hahaha Cat,

if only. if the licenced pilots have their own plane so they get to deal with tc problems regarding maintenance then maybe But I would still need a pilot licence and medical through tc, cant avoid them, too bad

Catdriver, just read your post a few back. I cannot imagine owning a few oc's, one was enough for me. To make a long story short, they found out about the AD because the owner pointed it out to them (him and the AME who made the entry are friends). Essentially either the owner or the AME lost the jo...

Appreicate all the positive ideas guys, thanks. I would do the same for you if I could in the future. Ive lined up another AME/AMO that I had dealings with to act as a witness to the fact that I was very thourough and particular with my maintenance, which is a pretty strong defence. I guess it sound...

btw, where does one find past case law and tribunal hearing cases?

Appreciate the info wilbur I am mainly trying to get a feel for what the tribunal process actually is like, and your post helps. I have some limited legal knowledge/experience which will help me in defending myself, however I know that I have a big mountain to climb here. tc is never wrong dont you ...

Prairie region unfortunately. I love how tc makes up these titles of positions like PRM, and acts like you are fully responsible for all aspects of maintenance despite not having an AME licence. Once again, a convienient place to lay the blame when there is a problem. tc is only there to destroy avi...

Interesting to read some of the posts on this topic. I have an upandcoming hearing (date TBA) in which I have been implicated in $1500 in fines for offences that I did not knowingly commit. The TC investigation has been awash in personal attacks (from TC to me) and hearsay by individuals in the TC c...

No more responces? Guess Cat got the last word. And Cat, you can think of me as one of those mom and pop flight school owners thinking renegade - wana join up and fight the TC monster? Maybe thats what we need, to get all of us together and take on the ever increasing rules and regs and maybe make t...

I agree that it would be great to have a seasoned IFR pilot conduct training for IFR ratings. However here is the problem. Unless someone has been an instructor of some type, most of the time they simply cannot teach. You can know every IFR procedure like the back of your hand, but if you cannot rel...

snagmaster: I too had the exact same thing happen to me when I was a class IV. The real problem is not that they don't see the value of what you did, but that it is looked at as a "charter" flight. If you fly with a student from A to B, then effectively you are conducting a charter flight, unless it...

THE CLASS SYSTEM OF THE INSTRUCTORS IS THERE SIMPLY TO JUSTIFY EMPLOYMENT OF TRANSPORT CANADA INSPECTORS TO OVER SEE THIS MONSTER THEY HAVE CREATED!!!!!!!!!!!!! There IS no other reason for it! And if a school charges 45-50 per hour for an instructor, that should be passed on to that instructor. Co...

Its funny how the same people are always talking about the "crooked school owner". Im not sure how a flying school owner could be crooked, there is virtually no profit to be "crooked" with. I don't know about other owners, but I sure don't drive a BMW around, and my salary must be made elsewhere (re...

Villian flight school owners? Last time I checked, most flight school owners were not making their living from their school. If anything flight schools these days are a write off financially. Maybe if renters would actually rent from flight schools rather than going around under the table, we would ...

Be careful on this one. Just because "everybody" does that doesn't mean its right. Check the definition of air time and flight time in your AIP. Air time is clearly "time up to time down". How many tachs measure this??? A tach hour is based on a constant cruise rpm, therefore is not accurate when me...