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by Gumby
Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:07 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: list of pool candidates
Replies: 24
Views: 6786

Re: list of pool candidates

3000TT/50/2600
by Gumby
Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:55 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Enerjet
Replies: 457
Views: 122513

Re: Enerjet

Anyone know why the police were hauling off a passenger with a police escort and police dog barking away in Fort McMurray on the 11th?
by Gumby
Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:43 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Pilot lands on taxiway ALPHA at CYKF
Replies: 6
Views: 2377

Re: Pilot lands on taxiway ALPHA at CYKF

How bout the poor old fella that landed on the taxi way only half built in CYMM! Imagine confusing that for an active runway....
by Gumby
Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:01 am
Forum: Corporate
Topic: Syncrude?
Replies: 3
Views: 3386

Syncrude?

Aside from what you can see on PCC, is there anything else someone would like to share about them? You never hear about their small corporate flight department and that is probably a good thing. I would Just like to know what their sched is like and time to upgrade. I figure their salary is pretty g...
by Gumby
Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:51 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Low time jobs overseas??
Replies: 9
Views: 5771

Re: Low time jobs overseas??

Sky_Conqueror you must be related to that other bozo LaurentDussolier. If you have a good head on your shoulders and a great work ethic nobody needs a recruitment service. Africa or Asia......3000km away? Try 13 000. You have no idea what your talking about regards to overseas employment. Maybe you ...
by Gumby
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:26 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Low time jobs overseas??
Replies: 9
Views: 5771

Re: Low time jobs overseas??

LaurentDussolier, thats terrible advice. Etihad, pack your bags check it out and if it works out you'll have a great experience and if you don't your none the wiser. Make some contacts, do your homework and buy a ticket. Half the pilots I flew with overseas either started in SE Asia or went back aft...
by Gumby
Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:46 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Tricks to get cheap overseas tickets
Replies: 13
Views: 4155

Re: Tricks to get cheap overseas tickets

This might sound silly but buy your tickets on a Wednesday. Doesn't mater which Airline, but in my experience that day for some reason has saved me probably thousands.
by Gumby
Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:34 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How to please the owner(s) of a private aircraft.
Replies: 7
Views: 1746

How to please the owner(s) of a private aircraft.

Im really curious what some pilots do out their to add a little extra to please the owners and friends of their aircraft. Whether its a smaller Piston or larger corporate jets. Where our plane is hangared I often see 604s, L60s, and sometimes a few Citations. Some crews appear to do more then others...
by Gumby
Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:09 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Air Mikisew shut down?
Replies: 165
Views: 33633

Re: Air Mikisew shut down?

Bingo. It's surprising another carrier hasn't moved in there already.
What about Alta flights, Bar XH, and Nor-Alta? I have only seen their planes around, but I understand they were/are doing some work in lieu of Air Mikisews rather sticky situation.
by Gumby
Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:18 am
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Gravel Runway Tips?
Replies: 15
Views: 3883

Re: Gravel Runway Tips?

Often If in a soft spot and while still using a low power setting, I find pulling the control column back and forth a few times smoothly allows me to "rock myself" out of a most situations dry or wet. It helps to get the thing rolling, sometimes while using the lowest power setting. Also, think ahea...
by Gumby
Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:54 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flights Diverted - UFO Detected Hovering
Replies: 26
Views: 3822

Re: Flights Diverted - UFO Detected Hovering

Did it look exactly like a DC8, except with rocket engines
:lol:
by Gumby
Sat May 22, 2010 6:21 pm
Forum: Aviation Videos & Photos
Topic: Flying Actors
Replies: 9
Views: 1473

Re: Flying Actors

Just off the top of my head is also John Kerry, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood, Arnold Palmer, Alan Jackson, Dennis Quiad. Kurt Russell had a twin at the South Terminal I think?
by Gumby
Tue May 11, 2010 8:56 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flying in Africa as a Canadian
Replies: 8
Views: 1880

Re: Flying in Africa as a Canadian

Not sure I concur about options in Senegal
I think your right, just that I know a couple people there and they both had a a bit of time. Otherwise the low timers I heard who went were turned away.
by Gumby
Tue May 11, 2010 6:46 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flying in Africa as a Canadian
Replies: 8
Views: 1880

