As the guy who wound up answering the phone at our shop through my apprenticeship, I actually sympathize with the employers. I would rather read through a resume and answer any questions in a cover letter or during an interview than stop what I'm doing and risk pissing off a PAYING customer just to...

The thread has described how impossible and impracticable that is in many Northern locations: There aren't resources such as ladders, brooms, spray bottles trucks, et al...except what you carry yourself! There is either no DI fluid, or it's too cold to be of ANY use whatsoever. Tall ladders are dan...

The thread has described how impossible and impracticable that is in many Northern locations: There aren't resources such as ladders, brooms, spray bottles trucks, et al...except what you carry yourself! There is either no DI fluid, or it's too cold to be of ANY use whatsoever. Tall ladders are dan...

I was looking through the AIM update for the first time since it went electronic and was surprised by the changes this round. No big difference from the old one except that the word shall appears to be removed from the rule section and replaced with should... RAC (1) RAC 1.9.2 The word “shall” was r...

Braun, I didn't intend to offend you, just wanted to slow up your long winded company chest beating bravado and give the full picture to those looking at applying. If you can show me where there is a success rate stat posted for new applicants to research prior to accepting their letter of offer, th...

Braun, you're clueless!!! The big difference between NC's training program and university is that there is only one Air Traffic Control employer and you have an 80% chance of failure. You either have to be a pretty big gambler or a cocky son of a bitch to put any money on those odds. And unlike almo...

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't Air Canada and Jazz FO's start off on the RJ's around 35k?
What does West Jet start off at without profit sharing?

Cat, XS may be a genius in certain aspects but none of his posts on this subject hold any merit. Show me any CONSTRUCTIVE criticism that he has added. As someone else said, The TSB has been discredited too much on this and other threads, and indeed they cetainly dont deserve the insults some people ...

Cat, XS is not on here arguing that the system has flaws and showing facts and solutions, rather he is jumping up and down like a 2 year old (or michael moore) waving his arms around a number that is in fact, a very good safety record. This is why I've missed Widows very valid and meaningful argumen...

I don't get it - if 5 people lose their lives, by any means, shouldn't we be investigating with all of our available resources? How come one girl falls off a sailing ship and she gets the whole treatment? Has there been a rash of people falling off similar sailboats?... If that is true, 380 acciden...

I've read briefly the exchange between TSB and the incident, and I can't seem to find anything that makes me believe that there was gross incompetence displayed by TSB with the situation. As someone pointed out earlier, TSB had 380 accidents reported to them. We all pay for the operation of the TSB,...

Wow, taking a quote off of a web forum that could have been written by anyone and placing it into a national news article??? I think the media's hit a new low on speculation.

Maybe I should write about how I was flying ACA190 and getting a BJ from the female FO, when all of a sudden...

Ya blame that one on the police :roll: . Have you ever seen how much paper work bullshit goes into a murder case? You have boxes full of paperwork and because the lawyer pulls out one paper where the i wasn't doted, the whole case crumbles. Now just imagine how much paperwork and process is involved...

Sean glad to hear you're ok. It's funny when you have the inside story, to watch the media scramble through so many scenarios before figuring out the truth. I often wonder how much AC, or the company involved, pays the "experts" to keep stating that it has nothing to do with them, just an act of God...

BIGFSSGUY: It is well with within our rules and is taught to trainees during training. Manops 414.9 You may assist pilots in coordinating aircraft movement to facilitate the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of traffic provided it is clear that you do not control aircraft movement. 414.9 Phraseolo...

hahaha... cat, I figure you're probably not looking at half the threads but whenever TC is mentioned boo there you are. You're like a demon conjured up from the depths whenever the initials TC are spoken on the board. If they've actually followed through with this action, that is really scary. If yo...

Every ATC worth a grain of salt looks at each pilot as being the lowest common denominator of the gene pool. We look at each plane and think, what's the dumbest thing this guy could do right now, and plan for it. The moment you put faith into pilots and start thinking, well he'd never do that, is th...

You are breaking the rules, you are operating outside of the scope of your responsibilities. You are providing conflict resolution and seperating aircraft through suggestions. Both which are very clear thou shall nots. Take your helicopter example. If you suggest for someone to stay at an altitude d...

This comes back to not knowing who or what FSS are, we have every bit as much responsibility as a controller the difference is that they are directly controlling the planes and we do airport advisory. We both have the responsibility to ensure the planes don't run into one another and turn into a fl...

Those numbers regarding YQR are a crock, and I have found the Stats Can data to refute them. Will post as soon as I get them compiled. YQR is not busy, and there are busier airports without terminals. You can check the links for yourself once I have time for a proper post. How about I save you the ...

And that's your job to make the pilots aware of where their traffic is and what they're doing not ... THIS is the part of our FS MANOPS that most of you controllers do not seem to get. If I do not make a proactive effort to ensure that people see each other, and make suggestions as a next to last r...

And that's your job to make the pilots aware of where their traffic is and what they're doing not to suggest for them to do something. So you suggest for him to extend and gets run over by the 2nd 737 on final. He could easily do a 360 in the downwind if the other guys just departing and flying a no...

Third, if someone does not see the traffic they may conflict with, we will suggest they extend or 360 to avoid. Again, based on the principle that pilots do not want to hit each other, 99.9 times out of 100 they will do so. Why the hell would you have to suggest that??? What if there's a cessna beh...

you're right that's a bad example because the departing cessna should be 500' above the circuit altitude before turning right downwind. I could come up with another example of a simple conflict fix creating a much more complex and numerous conflicts but I wasted so much energy on the first one, I'll...

But you're not responsible for seperating planes. At least you weren't when FSS was initially created. You've evolved into this suggestive but not responsible quasi control that's now even being interpreted into your manuals. I mean where do you stop? Take the most basic conflict, for example a cess...