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- Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:59 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Is a Aviation Diploma Worth It?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6482
Re: Is a Aviation Diploma Worth It?
Correlation and causation are not the same thing. Back in the day, degrees, diplomas, etc were not common in the population. Maybe about 10% of individuals, the rest were tradespeople etc. Consider that a highly specialized field like accounting didn't require a degree. You simply needed to pass the...
- Sun May 02, 2021 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Implicit bias
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3516
Re: Implicit bias
Racism in vaccination is also horshite. It's all just a sideshow and smokescreen to deflect from how EVERYONE is being disenfranchised bit by bit by woke, leftist nonsense.
- Sun May 02, 2021 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Implicit bias
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3516
Re: Implicit bias
I'm a visible minority / ethnic person / gentlemen of darker hue. I can say without a doubt that the whole implicit bias, critical race theory, etc is exactly what is is and sounds like: HORSESHITE. But more importantly, what a lot of ethnic people don't understand is that the days of someone saying...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:07 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 200679
Re: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
This is such terrible advice. In the 90's it was GET A DEGREE, now the same people are yelling GET A TRADE! As someone whose good with their hands :smt040 I think at best 1 in 100 people are good enough to do a trade as a job, AND won't @#$! things up more than when they started. There is a reason ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:17 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 200679
Re: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
I will add my 2 cents. I know that this will be the least popular option because we live in a culture of instant gratification. But here it goes, I warn you, this may be controversial : You can postpone your training for a while and WORK . Work as much as you can while practicing minimalism. Assumin...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:13 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Is being a Commercial Pilot in Canada worth it?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8330
Re: Is being a Commercial Pilot in Canada worth it?
I wouldn't base such a decision soley on what a select few individuals working in the industry have to say. The question of weather something is "worth it" implies that the people you are asking can tell the future. They can't. I think this question often comes from people who haven't figured out th...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:44 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Carbon tax announced December 2020
- Replies: 119
- Views: 11231
Re: Carbon tax announced December 2020
I don't understand the question. I was addressing foreign aid to other countries, not debt accumulation. How does one relate to the other?
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:56 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Carbon tax announced December 2020
- Replies: 119
- Views: 11231
Re: Carbon tax announced December 2020
With regard to foreign aid, I prefer the Trump approach: Bet your ass we better be getting something out of it. But for those of you who have this "we are the world" mentality, let me explain something to you. If I take out a million dollar loan, does that make me a millionaire? Hell no. It makes me...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Carbon tax announced December 2020
- Replies: 119
- Views: 11231
Re: Carbon tax announced December 2020
This is an interesting discussion, but I came across something today that should put things into perspective. There are 2 single mothers at my office. Each has a son around the same age, roughly 8 or 9 years old. Each of these ladies are receiving child support. The first mother, lets call her Alice...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:59 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Carbon tax announced December 2020
- Replies: 119
- Views: 11231
Re: Carbon tax announced December 2020
Which is it: are they not making enough, or are they making enough and being stupid? Do you think people working minimum wage jobs do so by choice? Do you think they would stay working at Tim Hortons for example if there was a viable alternative? It's both. They're not making enough to pay for the ...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:13 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Carbon tax announced December 2020
- Replies: 119
- Views: 11231
Re: Carbon tax announced December 2020
[/b] 1) The guy in the interview was working, so I wouldn't call him lazy. Being poor and working a minimum wage is not the same as someone allegedly abusing disability. 2) If you are working a full time job, why shouldn't you be able to raise a family? Would you support a policy in which only the ...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:44 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Carbon tax announced December 2020
- Replies: 119
- Views: 11231
Re: Carbon tax announced December 2020
I have a background in planning, so I’m no stranger to dealing with and navigating policy. The problem with the carbon tax is that there is no way you could quantitatively assess it’s success or failure. And this is why certain politicians love it, because politicians generally hate scrutiny, unlike...
- Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:23 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Requesting advise for career change to Pilot
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3727
Re: Requesting advise for career change to Pilot
With regard to PPL costs, I'm budgeting around $25,000 as well as any disposable income over my training period. . I've seen the 15 to 18k figures on some sites. Keep in mind that a lot of schools post 'before tax' figures so you need to factor that in, and then I would advise adding an additional 2...
- Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:00 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Requesting advise for career change to Pilot
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3727
Re: Requesting advise for career change to Pilot
I'm currently in the same boat. 40 stable career in engineering consulting. But the bug has bit me once again. This time around, I'm going for it, but I'm definitely keeping my day job. I think a lot of good points have been made here, but consider why you chose the path that you did. For me, it was...
- Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:50 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Lost Logbook & PTR (25 year gap)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 728
Lost Logbook & PTR (25 year gap)
Hello, So I did some training back in the 90’s. I got midway through my PPL, but I had to pull out do to a serious medical situation at the time. 25 years later, I’m in better health and would like to get into flying for recreation. Only thing is I’ve since lost my logbook and PTR which I took with ...
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Flight training agreements / indemnification & liability
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1222
Flight training agreements / indemnification & liability
Hello, I am looking into getting a PPL for recreation and researching flight schools in Ontario at the moment. I came across this “agreement” at one school's website which gave me some reservation about signing up. I wont mention the school in name, but there are some clauses that read as follows: I...
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:14 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 200679
Re: Serious answers where will I get funds from?
I do advocate for the working / saving route, but there is one thing that many of you many not consider. If you're working for minimum wage, lets say your a waiter / waitress, by the time you save up all that money, you may find yourself reluctant to spend it on flight training as the ROI starts to ...
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 2:15 am
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: New Pilots
- Replies: 70
- Views: 14988
Re: New Pilots
I'm not a pilot, but this same conundrum is what contributed to my quitting training altogether and studying something else. I believe I can provide some outside perspective: The original poster does have a point to some degree. He's invested in his training, he is, for better or worse, qualified to...