Re: Flying in Africa as a Canadian

So, have you bothered to do any research? Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Sudan, Senegal.....all have lots of Sched/Charter ops. FYI, your going to need a license issued by the CAA in ANY of those countries listed, and i'm going to guess in just about any country in Africa, or fo...
by Gumby
Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:27 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Get me the heck out of here
Replies: 11
Views: 2525

Re: Get me the heck out of here

Coastal Aviation, Dar Es Salaam. Check them out, Caravans in Tanzania, also a Pilatus, or maybe two now. I ticked off over 70 different airstrips I have landed at while working with them in the last 2 years. They were very nice to me, and I was lucky to be treated so well. Try, Anna, she is the boss...
by Gumby
Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:51 am
Forum: Corporate
Topic: Fractional Competitors in Canada?
Replies: 0
Views: 902

Fractional Competitors in Canada?

What other fractional ownership operators are out there like Air Sprint? Anyone care to explain a little more how it works? I have been flying much of the last two years away from Canada and now would like to know more about the corporate world. Corporate sched looks pretty good, anyone care to shar...
by Gumby
Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:51 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Those who applied to Morningstar.
Replies: 0
Views: 1130

Those who applied to Morningstar.

Hello Folks,

Im curious about those who applied to Morningstar for their ad in October, if any of you got a call for an interview or got the job. Would like to know how many hours you guys had and what was mention to you when their 727s get phased out.

Feel free to PM me if you like.

Cheers,
by Gumby
Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:18 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Best Flying Job you have ever had
Replies: 37
Views: 4419

Re: Best Flying Job you have ever had

Coming into Vamizi Island.

Although this gorgeous little island off the coast of Mozambique we often (Coastal Aviation) have charters into this narrow strip from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Naturally clearing customs in the little fishing village/town Pemba, MZ.
by Gumby
Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:18 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Common Cathay question,
Replies: 5
Views: 1509

Common Cathay question,

Just out of curiosity, after hunting down many plausible answers and many arguments to the different variations....... Why are the winglets (wing fences) on the A380 similar to those on the A319, 20, and 21? Why not use the raked winglets used on the A330/340? Not that I have an interview, I would j...
by Gumby
Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:06 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Pilots drinking within 8 hours of departure?
Replies: 15
Views: 2994

Re: Pilots drinking within 8 hours of departure?

What happened to being stupid? Not everyone who drinks inside of the 8, 12, or whatever hours has a disease. Just cause this is Canada doesn't mean everybody should get a freebee from loosing his/her job under these circumstances. They should be so lucky to have loopholes in the system. :? Hit the h...
by Gumby
Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:44 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: CRM training in Western Canada,
Replies: 2
Views: 529

CRM training in Western Canada,

Hello Folks,

I am curious if anyone here could recommend a CRM course. Any feedback from those that have completed one locally in the lower mainland? Im looking to spruce up my CV a bit.

Cheers,
by Gumby
Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:36 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Jobs in Africa and Aisa
Replies: 24
Views: 6008

Re: Jobs in Africa and Aisa

http://africanbushpilot.blogspot.com/

Leave as fast as you can, and soak it in.
by Gumby
Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:27 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Getting a job outside Canada
Replies: 18
Views: 2091

Re: Getting a job outside Canada

Leave as soon as you can and enjoy the adventure. Well Put! +1 To go overseas in many places you require a working permit which is near impossible unless you 1.) marry someone in that country 2.) have family members there, in which case a working permit is still a decade away 3.) have a company spo...
by Gumby
Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:14 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: DC-3 job
Replies: 3
Views: 1437

Re: DC-3 job

Indigo Aviation in Tanzania has a DC3 operating into Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Pemba, and soon to me Mafia and the Selous. There is a Canadian F/O working there too.

Cheers
by Gumby
Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:56 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Rotation work, Days off?
Replies: 11
Views: 3120

Rotation work, Days off?

I go back and forth in my head about working for a company that does rotational work. 6 weeks on 6 weeks off, 2 months....ect

Curious what some of you guys/gals do with your days off. Other jobs, family, flight instruction, veg out near a beach or on a boat?

Cheers,

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