We are told that Alexis and Diederik are going to go from YYC to YYZ on Nov 17th sitting in the new "Ryanair class" in the back of the new 180 seat configuration. i'm hoping the CSA can assign them middle seats each and preferably between a pair of 300 pound sumo wrestlers or the Costco sized North ...

Good evening, I already did the search for ANR headset on here and found three threads and read them all. None mention the new one from Bose - the A30. Looking for most current info on any option. Either in ear or on ear fine with me. Looking for true ANR since I have the hearing of a canine (and wo...

Does anyone have the full story on this one? Is a cranky biscuit shooter overstepping her bounds and being a bit of a Karen, or is there a back story not told in the news article? RCMP sound like they were a bit thuggish also at least from this article. The guy is lucky he wasn't holding a stapler o...

https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safe ... -switches/ Good pic of the switches (and the guards on the sides).

Concur wholeheartedly with the sentiments. So what to do about it? Who do you convince? The airports love their AIFs. It's how they can afford jade Haida war canoe sculptures in YVR (yet run out de ice fluid in winter) or an international departures area in YYC big enough to house a small blimp. Wha...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/crash-ronald-reagan-airport-1.7445596 They were down to 1 controller that night. Most unfortunate. And why were they down to one controller? A shortage it would seem. And why a shortage? One root cause is a change in hiring practices during the Obama administration. Tr...

Hey I am 100% in agreement that our SOPS our outdated and desperately need an overhaul. Most of it dates back the Classic and bush league philosophy from the founding fathers. Personally I’m excited that the merger will bring about a modernization of our SOPs finally. My point was that complaining ...

I hope attitudes like this aren’t typical of the average Sunwing pilots. Senior WJ FOs have seen their upgrade go from 10 years to potentially 15+. The Sunwing pilots have been handed a lifeline with a golden goose, leapfrogging ahead years of current WJ pilots in some cases, on a vastly superior c...

Anyhow still better than flogging around North America doing 5-6 sectors like the WS slaves. This really is a great lifestyle company overall. I keep seeing these myths about WS pilots flying 16 full days a month, slogging 5-6 sectors. While no doubt Sunwing has some nice scheduling perks, it can't...

What is the cost right now (approximately) to get civil training at say a flight college like Seneca up to a CPL standard? What would the road to a major airline such as AC look like afterwards? Direct to AC or a regional such as Jazz and build PIC time on the side or 'work your way up" the older wa...

I am at WG so while I do not have a direct dog in the AC result, I do because it is now up to AC to set the bar for all airlines. Here at WG, post merger announcement, we were watching the WS negotiations closely. There was speculation about how we could help out the WS guys if they went on strike s...

[ Too bad you can’t see the future, if you could you might predict a time where you have a wife and kids and they don’t appreciate you being gone all summer, pity. [/quote] Actually the spouse and one of the kids are over here right now. They will see Prague after our Austrian vacation in the secon...

Well, of course, that's why you can buy poutine in French at Los Tabernacos in Playa del Carmen. Québecois hegemony everywhere! Almost. The poutine in PRG is in Czech (of course) and English. And pilsner everywhere. I am convinced the Czech national sport is beer drinking. Pity this will all end af...

Early contract renegotiation opportunity Here is an idea for the WS side of the house. The CIRB ruling on common employer keeps getting delayed while the WG and WS pilot's lawyers keep talking. At some point we will be declared common employer and one union to represent all. Back when WS pilots wer...

HR can make their best guesses as to attrition. What they may not have considered is how many people at WS/WG/AC/TS etc will pull the pin prior to 65. Not everyone wants to fly until they die. If pay ramps up, some may stay for pension bump (mostly AC old style DB pension) or stick it out a little l...

How are the pairings out of YEG these days, expanding? That depends if you currently fly for WG or WS. In the past February was our busiest month by far. Things would start slowish in October and November. By mid December things were rolling for the Christmas rush, January was steady, and by Februa...

Do they have extra long seat belt extensions for these hippos, or are they so wedged in there that a seatbelt isn't required? Will they have a new category for these people when doing the W&B on the iPad? S for supersized? Imagine the poor person having to sit next to them. They can't even wash prop...

$50 Mint condition. Clearing out the office. Used this in ground school only. CYVR based or will ship at actual shipping cost. PM for contact details.

The second thing which you’re discussing is whether a pilot should be paid 1:1 for the time they are at the airport on duty in uniform. Many airlines have rules that are now 1:2 Should it be 1:1? So you're asking if I prefer to be paid on duty time rather than credit? I think that that is a fair qu...

Here is an interesting third party perspective of how one bank's research department (National Bank) views the pilot shortage and the projected future costs to airlines of pay increases. There is even have a chart showing how many ATPLs have been issued since 2007. (I've looked elsewhere but not bee...

Daylight. No marshaller. Hercs are on the old Buffalo spots. The new SAR airplane (the Kingfisher) has had some delays becoming operational so Hercs are holding the FW SAR requirement for the BC Yukon SRR.

A bit of a shock for the PIC in the front seat
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/mig ... xjNUeh_X14

What Daedelusx said. Where I am, we were encouraged to "enjoy our days off" last spring and not answer the phone on GDOs or other non flying days. Cost the company millions bringing in wet leases from as far away as Malta and that was in our slow season. The union figured that if they had paid every...

I've jump seated with them before. Go up to the check in counter, show your ID and request to list on the flight you want. You'll get a standby boarding pass to get through security. Seat assignment happens at the gate. You'll be taken down early to get the captain's approval and you're basically a...

Anybody know the fighter pilot name that was used in the RCAF that was in the news today. FAWG = Fucked A Woman Gay. Some of my other favourites were "Custer" - = lost a bar fight to some Indians in Cold Lake "BUG" = he had a really really ugly girlfriend. She had a Bent Up Grill. "Guns" = she had ...