Absolutely disgusting. Anyone going there knowing this deserves it. Sorry you had to go through this abuse going in without having any clue what expected you. Hopefully you left within a month after seeing this. Canadian aviation industry is a sickening 3rd world country. It’s not Canadian aviation...

So… I’m kind of reading between the lines here. The TSB explicitly says that its reports are not for legal purposes and can’t be entered as evidence. Am I to understand that Wilderness Air basically looked for a reason for this plane shouldn’t have been flying in the first place outside of the repor...

Why did these doctors not train in Canada? Seems a no brainer that if you want to live and work in Canada that as a Canadian you’d get your training here.

I’m sorry but I don’t think that Canadians that went to Harvard or Johns Hopkins want to be a GP in Flin Flon.

**** wrote: ↑Fri Dec 12, 2025 4:17 pm Great news for the other countries that will benefit from the work they do.

That means every time a German A340 or French A330 or a British A400 comes through, we are benefiting, right?

It sounds like New Zealand on 267 every summer.

Don’t.

All you have to do is look at what was achievable in the 1970s/1980s vs today and the amount of effort and money required to do so. In the 70s and 80s.. a high school drop out could get a decent paying union factory job in his hometown, buy a detached house, and raise a family with money to spare on...

Bunch of boomers retiring and going "what are we gonna do with all this time and money?" That's a great point. We're in a good industry to cash in on the boomer bucks. Many of them are traveling constantly. Hopefully the Instagramers will also continue that trend and continue to chase international...

“Winning” And just remember when you look at US per capita GDP and average wages…. wealth inequality is massively higher south of the border. For every Delta pilot making half a mill a year (for now)… there’s a lot of skilled US workers making less than the Canadian average wage. My last trip to the...

The real reason for ramp is cheap indentured labour. And anyone knows that it’s all up to the trainer whether you pass or fail. I could sewer each and every one of you given the chance and I’m sure you could do the same to me. Whether it’s regs knowledge, obscure passages in the AFM or supplements, ...

If you’re going to fuel out of a drum.. make sure it’s been stored sideways if it’s in a place that rains all the time and make sure that you sample your fuel after fuelling. Especially if you’ve been the chief pilot for six years! Personally… I think he was thrown under the bus by the ops manager. ...

I disagree. The school I did my PPL at had one of the most rigorous flight training and interview processes there were. I didn’t like it. It was too stifling. So I went to a mom and pop for my CPL and instructor rating and eventually became an instructor there. Every single plane at the former schoo...

But a readback isn’t making it safer. Especially if it’s just done by rote by either copying someone else’s homework or having it on in the background listening to extraneous or irrelevant information like bird activity. I’ve had clearances missed because the PM was listening to the ATIS while on th...

Today, tower already gives you an updated wind and altimeter setting when needed, what else is on the ATIS that you must know? During low vis operations the RVR might be important, but if it matters, you'll ask/get a more accurate value from tower anyway. It's explicitly stated in our Manual of Air...

It’s also rather interesting as we have a ton of technology that makes all of this—even clearance readbacks—redundant. Do you know where readbacks came from? The railroads. They’d issue train orders by telephone or telegraph and they had to be read or transmitted back. This was mostly because of how...

That’s the real issue. The solution is always to add more things, never to take them away. And since this is ingrained in us as pilots from an early age.. we actually do read back absolutely everything to start. It’s funny to hear 705 machines reading back “caution jet blast” or “traffic 11 o’clock ...

When the ident letter is over two hours old. Also… “ABC has Bravo” “ABC, Charlie is current, altimeter 30.00” “30.00.. we’ll pick up Charlie.” “..SIX SIX SIX DRY DRY DRY RUNWAY TWO TWO LEFT SURFACE CONDITION CODE SIX SIX SIX DRY DRY DRY RUNWAY TWO TWO RIGHT SURFACE CONDITION CODE SIX SIX SIX DRY DRY...

Lots of seaplanes start in feather. It’s going to be pretty embarrassing brining it up to a Harbour Air turbo Otter pilot. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hlaKcsH_qHM&t=97s They keep it tied during start and then untie after it’s in fine. The real thing is.. as a pilot or dockhand or rampie, trust, bu...

There's a video floating around taken by the backseater showing severe aileron flutter on the right side. The fact they made it to the ground alive is impressive in itself. Did you also see the tach. reading 2500 RPM in that video. Pilot needs to pick up a copy of "From the ground up" and study Man...

Where are all these 100k/140k a year jobs for m1 engineers? There is exactly 1 posted in the job ads section here and it's Inlands. That's a STARTING WAGE of roughly $52/hr if you're in the majors, thats pretty much where you will top out! I don't know of another small operator offering more right ...

Dry Guy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 5:22 pm 10pm dark is safer than 3am dark because it's earlier.

It literally is. Look up circadian rhythms.

RIP and condolences to those affected.

The government offers wage subsidy programs for hiring specific group, or from under-represented groups, or newcomers to Canada. Why would businesses not take advantage? DEI is capitalists pretending to be altruistic. The root issue is the government we elect not business trying to maximize profit....

Think practically rather than to minimums. This is a company where you fly 100 to 200 hours a year and has up to transport category turboprops and jets.

Unless you want to fly an 802 or Caravan for the rest of your life you’d better come with a lot of well rounded multi engine experience.

digits_ wrote: ↑Tue Nov 25, 2025 12:43 pm

youhavecontrol wrote: ↑Tue Nov 25, 2025 12:21 pm I just joined. I'm surprised this didn't happen at any earlier point in the last 10 years, to be honest.

No there isn’t.

Not unless you want to listen the lead poisoned rantings of an anti-Canadian echo chamber.

Sad to spend their final years of life working but there’s lots of guys I know who re-married and are in their 60’s and have kids in university. Cost of living isn’t getting cheaper. I would suggest they become simulator instructors. Companies don’t really want these guys flying because it makes fo...