"...and by the way s69a, there is a difference between an explanation and an excuse." Similar to my parents: "That's an excuse, not a reason" Anyway, our little group flew about 118 children this past weekend without a hitch. The happy smiles on the faces of the children was more than enough reward ...

Try http://auroraaviationacademy.com/

They are just starting up in Vernon, BC which wouldn't be that far from you. They will be offering single and twin training.

Digits: I'll try and put it more simply. I may have not been too clear in my explanation. Mea culpa. The whimper from some in the pilot group is "Why were we singled out? Why not everybody else?" So... To reiterate: given the pissing and moaning from the pilot group (who constitute a small portion o...

Photofly: Given the pissing and moaning that came from the pilot group, can you imagine what would have happened if the directive had been aimed at both groups? Many people get on their high horse, pull a Don Quixote, and ride off tilting at windmills. Without realizing that they're riding pygmy she...

All the children we've flown have been brought to the venue accompanied by their parents, guardians, whomever. During the sign-up, ground-briefings, etc. the children are rarely out of sight of the adults with whom they came. It is only during their time airborne that they are in a situation that co...

Who said it was fake? Silly. Of course there was a time element between the events, but it had no bearing on me. The actual time spent doing the two items was negligible. Again, if people just don't want to participate, just say so. Stop using silly excuses in an effort to justify your decision...

My experience: A few minutes on the internet to submit the required form. Subsequently advised that I'd have to also go the fingerprint route. Presented myself at the local RCMP Detachment and had my prints electronically sent "away". Paid the required fee to the city. ($25.00) My approval subsequen...

Our club just finished a mini-C4K last week-end and have another scheduled for mid-July. Luckily for us, most of our pilots realize that it's about the children and not them. Regardless of all the arguments against only having the pilots doing it, or having to do it at all, you either want to partic...

ctt: "Is it appropriate to ask "I fly" at what altitude and A/C he had for a 180+ rtn to landing ?"

Absolutely.

iflyforpie: What you executed was "The Possible Turn". When discussing engine failure after take-off,for each pilot/aircraft/temperature/wind/etc, there is an altitude above which a return to the departure runway is possible and below which it is not. Unfortunately, this altitude is a moving target ...

I have nothing against improving your skill level - be it mountain flying or aerobatic training.

I am against a school telling a student that it's required as part of his/her commercial course...

Fraud.

Never heard of such a requirement. In which province are you doing your training?

I only quit at age 63 because I couldn't get six weeks off to motorcycle across Canada and back. Would have gladly continued on flying following the trip if I had been able. (Flying AStar, Citation, Hawker 125 at the time) I've had a grand time since I retired from flying, but I didn't do so because...

Hmmm.... the 70/50 rule. If you haven't reached seventy percent of your takeoff speed after using 50 percent of the runway, you should abort. Sounds like an acceleration check speed to me. As used on thousands of takeoffs of CF-5s and CF-104s. Back in the day on those aircraft, every time you signed...

Place me in the "Gear in the green" camp on short final. Years ago, doing multiple closed patterns in a T-33, a friend of mine landed with the wheels securely tucked in the wells. When later asked what had happened, my friend didn't sugar coat it: "I guess I forgot to put them down..." Saved a lot o...

This one may be close to home...

fleet16b: "Basically, if someone wants to "go for a ride" in your airplane , you can legally ask them to help out with the fuel" But that would violate "(c) carries passengers only incidentally to the purposes of the flight" also mentioned in your post. Again, many folks smarter than you and I have ...

I had a discussion some time ago with a FKIA who wouldn't admit that a radio was a great augmentation to the Mark 1 eyeball.

In this day and age, flying around without the ability to communicate is like self abuse in a house of ill repute...

"Competition? Most qualified gets the job? That is extremely naive." JHR: Naïve? I doubt it. I was involved in two competitions for someone to work in my section. In both cases, the best qualified person won. Now, that is not to say that if you really want a particular person that you can't tailor t...

Unless things have changed, you don't "apply" to Transport Canada. You compete. The most qualified gets the position. At times, TC will establish a merit list from that competition and if other similar positions come available, individuals on that list may be asked if they are still interested. In m...

The salary level quoted for a Chief Pilot position is extremely low. I retired from a line pilot position in Atlantic Canada over 15 years ago making just over $100000..

BS. But then I only know about the corporate flight department for whom I worked. We willing paid fees if there were any. Many of our trips were to destinations whereby we didn't need to upload fuel. In some cases, we asked them to bill us $25 for the use of their facilities and cooling our heels th...

The following is from AOPA: Taxiing Technique Taxiing in a crosswind requires additional control inputs to keep the airplane's tires well planted and, in a strong crosswind, to prevent a wing or the tail of the airplane from being lifted by the wind. It can be confusing remembering which way the ail...

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.