JasonE:

Why take it out on COPA? They're just doing what is required by their insurer.

That's like not going to your doctor any more because your insurance company wants you to get "Driver's Medical" when you turn 80.

Then there's "Pre-flight planning..."

Used when I was in the military. Believe it came up from south of the border.

"What did he make a year doing that compared to what Walmart is paying?"


His salary allowed him to lose weight without going on a diet...

My brother used to hustle drywall between Calgary and Edmonton way in the last century. No helpers. No per diems. Pay was mileage from city to city. Nothing for in the city. Nothing for time spent waiting.

Your supervisor is willing to give up HIS lunch time to assist with YOUR training..? Back in the '80s, a company for which I worked wanted to send an AME on a turbine engine course. Tech asked if he'd be getting more money when he got back. When his supervisor answered in the negative, tech said he ...

aeroncachief: what would be your recommendation for approach/landing speeds for normal, everyday flight? From 172s to RVs to Cessna Citations...

"...it is perfectly acceptable to 2 point a TD at stall times 1.3..." aeroncasuperchief: Did you really mean 1.3 Vso? In my aircraft, that means touching down at about 65 knots which is 15 knots over the stall. Can be done, but too fast. I can see having a Vref of 1.3 Vso on final approach slowing t...

"... it'll get up on the step...?


I remember back in the "old days" when pilots would talk about that.

If I remember correctly, in the old days in the RCAF, things stopped on 2359 hours and started on 0001 hours. Did away with the problem.

Further to my last: the aircraft appear to be parked in front of the hangar where 434 Sqn and the CF-5s would be ensconced...

The photo of the '104s on the ground in line was probably shot in Cold Lake. I think that's 42 Radar in the background and the little white building behind the lone 104 is the old Flying Club...?

Back in the day, there were times when your helicopter would spend a winter's night outside and collect hoar frost in the process. The blade outer covering was quite susceptible to damage, so care had to be taken in removing the contaminant. Usually, not all could be removed. However, the helicopter...

Lightchop: Yes, I read the whole letter. And it doesn't change the facts: Part of one group thinks they're '50s era BOAC pilots Part of another group wants to use the actions of the first group to further their interests. Gormless. PS Grooming may indeed go during collective negotiations, but with a...

"Oh John. Maybe one day you'll get it.:

Umm.... I think you have me confused with someone else...?

"...By completing their safety duties first..." You going to stick with that...? Safety duties can't include helping the cabin staff and fostering good relations between the front end and back end? Too many front enders are of the opinion that they shouldn't be seen mingling in the back... Image, yo...

"...Please tell me you don't fly planes!..." Ha, ha, Ha. Sonny, you have no idea! PS You and some of your cohorts may be able to BS John Q Public with your "can't help in the cabin because I'm attending to flight safety stuff", but you can't fool all the people all the time. This is your "hot button...

"...walk up the bridge, inside the terminal and stretch you legs that way?"

And tend to all the "flight safety" thingies instead of giving a helpful hand to your fellow crew members.


Just like the Old Days at BOAC...

"...you want to volunteer to groom? Go ahead. Might as well volunteer to bake cookies too. It’s no more part of our job than cookie baking...



And that, dear reader, is a beautiful example of a non sequitur...

"I'm sure there's more than just one person trashing you."

Yes; it IS amazing how many people are lacking in social graces these days. However the ability to hide behind anonymity brings out the worst in some folks...


Me included!

Thanks, Glenn...

What I'm getting from all this is that some WJ pilots got a burr under their blanket, got all hussied up, got some big guns, and shot themselves in the foot.


A bit of a mixed metaphor but what can you do with something this mixed up...?

Further to the C4K/Young Eagles thing:

When the switch was made, it was explained that the EAA couldn't/wouldn't insure future Canadian participation.

Anybody got any info on that?

Airframe: I wasn't quite clear in my response to which you replied. Most of our ground support staff are also pilots and spouses; however, what I did not make clear is that, although they are pilots, they do not fly in C4K events: either they don't have an aircraft, don't have access to an aircraft,...

30 Million?

To have somebody tidy up the cabin between flights?

Now, would the aircraft crew be interested in sharing that money between them instead of hiring someone else to do it...?

"Grooming.. really grooming? I cant believe the rhetoric around this..." It only seems to be a hot button topic among those who think it beneath their dignity PS Some posters suggest that dedicated groomers should be employed. Does anyone have any idea of the cost? i.e. Number of groomer per destina...