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by lostav8r
Sun Apr 12, 2026 8:40 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Does wasaya still do ground to flight?
Replies: 1
Views: 96

Does wasaya still do ground to flight?

I see on PCC the ground to flight link redirects to their careers home page. If you work for them in YQT or YXL as a CSA does that still "count" for consideration?
by lostav8r
Mon Apr 06, 2026 10:02 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Superior Airways
Replies: 16
Views: 3765

Re: Superior Airways

Does anyone have a recent experience with them? Wondering what is the chance of living in Red Lake vs one of the more remote bases? Remote bases?? I am pretty sure the only base they have is in Red Lake. I believe the King Air crews sometimes get hotels if they have flying that is somewhat far away...
by lostav8r
Mon Apr 06, 2026 9:06 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Superior Airways
Replies: 16
Views: 3765

Re: Superior Airways

Does anyone have a recent experience with them? Wondering what is the chance of living in Red Lake vs one of the more remote bases?
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 30, 2026 9:33 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: newbies to aviation min wage increase effective april 01
Replies: 2
Views: 559

Re: newbies to aviation min wage increase effective april 01

Careful, TC will make a ramp license soon when they hear how easy it is to get in
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 23, 2026 8:39 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Jazz CRJ crash at LaGuardia
Replies: 94
Views: 13742

Re: Jazz CRJ crash at LaGuardia

My condolences to everyone. It's a small community and with how stretched the industry is, it could've been any CRJ driver potentially.

Hopefully the ZOO that is the FAA finally makes some changes!
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 23, 2026 8:01 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Middle East conflicts affecting Canada?
Replies: 30
Views: 2898

Re: Middle East conflicts affecting Canada?

The same country that closed its Nuclear Power Plants - Economic suicide imho. That is what the greenscammers represent. Many of them are naive fools with no concept of reality that are being led down the garden path of economic suicide by a smaller percentage of intentionally malicious actors with...
by lostav8r
Tue Mar 17, 2026 11:52 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Any tips on getting a first job in 2026?
Replies: 12
Views: 1572

Re: Any tips on getting a first job in 2026?

Above posters gave solid advice. Road trip is your best bet at picking something up. I will say, in this current hiring climate people, more often than not you have people with 600/700/800+ TT going on these road trips looking for a gig. So that may be your competition for the direct entry jobs, bu...
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 16, 2026 7:12 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Any tips on getting a first job in 2026?
Replies: 12
Views: 1572

Any tips on getting a first job in 2026?

From the outside looking in it seems all movement has stopped, I keep hearing about road trips but only from people who did it 10+ years ago.

Shotgunning resumes doesn't seem to be working, but it seems like the tried and true method. Any tips on things I might be missing out on?
by lostav8r
Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:03 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: NEW ATPL Requirements RESTRICTED ICAO
Replies: 6
Views: 1352

Re: NEW ATPL Requirements RESTRICTED ICAO

I don't totally disagree with the change but it's disheartening to see ANOTHER roadblock for someone starting out
by lostav8r
Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:03 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How will the ATPL changes affect the industry?
Replies: 82
Views: 5552

Re: How will the ATPL changes affect the industry?

The ‘fix’ is to update to the 21st century and recognize or require an ‘airline transport’ component. So an aircraft type that requires two pilot operations. That will typically mean Part 703/704/705, corporate, or military experience. That is the good part. But the licence is not an ‘Airline Trans...
by lostav8r
Tue Mar 10, 2026 1:06 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: T4s are out
Replies: 40
Views: 5517

Re: T4s are out

$85k flying a desk. Don't have flight benefits but who wants to be #15 in the standby line?
by lostav8r
Tue Mar 10, 2026 1:04 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How will the ATPL changes affect the industry?
Replies: 82
Views: 5552

Re: How will the ATPL changes affect the industry?

Leave it to TC to mess up something that should otherwise be straightforward. The existing problem is that experience requirements for ATPL were leftovers from the 1940’s/1950’s/1960’s. So a flight instructor who met the experience requirements and did a multi-IFR ride in a Beech Duchess could be i...
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 09, 2026 7:49 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How will the ATPL changes affect the industry?
Replies: 82
Views: 5552

Re: How will the ATPL changes affect the industry?

oldnbold wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 2:52 pm Great for aviation safety.
Do the stats say we have a safety issue from low experience?
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 09, 2026 1:43 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How will the ATPL changes affect the industry?
Replies: 82
Views: 5552

How will the ATPL changes affect the industry?

