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by Docbrad
Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:38 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: ATPL Question
Replies: 6
Views: 1220

Re: ATPL Question

ahramin wrote: Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:40 pm What CAR requires you to certify your own logbook? I have never certified mine.
I don't believe there is any CAR for it, but I had my ATPL inspector ask me to sign every page, so I did.
by Docbrad
Fri Sep 20, 2019 3:27 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: ATPL Question
Replies: 6
Views: 1220

Re: ATPL Question

Mr. Bond is correct. No one needs to certify your logbook, except you. There is a great misunderstanding pushed by the FTU's for some reason that CFI's or Chief Pilots need to sign your logbook. They do not. Ask them what CAR says you need to and they will always come up short
by Docbrad
Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:31 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: CMA
Replies: 5
Views: 3691

Re: CMA

FO's are mid 30's and Capts are 63-64 ish to start if you don't meet contrails and 83ish to start if you do meet them. 18 days a month and pay not based on credit hours mean that most pilost burnout in 2 years. I figured out for Aug I am looking 97 credits worth of flying but since we aren't paid b...
by Docbrad
Tue Jun 04, 2019 9:05 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flying Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 and Jazz Air / Air Canada Express for the first time
Replies: 15
Views: 4636

Re: Flying Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 and Jazz Air / Air Canada Express for the first time

Have you considered that Jazz has the 5th most number of incidents because it in the top 5 largest airlines in Canada? If you took your car out on the road once a year, the chances of having an accident are quite poor. If you drive 12 hours a day, every day, then yeah, things will happen. I do not w...
by Docbrad
Fri Jan 05, 2018 2:07 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Pulling the Chute
Replies: 16
Views: 3221

Re: Pulling the Chute

Honestly thought that was a simulator at first with the idle chatter in the background, the narrow view outside and a six pack of instruments on a single screen.

I can't believed he waited until the last second to pull the chute! It barely had time to slow him down!
by Docbrad
Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:13 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Don't come to a complete stop on the runway with converging traffic
Replies: 5
Views: 1671

Re: Don't come to a complete stop on the runway with converging traffic

Why do they clear people to land or takeoff when the runway is not actually clear? This is something about the American system that has always bothered me
by Docbrad
Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:12 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: GIANT logbook mistakes!!!
Replies: 25
Views: 7954

Re: GIANT logbook mistakes!!!

Look up the CARs definition of xcty time. You'll soon realize that there isn't one. It's all up to interpretation. There is no minimum distance. My stance has been that you can log xcty if you can actually put a route in your logbook. If you are just going to the practice area, no. But if you are na...
by Docbrad
Fri Jul 28, 2017 9:29 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Got to scan the ramp area before taxiing to the gate
Replies: 7
Views: 2339

Re: Got to scan the ramp area before taxiing to the gate

Maybe the engine was already shut down? They taxi single engine fairly regularly in the Q400
by Docbrad
Sun Jun 25, 2017 6:16 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Waterbombers in action
Replies: 7
Views: 3845

Re: Waterbombers in action

The MNR still puts on an annual display at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie.

It takes place during their Bushplane Days festival or whatever. It's usually in September
by Docbrad
Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Thessalon Muni CPL5
Replies: 11
Views: 2688

Re: Thessalon Muni CPL5

From the NOTAMs:

160132 CYZE THESSALON
CPL5 AMEND PUB: AD PERMANENTLY CLSD

You'll have to find elsewhere
by Docbrad
Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:57 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Companies repeatedly posting
Replies: 31
Views: 8920

Re: Companies repeatedly posting

Well, as a 1000+hr instructor, where would you suggest I look for a job?
by Docbrad
Fri Sep 02, 2016 12:45 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Loaning your employer money.
Replies: 38
Views: 8031

Re: Loaning your employer money.

So is there such thing as a bond with no money up front? How about those "training agreements" Where its says $10k for 2 years, but advertise as no money up front. No money changes hands, but if you leave early they will come after you. Is this type of thing more acceptable? Is it still a "bond"? L...
by Docbrad
Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:43 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Loaning your employer money.
Replies: 38
Views: 8031

Re: Loaning your employer money.

