Looks like 5T pilots need a scope clause in their next contract badly. If EIC can just take any work they want away from them and give it to 3H at lower wages, I'd be seriously wondering what routes are next? If I was a pilot at 5T I would 100% make this the hill to die on for the next contract. Th...

dannywheels wrote: ↑Thu Sep 04, 2025 6:18 pm Are the 18 days on per month in a block, such that days off are also grouped together?

Thanks

Yes.

I’ve been saying for years, if the RCAF wanted to staff pilots better, they’d open the Reserves to airline pilots for non-fighter roles. AFAIK, in order to be a Reserve pilot, you have to have been an active duty pilot. For Herks, C-17s, CC-330s…. None of that is necessary. Those are airliners, basi...

Awww poor GSG. I’ve got hundreds of hours in that plane; it was definitely the better of the two 206s there

The public should be very concerned whether the flight attendants can keep them safe in an emergency. They were ordered back to work 2 days ago but still don’t understand what that means, will they not understand when the Captain calls a order to evacuate? Don’t blame the Carney government, I belie...

Any suggestions on how this might have happened and what could be done to prevent it.... C-GCWO, a float-equipped Cessna 185F operated by Gogal Air Services Ltd., was conducting a flight from Snow Lake Water Aerodrome (CKM5), MB, to Lac du Bonnet (North) Water Aerodrome (CJS9), MB. The aircraft lan...

daedalusx wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:51 pm What a joke that we have to rely on American F15s for interceptions …

Almost like Portland is much closer than Cold Lake where the CF-18’s are based.

It’s NORAD. This is what it’s for.

We have travel benefits with 128 other airlines from a quick count on our sheet. There’s no 3/3. We work a max 18 days a month, hopefully that’s getting lower with a new contract. You can absolutely live in Europe if you want to. The company will pay up to $500 each way for an airline ticket to/from...

piperdriver wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 6:21 pm Bamiji Air Beaver C-FHEP had an accident near Chamberlain Narrows on July 14th, 2025. Floats were torn off and it is sunk in the lake.

Everyone on board survived, although judging by the one picture I saw, are probably quite lucky to do so.

pitottubey wrote: ↑Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:32 am

pild04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 10:41 am Heard that Porter may open a YEG base for the E2. If true, has hiring started for this?

I really doubt that. Where did you hear that from?

I've heard it as well. They already have the satellite base in YYC here.

Porter likes real estate, and there's lots of that at YEG.

You don't need to call mayday to occupy a runway. If you know what caused the abort and it is non life threatening, then it is abusing an emergency system by calling mayday. It's also a very lousy SOP to require this. Transport and other similar organizations should not accept SOPs like that. Does ...

No idea. We’re pretty full up on FOs. I know there’s more than a few ATR people waiting to go 737, so OTS hiring for FOs there seems unlikely for a bit.

Pretty sure we’re still taking DEC ATR Captains though.

I assume for the ATR? We seem pretty full up at the moment, and we're just missing Captains in both Yellowknife and Iqaluit.

Hopefully there's movement on the 737 side so the ATR side can start moving again.

"All passengers and crew are accounted for" according to the YYZ Twitter.

My company pays an additional $2k/mo for pilots that live further than 150km from their base. Can you tell us what type of company this is, while I like the idea, I can’t see any airline doing this. A posi space commute is likely the best we could ever hope to achieve Canadian North. I should have ...

I wear winter-lined Blundstones all year on the ATR at 5T.

dhc# wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:47 am

FishermanIvan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 7:33 am Maybe we’ll buy our -200s back from them

The 737-800SF they have would be useful to a few "northern" airlines...if it becomes available.

It would be. We retired a -400 freighter not long ago because of corrosion.

Maybe we’ll buy our -200s back from them

She looks small in that photo. Did you fly with her? I dated her. We flew together a few times when she was working on her IFR. So very sorry for your loss. Certainly appears you were in the company of an extraordinary young lady. Well beyond anything I ever deserved. Not enough space on this page ...

Ivan, great credit to you for standing up for a pilot who can't defend herself. I'm looking at that photo of her in the cockpit. She seems to have that seat as far forward as it will go. Was she a small woman? No. She was maybe 2 inches shorter than I am, and I’m 5’11” She looks small in that photo...

and frankly lack of muscle… . Definitely not an issue with Nat, she was Fucking STRONG. She made a living hauling packs around the Arctic before she got into flying and always carried the heavier stuff when we went camping together. No way she couldn’t outmuscle a Navajo. Ivan, great credit to you ...

There is also the human factors. In an emergency situation a human can have a panic response that will cause them to take their hands off the controls. I've seen this personally in training of Air Cadets. The person basically freezes up. GTFO here with this shit. I knew her as well as anyone ever c...

CaptDukeNukem wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 6:05 am and frankly lack of muscle… .

Definitely not an issue with Nat, she was Fucking STRONG. She made a living hauling packs around the Arctic before she got into flying and always carried the heavier stuff when we went camping together.

No way she couldn’t outmuscle a Navajo.

Found this nice article on her story. A life well lived. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/calgary-pilot-34-identified-as-sole-victim-of-plane-crash-near-new-york/ar-BB1ox46f?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=9b935a3bf48447b19582431811d1e901&ei=46 If there’s one nice thing about all this, it’s the stories t...

propfeather wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2024 6:01 am She was one of the most impressive humans I've had the pleasure of spending time with, what a horrible loss.

Same. I’m so glad I got to be a part of her life, and her part of mine. I’ll miss her every day.