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by bobcaygeon
Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:46 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Metro 3 ( dangerous as they say it is )
Replies: 54
Views: 5294

Re: Metro 3 ( dangerous as they say it is )

Bit of an insult to say shitty pilots. Maybe pilots with shitty training due to working for shitty companies and a lack of good Metro sims. I mean to say that they lack experience. What does a typical Metro FO have today? 250 hours? Not even enough PIC to get PICUS. What does a typical Metro captai...
by bobcaygeon
Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Sault College Plane Successful Forced Landing
Replies: 5
Views: 1054

Re: Sault College Plane Successful Forced Landing

Well done, hindsight is 20/20 and green is green.

Life experience often teaches you to undo whatever action you did prior to the issue, in this case they switched fuel tanks. Hopefully Sault College teaches that concept
by bobcaygeon
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:20 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Was it an Engine Failure
Replies: 5
Views: 1263

Re: Was it an Engine Failure

From TSB..... "C-FPQQ, a Beech B200 operated by Keewatin Air LP., was conducting flight KEW213-M from Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson Intl Airport (CYWG), MB to Churchill Airport (CYYQ), MB. Shortly after takeoff, the #2 engine (Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42) torque rolled back. The flight cre...
by bobcaygeon
Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:32 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down
Replies: 55
Views: 27368

Re: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down

Glad to see everyone is walking away from it. Tindi’s Twin Otters have unlucky/lucky lately with bent metal being the issue. Marginal ski flying in high winds with low vis due blowing snow over frozen lakes has caused more than a few accidents. I can think of a few that thankfully ended with everyo...
by bobcaygeon
Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:40 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down
Replies: 55
Views: 27368

Re: Air Tindi Twin Otter Down

Glad to see everyone is walking away from it. Tindi’s Twin Otters have unlucky/lucky lately with bent metal being the issue. Marginal ski flying in high winds with low vis due blowing snow over frozen lakes has caused more than a few accidents. I can think of a few that thankfully ended with everyon...
by bobcaygeon
Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Help looking for historic merger data
Replies: 7
Views: 1061

Re: Help looking for historic merger data

Yes, the term is "no bump, no flush" and is pretty standard with ALPA mergers. Then your schedule, equipment bid, etc is based on your system seniority date. How your system seniority is calculated is where it can get messy. Ideally DOH if it's a merger vs purchase but often the smaller carrier's pi...
by bobcaygeon
Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Zero Jazz flying(YWG)
Replies: 16
Views: 4172

Re: Zero Jazz flying(YWG)

If you're referencing the AC timetable; don't it's been wrong post COVID (still shows aircraft types no longer flown ETC). Where would the departures be to then? YWG is gone... MAF may be still around at AC's discretion... but where else??? I personally went to ac.com and tried various bookings out...
by bobcaygeon
Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:18 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Do you bring a second uniform on overseas pairings?
Replies: 22
Views: 3045

Re: Do you bring a second uniform on overseas pairings?

Before you ask, chew with your mouth closed, with your tongue moving the food from side to side and your jaw rotating slightly. Chew slow and steadily, counting to 32 with each bite. We don't expect you to count 32 times, but just ensure the food in your mouth loses all of its texture before swallo...
by bobcaygeon
Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: Perimeter Aviation / Bearskin Airlines
Topic: Willo interview for perimeter
Replies: 5
Views: 2397

Re: Willo interview for perimeter

I don’t know that the interview at perimeter is like. But I can almost guarantee you it’ll be the same as most other airlines. Tell us about yourself. Why perimeter? What do you know about us? Typical questions on Eligibility… do you have permission to work in Canada… etc Then probably a couple beh...
by bobcaygeon
Wed Aug 16, 2023 12:01 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Air Inuit to Add Three 737-800 aircraft
Replies: 6
Views: 1843

Re: Air Inuit to Add Three 737-800 aircraft

No new money for paved runways. Just a different business model now using Dash 8 freighters, etc. Canadian North parked their last -200 finally too. Interesting purchase for Air Inuit. Are we finally going to see an improvement to the aviation infrastructure in the north? New runway surfaces to repl...
by bobcaygeon
Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Bearskin turns 60!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1444

Re: Bearskin turns 60!!!

