Forging the old ATPLs would have been rather simple since they were basically just a photo copy on grey paper. I wonder how he got an ADB though? I would think it's slightly more difficult to forge, unless he fooled TC with the forged grey piece of paper and they issued him a real ADB?

The water bomber operation in Newfoundland is desperately looking for a chief pilot for this season, no one wants the job according to the minister of transport, aircraft will be grounded if no chief pilot is found. Sounds like they found someone, but I wouldn’t be chomping at the bit for a 100k ch...

All companies at all levels try to manipulate the CARs to their advantage. Often they do this by putting poorly trained dispatchers in a position they have no business being in, giving them minimal training and then making you the PIC fight to stay safe. When I flew air ambulance it was always this ...

CpnCrunch wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2026 6:16 pm “experienced an engine issue.”

Too much air in the tanks, or too much jet a?

Donald wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2026 3:26 pm Did Flair ratify? I thought they were going to arbitration.

Not arbitration, conciliation. The government has a appointed a conciliator who will attempt to mediate between the union and management. That process is 60 days maximum.

Eric Janson wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2026 7:29 pm Surprised they didn't hit the concrete wall - must have come very close.

A simple go-around would have prevented this - it's not a difficult manoeuver to fly.

Hopefully we will see a report at some point.

No, but they did take out one of the street light poles apparently.

Still remember being told as a kid to look both ways before crossing the street(as a pedestrian). I see people on a regular basis not do this. ... Especially on one-way streets. I've seen people get run over by cars going the wrong way on one-way streets in yyc twice! Both times the j-walkers only ...

Nearly 60% of all disruptive passenger reports in 2025 came from WestJet flights, far ahead of others when it comes to disruptive behaviour. Flights to and from Calgary also made up almost 40% of all reports, the most for any Canadian city. I read on another site that WS has decided to report all t...

If you accepted a job at a given pay scale, then you have already defined 'what you are worth'. Sounds like the "if you don't like it, there's the door" mentality prevalent in this industry. I prefer to say "I like it here, but we are worth more". Changing things from the inside is always a more po...

And Flair pilots go back to being the lowest paid 737 pilots in the country, except our year 1 and 2 FOs, but by year three they become the lowest paid in the country as well. I'm happy for everyone that has now made good gains in the full cycle of contract negotiations of our entire industry over t...

I remember a CRM teacher telling us about a session he did in TC's high altitude indoctrination chamber in YOW where at the first feeling of hypoxia they were supposed to pick up a pen and fill in some spaces on a sheet of paper. He tried to pick up the pen and missed, tried again and his hand simpl...

Nearly 60% of all disruptive passenger reports in 2025 came from WestJet flights, far ahead of others when it comes to disruptive behaviour. Flights to and from Calgary also made up almost 40% of all reports, the most for any Canadian city. I read on another site that WS has decided to report all t...

Are you hiring later in the year and early 2027? How's the future outlook? We haven't heard anything internally, I talked to one of the interviewers and he said he hasn't been asked to do any upcoming interviews at the moment, but there has still been a trickle of FO resignations so depending on ho...

CaptDukeNukem wrote: ↑Sat Feb 14, 2026 9:00 pm
Also. Troll? Me? Level 10 avcanada? You level zero? Okay

Me level 11, you level 10, you're a troll in this case. You have some good things to say too, not today though.

If they have a reduction bid, typically companies only bump people out of their bases and if the number of Captain spots in yyc is being reduced then downgrades will happen, but it's unusual for a company to have upgrades during a reduction bid. I don't know the Encore collective agreement at all, b...

The window cleaning thing is a nice gesture as float planes spend all day down in the swarms of bugs, just be sure to use a product that won't damage the window. Using windex on a plastic windscreen would craze it over time. If in doubt, water and your bare hand works on any window, you can wash the...

Nauclerus wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2026 9:40 am The seniority list integration will be interesting. How many 15-20 year Flair pilots are there that will get to bid the B787 left seat ?

None that are under 65.

take a breath. The way you’re talking about the truck driver right now is pure emotion, not facts. From what we actually know so far, I don’t think the crew had much they could do but we still need to wait for more information. That’s how this works. And honestly, I don’t think we should be blaming...

Would you hit the reversers? You wouldn't use reverse thrust on a jet to get back onto the taxiway, but definitely opening the reversers if you're starting to slide can help a lot. There's a lot of residual thrust at idle in newer high bypass engines. I had an experience in YEG a few years back wit...

I'm more confused at how JAMIL inbound for 08 is both track of 108⁰ but also straight in at 78⁰ on the loc. I believe it's because you can use JAMIL to transition to any of the 3 runways, so for instance you could be cleared to descend via the Bruiser 1 Jamil transition 7Right. FOWLE appears to be ...

Hello all, ... Is pursuing flight training still a reasonable long-term career choice given current and projected developments in AI? Realistically, how far away is AI from becoming a major operational factor in airline cockpits? Could airlines use advances in AI or automation as leverage in pilot ...

I don't know, but I would guess they landed at Fort St. John (6900 ft, 2 hours away) and took a bus from there. If that isn't long enough, the next closest airport with a (really) long runway is Prince George - 4.5 hours away. Dawson Creek is pretty close as well. I've been in there with a 1900, an...

I can confirm that Westjet is not authorized for LPV approach mins. They do RNP approaches instead. I am pretty sure Air Transat can't do RNP or LPV. No idea about Porter or AC. Canadian North, and Air North are the only airlines in Canada with jets that have LPV capability that I know of. It's way...

I remember there being a write up of a fatal stall spin accident in a light single years back, where the pilots seat became unlatched and rolled right off the back of the rails taking him and basically the control column with him. C-182 maybe?

Makes sense that this was a big factor. The app I have access to changes from moderate snowfall intensity with a hold over time of 25-50 minutes for Type 4, to heavy intensity with "no holdover guidelines exist" when you switch from daytime to night time, based on that first Metar.