32k ish first year fo 50k ish first year captain 1900 This is accurate but people may come in on the scale at a different place if they come with experience. First sick day is unpaid. Either take the pay cut or accept to work on a day off to "pay it back". Or work when sick, like many others. Happy...

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Nope.

"aerial work" - means a commercial air service other than an air transport service or a flight training service; "sightseeing operation" - means aerial work in the course of which passengers are disembarked at the point of departure; Given how loose the definitions are, I think you could make a case...

Poor Loopa!

I'm with you buddy! 100 737s is a huge milestone worth celebrating!

As you can see, complaining about your sacrifices to people who have poured their life into aviation doesn't win you any brownie points around here. Many of us have been working as instructors for many years and continue to work 6-day work weeks with long hours through the summer without considering...

I agree with Big Pistons and wanted to add a few thoughts: As a Class 1 instructor I train potential instructors to fly from the right seat and I find that the conversion is usually relatively straightforward. A checkout with an instructor is definitely a good idea as alignment during the landing ca...

One thing that may factor into things is that newer models of the C172 (I believe P-models are an example) allow for flap deployments up to 10 degrees up to a speed of more like 110 kts (Please don't quote me on the actual figures). For flap deployments of between 10 and 30 (30 is max on this model,...

I went through the program and it was not missing all of the above quoted courses (This may have changed) but some of them are unfamiliar.

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Interesting opinion, if $24.00 is not a huge factor for your customers to have to pay where do you start to become concerned about what it is costing your customers? After speaking to the owner of our school, it seems we're going to be absorbing this cost without increasing our rates. So no additio...

I just spoke to Lynn the business manager at CYCD. For training flights into CYCD, notify the airport by e-mail on the day of the flight (pm me for e-mail details) and tell the FSS that you are a training flight and they will waive the terminal fee and the landing charge will be $12.00. The e-mail s...

This doesn't seem like a great post for me to introduce myself as the CFI of Pacific Rim Aviation Academy, but I feel as though I must defend the school that I work at, if not the statement that has been quoted from our website. Firstly, I am not responsible for the website content and did not post ...

As far as I know, the FAA doesn't require any ground school either for the PPL. Why does Canada insist on this ground school nonsense? I'm not sure I agree that it's nonsense. It really comes down to how you learn and what your study skills are like. I have some students who could clearly do a self...

It sounds like the problem was the school / instructor, not necessarily the system of having a groundschool. If you look around, you will find that some schools have dedicated and experienced groundschool instructors, many with a history in education outside of flying. It's a shame that experiences ...

True, the class of the instructor does not dictate the quality of instruction. Furthermore, there are far too many factors that affect the quality of instruction provided to say that age alone dictates whether an instructor is good or not. Of course it would be nice to fly with someone who has many ...

Don't forget Pitt Meadows Airport! Excellent training airport and a convenient location for anyone North of the Fraser!

I usually average around 100 billable hours a month in the summer at my current school. That is PGI and Flight Time. It depends upon the school you work at more than the size of the school in my experience. I was at a school about three times the size of my current one and we definitly did have a lo...

I agree with what most people have said here. All good advice, especially the part about doing your research. When I decided to become a pilot I didn't really even investigate the traditional method and instead opted for a college degree program. I definitly wouldn't trade the experience for anythin...