Don't know about the interview process, but last time there was a position bid, all pilots wanted to get out of swoop to go back to mainline. Please do your homework. The whistleblower hotline was activated due to unsafe practises with regard to scheduling. Unless you want a 737 ppc to go somewhere ...

Kag is correct, but there is more to a Captain upgrade at WJ than what he alludes to. It starts with an interview -- management has talked to the last few Captains you have flown with -- where they discuss your training record, attitude, expectations of what they want from you as a line Captain and ...

The only problem I see is that the contract negotiations have been shelved in order to do this base thing. Why would the WJPA allow that to happen? When the company is making record profits, (and as far as anyone hears the company wanted concessions from the pilot group including days worked) it sho...

Edmonton Sets $80 Million Airport Expropriation Budget The central Alberta, Canada, city of Edmonton has set an $80 million budget to expropriate every business and individual with a property or business interest at Edmonton City Centre Airport so it can close the busy (80,000 movements a year) faci...

I hear the single engine service ceiling on the ATR is too low to be able to do YLW-YEG.

I am retired, after working for European airlines for many years. Yes I am Canadian. With my Canadian Airline Transport license and more than 8000 hours in heavier than 12500 lbs, my Canadian license was converted into a JAA license without having to do the myriad of exams. Professionals are profess...

The 747 is certified for 3 engine take-offs. The trick is to power up 2 symetrical engines, get going, and feed in the 3rd one while the pilot flying adds in rudder. Only with an approved 3 engine ferry crew, no pax, and to get to a maintenance station. To suggest that airlines would be willing to d...

Way to go, American law makers. Perhaps someone from the FAA could educate the good senator; hours in a log book are not representative of training nor experience. 1500 hours of supervising touch and go's in a 152, is not the same as 1500 hours in a single pilot navajo operation.

Tony, you are absolutely correct. ALL pilots, no matter what company they fly for, try to do the job to the best of their abilities. That is what they are hired for. That means, (sometimes) going above and beyond their duties as laid out in their company operations manual, in order to get the job do...

The problem with split crews is as follows. The front end in WJ 600 is waiting in YYZ for a back end that is coming in from wherever on WJ 800. WJ 800 is late. Because of this, not only is WJ 800 late in leaving YYZ due to their late arrival, WJ 600 is late due to their having to wait for the WJ 800...

Hey Four1oh

Isn't it true that your company drivers can DH in uniform to a destination, not get paid for it as they are technically not at the controls, and then start a 14 hour day??

Taxi??
I started walking and not even a quarter of the way there a westjet van driver asked me if I wanted a lift, and he dropped me off at the hangar. Nice.

Gentlemen,

Don't you realize that you have to learn to ride a bike on an OLD bike?

In CYOJ, citing security regualtions, one cannot even go up to see the FSS guy. And they thought they were lonely before....

There I was, flying into busy Atlanta, with its 4 parallels. My 250 hour whizz kid sitting next to me had been fine throughout the oceanic crossing, and I was actually relaxed, He had shown good common sense, a good attitude, good knowledge about aircraft systems, and a willingness to learn. Descend...

Happens in CYXD every summer as well, but they leave one runway open for airplanes

If you have a Canadian Airline Transport License, and more than 5000 hours above 12500 on the license, you are considered a professional, and you can get the European License simply by applying for, and writing the air regs exam. There are European Aviation Consultants who will sell you a very inten...

The problem is that most people who work the ramp are products of the eighties, where they were taught that everyone has rights, but no one has reponsibilities. Life does not work like that. Autograph your work with excellence! It has been said before, but needs repeating. Respect is something that ...

Some airplanes can't go down and slow down at the same time. So when ATC was told that fact, he asked

"don't you have speedbrakes?"

To which the reply was

" Yes we do, but they are for our screw ups, not yours."

Just heard the results of the Wapiti lawsuit. The trial lasted just over a week when the judge decided that he had heard enough, and threw the case out of court. I am sure this will come as bitter blow to the plaintiff who has spent the better parts of 23 years trying to get this case to court, but ...