Trunorth wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 2:55 pm Wait 'till PETA hears about this.🤦‍♂️
They are ready know. They are offered free tickets every christmas....
by bobcaygeon
Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Bearskin turns 60!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1444

Bearskin turns 60!!!

With a new pilot contract signed last month it's a great time to work at "The Bear"
by bobcaygeon
Wed Jul 05, 2023 4:13 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Denying Overtime
Replies: 72
Views: 16349

Re: Denying Overtime

Exactly! And with 2000 cancellations and delays over the long weekend, wasn’t that a good idea? The mood of the present MEC is that there will be no bargaining capital. There will be no concessions “traded”. you mean, they assume they won't be getting a much better contract than the actual ? Or i r...
by bobcaygeon
Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Bell 412 severs bambi bucket
Replies: 41
Views: 5320

Re: Close Call Firefighting

It would be helpful if you could post the source of your initial post Pelmet. TPC All the incident posts are from the TSB. Link? I can’t find it. I find it very interesting as I am aware of this incident but it didn’t happen where you claim the TSB said it happened. In fact, you still haven’t provi...
by bobcaygeon
Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Bell 412 severs bambi bucket
Replies: 41
Views: 5320

Re: Bell 412 severs bambi bucket

https://www.navcanada.ca/en/aiceng202224.pdf mandated ads-b timeline. The 2024 deadline for class B is interesting. I believe when they reintroduced a timeline last year, they only had the 2023 date for class A and B.... They may have revised the deadline for class B... Either way, for all the othe...
by bobcaygeon
Wed May 31, 2023 6:05 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: New payscale
Replies: 95
Views: 28046

Re: New payscale

Exactly! Having done my fair share of collective bargaining and resulting TA roadshows, I can describe the experience as follows: Back in the days of paper TA’s being handed out - no matter how comprehensive or detailed all of the amendments were to the CBA - the sound in the room would be “flip fl...
by bobcaygeon
Mon May 08, 2023 7:51 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Turns
Replies: 17
Views: 4221

Re: Turns

As long as the layovers are short and you can stay on your normal sleep schedule it's not bad. Longer layovers are what mess you up as your body starts to acclimatize.
by bobcaygeon
Mon May 08, 2023 7:48 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Is WestJet an essential service, where the government can mandate striking pilots back to work?
Replies: 50
Views: 11393

Re: Is WestJet an essential service, where the government can mandate striking pilots back to work?

In addition to the JT/JS combo in power now, in 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada made a ruling that struck down the "essential services" card for all but a very small group of workers. https://canliiconnects.org/fr/r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9/35654 In the case of the recent PSAC strike, approx 35,000 employees...
by bobcaygeon
Mon May 08, 2023 7:32 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: New Duty regs- medevac
Replies: 5
Views: 1135

Re: New Duty regs- medevac

It’s always the most restrictive. It was like this before the new duty regs if you were operating between 704 and 703 or 703 and 702. Do your medevac first, then do the charter.. lol. Not necessarily. You just have to make sure you are legal for the flight you are about to do. I am wondering though...
by bobcaygeon
Mon May 01, 2023 7:00 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Is WestJet an essential service, where the government can mandate striking pilots back to work?
Replies: 50
Views: 11393

Re: Is WestJet an essential service, where the government can mandate striking pilots back to work?

Might be too much for pilots to understand. Pilots are smart enough that if Westjet is paying A and other airlines are paying A x 1.4, they know where to go. Hopefully the accountants are smart enough to find a way to match A x 1.4, or Westjet may as well shut down. With a bunch of ineffectual acco...

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