However, when I am in controlled airspace and I CANCEL IFR, why does the following happen: Me: "I would like to cancel IFR at this time and proceed VFR to destination" ATC: "Check you are cancelling IFR and confirm you are proceeding on a company itinerary?" So WHY does ATC ask me if I am on a comp...

Awesome! You may want to check out National Flyers Academy http://www.nationalflyers.on.ca/ They have plenty of information about courses for international students. They are also located at the Waterloo Regional Airport, and do have an affiliation with the WWFC that you seem to like. Lexx http://ww...

I see it's not just colleges offering aviation courses. The University of Waterloo through the Waterloo Flight Center at ykf is getting into flight training as well. Here's the link http://www.wwflightcentre.com/Career%20 ... /index.htm

Lexx
http://www.ykf.ca

Westjet already comes to Kitchener Waterloo. The question was about Jazz coming into YKF as well.

I had heard a rumor about next September, and was just curious if anyone had info about this that they could pass along.

Thanks
Lexx
http://www.ykf.ca

Has anyone heard of, or know about Jazz starting runs to the Kitchener Waterloo Airport?

Any info appreciated.

Fueller over-fill or did something fail? I'm just repeating what I heard, I know nothing about these aircraft, but apparently there are separate tanks within the wing. As one tank fills, a sensor or sorts automatically directs fuel into the next tank. Apparently this sensor failed, the pressure bui...

WJ700 wrote:Poor first impression on YKF. Peeing on their ramp like that....

Well, with WestJet saying they are very happy with the passenger loads, there's the inevitable rumour that Jazz is interested.

Maybe Westjet was just marking territory

It's actually an ashphalt apron, and the guys with the yellow vests are WestJet. I assume those colors are the same everywhere. The fellow in red fueling is Flightline Services and the vehicles and the rest of the personnel are Region of Waterloo employees. This airport is owned and operated by the ...

Whoops. Time to replace the tank shut off switch.

Lexx
http://www.ykf.ca

What I found very interesting in the newspaper article was the loss by Nav Canada on this issue, and the release of tapes and transcripts. It went to the Supreme Court. Canada is now on par with the US. Tapes will probably be released to the media almost immediately. Not just pilot/controller tapes,...

If your flying in a busy area with multiple Control Towers (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal) hang on to that code. If one Tower issues a code to an aircraft and enters the aircraft ident in the system, the aircraft ident is displayed in the data tag for the aircraft squawking that code. If you contact...

bigbonez Adler Aviation in ykf is a small outfit, and have 1 C172 and I think it's 2 C150s. The personnel seems nice enough, but I wonder how busy you'd end up being there, and I suspect they don't need any instructors anyway. The whole Kitchener Waterloo area is doing very well economically right n...

Faster faster. Stir that pot

invertedattitude wrote:That being said, do you Tower controllers find it hard to get a readback from American pilots when telling them things like, Taxi via Alpha, Charlie, cross runway 36, delta hold short runway 27"

Nope.

They all seem to read back their taxi instructions, for whatever reason.

I was visiting a couple guys at the tower here the other day and could not believe the number of routine, "fluff" calls they got while I was there. The manager at that unit needs to get an unlisted number for the tower cab. One that only appears in aviation publications and not the phone book. We c...

Thanks for the info on the YTZ ILS. I'll give the Island a shout when it's published to confirm. The new approach at YTZ was funded entirely by Porter. It is a private approach. Now some private approaches are published and some are not. Nav Canada did the installation, and the Tower and Centre wil...

GPFG

Gee, you seem to spend so much time at Waterloo practising approaches anyway, does it really matter.

Anyway, you're always welcome at YKF

Cheers
http://www.ykf.ca

It is an unfortunate reality, but not everyone has the ability to do this job, and it's not simply a function of intelligence. If it was, then testing for the job would be far simpler. There's some kind of three dimensional spatial thought thing required. By luck, some people have it, some don't. It...

Tango01 wrote:Fair enough, but the only way a controller can keep you away from the zone is by issuing a specific instruction.

Well until Nav Canada comes up with a politically correct surface to air missle, 'instructions' are the only thing controllers have ever had in their bag of tricks anyway.

Thanks Lexx, but here is the thing. Once you establish two-way communication with the tower, your in. Not like you need a clearance to enter Class D in VFR. Again, sort of. My standard phraseology on initial contact when I deem it appropriate is, "Stand-by, remain clear of the zone, squawk xxxx". I...

Sort of. For example. You may certainly transit (a control zone), arrive or depart a controlled airport if your aircraft is not equipped with a transponder if you have authority from the concerned control tower. You do not have the right to do everything you want. You need permission. This way the t...

While the reality may be that CAATS is more labour intensive, latest rumour has Nav Canada going full bore ahead with this in Toronto, and the perception from very high up is that the system when fully implemented will be very labour saving. Labour saving to the point of cutting back on hiring now, ...

Holy Walker, if that's how pissed you get over a 2 min. phone call, I'd hate to hear your comments when you're told to hold short for a 3 min. wake turbulence delay? Well, if it's not a heavy, they'd be able to waive the wake turbulance delay of course. :lol: But seriously, if you are in the flying...

I think you'll all find that the procedures differs from one controlled area to another. It all depends on the equipment the controllers are working with. Slowly but surely a "stripless" system called EXCDS (Extended Computer Display System) is making its way to all control units. The units that req...

.............The question was, if the terminal controller clears an aircraft for the approach in the following manner "ABC123 cleared ILS runway 13 approach" does the aircraft still have to maintain the last assigned altitude until established on final. The answer to that is no, the aircraft does n...