Snaproll20......said......... " I cannot describe my own case for various reasons but it would rock the complacent amongst you to your toes because it is nasty, nasty and systemic and TC will create any lies possible to cover it up. "
The frightening part is the higher up the ladder of authority you go with these ....words fail me to describe how low they truly are....they will blatently lie right to your face in front of witnesses.
I got exactly that from going up their power structure from RDCA to " Transport Canada Quality Assurance " ...
A misnomer if ever there was one...., the guy I dealt with was not only arrogant abd deceptive beyond beliefe he was truly a cretin in every way..then I got the same from the Director General Civil Aviation after he met with the head of " Quality Assurance "
Finally the Regional Director Transport Canada came to my home and in front of two witnesses assured me that if I agreed to an independant investigation of my charges against two of the top Pacific Region managers and they found my allegations to be true he would intervene with the Treasury Board and have my losses returned to me.
All of my allegations were found to be true by their own investigation of Civil Aviation..right up to the DGCA being dishonest and unwilling to clean up the problem in the Vancouver office..
When it was all over and I asked for my money he weaseled and said he could not help me...I must sue Treasury Board if I want my money back...
..I have a witness to that conversation and the witness is a journalist....but there is nothing I can do except never ever again have anything to do with the crimminally minded Fedreal office called Transport Canada Civil Aviation.
If I were faced with the same problem now, some years later now that I don't give a f.ck about being able to travel overseas to work I would hire someone to beat the living shit out of those pricks so they would need a wheel chair to get to work in.
Cat
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Cat Driver
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Hedley wrote:I'm not sure anybody cares. Canadians are alarmingly apathetic. They couldn't care less about the Liberals stealing millions of dollars, ...
Yet untold stupid Canadians will support a Bloc Q whose party uses millions of federal tax dollars to promote their neo-facist seperatist agenda in the Commons and a equally stupid Conservative party who get led around by the nose ring by the same Bloc Q and think the Bloc are really their friends.
Then there is the Commy party who would take all your money and build a grand country where everything is free and nobody ever has to work again.
Sorry my friend, it's not the Liberals that you should be afraid of.
Couldn't Stand the Weather
Sure! I love a good aviation picture. Send away!Cat Driver wrote: ..if you want a good laugh we can get Joe the owner of this site to post a picture I took of it on Thanksgiving Day ( USA) we were so f.ckin pissed off with the thing we drew a picture on the nose and gave the f.ckin thing a name.
Just or the record... I was the CFI of all three (no ownership involved) and only started one from scratch, on someone else's dime (didn't have two to rub together at the time). Being a flight instructor with too many kids typically means that I was broke for many of my early years.Cat Driver wrote:
Like you I also owned a flight training school operating both fixed and rotary wing aircraft and my relationship with the regulator was better than excellent...
Just didn't want you to get the wrong idea.
Gonna do my best. There are many aspects to this job I hadn't expected, and I can understand some Inspectors becoming frustrated. I am hoping I can stick it out for the same reason I could instruct for so many years... I like people.snaproll20 wrote: TC Guy, hang in there, we need more of you. I hope you will not get disillusioned like friends who have tried a TC career and moved on.
It is strange... as a Pilot Examiner, I would walk into a flight school, and it would be all smiles and jokes. Now, even at the same schools... it is different. More paranoid. Wasn't expecting that.
Oh, well. I like the nifty golf shirts....
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Clunckdriver:
Of all the sad situations I have ever seen in aviation it is what TC did to a very good friend of mine in Victoria. Jack is one to the most experienced and knowledgeable people in Canadian flight training and has written books about training.
He had the same M&M inspector that I had and he also was driven out of business by the actions of said inspector supported by the manager of M&M and also supported by the Regional Director Civil Aviation.
The actions taken against him were more vicious than those used by the Mafia and now after decades of service to the training industry my friend is a very old man broken in spirit and health not to mention financially.
Many here will know who I am refeering to and will agree that this individual deserves the order of Canada, not the financial and mental ruin he got from TC.
Just typing this makes me so frustrated I personally have the urge to get a baseball bat and do some major surgery on the TC pricks responsible for not only what happened to me and the friend I am describing but to several more people here in the Pacific Region.
I have a letter in my computer for whoever the new Minister of Transport will be after the election is over.
