digits_ wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2026 2:28 pm First fire season for the controller?

They've never been further north than YHM...

https://cirb-ccri.gc.ca/en/about-appeal ... -duty-fair

Labour Relations - Duty of Fair Representation

The YHZ and YQT base closures are fresh on everyone's mind. You'd be crazy to expect any new base openings with the current trend of consolidating crewing at big hubs. Anyone at other smaller bases should be nervous. YVR? YUL?

tsgarp wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2026 5:47 pm

North Shore wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2026 8:10 pm Better still, let the people fly, and then have them arrested in Mexico..

…the poor Mexicans have enough problems….

I bet they're better behaved after 6 months in a Mexican prison for cursing out at an FA.

+1 on crosswind training. I kinda like a slight crosswind on landing. It allows me to place each main gear smoothly, one gear leg at a time. This is as opposed to smacking both mains at the same time. I mention this to new FOs, and they make some comment about experience and skill. FFS, don't you le...

I agree that a private plane can be a great transportation tool. What I don't get is why they chose a Challenger 650. Ontario isn't that big. How important is a Premier that he needs to frequently travel that far? Something half the range would be adequate. Even 2000 mile range would get to both coa...

Pardon my very limited bush experience, but is it considered normal ops to fly fast after take-off to blow any residual snow off the wings? Wouldn't the ability to get off the ground mean that the wings are providing enough lift at lower speeds so you managed to cheat death? Swept-wing jets can get...

It would be completely ineffective if one, or even five people stopped grooming. So, how would one organize a fleet wide ceasing of grooming? Maybe wait for a union to pull their weight and have it part of the contract? Anyway, its been March for over a week. When are the next groundschools for new ...

I'm going to venture a guess and say it left the paved surface and went for a little "excursion".

Is Jazz still doing DEC hiring? Some of Porter's displaced junior YHZ and YQT captains might consider it. If they're being forced to commute to Toronto anyway, might as well commute for the company with a significantly more mature contract and working conditions. If they're junior at Porter, making...

Why is that, when what Jazz really needs is Captains, not FOs I think and it’s just a guess but our contract does not allow for the company to exclude someone who has a bare ATPL, which was a complete failure of an experiment. There is still nothing stopping an ATPL holder from bidding to the left ...

Is Jazz still doing DEC hiring? Some of Porter's displaced junior YHZ and YQT captains might consider it. If they're being forced to commute to Toronto anyway, might as well commute for the company with a significantly more mature contract and working conditions. If they're junior at Porter, making ...

In my experience, it can be largely luck. Liquid water on the surface turns to ice very quickly. One airplane taxis across 1/8" liquid water with great traction. 5 minutes later, the next plane gets a sheet of ice. Even with chemical applied in active precipitation, more snow adds more water content...

I'm not saying that's what is happening with ATC. I can't speak to what's going in YYZ.

My comment just contributed to the pretty aggressive thread drift.

I've lived in the third world so I can offer some guidance on living in that kind of society: A low competence society requires you to not rely on things like transportation, or any public service. Have a car you can fix yourself, cook your own food. Have redundancy everywhere. Print off your airli...

Use the far end TDZ markings to judge space remaining. One will have to have thought about it ahead of time, and know that there's 7 TDZ markings for 3500ft, and how that relates to your aircraft's capabilities. Of course, when the runway is potentially contaminated, slippery and 1/2sm in SN, all be...

I'm not surprised. Boeing has proven unreliable with the max fiasco. Then the volatile economic trade policies of that country of manufacture. All for a plane that isn't even certified yet. Apparently Boeing wasn't able to sweeten the pot enough to overcome those hurdles.

A350 makes sense

I'm sure training costs are part of the decision, but only a small part. Delivery slots seem to be a major decider of which aircraft an airline chooses. Whichever manufacturer will deliver the airplanes closest to when the airline wants them. Airline discounts and total purchase cost is also quite i...

The A350 exists, and has a type certificate and is in commercial service. It comes from a stable and predictable country (really a group of countries). 777x is still in flight testing, no type certificate. It's made in a country with chaotic and unpredictable economic policies. I know which one I'd ...

If it lasted too long and TAFs began to expire, I bet flights would start to get canceled. If the weather is good enough, controlled VFR for those that can do it. Many of the northern operators don't have a FAA OC to operate in the US. Can't use a US alternate. Doesn't mean you can't file it... Gre...

If it lasted too long and TAFs began to expire, I bet flights would start to get canceled. If the weather is good enough, controlled VFR for those that can do it.

Many of the northern operators don't have a FAA OC to operate in the US. Can't use a US alternate.

boeingboy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 06, 2026 4:15 pm Falcon 7/8X any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

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I'm with you. Peasants fly with only 2 engines.

Rouge and AC are different AOCs, they have displacement rights back and forth. I'm not buying that argument. That's a negotiated agreement. Porter does not have a negotiated contract, and even if it did, recent events show that they would ignore it if it didn't suit them. Umm, dude Rouge and AC are...

I've lost count the number of times I've been hand flying and the PM screws up the FD modes. Ignore the bars and fly raw data until it gets sorted. Usually happens on a go-around or some other unusual, high workload scenario.

That's pretty awful layoff provisions. No wonder Porter unionized. Everyone else would have displacement rights to any position their seniority could hold. I don't see it as "skipping the queue". It's more along the lines of "my job doesn't exist anymore, so give me what my seniority can hold". Kee...