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by Special K
Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:34 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Wage raises and signing bonuses?
Replies: 7
Views: 2340

Re: Wage raises and signing bonuses?

Ahhhhhh……thanks for that bit of info. :)
I think they did say that the starting wage was becoming a bit more respectable though.
by Special K
Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:15 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Wage raises and signing bonuses?
Replies: 7
Views: 2340

Wage raises and signing bonuses?

Did I just read that Air Canada and Westjet have both raised their starting wages AND AC has a 10 grand signing bonus? Did I dream that or is this really happening?……and why aren't all the pilots that are usually flaming away rejoicing? If it's true, doesn't this means great things for most of us wo...
by Special K
Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:58 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: WJ encore and the regionals
Replies: 54
Views: 13405

Re: WJ encore and the regionals

Does anyone know if Encore allows you to commute to your base?
by Special K
Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:10 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Ornge Sikorsky Air ambulance accident Northern Ontario
Replies: 333
Views: 65963

Re: Ornge Sikorsky Air ambulance accident Northern Ontario

Management not understanding the operational side of its operation? That can't happen! That's what TC is fo.......
:shock:
....disregard.

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by Special K
Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:08 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Rant..
Replies: 34
Views: 6393

Re: Rant..

I was gonna say that J5! Awesome word! I just pictured the military in a higher regard then blasting others as they roll in and out of airports. I almost did the leg work of trying to find out who it was.......but then I remembered that one day, when mother America comes to annex us, these guys will...
by Special K
Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:35 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Rant..
Replies: 34
Views: 6393

Re: Rant..

Last summer, I got showered with rocks/sand and such from a crew that happened to be flying a military helicopter in cyld. I even took a video the second time they did it.... They were maybe 20 feet above and 40 feet beside the king air as they went by. There were no other obstacles for them to go a...
by Special K
Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:53 am
Forum: Forum de discussion sur l'aviation en Français
Topic: Compagnie de patrouilles de feux RESPONSABLE
Replies: 21
Views: 4987

Re: Compagnie de patrouilles de feux RESPONSABLE

Allez-vous revenir pour une autre nicaman année? Si c'est le cas, je parie qu'ils n'y aura pas de chambres d'hôtel pour vous à Timmins lorsque vous n'avez pas envie d'être là ....... que pensez-vous?
by Special K
Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:24 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: This IS An AVIATION Web Site
Replies: 50
Views: 4494

Re: This IS An AVIATION Web Site

Can't you just go to the avcanada home page to avoid all the misc./humour messages? The original host created that forum many years ago to deal with non aviation discussions. Getting rid of it seems a bit silly and heavy handed. Like has been said many times before, if you don't like the topic, don'...
by Special K
Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:42 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Hicks and Lawrence
Replies: 23
Views: 3889

Re: Hicks and Lawrence

It's new info brotha!

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by Special K
Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:10 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: INCIDENT
Replies: 12
Views: 2104

Re: INCIDENT

I didn't remember what was classed as an incident during the interview, so I told them any instances when I had to speak with TC regarding flight training and/or CAR misunderstandings.
by Special K
Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:04 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: INCIDENT
Replies: 12
Views: 2104

Re: INCIDENT

If your interview is with the company you were just asking about(hicks), I told them about any and all incidents or enforcement actions against me.
I still got hired.
Good luck
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by Special K
Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:04 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Hicks & Lawrence
Replies: 11
Views: 2134

Re: Hicks & Lawrence

The accomidations are good, but dependent on how clean and respectful your fellow pilots are. Hours will range from 150hrs in a bad season to 450 in a great season. I don't remember the pay(i BD). They had bonus' last year. As detection you get the minimum 3 days off in 30 and 13 in 90. In bad weath...
by Special K
Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:50 pm
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: Panda Under Armed Guard
Replies: 3
Views: 456

Re: Panda Under Armed Guard

Panda was one of the funniest and most original posters...........

He or she was a true renegade, and always entertaining.
by Special K
Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:27 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How much conversion training to be competent?
Replies: 8
Views: 855

Re: How much conversion training to be competent?

Thanks for the valuable information.

cya
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by Special K
Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:18 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How much conversion training to be competent?
Replies: 8
Views: 855

How much conversion training to be competent?

How much time on type would it take, on average, to convert a line pilot from: Considering, insurance requirements, TC requirements, what ever other variables you can think of..... 1.A piston aircraft single to a turbine single 2.A piston aircraft twin to a turbine single 3.A piston twin to a turbin...
by Special K
Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:20 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Hicks and Lawrence
Replies: 11
Views: 3117

Re: Hicks and Lawrence

Check your pm's PCAS

cya
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by Special K
Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:05 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Hicks and Lawrence
Replies: 11
Views: 3117

Re: Hicks and Lawrence

This is not totally untrue......

But they do want you to be close to the minimums

cya
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by Special K
Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:36 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Need some advise
Replies: 20
Views: 2234

Re: Need some advise

check your pms kurtis
by Special K
Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:22 pm
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: Doc's picks for the NFL playoffs
Replies: 42
Views: 2270

Re: Doc's picks for the NFL playoffs

Cowboys | Owens still limping, may be limited Wednesday Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:42:54 -0800 Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens (ankle) continues to limp because of his high ankle sprain. His teammates are confident he will be able to play in the team's Divisional Round playoff game. Head coach Wade Phillips...
by Special K
Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:02 pm
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: Doc's picks for the NFL playoffs
Replies: 42
Views: 2270

Re: Doc's picks for the NFL playoffs

Your picks sound great Doc. T.O. is injured, so you can say good bye to the cow pokes. Romo looks like he needs t o to make him look good. New england, Indianapolis, NY Giants, Green Bay With M Harrison coming back Indianapolis could stop New England(If Philly can almost do it with their back up qb,...
by Special K
Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:12 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: Ugly Jerseys
Replies: 10
Views: 926

Nashville's third jersey

The puke green third jersey of nashville is quite painful to look at.
by Special K
Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:29 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: why are people still learning how to fly? (for a living)
Replies: 70
Views: 13563

You guys sound like my Dad! I could compliment him(and it sounds like some of you) and he would take it as an insult! Lets try to put a positive spin on this topic. The apples and oranges anology is a good one in this case. I bet there are more cabinet maker jobs available in Canada then there are f...
by Special K
Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:56 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Infidel with oil, LOOK OUT
Replies: 15
Views: 3902

But is Chavez a muslim or an infadel?

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by Special K
Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:16 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: your first flying job, what/how old
Replies: 167
Views: 35373

I was 27, destructing in a 150/152/172.

cya
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by Special K
Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:14 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: Go BEARS!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 504

that was a disgraceful collapse

Dennis Green was priceless in the post game press conference.

Their defence is pretty dam good, even though a rookie picked them apart.

Hopefully the injuries in their secondary don't hurt too much.

cya
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