I noticed just about every Dubai influencer is now posting reels about not being afraid because of who their leaders are. Simultaneously, the UAE is threatening fines and jail time for any resident posting about the war. So, two scenarios. These influencers coincidentally all decided to post the sa...

Jet fuel just doubled in price. Could go a lot higher imho.

I think Economics will take care of any 'Pilot Shortage'. Jmho

JL wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:50 am TSB final report

https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-repo ... w0008.html

Once again we see the Normalisation of Deviance. This is a textbook case.

Reducing power at low altitude to reduce airspeed is an extremely bad idea - sadly the results speak for themselves.

Genuine question, why are you lying to make that part of the world look bad? I guess the "facts" aren’t helping you anymore. Understandably, most people trying to leave are tourists. Residents aren’t panicking at all. My friends are literally out at a restaurant right now. Running out of food? Shel...

Me262 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 9:03 pm So? are you going to list the "many" other ways to achieve "better" or even "similar" results?

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Dubai supermarket shelves are increasingly empty - no idea how they're going to get food into the UAE. Hundreds of thousands trying to get out - currently no way to do so. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Jmho. The economic fallout will be huge - I expect the Dubai property market to...

Headlines this morning should also factor into your decision to move out to that part of the world. Just spoke to some people living in Dubai - it's locked down with people being told to shelter in place. Airport is closed at the moment - all flights cancelled. Neighbouring FIRs closed. There was at...

What's with the 14000 iPhones for front line staff? Was it really identified that the terrible on-time performance was due to staff not owning phones? It reeks of management trying to spend their way out of problems by buying gadgets instead of investing in their employee's wages. Follow the money....

Wonder if the A350 means we can do India from out west even with airspace restrictions still in effect in 2030+. It's possible to go 'Eastbound around the World' from Western Canada. Tailwind on both sectors! Airspace restrictions are a real problem. GPS jamming/spoofing is also becoming a bigger i...

I was under the impression that Airbus types have a simplified course if you are already typed on another Airbus as the systems are designed to be as similar as possible. I'm guessing the salary structure and collective agreements make this impossible at Air Canada. airbus has CCQ (Cross Crew Quali...

But wasn't there a third option? This was to simply do a 360 degree descending turn soon after turning final when they were well above 1000' agl(or could have been a 270 degree left turn from their base leg). It could be at a fairly low power setting as altitude is being lost with minimal controlla...

Strange to see people talking about a hypothetical invasion of Canada - then talking about the US invading!

It will be the Chinese who invade before the US - jmho.

Meanwhile some companies will MANDATE use of FD at all stages, meaning your already busy PM needs to push buttons on the FCP just so you can manually fly. If something goes wrong, you go to the LOWEST level of automation (that is level 1, no FD, no AP) and hand fly as you are supposed to do. Automa...

IMHO this is a good way to manage it: After T/O do the regular gear up etc... Usually the FD is in pitch, nav and alt sel. At 1000' the PF starts turning right, engages the AP, calls flap 0, climb power, after T/O check, which the PM does and contacts departure and gets clearance to 4000' and anoth...

https://avherald.com/h?article=533e3941&opt=0 From the report:- The crew attempted to stop the descent via the FGCP, then disconnected the autopilot and entered a manual climb at 3600 fpm. . Looks like about an 800 foot descent starting from 2000. Hope this is addressed by the training department -...

I'm going to go against the grain and say the advice that you need to get out ahead of this is a mistake. I would not go to a psychiatrist unless ordered to by TC. Anything you say can and will be used against you. Even acknowledging the text messages is a mistake as you have now proven that they a...

Final report:

https://tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/ ... a0014.html

1000 hour King Air Captains? Times have certainly changed!

If they'd just climbed to the MSA - taken a few extra minutes and flown the ILS this would have been a non event - jmho.

It's also unlikely to get CAT IIIA minimums to a bush strip. 500-600ft is likely, with restrictions as part of an RCAP. That's correct. An approach takes all the guesswork out - at minimums you continue if visual or go-around if you're not. My company has a client with a company approach and minimu...

It is possible to develop company approaches - with GPS that's possible just about anywhere.

The problem is that certification costs money - as an example an obstacle survey needs to be done as part of the certification process.

TSB final report: https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2023/a23w0158/a23w0158.html This is the perfect example of "Normalisation of Deviance" Google AI has a very nice summary. Normalization of deviance is a sociological concept, popularized by Diane Vaughan's study of the Space Shut...

I used to travel a lot on Emirates - mostly in Economy but sometimes in Business. Emirates is the classic "Overpromise and underdeliver" imho. The economy product is nothing special. Their 'ICE' entertainment system is one of the best systems I've used. Business is pretty good. The lounge in the A38...

Have to wonder how 2 Pilots got themselves into this situation in the first place.

Hopefully a full report will be published.

Are not test flights done after some maintenance task is performed? Therefore it's up to the Engineers not the pilot as to what's to be done on the flight. Normally test flights are performed by Pilots who have been trained for this. Normally they will have taken a course at the manufacturer. What ...

Just another day in India!

The only thing that surprises me is that there aren't more accidents.

Time to ban IndiGo from flying internationally - jmho.

They are legacies, you are not wrong there, albeit maybe the term legacy should be looked at with caveats, region dependent. But in the end yes it is to a large degree, subjective, and they all have their downsides. Like altiplano said, every individuals circumstances is different, and like I told ...