If I was hiring that would be worth something to me. I'm curious now, how many full time pilots have you hired over the years ? How many part time pilots ? The opinion doesn't amount to much for this discussion if you dont actually have influence on the hiring process for pilots, it's just wishful ...

As somebody who has held the CP position for a considerable time over the years, my comment is, the poll is written by a troll, designed to elicit an emotional reaction from those that have had a negative experience thru the hiring process in aviation over the years, with an emphasis on stereotypes ...

Yes, in the finance world, often the grunts start at the bottom. Runners,clerks, mailroom. ... Please stop,you are embarrassing yourself. Way the heck out your league. Modern outfits dont even have a mailroom these days, that's what computers are for. As for the issue of who does, and who does not ...

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/03/15/russian-plane-drops-3-tons-of-gold-bars-on-runway-after-door-glitch.html MOSCOW—Russian news reports say the hatch of a cargo plane carrying precious metals accidentally flew open upon takeoff — scattering at least 3 tons of gold on the runway. An invest...

These two companies...Orca and KD, do not have caravans...t You must be new around here. There is plenty of history for the van between YVR and YAZ, but that was a couple operators back in the long line of YVR south side operations that have come and gone. I've watched the parade for nigh on 35 yea...

I'm waiting on the expert investor dubbed rookiepilot to weigh in on just how bad an investment bombardier is, and how this makes no difference to it. I bought up some bbd.b shares when they sank below a buck and started to get into pocket change prices. Sold a bunch on the first big jump, enough to...

The investigators have ruled out engine failure, and this has been made public. A few days ago I was shocked to read a newspaper article where TSB presented the cause for a helicopter accident that was just a few weeks ago. I know there are lots here that are used to TSB reports and information taki...

Ground loop ;( look at the prop, it hit the ground and the cowl, look at the tail, the vertical fin has been bent, most likely the wing took a hit as well. This means the engine, prop, motor mount, landing gear, at least one wing, and the tail all need repairs. A ground loop can pretty much write o...

I'm assuming you are on the A scale at Jazz. I Jazz a two tier outfit these days? That's long been the strategy. In the 70s/80 new hires went on tier 2. Eventually all the top folks retire out, now what used to be the bottom is the top, and another lower tier gets introduced for new hires. If Jazz ...

flyinhigh wrote:So if you work for anyone, other than AC or WJ your a douche for hurting everyone because the salary isn't 200k to start.

That would probably then have to include Encore me thinks. Didn't they make a big hoopla about paying '80% of the industry average'....

Same story being reported now on cbc

North Vancouver plane crash blamed on empty fuel tanks

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.4157241

Didn't take the tsb folks long to figure this one out...

Once upon at time, not really that long ago, long range airplanes had 4 engines, 4 propellers, and 4 crew up front. The pilot and co-pilot sat in chairs that had controls for flying the airplane. The flight engineer sat behind them staring a wall full of dials and needles, with various controls for ...

And back to the original question, since a radio is NOT required equipment for basic vfr, all the blather regarding how you report an ETA is just that, more blather, cuz the aircraft in question is probably NORDO anyways.

I understand and you're absolutely right. What I'm saying is that since TC cannot conjure an approach to match the visibility, they must properly regulate the visibility required for the approach. That would be the case if there was an expectation folks would continue an approach with insufficient ...

aw man. get the unions to lobby TC, go through the carac process, get rid of the ban (what you will get is the ICAO flavour about not going below 1000 AAE or past the FAF), and everyone is happy. that will leave zero room to deflect blame elsewhere............. I think that's exactly where Rockie i...

A question. Are you equally offended at the visibility being restricted at 75 or 50%? Do you think the rules should allow you to try and land regardless of the weather? I have had many times where reported visibility is on the order of 3/4 mile or less, yet when 3 miles back I can see the runway th...

Flying the approach is not unsafe, everything I've been talking about refers to what happens from MDA on down. How could you not have gotten that after all the bandwidth spent on it? No, what you are harping on is wanting regulations changed to disallow flying an approach when reported visibility i...

'Seeing some lights' is not required visual reference. Actually in Canada it is, which is one of the problems. Check the CAP GEN on it, and then look up the FAA requirement wrt to seeing the approach lights and you'll see the significant difference. I posted the FAA required visual references some ...

Golden eagle, rules aren't meant for just you, they're meant for everybody. You're thinking like the guy who doesn't believe speed limits should apply to him because he's a good driver, and mistakingly believes he's the only person who will get hurt by his actions. You're wrong. Rules are rules, fo...

I didn't know that. I'm only talking about commercial operations and haven't considered private flights, especially ones carrying no passengers. I haven't thought about that aspect enough to render an informed opinion, although at first blush I don't see why private should be any different. We all ...