I heard that to get your A's you'll now need to be left seat certified for a 2 crew airplane with 2 engines. Doesn't that mean any captain on a kingair or pc12 is now SOL if they want to go to AC or any other airline that requires an ATPL? Does that mean everyone flying cargo/charter/medevac is now ...
by lostav8r
Sat Mar 07, 2026 6:24 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: pAtTeRn bArGaInIng
Replies: 77
Views: 5800

Re: pAtTeRn bArGaInIng

What do you attribute the cross border pay differential to? Frankly a lot of it is pilots knowing their worth. Well actually more just Americans mentality of not worrying about what others think about them and striving for more/better. Canadians care way too much about tearing others down, if someo...
by lostav8r
Sat Mar 07, 2026 6:23 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: pAtTeRn bArGaInIng
Replies: 77
Views: 5800

Re: pAtTeRn bArGaInIng

During the covid shutdown AC and others had to take out loans for billions, there was "free" money handed out but not nearly as much as in the US. I think that is part of the huge gap between countries So "Not enough free govt $$$" as an excuse. Problem with that is which corporation in Canada took...
by lostav8r
Sat Mar 07, 2026 6:07 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Pilot Shortage Solved! Thank you Carney!
Replies: 23
Views: 3510

Re: Pilot Shortage Solved! Thank you Carney!

cdnavater wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:48 am
Eric Janson wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2026 10:36 am Jet fuel just doubled in price. Could go a lot higher imho.

I think Economics will take care of any 'Pilot Shortage'. Jmho
Yep, big correction coming shortly, long overdue in my opinion!
And what does that look like in your mind?
by lostav8r
Wed Mar 04, 2026 2:09 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: pAtTeRn bArGaInIng
Replies: 77
Views: 5800

Re: pAtTeRn bArGaInIng

Delta, UAL etc didn't take 16 years to get where they are. They have had massive gains from 2018-2019 onwards, and in two bargaining cycles saw essentially a 100% increase in pay. This is cycle number 2 for us, so when we dont get anywhere close this time around what will the excuses be this time? ...
by lostav8r
Tue Mar 03, 2026 11:44 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Pilot Shortage Solved! Thank you Carney!
Replies: 23
Views: 3510

Re: Pilot Shortage Solved! Thank you Carney!

I find it impossible to believe they went from the old flight test requirement to needing a PIC PPC on a two crew airplane just to get an ATPL. That wouldn't make any sense. It must be just a 703/4/5 PPC. How would a person even achieve the requirement for a captain ride apart from coming from anot...
by lostav8r
Tue Mar 03, 2026 8:27 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards
Replies: 59
Views: 3877

Re: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards

The issue is, it's hard to take about any of this stuff without examining basically every aspect of how man are treated differently from women (and vice versa) in society from childhood to adults. DEI is such a broad phrase it's almost worthless to use. It could mean almost anything to anyone. As a...
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 02, 2026 5:44 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards
Replies: 59
Views: 3877

Re: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards

Well there you go folks. We now know that if the city I live in decides to stop using private companies for trash collection and decides to hire only women for a city owned trash collection company, there will be about as many female job applicants as there are male applicants in the current model....
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:42 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards
Replies: 59
Views: 3877

Re: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards

Females know that every career is open to them now. Can we stop the intentional lies? Do you honestly think that somehow, there were only career fairs in the last 30 years that were only for men to get into aviation. In fact, it is the exact opposite with Women In Aviation all over the place. If an...
by lostav8r
Mon Mar 02, 2026 8:04 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards
Replies: 59
Views: 3877

Re: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards

I would call that an irrelevant argument. The more important question would be prior to becoming aware of the hostile professional environment.... what was a male/female ratio in her training class. I bet it was tiny, which proves lack of attraction. Assuming that the same professional environments...
by lostav8r
Fri Feb 27, 2026 6:01 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards
Replies: 59
Views: 3877

Re: The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards

After posting I decided to see what I could find and essentially the most recent census data has all three, pilots, plumbers and electricians equally represented at 5% female If we can accept that women are a lot less interested in plumbing without controversy, why all the backlash in stating the s...

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