Normal Aging (About 40%): Roughly 40% of adults over 65 experience standard, minor age-associated memory lapses (like misplacing keys) that do not interfere with daily life. Mild Cognitive Impairment (10% to 20%): About 10% to 20% of people over 65 have Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), which is a m...

It turns out Boomers didn't save a single penny for retirement. What happens now? They're banking on their children to take care of them in retirement. Question for you: How old do you think a Boomer is? Don’t worry. The younger generation has got it all figured out, until they don’t. I'm a little ...

Another good thing to know to not be offensive is that Sikh men and women are allowed to carry knives onboard planes in Canada. They lobbied and were given an exemption to Transport Canada rules in 2017 for religious reasons. They just can't carry them on flights to the U.S.. Another indication of ...

goldeneagle wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:07 pm Is that photo recent, or from the hail damage last year ?

It's a 700 that isn't being painted because it's on it's way out the door.

I agree with the poster above. I've never flown with a with a former Cargojet pilot who had anything good to say about the company. That being said I think it would be a much better stepping stone than bouncing around in a 1900.

A signature doesn't need to be a legible facsimile of your name. Everyone should sign it with and X. It definitely won't be getting my typical signature.

Fully electrified, no. Probably never. Natural gas peaker plants have a place in electrical generation. It's gonna be a long time, if ever, that we see electric long haul aircraft. 777 and A350s will be burning kerosene for a while. We used to have coal fired steel plants. They're largely electric ...

Its seems like we entered the conversation at little late. SpeedBird reads back "cleared ILS" right at the beginning suggesting they were cleared the approach. But we don't actually hear the clearance. Was the beginning of the conversation cut off to stir controversy? I would take 170 to Savos and c...

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I'm generally laid back. But a 2000 fpm VS climb to the yellow band will elicit a comment from pretty much any captain.

So we are climbing out through 200 with the FO flying. I pull out the journey log and start on it when he decides he needs to go into a 2000 fpm vertical speed climb to top a build up. This certainly gets my attention so I put the journey log away to watch a little closer. Eventually we get going as...

Someone in the low end of management told me 120 pilots in 2026. That seems inline with the new tails that are supposed to be coming. Management never said 400 pilots and I've never heard of a pilot saying Westjet was overstaffed.

You can discuss that in another topic if you like. But nothing you wrote would make it economically unfeasible for AC to pay a bonus to FAs living in certain bases. It's a choice made by the company and/or the union. Paying people more for jobs based in expensive cities is neither farfetched nor co...

I had an engine fire once. I was a bit stressed. I think I was entitled to be though.

That pesky law of supply and demand!

flieslikeachicken wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 3:38 pm

JBI wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 11:31 am Talk to regional pilots? Ew, David, Gross! When my old-colleagues at Encore wish to contact me they are required to first reach out to my Lead FA and they'll relay messages to me.

Nobody shall ever say you aren't funny.

Nice irony dude

daedalusx wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:22 pm I sure hope he’s a MLO or some other kind of paid management shill. Imagine sweeping for this exec team for free.

LE CONCIERGE SANS SALAIRE

If you don't like Westjet, don't go there. I just find someone who makes up a new account just to constantly whine about them funny.

flieslikeachicken wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:06 am It is absolutely possible to allow AR pilots into Encore; merge the companies.

The problems that WestJet has are caused by their desire to spend a dollar to save a penny.

Judging by your posts, WestJet sure has made you bitter. Why don't you just go to Air Canada to help the tears?

Ex DC10 Driver wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 8:40 am Encore is a separate company and can’t just place them there. Just like pilots at 65 at Air Canada can’t just port over to Jazz and say I’m here now move over.

Chicken knows that. It's just more whine with his cheese.

cncpc wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 6:50 pm And how exactly is the Indian government to blame for this? We don't even know the cause. But you know who to blame?

They are not to blame for this. But protecting Air India is most likely their priority.

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It's really interesting to see the types of personalities come to light on this thread. It reveals those that are not only repugnantly selfish and entitled, but the same people who lack critical thought and the empathic, humanistic sense of self to comprehend that they may also be in that situation...

Does anyone know someone who has returned to WestJet after leaving and working at a different Canadian airline? If you're considering going but are afraid of making the wrong choice, know that unless you want to live in Calgary, your best long term and short term solution is leaving now. It's going...

They can’t. Poor PP. Cant say Trudeau Bad any more and first thing Carney is going to do is cut the Carbon Tax so there goes the slogan stored in his other brain cell. Anything else is the same as the Liberals. Tax and spend. Borrow and spend. Make a bunch of promises and never keep them. Pander to...