I figured this would be the case... Do you think they would sense that “desperation” (on my end, if applying there with their minimum requirements) in a way? Feel like it’s really good to build some time here and apply with a resume that brings more to the table just so one doesn’t come off like th...

Over in Asia, you frequently hear the stories of starry eyed Canadian expats who come here as if it was aviation heaven. There are some good things about working overseas, and it's good experience, but not without sacrifice. Most people look at the high paying jet contracts, but they neglect why som...

I don't see anything wrong with taking an online ground school from a credible school personally (I did so for my CPL heh), but I think mentioning that you flight sim can annoy a certain group of instructors. I think the bad rep of flight sims come from people who walk into a flight school thinking ...

Just got the invite for a second officer interview in Hong Kong. Currently am at Jazz looking at an upgrade by years end. Should I go for it or stick with Jazz/AC? I would be bringing my wife and baby along if I got the job and was wondering if the salary would be enough to rent a decent sized spac...

. . . The P2X rating is only valid for 5 years per Hong Kong's authority. . . or just finds some way to circumvent this limitation. . . .The airline underwent some rather illogical cost-cutting measures. They are crewing 2 SOs for some of their long haul flights now And thats just the thing, they h...

after a logbook filled with 4 years of SO P2X time which isn't even worth the paper its written on. 4 years and you’re still not upgradable as a FO ? 4 years is pretty common to be an SO in the past (from chats with some of the FOs there), and I don't believe there is a single SO who has gone past ...

I took their cpl and ifr bundle a few years back. Their cpl course was excellent, but their ifr course put me to sleep, and so I ended up taking the aerocourse instead. Things might have changed now though, and I remember writing to Adam about the excessively long videos. FTGU is all you need beside...

I respect your opinion Loopa, but I am a little offended by the accusation of being not a good instructor or for instructing for the wrong reasons. I quite enjoyed my time instructing, contrary to what your impressions of my original post were. During my post as an instructor, my reasons were not se...

I've done a little bit of both ramp and instructing, but ultimately, it was my instructing that landed me my first F/O gig. In a lot of ways, I find that the ramp route does bring to it a bit of complementary skills that helps the new F/O transition to his/her role. Knowing how to move airplanes wit...

I think whoever is delegated by the CFI. I used to instruct, and the CFI would have me sign those all the time--so generally instructors do it. There is nothing to say dispatchers or reception can't do it though, but I would assume they need to know what they are doing and given the authority to do ...

Most of the pilots I work with all have some experience in the industry which is unrelated to flying, which I think is a good thing. Quite frankly, there is more to flight ops than just operating the airplane. I worked various ramp gigs before I even got into flying, and I am thankful for the experi...

Err, given that he's licensed, that he's doing it partially for fun, and he's asking specifically about night, IFR, and multi, I honestly don't see why not. It's not like he will be starting from scratch, and staring at the instruments practicing straight and level flight here when it's supposed to ...

You schedule an appointment by calling in.

Then, on the day of the exam, you show up and they will put you behind a computer to write the exams.

Up here, a CPL is just a CPL, but to fly a multi, you need a multi-engine rating (which means you can fly both multi and single). To fly a multi-engine aircraft in instrument conditions, you need a multi-engine IFR rating. I believe if you decide to convert, there will be a field where you enter wha...

It's a bit difficult to juggle unless you are flying fixed scheds like 704 work and you happen to live near a University. You can try distance learning with places like Athabasca University, though you won't necessarily be able to finish an engineering major unless the school offers it. Instructing ...

Wait time at Sunwest is around 2-3 years I think. Mostly based on seniority and who has their training done. They put you in a Navajo doing bag runs, which is a good transition to go into from flying a light single, and the time you build is good from what I hear. Ramp work is okay from what I hear,...

If I were to do my PPL again... HELL YES!

Never actually flew in a 152 myself, but I hear they do spins really well and is more of an "airplane" than a 172 when it comes to handling. Performance is a little bit sluggish on those hot summer days too I hear. Having money for the commercial was a bit of a dilemma during my training as well. Ke...

What it boils down to is will your employer go after you or not? Every employer is different, so the only person who can make the judgement call on this is you. You would know your employer better than some random face on the internet. From a legal perspective, signing a bond is a legal agreement. I...

Learn the phraseology mostly by experience Unfortunately this is the normal way of learning standard phraseology and results - predictably - in making the same mistakes everyone else makes... ...Conflicting Traffic Please Advise anyone? Hah, I was waiting for someone to bring that up. There are bad...