"voluntarily grounded all of the airplanes" I find that hard to believe, especially during a time when they have air cadets there trying to obtain a license on such a tight time period. They are probably just trying to save thier reputation, and make it look like they chose to ground the planes them...

Does anyone know any of the details on what happened with Harv's Air? The word in the air is that TC shut them down.

Anyone have any inside info on what happened, and what the effect will be on the cadets that are there?

Being that the rumour is they got shut down by TC today, I wouldn't recommend renting anything from them!

That's so funny cause it's so true! It might actually be in my price range... but only if I don't eat for a day.

I often look at how a student has done up to that point. If the private licence was 120 hours, then I expect a 15-20 hour multi. If the private licence was done it 50 hours, then the multi can probably be done in 5-7. That is the general trend that I have seen.

Heard the same from a recent student, that he had several GPS questions on his inrat.

I guess the pilot was lucky to survive two crashes in one flight anyway!

Is that for real???

If so, I wouldn't want that job of checking the weather and updating the METAR every three minutes

I can't imagine ftu's spending that kind of money on a grob, for students to slam on the runway over and over.

Love it, have been flying commercially for four years now, can't stand it when I go too many days without flying. Sitting on the couch waiting for the phone to ring just isn't what I'm in it for.

I don't know about that, I would agree with you Big Pratt, I would only get on it low level over water. (and close to shore)

Probably no matter what you put on it, you cannot log the time towards anything.

India has a major shortage of pilots, and no good flight schools there, so Indians are looking elsewhere for flight training. Many schools seem to be specially advertising towards attracting the Indian students these days. At least that is what I've noticed on a few ftu websites.

If you have ever been there, you wouldn't wonder!

Apparently Harvs Air in Manitoba has one, but it has forty million hours on it, and I hear that the avionics are nothing to look forward to. Anyway might be ok???

So it was a fire...

I just thought with the increasing costs of being in Calgary, the airport coudn't afford to pay the power anymore!

If you go to the site below, you have to scroll about half way down the page, the heading is emergency landing.

http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/category.a ... v=menu51_2[/list]

Great flight school, there have been forums discussing it before, here is one of them:

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... highlight=

Hope this helps

Whatever it is, I want one!

If it is training hours, the CFI will usually stamp and sign off the hours, certifying that they are correct. If they are hours with an employer, then you can usually get the Chief Pilot to certify them. That has been my experience thus far!

AVOID SKYWINGS, STAY AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE. Talk to anyone who has trained there or worked there, good luck finding anyone with anything good to say. This is coming from someone who trained there and worked there. You do not want to have anything to do with them. If you do decide to go there, plea...

Maybe it's just me, but i like to know that there is some kind of back up plan if I am not going to be able to get into my destination. I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to plan an alternate?

This subject makes me think of a line from the Family Guy Show..... "Hey look, there's an airplane, where there's a plane there's a pilot, where there's a pilot there's a bar... I can get a drink come on!" Isn't it amazing how these topic forums go full circle and you end up with the same thing tha...

Talk to other instructors at the flight school who have recently done their instructor rating. They will usually have good advise that can help you out with your training. One tidbit that I was told, is that even if you don't agree with something, or it doesn't make sense to you, if that is what tra...

Then come home in the spring and fly your ass off for the summer, putting away some cash.

Ha Ha. that's a good one, i don't know where you instructed, but i find it's hard enough to make enough money to live on, never mind any extra to put away and save.