Yes, for you young bucks, every two years is what Nav Canada would pay.

I only do the CAT I once a year because I only fly two crew. If I needed to fly single pilot I would just renew every 6 months.

Keep in mind that Nav Canada pays for your medical once a year so if you did it every six months you would have to pay every other time.

I found the TC reference.

Handbook for Civil Aviation Medical Examiners - TP 13312

“ NOTE: The holder of Medical Category 1 shall be considered fit for any permit or licence for its respective duration of validity unless otherwise specified”

Short answer…you only need a CAT I

A quick search and you can find the official wording from TC that says a CAT I holder can exercise the privileges of all other categories.

I personally hold a CAT I and have never held a CAT II and have been a controller and pilot for over 30 years.

DCH-1 jockey, With respect I am going to correct your figures..

$1.2 million to train an IFR controller trainee
$1.0 million to train a VFR controller trainee
$900K to train a FSS trainee

Trainees very often DO get extra training and in some circumstances, a very large amount of extra training. Also, I’ve personally dealt with trainees who failed one area of ATC and have been given the opportunity to retrain at a slower unit and qualify. There are people at YYZ and YVR tower who fit ...

I can’t believe this is even a discussion topic. Do you really need guidance on the phrase “Balanced unchanged”?

If so, where does it end?

Where do you get 5 years from? People tend to think of just instructors salary but add in the entire training team from IPS, TDI, MALD, LQS, IDS, OTS just to mention a few, then the figure grows quickly. I’m not here to substantiate the figures though, just posting what Nav Canada claims to be the c...

Approximately $1.2 million for IFR controller

Approximately $900k for FSS,

Vast majority of that is labour but lots of other costs.

Simply answer…..staffing YVR tower and Terminal is so short staffed they are forced to work multiple frequencies at once and implement constant delays. It’s so bad that at times there is a concern that there won’t be anyone available to work on some shifts. This summer will be challenging to say the...

Yes, for the course that starts mid February, a few people aren’t able to join the course so some last minute slots opened up and people on standby are being called.

yes, you can ask

For those waiting for IFR YVR offers, a few standby offers for the upcoming course are going out now.

It’s in place now and has been for quite some time.

Yes, as long as you meet the other requirements for a telemedical.

We get all types going through the selection process. Pilots, engineers, programmers, waiters, stay at home parents, the whole gamut. The last group I saw in the selection process were mostly people who had finished University but had no idea what to do next. We also had a couple inexperienced pilot...

Depends on what you mean by “expired” If you hold a Cat1 and you have passed the validity period of the Cat1 but have not passed the validity period of the Cat3 then you can still renew via telephone.(back to Cat1) There’s obviously more reasons why you cannot do it by telephone but I’m only referri...

I don’t think age has anything to do with being successful in the PPC, that’s more of an experience/ability issue. And, of course, Porter or any other professional company would not hesitate to hire someone in their 50’s as long as you meet all their other requirements. At your age they will still g...

There’s no drug test at work after your initial pre-employment one. Even if there’s an incident there is no drug test.

Last day is usually the Friday before Christmas and you’ll most likely be off until the day after new years (or whatever the next Monday is)

Just to add what's been written, its the MIway #57 bus and it only does the loop into the infield area once in the morning (approx 715am) and then again in the early afternoon there's a couple more stops (approx 315pm). Outside of those times the #57 still runs but just bypasses that part of the rou...

You quoted me from almost 3 years ago.
Today we are back in a severe short staffed situation for controllers and staff reductions never actually occurred. (for licensed Air Traffic Controllers anyways)

Actually, let me do a slight correction to the previous post. YYZ has the highest yes but the other units are quite a bit less. For example; YYZ is level 15 = $44,756 YVR, YEG, and YUL are level 12 = $27,491 The rest are level 11 = $23,369 These are amounts only for the IFR ACC's, all control towers...

I believe, for a CAT I holder, as long as it hasnt expired completely (ie, revert to a CAT3 and then that isn't expired) you can renew by telemedicine back to a CAT 1.

If anyone has experience with this please correct me.

what war are controllers fighting? Its called being extremely short staffed and in your world I guess that's the controllers fault?!?! Never mind the hiring freeze during covid, the halt on all training, the slow to recover decisions made by Nav Canada.....it MUST be some war the actually front line...