Hi all, does anyone know where to get tailwheel training in Southern Ontario? I see Brampton offers it in their Citabria but they're quoting $3000 which I think is quite ridiculous. I'm near CYKF but am willing to drive an hour or so. Any leads are appreciated! Thank you. I agree. Sounds to me like...

Gulfstreams have more of a presence. People notice them. Pull up to your favourite FBO in a global, and the instagram models in your entourage won’t even know what it is. While this crowd isn't exactly winning any Nobel prizes. They tend to be keenly aware of expensive toys and who can afford what.

I wonder how much ad revenue this thread accounts for as a percentage of the total. Probably single handedly paying for this site's running cost.

Loads are only part of the picture. You can have full planes and still not be profitable if you're not charging enough. With a private company like Porter, it is impossible to gauge its financial health based on loads since they don't have to publicly disclose any financial metric. Its probably fair...

You’re a special kind of retard if you believe Sunwing was about to go bankrupt. “Accordingly, and on the one hand, what evidence there is establishes that Sunwing was in serious trouble. Local 4070 [the WestJet flight attendants] is undoubtedly correct that it was rescued by WestJet.” That’s from ...

The problem is that it would be up to the airline to challenge it, we experienced that with the Jazz/AC agreement. PAL was a complete violation but Jazz didn’t challenge it. Hopefully this is not the situation for you guys, I noticed this morning Transat posted a net loss for the fourth quarter of ...

Any idea what the wording is for the PD/TS joint venture, any aircraft restrictions? Haven't seen the language yet, possibly out today. It's unrestricted thru the scope, only in what TS-PD have negotiated. We were told the are some restrictions thru the competition bureau if one party went "wild". ...

PostmasterGeneral wrote: ↑Thu Dec 18, 2025 5:19 pm 1200 views in this thread and only 78 votes. Trying to stir up controversy and failing miserably when nobody took the bait.

This blew up in the OP's face in spectacular fashion.

What are you talking about? That level of engagement is higher than many other popular threads here.

You guys are actually upset Transat has a good contract? That just helps with negotiations against AC. Management knows that they have to match Transat after screaming AC's comparison is national airlines. Celebrate the win I don't think anyone is angry about it, quite the opposite. Everyone I've s...

Huh? Then tell me what "go play with a farm animal" means in your books? Are you saying its a kind, well intentioned insult? You simply meant that I should go ride a horse right? Seriously... get real. Everyone knows what disgusting insults like that mean. Even you know what it means. AI thinks you...

You wouldn’t survive the ‘60s and ‘70s, that Generation wasn’t soft with a “poor me, life is so unfair” . "I wonder who that could be" and look who popped up. I called you weak, not soft. Soft would be a lesser insult. Ah my friend…. I was there those decades, got the inside line I dare say. Life w...

What I disagree with is the approach. The jealousy of boomers is coming across as blame and anger. That doesn't solve the problem. We probably wouldn't blame things on them if there wasn't a verifiable track record of them getting in the way to make things difficult, more expensive or outright impo...

They say strong men make for good times, the silent generation. They also say weak men make for hard times. I wonder who that could be. You wouldn’t survive the ‘60s and ‘70s, that Generation wasn’t soft with a “poor me, life is so unfair” . "I wonder who that could be" and look who popped up. I ca...

They say strong men make for good times, the silent generation. They also say weak men make for hard times. I wonder who that could be.

Fair enough. I was off. I'm seeing a 38k raise for yr 1 based on the 2024 salary table for Yr1 captain. So no, not 100k. And unless I have the worng numbers, not 25k either. I was off because I was looking at the hourly rate on the old contract. But looking at the old contract Y1 cpt at 187K vs 220...

Ok, will do. Yr 1 fo old contract, not a living wage. A bit less than the average Canadian? Or there abouts... Yr 1 fo new contract, still not a living wage. About average? Or there abouts... Yr 12 ca old contract, very much a living wage. In fact, 4-5 times what the average Canadian makes Yr 12 ca...

What I disagree with is the approach. The jealousy of boomers is coming across as blame and anger. That doesn't solve the problem. We probably wouldn't blame things on them if there wasn't a verifiable track record of them getting in the way to make things difficult, more expensive or outright impo...

Captain 100k raise FO annual salary 85k Pretty much what youd expect. I get your point, and agree that Jr FOs should be higher, but you're being misleading here. I looked at the pay scales in the summary and you're literally comparing a current top rate cpt to the same cpt at the end of the contrac...

You’re going to need to show your work here! I’m looking at the 2003 pay scale, year 1 Captain was 65.01, adjusted 104.29 Today’s year 1 is 112.60 top Captain was year 15- 92.24/hour, adjusted for inflation is 145.39. Today’s year 15 Captain is 166.27/hour, top is 175.99 For good measure I’ll inclu...

If you say so. But I disagree. My impression is that 4 out of 5, or probably even more, have little spine to stand up against to a crew scheduler or manager and tell them no, this just gives them another reason to be compliant and make it work for everyone else. Sooooo you're saying 4 out of 5 guys...

$2900 per month is not a livable wage. Anyone that voted for that should feel bad for what they did to their junior colleagues while enriching themselves. It's shameful behaviour. No shortage of boomers here telling us its just fine if we cut down on those pesky starbucks and avocado toasts. Appare...

I'll bring up an aspect that I don't think has been mentioned yet. In my experience at the various 703s and 705s I've worked at, pilots will accept an unforeseen the vast majority of the time. Does it always happen? No! I'm not here to argue the why's, merits, downsides, etc. Just pointing out a sim...

Old Boomer here….. Can someone give me a reasonable explanation with examples why I had it so good in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Honestly I would like to know and understand where I f*cked up during those far back decades and how my f*ckup led to the detriment of the younger named generation group. J...

I didn't see where he posted he had 9% interest rate but I also didn't scale up past the top of the page. A lot of us that have houses now started flying in shit holes and built up some equity along the way. Starting out now in a major center is definitely tougher. But every time you upgrade that s...

I didn't see where he posted he had 9% interest rate but I also didn't scale up past the top of the page. A lot of us that have houses now started flying in shit holes and built up some equity along the way. Starting out now in a major center is definitely tougher. But every time you upgrade that s...