So is there such thing as a bond with no money up front?

How about those "training agreements" Where its says $10k for 2 years, but advertise as no money up front. No money changes hands, but if you leave early they will come after you. Is this type of thing more acceptable? Is it still a "bond"?
by Docbrad
Fri Aug 26, 2016 3:29 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Loaning your employer money.
Replies: 38
Views: 8031

Re: Loaning your employer money.

I'm curious what you guys think, I have basically had this conversation with a few colleagues of mine, and their opinion on the matter was that some people pay $10-$15 grand for an instructor rating, so what's the difference? They say that it's simply an investment into their own future. As a side n...
by Docbrad
Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:37 am
Forum: Corporate
Topic: IATRA required to fly a 604 registered aircraft?
Replies: 11
Views: 7649

Re: IATRA required to fly a 604 registered aircraft?

And if it is a single pilot airplane flown two crew, does the FO log co-pilot time?

I'm currently flying 172's for areal patrol, which is obviously a single pilot machine, but the spotter can't log the flight time... Then again, the spotter isn't "flight crew"
by Docbrad
Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:26 am
Forum: Corporate
Topic: IATRA required to fly a 604 registered aircraft?
Replies: 11
Views: 7649

Re: IATRA required to fly a 604 registered aircraft?

What if it is a single pilot airplane that is run two crew?

The rules for the type rating indicate that the airplane has to be minimum two crew, not flown two crew. So if a CPL were to go right seat on a PC12 for example, would he need the IATRA? Would the captain need ATPL?
by Docbrad
Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:51 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Windsor sold to the U.S. in exchange for Detroit
Replies: 15
Views: 3437

Re: Windsor sold to the U.S. in exchange for Detroit

I know Toronto Centre deals with aircraft approaches in Northern Michigan. KCIU specifically
by Docbrad
Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:04 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Exhaust De/Anti-Icing Question/Idea
Replies: 16
Views: 1727

Re: Exhaust De/Anti-Icing Question/Idea

To elaborate on what some other posters said, you have to keep in mind that bleed air is NOT exhaust air. In a jet engine, air is compressed and then fuel is added and then burned. Bleed air is only siphoned from the compression stage. As air is compressed it heats up. And quite dramatically too. Th...
by Docbrad
Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:52 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: HSI in c172
Replies: 19
Views: 2997

Re: HSI in c172

The Aspen displays are amazing! Especially if you're going IFR. But if you're just a simple fly around, occasional VFR city hopper, I don't think it would be worth it, financially.

I flew the with the Aspen outfitted in the Sault College Zlins, PM me if you want more info about them
by Docbrad
Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:53 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Primer In and Locked
Replies: 67
Views: 9375

Re: Primer In and Locked

Enlighten me. Why is a mag check while flying a bad thing in radial engines?
by Docbrad
Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:42 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Primer In and Locked
Replies: 67
Views: 9375

Primer In and Locked

Been reviewing my notes for an upcoming checkout in a 1976 Cessna 172M, and it reminded me of something I learned in my ppl years. The cause check for an engine failure in flight includes making sure the manual primer is in and locked. I remember being told that if it is unlocked, it could be a reas...
by Docbrad
Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:24 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Holding/Approach
Replies: 22
Views: 2880

Re: Holding/Approach

A tip I picked up doing my training: if you are told to do a simple hold at the FAF, and the procedure turn is to he left, before accepting the hold, request left hand turns. ATC doesn't normally give a hoot, so then you're holding on the protected side. No need to cross
by Docbrad
Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:27 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Wasaya
Replies: 45
Views: 12992

Re: Wasaya

Yeah, too many big words and too much sarcasm in the first few posts. Idk what is going on at Wasaya
by Docbrad
Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:39 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: category and class (beaver)
Replies: 9
Views: 1114

Re: category and class (beaver)

Category: Airplane
Class: Single engine land/sea
Type: Beaver

Does that help?
by Docbrad
Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:37 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Wasaya
Replies: 45
Views: 12992

Re: Wasaya

So, in other words, they are restructuring in order to save/make money?

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