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.

oldncold wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2024 11:04 am Condolences to the family. Ntsb will figure it out. 2 things 1/ possible jet fuel in an avgas aircraft it has happened before 2/ vmca on one engine . The pilot was experienced in ifr .

Disregard. I definitely knew her

The aircraft are basically based in YUL/YWG, so the crews are there for a few days at a time as far as I can see. The YWG aircraft flies to Rankin and back and the YUL jet flies to Kujjuak and then Iqaluit and back.

yowflyer23 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 10:21 am Do YYC pilots exclusively operate charter flights or do they do sched runs as well?

Just oilsand charters. YOW/YEG jets do the scheds and charters. YOW jets are currently operating out of YUL/YWG as well.

It may not be the best decision for everyone, but how can you not see any allure to AC? variety of flying, pension, long term pay and stability just to name a few reasons. Agreed. AC will always be around in some capacity, in terms of a long-term, stable career; It really cannot be beat. That being...

bobcaygeon wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:23 pm

FishermanIvan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:52 am If that’s true, Encore’s top pay rate for Q400 captains is my base pay for year 1 ATR Captain at 5T.

In YFB or YZF or rotating thru. There's a premium for everything in the North.

We all make the same.

Pay starts at $64K or so, company will pay up to $2000 a month in commuting to get you to Ottawa, where you fly up on company jet. Schedule is “basically” two weeks up, two weeks home, but it’s a bid so sometimes it’s a bit less, sometimes a day more. They can’t send you up for anything less than 6...

If that’s true, Encore’s top pay rate for Q400 captains is my base pay for year 1 ATR Captain at 5T.

Pay starts at $64K or so, company will pay up to $2000 a month in commuting to get you to Ottawa, where you fly up on company jet. Schedule is “basically” two weeks up, two weeks home, but it’s a bid so sometimes it’s a bit less, sometimes a day more. They can’t send you up for anything less than 6 ...

I worked there for a year a few years ago; if you wanna know something, feel free to ask, but do it here. No sense in PMs.

You pee in a cup for drugs and blow in a breathalyzer for booze.

Don't drink the day before you go, and you're fine.