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by dumbbell daddy
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:36 am
Forum: Aerobatics & Airshows
Topic: List of Aerobatic facility in Canada
Replies: 10
Views: 9705

Re: List of Aerobatic facility in Canada

The CAR's can be confusing in regards to aerobatics and teaching. Can a Class 2 Aerobatic instructor teach aerobatics in his/her own aircraft if it's certified and approved for aerobatics? Or would you have to be affiliated with a flight school or under your own FTU?
by dumbbell daddy
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:30 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
Replies: 206
Views: 32235

Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt

I just can't understand Canadian pilots sometimes. We should be cheering on more companies and competition. Helps improve wages and ticket prices. Not snickering and hoping for their demise. Maybe it's insecurity so you can pat yourself on the back and validate your own career decisions. When I work...
by dumbbell daddy
Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: B747 Rating ?
Replies: 26
Views: 2434

Re: B747 Rating ?

Very cool pal. I'm jealous. Good luck with your training.
by dumbbell daddy
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:16 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair/Lynx Merger
Replies: 25
Views: 7779

Re: Flair/Lynx Merger

I have zero affiliation with Flair but I find it funny. Every time people say Flair is done (are they really Canadian? planes being seized ect) sure enough.......they still keep flying. That’s called survivorship bias. It is always the case for anything… until it isn’t. For the record I’m not hopin...
by dumbbell daddy
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:40 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair/Lynx Merger
Replies: 25
Views: 7779

Re: Flair/Lynx Merger

I have zero affiliation with Flair but I find it funny. Every time people say Flair is done (are they really Canadian? planes being seized ect) sure enough.......they still keep flying.
by dumbbell daddy
Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:49 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Emirates or Air Canada
Replies: 68
Views: 11966

Re: Emirates or Air Canada

Definitely less working at AC. All hours at EK are hard hours. No credit hour system. So 85-90 hours a month and 10 days off certainly more flying than AC. That's not quite true. Junior WB at AC has no cap, unlike the NB's. There's junior guys flying 18,19,20 days a month. Even a junior RP can work...
by dumbbell daddy
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Emirates or Air Canada
Replies: 68
Views: 11966

Re: Emirates or Air Canada

On average, you fly more at EK or AC? Anything above 15 days per month is too much. Definitely less working at AC. All hours at EK are hard hours. No credit hour system. So 85-90 hours a month and 10 days off certainly more flying than AC. That's not quite true. Junior WB at AC has no cap, unlike t...
by dumbbell daddy
Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Negotiations
Replies: 1659
Views: 302619

Re: Negotiations

On a side note. The golden age of being a pilot has long since past. Regardless of the path taken to the top of ones flying career the net outcome all things considered puts a Canadian pilot (and most others in the world) no further ahead than a truck driver, bus driver, train driver, ferry driver ...
by dumbbell daddy
Thu May 04, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Delta now hiring Air Canada pilots
Replies: 30
Views: 6360

Re: Delta now hiring Air Canada pilots

This is 100% false. This rumour has been going on at Air Canada for a couple years now. Probably started by the former delusional old dino MEC. What makes Air Canada pilots so special compared to Westjet or Transat? If anything you would find more experience pilots at these other carriers. 3/4 of Ai...
by dumbbell daddy
Tue May 02, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Are AC pilots known as 'Frost Backs' now?
Replies: 19
Views: 3814

Re: Are AC pilots known as 'Frost Backs' now?

Northern Mexican’s is the funniest one I’ve heard, and that was from an Atlas crew. And in regards to experience and training. We like to think we’re some of the best pilots in the world because we have winter. Lol. Go do a sim eval in another part of the world. Tech exams, psych tests and sim evals...
by dumbbell daddy
Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:01 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flair Airlines - Planes seized
Replies: 217
Views: 31837

Re: Chickens come home to roost for Flair Airlines

Doesn't matter. Being "Boeing qualified" doesn't mean you'll be flying a Boeing at AC. Boeing, RJ, Embraer, it's all the same. An ex Flair guy may end up right seat on an A220 and a Porter guy from the Q400 on the 777. Yes it does matter. I worked at AC and subsequently resigned during COVID. In PI...
by dumbbell daddy
Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:03 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flair Airlines - Planes seized
Replies: 217
Views: 31837

Re: Chickens come home to roost for Flair Airlines

If anything happens to Flair this will not be good for wage and working conditions in this country. I bet AC management is salivating over all these Boeing qualified guys being available soon. Doesn't matter. Being "Boeing qualified" doesn't mean you'll be flying a Boeing at AC. Boeing, RJ, Embraer...
by dumbbell daddy
Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:40 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Flair Airlines - Planes seized
Replies: 217
Views: 31837

Re: Chickens come home to roost for Flair Airlines

If anything happens to Flair this will not be good for wage and working conditions in this country. I bet AC management is salivating over all these Boeing qualified guys being available soon.
by dumbbell daddy
Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:10 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Airline pilots: How much do you use your "travel benefits"?
Replies: 39
Views: 5234

Re: Airline pilots: How much do you use your "travel benefits"?

This is a good thread. We’re a family of 5. Whenever we’re going on “vacation” I always book confirmed. I don’t want my little ones separated from me sitting beside some weirdo. I always say passes are good for fringe trips if you have a family. Stuff you wouldn’t normally book but can. Like going o...
by dumbbell daddy
Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:11 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Convert Canadian CPL to EASA
Replies: 17
Views: 6694

Re: Convert Canadian CPL to EASA

I was just looking into converting to a UK CAA PPL (so I could fly private GA, G reg) a few months back. I remember reading about the ATPL that you need to go through a “provider” but there’s no requirement to do the six hundred or so hours of ground school if you hold a foreign ATPL.
by dumbbell daddy
Tue Dec 13, 2022 12:39 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: The Air Canada OTS thread
Replies: 2309
Views: 807709

Re: The Air Canada OTS thread

I was 3 months from updating my resume and references doing their thing. They hire in waves from different companies and regimes however, I was told I was in the "to call" pile about 2 months prior to getting the email. Have you heard back? I actually declined. After weighing all the pros and cons,...
by dumbbell daddy
Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:12 pm
Forum: Marketplace
Topic: Wanted: Aircraft Tools
Replies: 0
Views: 716

Wanted: Aircraft Tools

Hello. I’ll be starting the sheet metal work on my project airplane soon. Looking for aircraft tools such as a rivet gun, squeezer, cleco’s ect. that anyone is willing to sell. Thought I’d try local first before buying new in the US or on the vans forum.

Thanks.
by dumbbell daddy
Sat Aug 20, 2022 1:18 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: ATPL University transfer credit
Replies: 3
Views: 776

ATPL University transfer credit

Hi. I’ve been debating picking up my university studies again. Lots of time off on the road. This is not for aviation job purposes. Strictly personal. Does anyone know of a University in Canada that gives credit for ATPL’s like ERAU does in the US? So far the only one I’ve found is the University of...
by dumbbell daddy
Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:10 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: CARGOJET INTERVIEW
Replies: 5
Views: 2328

Re: CARGOJET INTERVIEW

PM sent
by dumbbell daddy
Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:07 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Avada Kadabra
Replies: 27
Views: 10158

Re: Avada Kadabra

I think we all know the real reason these posts happen. It's part of our "Canadian culture" which is so afraid of confrontation, especially at one's workplace that people will do anything to avoid it, regardless of how insignificant it is. In most cases, this mentality has reached a point, (for exa...

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