"Chair flying", where you sit and visualize every maneuver and practice them over and over again will help a ton. Pretend to fly a circuit, then review the engine failure procedure, then review the emergency gear extension, etc... It gets easier the more you do it. I used to also draw out each proce...

Anyone else been negatively affected by this? I've had two close encounters with other aircraft because we are all trying to fly as high as we can to get enough range to make it to our destinations, stacking us all at 16000 or 17000 feet. I've even heard medevac flights being denied higher and havin...

This is a really sad event. I've always admired that school and their little airstrip. I flew there years ago to meet them and possibly apply for a job instructing, but I took a job elsewhere. They seem like great people. My condolences to the family, friends, and the staff involved in this tragedy....

Questions like these are best left as a discussion between you and your instructor. If there's a lot of factors to consider, depending on where you are and what you want to do - it's easier to answer and demonstrate in the moment. You should ask your instructor for these clarifications if they are s...

Most Pilatus accidents have little to do with there being only one engine, and more to do with the nature of an unassumingly complex aircraft being flown by someone who has taken it's safety features and technology for granted and doesn't study and review them enough. It's easy to fly single pilot, ...

There should be a flight test guide you can go over that outlines everything. I've done the class 4 test and 2 of the class 2 flight tests in the past, but my recollection may be a bit murky. My Class 2 lapsed 6 years ago. It's pretty straight forward, they will pretend to be a student and they'll p...

Anyone tried the TC AIR mobile app? I am in the process of renewing my aviation document booklet and came across TC's strong recommendation to renew on their mobile app, but there's a few things that made it sound less appealing than just mailing the application old-school: 1. To begin with, you hav...

The EGPWS will call out, “50, 40, 30, 20, 10’ “ even still the EGPWS calling out “sink rate” was also a clue, there is literally no excuse for what happened here! If flight idle is required at 150’ agl because of increase performance wind a go around is the only appropriate response, with the long ...

Reading the report and the weather conditions, I seem to recall the runway had about 30' of snow covering the outside edges of the surface. With the blowing snow, I would not be surprised if the visual illusion of being higher than you actually are was a contributing factor. You have two pilots with...

Take the traditional route of finishing your CPL, and Group 1 IFR, then either instruct for a bit or work for a smaller 703 operation and I guarantee you'll secure a decent pilot job after a year or so. You honestly can't buy the experiences that you get from actually working in the industry. As oth...

I'm not at all surprised that our safety grade took a nose-dive. I've seen so many issues this past year with weather stations being down, radar stations down, and restricted ATC service causing Class A airspace closure and congestion below 18000'. I've had trouble at times choosing alternates becau...

As usual this time of year, there have been some really bad runway conditions lately. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the main factor. I've had a tough time choosing good alternate airports because of delayed runway clearing in many places in Ontario this season. Some airports will say "snow rem...

Good questions on there.

I ran out of money right near the flight test prep for my commercial license. After working and saving for 3 years, I came back and finished my training. In 3 years, expected to forget a lot, but surprisingly didn't. I went solo again after only one dual review flight, and then moved smoothly back i...

I never use polarized, for the reasons others have stated. The sunglasses I have right now have a gradient tint, where the top is darker than the bottom. It works perfect in the cockpit.

I know there's some 14 year olds that can handle it, but I still scratch my head at why exactly they broadly allow it when driving is minimum 16 years old to drive alone. Whenever I tell people you can fly a plane alone at 14, the reaction is always shock. It sounds crazy.

Very sad and quite shocking. The DA20 is a really forgiving and unbelievably sturdy aircraft. When I used to instruct on them, I did quite a bit of research on their accident/fatality record and was very impressed with how they held up in accidents. I'll be following the investigation from this clos...

This has way more to do with a 14 year old operating an aircraft than it does gender (Like, seriously? I can't believe I need to say that.). At 14 years old, I could only drive a car with an adult present. You can't even do that in a car until you are 16 in Ontario. How they let kids solo at 14, tot...

I voted no to the block function for two reasons: 1. I see it creating an echo-chamber where a person only hears from the voices they like to hear. It's not a productive way to have a conversation, and it's part of the ongoing problem in social media where an algorithm leads a person towards extreme...

There's so many good reasons to have one that aren't related to a pilot's skill level.

Unless your surrounded by steep cliffs, most descending turns would cause the valley to narrow, I'd imagine... making a descending turn no move advantageous. The emergency canyon turn, when done correctly, can be done in a very very small radius (assuming typical small plane), which to me makes this...

Is the Integrated ATPL as a self study even possible? I'm a few years out of the instructing game now, but from what I remember the integrated ATPL programs are usually done through in-classroom learning in an academic setting, because the integrated program involves so much groundschool training (5...

I haven't read this entire thread, but I will say that aerobatics need to be respected. They're super fun, absolutely, but just like how I scared myself pushing my motorcycle faster and faster, I don't trust myself to do much aerobatics. I knew 4 aerobatic pilots that are dead now. One of them was a...

I know that new students need some targets to help them develop their assessment skills, but both methods always seemed needlessly complex. I had to teach it as a 360 method, with key points for high/middle/low on the approach. I never really liked the amount of math involved though in having a stud...

Successful turnbacks seem more likely to me in the smaller categories. Or, to paraphrase another poster, perhaps the instructor-pilot had read this forum, took the advice of several experienced and mature posters here, realized that it was a practical manoeuvre worth considering and had actually re...