Like Alberta has never pumped so much oil yet hired so few workers.

https://avherald.com/h?article=52bbfa30 On Sep 10th 2025 the NTSB published their preliminary report summarizing the sequence of events: The flight crew consisted of a Line Indoctrination Training Captain, seated in the right seat, and serving as the pilot monitoring (PM), and a captain candidate, ...

This is why PIC is king. Lost ground contact 200 feet above the ground? Was this a CAT II or CAT III approach? If not.. you are continuing below minimums without the required visual reference. You don’t ask questions. You be assertive and place safety over efficiency. Go around! Too many pilots with...

Why do people always act as if the money disappears into thin air. As if none of that money involves a return on investment, job creation, or tax revenues, and as if none of that money comes from private investors or general consumers who want something better. Renewable and sustainable energy and ...

The problem with the RCAF is the insanely onerous requirements and training programs that simply aren’t required and definitely no longer necessary in the modern world. Especially given that lack of personnel threatens their very existence. A Navajo flying into a northern reserve probably gets shot ...