Some operators won't hire instructors, while others favor them. Some companies you work the ramp for 6 months to two years and your FO on a Multi Turbine, others will place you in a 172. It really depends on where the company is located, what type of equipment they fly and what experiences they had...

Thanks for all the great replies. I hope my question wasnt taken out of context. To me, i see value in working dispatch/flight following/ramp. I realize this is debatable and subjective to some. I'd just hate to have a bad day, even with studying and prep work, and have a rough sim ride and close th...

Typically, after working the ramp/dispatch, and a right seat opens up, does your company put you into ground school/sim training and then you prove yourself with a PPC ride, or do you jump into a sim to prove you have some basic skills to begin with, and pray things go good? I've heard CMA does an i...

Looks like I have expectations that are naive in this subject. Seems like personal decision making and TCCA's oversight are doing a fine job in aviation and we do not need anything else. I guess those old companies like Wapiti, Keystone and Sonic Blue to name a few were just unusual blips in the in...

When it comes to safety, sounds like TC isn't doing their job and now some want to create yet another layer in the industry. How about we simply give more funding to TC which hopefully could crack down on dangerous operators? I dont see how an underfunded 'college' is going to achieve anything other...

Then 172 thinks the "college" ought to limit the number of CPL's issued. What PLANET are YOU from? Do you think everybody with a BA has a job? Some do....unlike young pilots with an inbred sense of entitlement, they get other jobs till the market improves. Doc, I didn't say that. I said "unless the...

I was visiting a flight school down south, looking at their older 172SP to maybe do some training on, prob year 2002 or so. Anyway, it has 7200 TT, and the end of the exhaust pipe was frayed and jagged sharp metal. I've never seen a 172 exhaust pipe look that way before. Is this something normal, or...

Again. The real problem of low wages/benefits is not being addressed. Unless the college can somehow limit the amount of CPL's issued, or support airlines to create their own training academies which only take the best students based on academics/university degrees etc (like some of the major EU air...

Unless there is a way to limit the amount of CPL's being issued, how can you ever solve the problem of too many pilots for the amount of jobs available when it's a government issued license that has little restrictions to obtain.

How many people in a typical IFR, and VFR, class get checked out?


Thank you in advance.

I like the newer cessna 172 lineup due to the reliable radios, much better seats, and fuel injection. There is no difference in how a 172N or 172R or SP flies, at least to me, and i have flown many older Cessnas which are great, but i do enjoy the creature comforts on the newer models. I think it's ...

29 is young. Friend of mine just went to law school at the age of 34. Gave up a great, very high pay, corporate job which he did enjoy. He had a dream to study law, it was now or never, and admitted it will be 15+ years before he's back to the income he just gave up. I also know of another guy who i...

$20,000 sounds like a lot to you or me (Is it $20,000 per person? Or per aircraft with more than one person?) and business owners will make a big deal out of it, but $20,000 is less than what it costs to fill an Electra to the brim with Jet-A. A friend of mine owns the local A&W and he was complain...

I'm doing the CPL course from pilottraining.ca (harvs air). It's good but the video sure can give you a headache. The camera is all over the place as the instructor paces back and forth the front of the room. Please leave the camera on a tripod fixed on the powerpoint slide. If he wants to walk up a...

We all know interest rates will go up and when that mortgage come up, you'd better be in good shape. Thaz whud i thinks. Yes gold would'a been nice at 400/oz but to get in now would be hazardous! I think we're going to have extremely low interest rates for a long time to come. Economic activity isn...

I'm wondering if this session took place or not. Have yet to hear of anyone being invited.

Has anyone been invited to the March 24 assessment session?

A few dumb questions. Whats the typical career path to becoming an AME, say working for an airline or private shop, working on turbine equipment etc? I know SAIT in Calgary has an AME program, but then what? Whats the usual career progression and career outlook right now? Sorry, I really have no ide...

Does anyone have the two Cu|hane 2011 edition books they'd like to sell? Please PM me.

1. this guy is a legend
2. i wish i was more like him
3. he's completely right on with this one