I don't know why anyone would go to Encore (or Jazz) atm. Poverty wages and demoralizing working environment. Flow is a myth. The fact they are trying to hire TFWs should tell you everything you need to know. Garbage company. Stay away. Your choices are limited to only whoever is hiring. That's why...

Travel costs i.e. commuting to work cannot be deducted. Subscriptions? Seriously? If you're working a seasonal/remote job away from home i guess your fuel expense/ticket is a write off? I understand some folks do road trips across the country to get to their base? I think Pilottraining.ca is tuitio...

Does anyone know if these are eligible tax deductible expenses for Pilots who payed out of pocket for 2024? TC License and Exam Fees? CAT 1 Medical Exam Fee? Foreflight Subscription? LinkedIn Subscription? Pilottraining.ca, Nizus, TheWisePilot subscription? Travel costs not covered by employer? Meal...

Based on the info you posted, I would agree. According to those procedures It looks like the last call he should have made was to the CRJ instead of the heli. Thanks for finding that. Wouldn't that require more reaction time? And unless ATC was going to instruct a go around, what would that accompl...

Yeah. One call. Then after when they got close, “do you see the RJ”. (Compounded by the fact the RJ never heard it) Inadequate. No positive separation. Heli saying they had them in sight and asking for visual separation is irrelevant IMO The RJ didn’t sign up to be hit on final approach, was not op...

Remember the Heli pilot never heard the controller switch the CRJ to 33! Different frequencies! And the controllers callout to the Heli….vague. Brutal. “Do you see the RJ?” WTF? No distance or altitude? no distance or altitude? he was clearly told the exact position over the bridge at 1200 feet. se...

khedrei wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:43 pm
He expects them to do it all. Like he said, they are partly at fault and could have done more. It's not enough that they did their job. They should have been psychic too.

I'm sure access to heli pilot's eyeballs, so you can see which plane they are looking at would help!

As much hand-holding as necessary. And yes, as an IFR traffic in class B bloody airspace I absolutely expect ATC to keep me clear of any traffic. If that can't be achieved for IFR traffic in class B airspace then what's the point of the whole thing??? . Then why would you fly VFR and ask for visual...

The moment they were given the "pass behind traffic" they were still approaching head on. That's already a bit unusual. And no, I wouldn't crash into traffic intentionally. But if I am told to pass behind traffic and am then flying in a direction that doesn't make sense, I would hope that ATC would...

At the end of the day an IFR and VFR traffic collided in class B airspace. How is that not a violation of procedures? Would giving the blackhawk a heading/vector have been a violation of the current procedures? If not, why was that not given? Listen to the audio. The blackhawk pilots themselves req...

Kept the traffic separated perhaps? "Blackhawk, you're getting too close to traffic, turn 40 degrees to the left" Because saying “it’s on final, go behind them” isn’t good enough? Your complaint is they were not given vectors? Are you telling us you’d crash too if you were given only those instruct...

Did even once ATC point out exact bearing and altitude of the RJ to the Blackhawk? Yes. ATC told the blackhawk the exact position and intentions. "south of woodrow bridge at 1200 for 33" CRJ position was broadcasted again at 2 mile left base. Right before blackhawk was asked visual confirmation aga...

((Point out traffic twice)) what is this, unheard of!!! I'm not saying it's procedure. It's the scenario that happened. If you listen to the audio, the traffic was pointed out in 2 instances. It's easier to spot a landing light at night, YES, But are you looking at the right one??? There could be 3...

The thing about the US ATC is that they tend to simplify things a lot. How could they instruct the helicopter to pass behind AA at night, the helicopter crew could've thought that the traffic in question has passed already, it's quite a busy airspace. Huh? Canadian ATC will also tell you to pass be...

So noone is saying Pasco is doing any of the things you just mentioned? The discussion is about Pasco is it not? Where did I defend them? I'm simply neutral. You guys made lots of accusations but refuse to admit it. Are the things you talked about happening there or not? It is a simple Yes or No. H...

So noone is saying Pasco is doing any of the things you just mentioned? The discussion is about Pasco is it not? Where did I defend them? I'm simply neutral. You guys made lots of accusations but refuse to admit it. Are the things you talked about happening there or not? It is a simple Yes or No. Ha...

Most people won't know if they are evasive or not, because they won't ask questions. There's still ample supply of sub 1500 hour pilots. Those people don't have a choice, they need a job, any job. They won't ask tough questions. The only defence these pilots have is to turn down unsafe work. If tha...

If you've never encountered these situations, and if you truly think the stuff me and other posters here are mentioning is unrealistic or a sign of entitled or dumb pilots, then again, count your blessings. But be aware that your career path is likely not an accurate representation to the average p...

I didn't accuse them of lying. I accuse them of being incomplete or evasive in their answers. And asking enough of those questions is pretty much a guarantee to not getting hired. Incomplete only because you didn’t ask. Most of these guys will just give you the info. If they are “evasive”, you don’...

I didn't accuse them of lying. I accuse them of being incomplete or evasive in their answers. And asking enough of those questions is pretty much a guarantee to not getting hired. Incomplete only because you didn’t ask. Most of these guys will just give you the info. If they are “evasive”, you don’...

if you don't already know that passengers vomit and someone has to clean that up..you can't expect them to educate you on the obvious. Did you even read my example? It wasn't the pilot's job to clean up vomit. But there was nobody else around due to cost cutting by the company (eg nobody wanted to ...

lol at Buffalo Joe comment.

You made my point.

If you go over there and get blindsided by the working conditions because you had no idea or never watched an episode…..it’s not because they lied to you about being some kind of Emirates operation of Canada.

Completely agree. It's wonderful flying with people who flew 703 or 704 for a bit before moving onto the 705 world. Even a bit of float time before getting the PC-12 or King Air job does wonders for one's abilities. Some instructors turn into great airline (705) pilots. But the first year or so of ...

Completely agree. It's wonderful flying with people who flew 703 or 704 for a bit before moving onto the 705 world. Even a bit of float time before getting the PC-12 or King Air job does wonders for one's abilities. Some instructors turn into great airline (705) pilots. But the first year or so of ...

Say you are flying IFR and your Heading Indicator breaks….but you still have a good GPS. If you were given radar vectors, for spacing or some other reasons… would you just refuse them and try to ask for waypoints instead? Have any of you ever tried asking to be given groundtracks to follow instead o...