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by Flight_Student
Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:21 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through
Replies: 13
Views: 6517

Re: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through

Just to update here in case others are having the same issue. The phone line simply doesn't work, I'm not even sure if anyone is checking the voicemail. But it took them about a week to reply to my email (the second more concise email, first one went un-replied). Once I got hold of the right person,...
by Flight_Student
Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through
Replies: 13
Views: 6517

Re: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through

I had to deal with TC medical aviation in Ottawa last spring and i let me tell you : this was the worst gong show i ever seen in my life. 1st, you cannot call them. You must leave a voice mail and somebody might call you back one week later !!! and don't miss the phone call.. otherwize you are back...
by Flight_Student
Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:17 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through
Replies: 13
Views: 6517

Re: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through

Agree with Jockey.
How difficult would it be to have a waiting line or call-back service?
Think Telehealth Ontario or the CRA. I'm sure they are both understaffed and overused during the pandemic, but after a while you can still get ahold of them. :?
by Flight_Student
Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:47 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through
Replies: 13
Views: 6517

Re: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through

Thanks, that doesn't sound very promising...
by Flight_Student
Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:31 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through
Replies: 13
Views: 6517

Civil Aviation Medicine number not getting through

Hi, Has anyone called Civil Aviation Medicine Toronto at 416 952 0562 recently? I received an email from Transport Canada to contact this number regarding my medical. I tried calling at various times of the day yesterday and today and it seems that it's not getting through at all. Not even a waiting...
by Flight_Student
Sat Aug 08, 2020 6:05 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight centre behavior
Replies: 12
Views: 1608

Re: Flight centre behavior

Thank you all for the answers. While not particularly nefarious, it seems that this approach does raise some eyebrows. Together with a few other red flags I observed, it does make me rethink this centre for my training. Rookiepilot I won't name the school as it's not necessarily that they don't offe...
by Flight_Student
Sat Aug 08, 2020 11:21 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight centre behavior
Replies: 12
Views: 1608

Flight centre behavior

Hey Folks, Just wanted to run this trough with some of you who have more experience with flight schools. I got in touch with a small flight centre a few weeks ago and asked for an intro flight with the instructor they recommend. Was told that senior instructors do not do intro flights, and talked me...
by Flight_Student
Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:55 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: What's in the briefings?
Replies: 19
Views: 2116

Re: What's in the briefings?

I was always under the impression that The prep ground instruction and a preflight briefing were two distinct things. What bpf described was what I thought a preflight briefing was. It takes about 15 minutes pre flight, and another 20:post flight, each lesson to go over the flight and get prepared ...
by Flight_Student
Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:52 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: What's in the briefings?
Replies: 19
Views: 2116

Re: What's in the briefings?

The preflight briefing is like what you would do in a 2 crew operation before an IFR departure. You want to make sure both of you understand what is going to happen and how you are going to execute the procedures necessary to complete the flight. There is no learning of new information. The Prepara...
by Flight_Student
Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:37 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: What's in the briefings?
Replies: 19
Views: 2116

Re: What's in the briefings?

Thanks, all good to keep in mind.
by Flight_Student
Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:26 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: What's in the briefings?
Replies: 19
Views: 2116

Re: What's in the briefings?

Thanks, that's a good estimate indeed. And, just to understand, this is all apart from the hours spent on ground school?
by Flight_Student
Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:12 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: What's in the briefings?
Replies: 19
Views: 2116

Re: What's in the briefings?

That's a good comparison. But then how many hours of briefing should I budget for realistically? 10 sounds too little.
And yes, I will be asking this the flight schools as well, but it helps to hear other people's experience with it.
by Flight_Student
Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:56 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: What's in the briefings?
Replies: 19
Views: 2116

Re: What's in the briefings?

Thanks. I would have expected it to be the other way around, less to talk about at the beginning, info getting more complex as you advance.
But sure, it makes sense this way as well.
by Flight_Student
Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:48 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: What's in the briefings?
Replies: 19
Views: 2116

What's in the briefings?

Hello, Just new here and looking into getting a PPL license. I'm noticing in all the cost schedules that 10 hours of briefings are included. What's in those briefings? Is it the time spent on the ground talking about the flight? Then is 10 hours enough? I imagine you might chat quite a bit before an...

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