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by L39Guy
Mon Sep 06, 2021 1:25 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Trim Failure
Replies: 2
Views: 1699

Re: Trim Failure

Too bad the Indonesian and Ethiopian pilots didn’t know how to manage a trim failure like these guys did.
by L39Guy
Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:39 pm
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Q400 and YCG
Replies: 17
Views: 9993

Re: Q400 and YCG

The City of Castlegar is working behind the scenes to get RNP approach and departure procedures approved. Any comment from a pilots perspective? If they are successful in bringing the ceiling limits below 2000' AGL it will make a huge difference. The West Kootenay are booming with new people, I sus...
by L39Guy
Tue Feb 02, 2021 12:58 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Curious. SYD-AKL-YVR
Replies: 7
Views: 6761

Re: Curious. SYD-AKL-YVR

Crude and petroleum products almost $80B; more than cars and gold combined.

Whether we like to admit it or not, we are a harvester of our natural resources.
by L39Guy
Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:21 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Is being a Commercial Pilot in Canada worth it?
Replies: 57
Views: 8293

Re: Is being a Commercial Pilot in Canada worth it?

I just finished a 37 year professional flying career and I have no regrets. Lots of ups and downs (pardon the aviation pun) - recessions, layoffs, mergers, stagnation, etc. But what career doesn't have its ups and downs too? And what other career that pays the way this one does, once you have made i...
by L39Guy
Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:58 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Air Canada Second Trip to C.C.A.A.?
Replies: 162
Views: 73639

Re: Air Canada Second Trip to C.C.A.A.?

Here are a few FACTS you can chew on. TCA wa set up as an independent division of the CN railway back in 1937. Until the Crown Corporation was sold off to become a Private Company there was a fair amount of Government funds invested. When Air Canada was sold off ; the Government got it;s investment...
by L39Guy
Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:30 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Cargo TA
Replies: 492
Views: 94741

Re: Cargo TA

Having been through a few mergers, my advice is for the various unions (ACPA and ALPA) to argue the best case they can but do not personalize it and always bear in mind that someday the individuals from both airlines will be sharing crew rooms, flight decks, hotel bars, etc. together so it behooves ...
by L39Guy
Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:27 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Cargo TA
Replies: 492
Views: 94741

Re: Cargo TA

This kind of thought pattern was widespread 20 years ago. It depends what AC buys. They can just buy routes. They can buy just fins. They can buy just a name. They can buy just buildings. They can buy the whole company. Once they buy it they become responsible for all legal obligations pertaining t...
by L39Guy
Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:08 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: boeing 737 max returns - coming back
Replies: 21
Views: 2637

Re: boeing 737 max retrurns coming back

Families of victims of the 737-Max electronic programming flaw have Irrational fears, but they are fears nonetheless: https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-families-upset-plane-return-safety-concerns-2020-11 I hate to diminish the loss that the families of the victims have experienced but ...
by L39Guy
Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:23 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: boeing 737 max returns - coming back
Replies: 21
Views: 2637

Re: boeing 737 max retrurns coming back

I agree with almost everything you've written on this subject L39Guy, but surely you must believe that not designing MCAS to work off data from dual AoA sensors was an engineering oversight? I think you would need triple sensors to have a system that would exclude an errant signal; if it was a dual...
by L39Guy
Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:01 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: boeing 737 max returns - coming back
Replies: 21
Views: 2637

Re: boeing 737 max retrurns coming back

If the MAX and the MCAS was such a poorly designed system, explain to me how the Lion Air incident flight (the same aircraft as the accident flight) the day prior had the MCAS failure and that the pilots, once they figured out it was a stab trim runaway, were able to fly the aircraft for 96 minutes ...
by L39Guy
Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:44 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: 220 Pilots, what are you thoughts so far??
Replies: 52
Views: 27147

Re: 220 Pilots, what are you thoughts so far??

Still blows my mind that an engine with this serious of a design issue made it through validation and certification wow. It would be difficult to find a new engine, particularly one with a major shift in technology like the geared turbofan engines powering the C-Series, MAX, etc., that did not have...
by L39Guy
Sat Oct 17, 2020 1:33 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Nanchang CJ-6 down in Victoria BC
Replies: 33
Views: 4725

Re: Nanchang CJ-6 down in Victoria BC

Looks like a cheap Yak knock off :) Actually, it is an upgraded Yak-18 - Wikipedia CJ6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchang_CJ-6 . There are no hydraulics, only pneumatics a normal system and an emergency system both of which would be used to get the landing gear down. It's a pretty simple system...
by L39Guy
Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:13 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: AC sells 9 Max
Replies: 11
Views: 4202

Re: AC sells 9 Max

It's called a sale-leaseback, a common financial tool in this capital intensive industry to raise cash. PWA did it in the 80"s to raise cash to buy CP then Wardair, AC did it in the 90's to raise cash in a war of attrition with CAIL (the AC aircraft were all paid off by the Government of Canada prio...
by L39Guy
Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:44 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Another Crash in BC
Replies: 33
Views: 7644

Re: Another Crash in BC

The issue for any ELT, 121.5 MHz or 406 MHz, is that it's value occurs if it works - if the "g" switch activates and the antenna is visible to the sky or not underwater. In either of those two scenarios they are useless, including the much vaunted 406 ELT. Personal trackers, if used properly, work a...
by L39Guy
Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:12 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019
Replies: 123
Views: 22907

Re: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019

Aside from the technical requirements of what goes in the CAP and RCAP, the underlying philosophy is found in the design standards (criteria) used to develop instrument flight procedures. Canada uses TP 308 which is essentially FAA TERPS and the rest of the world with the exception of a couple of co...
by L39Guy
Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:01 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019
Replies: 123
Views: 22907

Re: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019

Departures are different. Quite possibly since you are entering them from a static environment vs a dynamic one and the actual risk is less since most aircraft pass well above 35 above the departure end of the runways vs below DH or at MDA at the MAP. They used to have missed approaches in the RCAP...
by L39Guy
Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:58 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019
Replies: 123
Views: 22907

Re: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019

L39guy, you don't appear to know what an ILS is, what an RCAP approach is, or what a GPS approach is. The ILS approach into Nanaimo is an RCAP approach and cannot be flown without an OPS SPEC. It might be a good idea to review the AIM before commenting further. In that post I inadvertently said "GP...
by L39Guy
Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:10 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Duty of Fair Representation (DFR)
Replies: 12
Views: 5507

Re: Duty of Fair Representation (DFR)

I am no lawyer either however here is a definition of DFR from federal labour law: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/page-9.html. Notice it says “employees”. Is a furloughed pilot still an employee? In any case, it’s a suggestion that might be worth pursuing. Once furloughed you are no l...
by L39Guy
Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:07 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Science-Based Alternative to Ease Quarantine Act Restrictions
Replies: 317
Views: 40339

Re: Science-Based Alternative to Ease Quarantine Act Restrictions

I don't have the stats for where your wife works but in Alberta I believe the hospital bed occupancy through this COVID crisis was in the order of 17%. A friend of mine whose wife works for Alberta Health told me that doctors would even get in fisticuffs over patients as they were not busy but needi...
by L39Guy
Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:39 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019
Replies: 123
Views: 22907

Re: Fatal Crash - Gabriola Island - Dec 10, 2019

Non-commercial operations can fly RCAP at will. Commercial ops need an ops spec amendment to their AOC. This statement is false: only commercial operators with an OPS SPEC to fly GPS approaches may use these RCAP procedures. Sorry for the thread drift but in the interests of accuracy, private opera...

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