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by tower controller
Sun Jan 15, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: NavCanada Hiring
Topic: YWG training offers
Replies: 16
Views: 2645

Re: YWG training offers

Spot on, there is no way they would expect someone to make up three months, has to be different courses.
by tower controller
Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:38 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Does this situation really require the emergency equipment
Replies: 38
Views: 6959

Re: Does this situation really require the emergency equipment

Another factor to consider is everyone is assuming the CFR guys are in the hall unless they’re responding to an emergency. They aren’t always, they could be scattered around the airport doing fire inspections, gone off somewhere on a medical call, or worse case scenario live fire training. An empty ...
by tower controller
Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:51 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: An225 Jobs
Replies: 39
Views: 8117

Re: An225 Jobs

Antonov was formed in 1946 in Novosibirsk, Russia (Soviet Union); by 1952 it relocated to Kiev/Kyiv and has been Ukrainian in spirit ever since. The 225 and some of the 124’s were/are operated by Antonov Design Bureau, they always had Ukrainian flags on them. Some of the 124’s operated by other comp...
by tower controller
Mon Nov 09, 2020 7:48 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: IS ATC Your Best Bud?
Replies: 16
Views: 1188

Re: IS ATC Your Best Bud?

And I'm ready to stop posting as the response seem to assume I'm a bumbling idiot just because I'm a GA pilot. Unfortunately on forum's like this sometimes intent is misconstrued. In 35 years in ATS in a variety of positions I've dealt with a wide range of pilots, from flight training operations to...
by tower controller
Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:03 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: IS ATC Your Best Bud?
Replies: 16
Views: 1188

Re: IS ATC Your Best Bud?

“Exactly what I did in my first example, and I know they could see the weather too on their primary radar in that areas” Just want to weigh in on this... A lot of atc positions don’t have prime radar, and without prime radar we don’t see any weather. Even with prime radar we don’t see near as much a...
by tower controller
Thu Jun 25, 2020 4:49 am
Forum: NavCanada Hiring
Topic: YEG Applications process
Replies: 301
Views: 124432

Re: YEG Applications process

If your 18 months has expired in the last 3 or so months I would suggest you contact recruiting to see what your status actually is. Lots of Nav Canada staff have been working from home and lots of things are up in the air right now. It may take a bit of time to get an answer, but it's worth checkin...
by tower controller
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:10 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Ennadai Lake Aeradio
Replies: 8
Views: 5962

Re: Ennadai Lake Aeradio

Here’s a link to an article on the origins of the station. http://www.rcsigs.ca/index.php/Ennadai_ ... _Y_station
by tower controller
Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:55 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Ennadai Lake Aeradio
Replies: 8
Views: 5962

Re: Ennadai Lake Aeradio

I started in Aeradio in 81’ Ennadai Lake was closed then but I don’t think it had been closed long, I Worked with a couple guys who had been stationed there.
by tower controller
Thu Nov 28, 2019 6:06 pm
Forum: NavCanada Hiring
Topic: FIC locations in YEG FIR
Replies: 6
Views: 2184

Re: FIC locations in YEG FIR

There is no FIC in Gander, Newfoundland is served by Halifax FIC. Gander does have an FSS but it is an International FSS, it's main purpose is to communicate with oceanic traffic on HF radio, I don't believe they deal with any domestic traffic at all... They also have a unique and separate training ...
by tower controller
Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:16 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Old versions of the Canadian Flight Supplement
Replies: 6
Views: 1580

Re: Old versions of the Canadian Flight Supplement

During WWII runway 09/27 was 1000 ft wide in Gander. There is one picture in particular that shows 116 B17’s parked alongside the runway on their way across.
by tower controller
Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:09 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Manops
Replies: 6
Views: 7713

Re: ATC Manops

Guys vatcan (where the 2006 "MANOPS" is) is a virtual air traffic network, ie it's a game, be careful what you use it for, and besides like lotro says MANOPS is no longer valid it's been replaced by MATS...
by tower controller
Thu May 17, 2018 3:44 am
Forum: NavCanada Hiring
Topic: 2018 Application Inquiries
Replies: 8
Views: 2541

Re: 2018 Application Inquiries

To answer your medical question, no you don't need to redo it as long as it is less than 2 years from the exam date if you are under 40 and one year if over forty. Normally most ATC hold a class 2 but a class 1 meets the requirements and the validity period is according to the chart in the back of t...
by tower controller
Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:20 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Lights or no Lights during the day (For small GA AC)
Replies: 25
Views: 3347

Re: Lights or no Lights during the day (For small GA AC)

After spending a good chunk of my life in a glass room looking for airplanes I'll offer this from a different perspective. Lights make you much easier to see, most people don't realize how difficult it is to see aircraft against some sky colors. Led's are much better than the older lights not only a...
by tower controller
Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:26 pm
Forum: NavCanada Hiring
Topic: Training Course Offers
Replies: 12
Views: 2862

Re: Training Course Offers

There is no guarantee that if you get a green light that you will be offered a VFR course. I'm pretty sure though that if you accepted an offer for FSS and a VFR course subsequently became available and you had ranked high enough to receive an offer you would get an offer even though you had already...
by tower controller
Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:04 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Lifestyle Questions
Replies: 12
Views: 8686

Re: ATC Lifestyle Questions

Yeah they are told when they are offered the course that the course is national, if it doesn't say it's a national course in the training offer than it shouldn't be a national course. They will offer some assistance with moving expenses etc, but what that will be I have no idea. The national trainin...
by tower controller
Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:05 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Lifestyle Questions
Replies: 12
Views: 8686

Re: ATC Lifestyle Questions

"I've also heard a rumour that VFR trainees in other FIRs are being put into the National Pool which means you could finish VFR basic in Moncton and get placed in Boundary Bay."

This is true, however, trainees are told with the offer that it is a national course and they could be posted anywhere...
by tower controller
Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:36 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: Monitoring 121.5 MHz
Replies: 3
Views: 2496

Re: Monitoring 121.5 MHz

In the towers I've worked in it's been monitored in one position only. The last place I worked was co located with an ACC and tower monitored it and one position in the ACC monitored it, If either us or the ACC couldn't monitor due to equipment problems we had to ensure the other unit was monitoring...
by tower controller
Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:57 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: ATIS Winds Pop Quiz
Replies: 30
Views: 5142

Re: ATIS Winds Pop Quiz

The weather on the ATIS is the current METAR and the winds are directly from the METAR. I have never put the winds in as read off the wind instruments the format of the ATIS doesn't allow it.

The METAR is automatically loaded into the ATIS most of the time without any operator intervention.
by tower controller
Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:45 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Finding airplane wreckage in the wilderness?
Replies: 10
Views: 3252

Re: Finding airplane wreckage in the wilderness?

beat me by a few seconds, click on the mark history will sometimes tell you more....

That 182 was registered in Vernon so that would put it close.
by tower controller
Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:19 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ITA clarification and support
Replies: 9
Views: 4168

Re: ITA clarification and support

Do the Quizzes you do at the end of each lesson in the ITA have any bearing or effect on your course. If you fail a lesson quiz in the Pre study information they send to you will it affect you when you start your course ? Nope we don't even really know if you've done the ITA or not. It's going to b...

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