Rookie is right, though. The adverts on Air Canada right after the safety announcement are terrible. Literally you're a captive audience. I can't think of another advertising scenario where the audience is literally held captive and forced to undergo being advertised at. You can choose not to buy ad...

Too fussy. Let's see one without all the expensive "wireless" touchscreen junk, and a lightweight short nose. More tie-down rings in the cabin, some better insulation and sound-proofing, a more durable interior and more auxiliary wing fuel capacity. Reintroduce the cabin roof escape hatch. Maybe inv...

What's the rest of this story? Had a propstrike, and now it's tied up waiting for an engine swap? Or did it fly away? What did you see?

I've always considered the prop sticking way out in front of the floats on the Turbo-Otter to be a major drawback.

And when that stress, made worse every year by the airlines, combines with someone’s extremely bad day for other reasons, travel related and / or otherwise, and combined with the legion of untreated, severely underfunded mental health conditions out there (I read 7 million Canadians struggle with m...

Interesting debate. I am both quite tall and a bit overweight. I barely fit in a normal economy-size seat; I would say the extra weight makes ME uncomfortable, but hasn't got to the point where it makes anyone else uncomfortable. It's more my height. My knees DO dig into the back of the seat in fron...

I really feel sorry for the little grassroots chicken-shit northern carriers. I mean how hard is it to get these goddamn lazy pilots to do an honest 14 hours for Christ's sake? Next thing you know, they're going to want holidays and regular days off and benefits. How is an employer meant to survive?...

Ugh, I’m going to go against all my previous years of advice here. Do you have the requirements met to claim your ATPL (I.e, do not need PICUS)? If so, then I begrudgingly say go to an airline now as your seniority number in an airline is everything. With your ATPL in hand, you could most likely up...

One would think a better design would be a "PEC" that positions the props to a slightly less than overspeed condition. But what do I know. The way it was explained to me it's that AUPC is designed not just for pilot error but for an actual system malfunction. If something weird like feathering of a...

Oh dear. Sounds like maybe an engine failure with ferry tanks nearly full, unable to maintain level flight due to weight. Hope they're OK.

One would think a better design would be a "PEC" that positions the props to a slightly less than overspeed condition. But what do I know.

FL030 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:00 am The dreaded 6000' strip

The horror. When will operators stop trying to make us push the limits?

FL030 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:35 pm Engines will throw blades
Sometimes that's just what they do
So we carry two

Three-Zero wrote this
It was a hard thing to do
A germane Haiku

Getting back to the original quote, where they said the engineers deserve distinction and respect. As a pilot, I couldn't agree more. I also empathize with the poster who observed that AMEs are often pressed into service doing rampie and groomer shit. I feel like I have starred in that movie in my c...

So, where do Canadians wear their wings then? I wasn't aware there were regional differences. You'll have to forgive my ignorance: I've only been flying for 30 years.

Maynard wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 4:26 pm

‘Bob’ wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 10:27 am It’s Australia so it’s soy fit.

It’s hard to avoid the ground when it’s above you.

Soy-feet

No, that's New Zealand.

There is more than sufficient evidence in the form of recorded radio transmissions, clearances that were received and read back, video and ground-radar recordings of the aircraft's route across runways and taxiways, to determine whether a violation occurred and whether or not the commander of the ai...

Gotta love the latest Air Tindi ad. PICTURES!!!!!!!! Truly amazing to see companies trying everything but increasing pay and benefits. I guess they're trying to appeal to IG pilots? Nice pics, though. Do you have access to the Air Tindi pay scale and benefits package? I for one would like to see it...

The little video clip makes it look like it stalled.

It just boggles my mind that there are more than a few (alleged) professional pilots who can't spell fucking HANGAR.

Jesus Christ.

I see people are applying the epithet "Bush Pilot" even more liberally and generously than before.