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by BigQ
Thu Sep 21, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Ural 320 forced landing in a field (Russia) 12 September 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 2860

Re: Ural 320 forced landing in a field (Russia) 12 September 2023

"On Sep 17th 2023 the airline announced, that the aircraft is going to fly again soon. On Sep 17th 2023 local observers reported, that the aircraft has been cleaned, all slides stowed, the doors closed, the engines have been covered, the landing gear was dug out of the ditches and cleaned, and it ap...
by BigQ
Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:59 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: This can't be good for the industry...
Replies: 76
Views: 11326

Re: This can't be good for the industry...

Foreign 705-type airlines currently accepting Canadian pilot applications: Ryanair Copa Emirates, Qatar, flyDubai Multiple Chinese airlines Fiji Airways Bamboo Airways and Viettravel Ethiopian Peach, Jetstar, JAL and Skymark Silkway Avion Express Royal Brunei This isn't going to be a bad thing for a...
by BigQ
Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:26 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Diabetes paranoia - in desperate need of guidance
Replies: 19
Views: 2143

Re: Diabetes paranoia - in desperate need of guidance

Would it be type 2 diabetes?

Go on the carnivore diet. It reverses type 2 after a few months of being pure carnivore.
by BigQ
Sun Sep 17, 2023 10:35 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Ural 320 forced landing in a field (Russia) 12 September 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 2860

Re: Ural 320 forced landing in a field (Russia) 12 September 2023

Mayhaps. Yet drugs are illegal, and you can still get them anywhere and in a rapid fashion, including pure Colombian white gold. Where there is a will, there is a way. When over half of the world's population lives in countries that does not support the sanction regime, well, that makes things prett...
by BigQ
Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:02 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: RCAF Airbus Hits A400
Replies: 7
Views: 2274

Re: RCAF Airbus Hits A400

Guys, it's the government we're talking about here, the numbers of neurons making decisions is inversely proportional to size of the bureaucracy...
by BigQ
Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:57 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Ural 320 forced landing in a field (Russia) 12 September 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 2860

Re: Ural 320 forced landing in a field (Russia) 12 September 2023

According to the BBC article on the incident, they're saying that videos have been seen of heavy equipment dismantling the aircraft in the field - chopping it into pieces. Seems rather hasty... A video on social media showed a heavy digger then dismembering the plane, lopping off the cockpit, tail ...
by BigQ
Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: A bank's perspective on the pilot shortage
Replies: 19
Views: 3330

Re: A bank's perspective on the pilot shortage

Hurry up, then, the North American consumer is tapped out and it's starting to look very likely for a deep recession starting Q4 2023. Get those gains asap
by BigQ
Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: New lockdowns ever - Climate / Inflation, but labelled Covid?
Replies: 17
Views: 3211

Re: New lockdowns ever - Climate / Inflation, but labelled Covid?

Too many people still watching the 6 o'clock "news entertainment", and they haven't killed off enough seniors to make Social Security and the CPP financially sustainable yet. Yes, very possible that lockdowns return.

Never put all your eggs in one basket.
by BigQ
Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: C150 down near ottawa
Replies: 18
Views: 2781

Re: C150 down near ottawa

Word in my hometown was a large pitch-up moment shortly after takeoff. The 2nd, critically injured occupant's condition is not improving.
by BigQ
Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Embraer Legacy 600 business jet shot down in Russia - Prigozhin on passenger list
Replies: 8
Views: 1602

Re: Embraer Legacy 600 business jet shot down in Russia - Prigozhin on passenger list

So much copium and hopium on social media. People are viscerally invested in ANYTHING that makes Russia look bad - even more so than during the cold war. Look at the reaction to the "coup that wasn't", both before it was shown that it was a fake, and after. The next few days will show whether this w...
by BigQ
Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:42 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: C150 down near ottawa
Replies: 18
Views: 2781

Re: C150 down near ottawa

Drove past the airport the following morning, wreckage was already removed. It was C-GFFG, a Lachute aviation aircraft. Attached is approximate location of wreckage. Winds that day were from the West, gusty. I saw a picture of the site and it appeared a low energy, wing level impact, tail boom was b...
by BigQ
Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:28 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Strikes….not just airline workers.
Replies: 8
Views: 1280

Re: Strikes….not just airline workers.

Because they all live in Orange or Red Ridings
by BigQ
Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:27 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Air Transat vs Air Canada
Replies: 40
Views: 15478

Re: Air Transat vs Air Canada

100% job security is not a modern reality. There is always risk. That's what we do as aviators, we mitigate risk. Which risk is greater for you? Running out of money, having your couple life suffer from AIDS, or something else? Big Red, Teal Team, Googly Eyes or whomever you fly for, just make your ...
by BigQ
Thu Jun 01, 2023 6:05 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: The government push to lower wages.
Replies: 25
Views: 4135

Re: The government push to lower wages.

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by BigQ
Mon May 22, 2023 5:58 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: WJ AIP - disappointing or not?
Replies: 37
Views: 8871

Re: WJ AIP - disappointing or not?

Ok cool, an EB2-NIW work visa only costs around $30kUSD in lawyer fees, and the cost to convert to an FAA ATPL is another 8k, good luck!
by BigQ
Thu May 11, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Management at Delta & American working with their pilots to retain them
Replies: 20
Views: 1640

Re: Management at Delta & American working with their pilots to retain them

Then if you take your protest to downtown Ottawa they will declare you terrorists and freeland will freeze your bank accounts. Are liberals anti labor and anti middle-class? I think we already know the answer to that. You mean --- if you take your protest to downtown Ottawa and *ignore lawful order...
by BigQ
Sat May 06, 2023 7:05 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: WestJet breaks collective agreement with pilots.
Replies: 35
Views: 7403

Re: WestJet breaks collective agreement with pilots.

Every WG pilot I've discussed this merger with is 100% behind WJ pilots in their negotiations with WJ mgmt. They do not wish to get involved and generally agree there is little if any capacity to do "scab labour" within the WG network. Most European dry-leases are already gone and the C-reg have als...
by BigQ
Tue Apr 25, 2023 6:35 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Did AC stop flying to Havana?
Replies: 22
Views: 2372

Re: Did AC stop flying to Havana?

I thought Cuba was verboten for employee travel. I had no idea that was not allowed, as long as it doesn't originate to/from the USA. I thought I did see it a while ago (YYZ-HAV). None the less I may be wrong. Good to know. I do recall seeing in the print timetable, once a week using a Rouge 321, j...
by BigQ
Tue Apr 25, 2023 6:33 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Pensions and Inflation
Replies: 14
Views: 1662

Re: Pensions and Inflation

CPI is more like CP-lie. The real number is much higher. Do you have a credible source for that? Also, those sources noted above are for social security in the US. Do you have any reference for CPP in Canada? http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts Tl;dr: CPI calculations have be...

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