I think the first time the link to this well done production was posted was by one one of our more entertaining posters,(now banned) .... The Old Fogducker.

Good on you for doing so woxof38

Here's the link to Winnipeg CTV News.

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1434256

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OK ... sure.

But just how commercially viable is it? The real question in the minds of every northern operator is "How many Moose quarters will it haul?"

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Yup. Its the old concept called "networking" and is exceptionally important in all business (or personal) situations. The time to start that process is the day you decided to get a Commercial Pilot Licence. Back when the earth's crust was still cooling and I was a newbie looking for employment or ca...

Here is a link to "The Shepherd" read by one of the CBC's best announcers of all time, the late Alan Maitland.

Merry Christmas to all, and a safe year to everyone.

https://youtu.be/j2_bLEqmBi0

It's called a "Practical Flight Test" to see if you can control the aircraft properly. These tests used to be done by Transport .... who knows what is up with that now. The aircraft may need to be temporarily modified in some way, for example an interconnect between one control and another such as s...

In the short-lived BBC comedy series "Come Fly With Me," there is a segment where the slimeball company president and owner had recorded a video rebuttal to passenger complaints about a recent change in seat pitch causing extreme passenger discomfort. It was quickly exposed as being a bit of corpora...

Cat Driver wrote:The CBC is the place to go if you are into the alternate life style.

What a wonderfully succinct summary!

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I'm not a candidate, but can say the 151 was a sweet flying airplane. When it first came out, I was running a flying school at Pitt Meadows and one of my renters said it perfectly ..... "Piper has made it a nice airplane by putting a Cessna wing on it."

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"Come Fly With Me" is a superbly done parody of the world of aviation. Unfortunately poor ratings caused the BBC to cancel the series after only about six episodes. There are a few outtakes from various episodes on youtube.com be sure to add BBC to the "Come Fly With Me" in the search window. Here's...

They gave me a free pen. Therefore, they seem like nice people ..... you know how much pilots like free stuff.

Joking aside, I've seen infinitely far worse places for a new to the business person to start a career.

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I was there doing some on-site work a few weeks ago and spoke to quite a few of the staff. Summed up, ... "If a family member was a low-time pilot looking for a workplace that is a safe environment, has an overall system in place to take pilots from low time to a Captaincy on a turbine powered, pres...

Just finished watching a video series done about 5 years ago about pilots from various far-flung places trying to get "a first seat" with air carriers operating out of the town of Maun, Botswana. Reminds me of times when newbies would flock to Yellowknife, La Ronge, or other aviation hot spots at th...

This aircraft is slated for partial restoration in RCAF markings and placed on display as a Gate Guardian at 17 Wing.

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Yes, Inspectors that had been conducting PPCs and seeing how a company actually functioned were chained to their desks, all enforcement files or investigations were closed. Inspectors were "disencouraged" to even phone an Ops Mgr to correct a typo in an Ops Manual amendment that was submitted. It wa...

Confusedalot properly makes the point of an SMS for the likes of Air Canada being applied to a Mom & Pop being totally inappropriate .... and that's exactly what was behind my mention of an "SMS-like" program. In the King Air example, a properly functioning reporting and analysis system would have a...

As an FYI, many large companies or customers require an AOC holder to have some form of SMS structure if the operator is going to get the contract for the work. Its a good system in the right hands. For those operators who are in the "Our people have lots of experience, just leave 'em alone and ever...

One of our guys just went in for a renewal (3 months before expiry) and was told processing time would be 4 months!

If the previous one gets close to expiry, drop in and they would process a temporary to bridge the need.

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Wow ..... this is huge news! I'll bet nobody in the aviation journalism world has any idea that sometimes loads are reduced for WAT limits...... I suppose that with runaway global warming, that 30% of the world's fleet won't be able to get airborne because it is so hot and performance so adversely a...

https://youtu.be/cPGdG_ngwdg SSH That was well worth the 45 minutes. If you liked that video, a Google search will bring up a great deal more research that he has done on the topic in print and video form. One of Dr Frank Dully's students did an excellent presentation to the teaching staff at the U...

Best wishes on picking up the reins of the horse once again after 35 years. Yes, lots and lots has changed, but a whole lot is the same .... like crosswind landings. One note however, term "ATR" got lots of traction as a slang item to incorrectly describe the Airline Transport Pilot Licence .... "AT...

Pilots are "different" than the majority of the population from the very beginning of who chooses to begin flying lessons and then become products of the various training programs, the corporate culture of the workplace, the skills to remain alive at work, and the way those skills transfer to domest...

Oh .... right then. That explains it.

Here's more British humour from a classic episode of Fawlty Towers ....

https://youtu.be/yfl6Lu3xQW0

I guess BBC comedy about airlines just isn't for you ...... some people just never get British comedy.