The 737 Max of today — a 143-foot-long plane seating more than 230 people — is a very different aircraft from the humble 737 of the 1960s, which was only 94 feet long and seated no more than 118. But the current regulatory system allows for significant modifications of an aircraft design without re...

In my assessment, it appears to me that Swoop (a bad idea for the limited Canadian travel market) is just an anchor tied to the ankles of Westjet, an airline weighed down by enormous debt, and both are swimming in a sea of competitive uncertainty. Somehow, this isn’t going to end well. It’s just a ...

2.4% not including fuel, housing, transportation, or the actual cost of living...

Step on the bug?

The toughest CATSA people by far I've ever met are in Comox. Zero chill in that workspace. Even compared to the dude who grabbed my penis twice during pat down in LAX. He was nice by comparison. I kind of felt like offering to buy him a drink after. Seriously though, just wear the uniform through se...

I have been told that AC only had to pay the grounded Max pilots for 3 months, after that they are not getting a pay cheque at all? The company offered pilots the opportunity to go back to their previous type short term if they only needed a recurrent course, I haven't heard how many took the back s...

Thanks for the cut and paste. I have to have my ad blocker turned up full blast to combat all these Air Georgian banners and the news sites won't let me look at their content.

I'm not turning off my ad blocker, what's it say?

Lens flare/ghost? Quite common with a very bright object seen through multiple lenses or panes of glass. The curved glass of the truck windshield might have refracted the reflection of the 737 to a smaller point and the partial double reflection off the interior of the panes might have transposed i...

I think I almost got hit by a meteor once. It's the only logical thing to explain what I saw. Middle of the night Inuvik to Edmonton City Centre, captain was asleep as were the medic, and the patient. I saw a super bright light start stationary at 11 o'clock high, come straight at us, and pass off o...

Northern Air tried it as a bariatric machine. In the end the medics loved it, but the fuel bill is huge compared to a B250C or even B350C (with cargo doors) and meeting accelerate stop, accelerate go, and net take off flight path means it can't go into half the strips in the province.

One of my coworkers did that on yyc ground. I was furiously tapping on the comm to show him the tx lit up, I yelled you'r mic is open, and he goes and says "oh @#$! my mic is stuck"... nice. east ground was not amused.

How would that help? If I read it correctly, the downpayment is not an issue, it is the income to pay off the mortgage that worries the banks. Well the OP didn't mention what part of the equation was the issue. He just says he can't get a mortgage on the shit money he makes. Maybe more of a down pa...

Adam Oake corrected me that it's 25 k from your rsp on the first time home buyer, good catch. Just for the sake of discussion, if you haven't explored this option look at rsp loans. Basically you can borrow to put into your own rsp's but you have to be able to pay the loan back within one year. You ...

The only requirement I know of is 3500 total time. I was told by a Boeing FO that it was a hard requirement for him to reach before being allowed to bid left seat on the dash internally. I'd assume it applies to external hires as well.

Take that pre diem and save it for the down payment. The bank doesn't see it as income until it's locked into an RSP or is at least cash on hand. You and your partner can each take 30k out of rsp's under 1st time home buyer program, then save another 20k and you'll have the 20% (80K) for a 400k home...

Take that pre diem and save it for the down payment. The bank doesn't see it as income until it's locked into an RSP or is at least cash on hand. You and your partner can each take 30k out of rsp's under 1st time home buyer program, then save another 20k and you'll have the 20% (80K) for a 400k home...

What happens in an essentially centreline thrust aircraft when you shut down an engine at cruise speed? You slow down a bit? What happens if you have the buckets deploy at cruise power? Sounds like they weren't sure and played it safe. I'd call that a win. Wrong. There is a procedure for the situat...

What happens in an essentially centreline thrust aircraft when you shut down an engine at cruise speed? You slow down a bit?

What happens if you have the buckets deploy at cruise power?

Sounds like they weren't sure and played it safe. I'd call that a win.

Pilots are attracted by metal, money, and schedule. Typically a cool metal carrot dangle goes way further in attracting people.

What you have to realise if you consider CN is that; in the last oil boom, they hired a lot of young pilots and then in 2014 layed off a lot. Most of the jet captains are in their 30's and 40's so unless you are in your 20's, or the company doubles in size, you won't live long enough to ever see the...

I suspect the top execs worry about more than what unions represent one employee group. They probably don't even care. I suspect those execs know the best way to destabilise a pilot group is keep them in fighting as long and possible so that they don't get organised. Divide and conquer at its most ...

Not all the planes will fly for AC. I assume the 310's and probably the 737NG's will be parked. The hiring may slow for a few months once this goes through but we haven't lost the flow Just a thought. AC has roughly 100 737 NG rated pilots sitting on their duff right now and AT is in the process of...

A big thing in 2 pilot ops is to communicate park brake position with transfer of control on the ground, just like you verbalise autopilot settings, ATC instructions, when you transfer control in flight. Short of the runway I always say "park brake set". I never use the park brake to comply with a l...

Why is it a "friendly deal"? Just asking...