500 on type and ATPL

Rudy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2026 12:38 pm I once had an FO comandeer a tug and push us back himself (705). Absolute legend.

That’s awesome. Did he get in shit for that one?

What causes a float to dart off in one direction like that? It didn't seem like that bad of a touchdown to me. This makes float flying look incredibly risky. Slightly cockeyed on touchdown and too nose low. When you dig the forward part of the floats in it’s super sensitive to not being straight. I...

Has anyone seen the cockpit displacement calculation yet for that left crab here? For that left crosswind til late approach? See that it takes it at least up to the 4 deg PAPI usability limit left of this centreline? 35 feet left looks like about 4.( PAPI is right side) At the road, if a previous p...

I cannot even begin to understand how a 705 SIC ride will get you nothing but an IPC on a Seminole will. What a waste of time and money for anyone in that boat, which is myself included.

Did you ever get any info on Anderson Air? Yeah it seems really good. Compensation depends on experience, what you can negotiate, and what type of plane you’re going on. First year FO will probably be around 100K. Schedule is 24/7 reserve, if you don’t get called it’s a day off. On average they wor...

My question is will companies like Air Canada hire people with restricted ATPL’s? It would make sense to, you would already have all your ducks in a row for the sticker except the ride, which you would need to do anyway so it wouldn’t change much in reality. I know some airlines are looking for an ...

Unstable approach, tail wind ,down slope . Apparently right hand brake locked up with anti lock brakes ........... no one hurt all that really matters . Right no one was hurt, bending a perfectly good airplane because of bad PDM is fine, as long as everyone is okay afterwards. “Perfectly good airpl...

I was typing on my phone and missed a few points. See my edit. If you are not told what to expect you wouldn’t dial 4000. Go read the FAQ https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/Climb_Descend_Via_FAQ.pdf Page 6. Question 3. “ 3. Q. How do I determine the “B...

To the question at hand. If you're cleared to descend via the star, 6000. It's the last hard crossing. It's the one that matters. The 4000A is only relevant if they close the star on you and clear your for the approach. At which point if you're smart you're still using FMS/PATH until you're a bit c...

flieslikeachicken wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2026 9:45 am Click "See More" to find out.

Didn’t have any info except there was an excursion. Was just wondering if anyone knew how it came about

What happened with the Saab in Powell last week?”

Me262 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2026 10:46 pm I'll always put 6000 here

Why not put 4000 as long as you adhere to the 6000 restriction at PGSKN? You’re just adding more work having to set that further descent separately, and I’m sure you’d be questioned if you were crossing JAMIL at 6.

I find it impossible to believe they went from the old flight test requirement to needing a PIC PPC on a two crew airplane just to get an ATPL. That wouldn't make any sense. It must be just a 703/4/5 PPC. How would a person even achieve the requirement for a captain ride apart from coming from anoth...

-Keep the airplanes as clean as you can, nobody likes a dirty airplane when the dockhands are sitting around doing nothing. On that note, after you clean the windshield, go inside and check that it's clear and not streaky, that's a real pet peeve of mine. -As others mentioned, do the other non-airpl...

From what I hear it's not just low time. The whole pipeline has ground to a halt as a result of airlines no longer hiring. We're seeing new instructors on road trips from the other side of the country handing our resumes. Not a great outlook given economic conditions are only going to get worse. Ho...

careerpilot? wrote: ↑Fri Feb 13, 2026 9:02 am

scdriver wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 6:10 pm

bdflyer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:53 am

Hey Scdriver what kind of hours/experience do you have. Just trying to see what experience level gets pooled. Thanks!

I’ll pm you

Awww I was looking forward to hearing the answer too!

Pm’d you too

bdflyer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:53 am

scdriver wrote: ↑Fri Dec 12, 2025 10:14 pm I was put into the hiring pool a couple days ago. Was told one ground school per month starting in January.

Hey Scdriver what kind of hours/experience do you have. Just trying to see what experience level gets pooled. Thanks!

I’ll pm you

Apparently WJ and Encore just froze all upgrades and flow. Stopped DEC captain hiring. Base moves stopped. WJ did but I highly doubt encore stopped upgrading. They don’t even have the captains to staff the current flying I've seen the emails. They stopped everything as I described. The already plan...

philaviate wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 12:09 pm Apparently WJ and Encore just froze all upgrades and flow. Stopped DEC captain hiring. Base moves stopped.

WJ did but I highly doubt encore stopped upgrading. They don’t even have the captains to staff the current flying

CaptDukeNukem wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 8:52 pm Curious…. Are people still applying here thinking they will get a west jet spot eventually? Or are people using this place as a get your heavy turboprop hours and go?

I don’t think anyone applying is planning on flowing to mainline anytime soon

How long from applying to go through the process was it for you? Initial application to in the pool was 3 months. About 10 I think days to hear back initially Did they give you any idea of how long you'd be in the pool before a class date? As for the process it's two interviews and reference checks...

philaviate wrote: ↑Sat Dec 13, 2025 11:51 am

scdriver wrote: ↑Fri Dec 12, 2025 10:14 pm I was put into the hiring pool a couple days ago. Was told one ground school per month starting in January.

How long from applying to go through the process was it for you?

Initial application to in the pool was 3 months. About 10 I think days to hear back initially

I was put into the hiring pool a couple days ago. Was told one ground school per month starting in January.

I know a guy who ferried an N registered machine up to Alaska after maintenance in BC without an FAA licence but I don’t know the specifics, I think it might be possible though since he did that