If changes are not brought about by those whom we elect, I will then go underground so to speak and find another solution to the problem
And those pricks in TC that are guilty of abuse of power can take this resolve of mine and pin it on their walls as a reminder that one way or another there will be acountability.
Cat
Of all the sad situations I have ever seen in aviation it is what TC did to a very good friend of mine in Victoria. Jack is one to the most experienced and knowledgeable people in Canadian flight training and has written books about training.
He had the same M&M inspector that I had and he also was driven out of business by the actions of said inspector supported by the manager of M&M and also supported by the Regional Director Civil Aviation.
The actions taken against him were more vicious than those used by the Mafia and now after decades of service to the training industry my friend is a very old man broken in spirit and health not to mention financially.
Many here will know who I am refeering to and will agree that this individual deserves the order of Canada, not the financial and mental ruin he got from TC.
Just typing this makes me so frustrated I personally have the urge to get a baseball bat and do some major surgery on the TC pricks responsible for not only what happened to me and the friend I am describing but to several more people here in the Pacific Region.
I have a letter in my computer for whoever the new Minister of Transport will be after the election is over.
If changes are not brought about by those whom we elect, I will then go underground so to speak and find another solution to the problem
And those pricks in TC that are guilty of abuse of power can take this resolve of mine and pin it on their walls as a reminder that one way or another there will be acountability.
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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I’m very dismayed to hear about our friend Jack, a retired Colonel no less who served Canada and taught many generations of Air Force and civilian pilots. He taught me to fly and gave every ounce of his energy to help me become a successful aviator. A most respectable human being, I owe him my utmost gratitude.
I am honored to have his name in my logbook.
I am honored to have his name in my logbook.
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Big Bird:
Jack was one of the best instructors I ever met, to have him as my friend is an honor that I makes me humble to accept.
I was directly involved with Jack and his company in the final couple of years and what TC did to Jack is unforgiveable and can not be just put aside and forgotten.
Like Jack I have nothing left that TC can take from me, unlike Jack I am healthy and able to get accountability, one way or the other and these people know I don't make idle threats.
Cat
Jack was one of the best instructors I ever met, to have him as my friend is an honor that I makes me humble to accept.
I was directly involved with Jack and his company in the final couple of years and what TC did to Jack is unforgiveable and can not be just put aside and forgotten.
Like Jack I have nothing left that TC can take from me, unlike Jack I am healthy and able to get accountability, one way or the other and these people know I don't make idle threats.
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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Sorry to hear Jack in is poor health. I was lucky enough to have a few lessons with Jack years ago and I still talk about them to this day.
Phillips66
Also,
I've seen the abuse the opposite of what you talk of Cat Driver.
I've seen a company that is flying right now on the southern West Coast that should be SHUT DOWN for the safety of the public because of the dangerous owner/operator and his do it my illegal way or loose your job attitude but Transport won't make it happen. I won't mention names and perhaps there is even more that one situation like this out there.
In the new Aviation Safety Letter it gave phone numbers to report infractions. What a waste of time. And I'm not kidding here - people are going to get hurt eventually and TC has had all the warning signs even used to talk about them in their Safety Seminars but still fails to act.
The new idea TC has of placing this company and others like it in charge of policing itself sounds very frightening but you know what, it won't matter anyway, it will be business as usual which is down right criminal.
Phillips66
Phillips66
Also,
I've seen the abuse the opposite of what you talk of Cat Driver.
I've seen a company that is flying right now on the southern West Coast that should be SHUT DOWN for the safety of the public because of the dangerous owner/operator and his do it my illegal way or loose your job attitude but Transport won't make it happen. I won't mention names and perhaps there is even more that one situation like this out there.
In the new Aviation Safety Letter it gave phone numbers to report infractions. What a waste of time. And I'm not kidding here - people are going to get hurt eventually and TC has had all the warning signs even used to talk about them in their Safety Seminars but still fails to act.
The new idea TC has of placing this company and others like it in charge of policing itself sounds very frightening but you know what, it won't matter anyway, it will be business as usual which is down right criminal.
Phillips66
I would suggest that you phone John Milliginan, Regional Superintendant of Safety Oversight, Programs (also known as Flight Training).Phillips66 wrote:Sorry to hear Jack in is poor health. I was lucky enough to have a few lessons with Jack years ago and I still talk about them to this day.
Phillips66
Also,
I've seen the abuse the opposite of what you talk of Cat Driver.
I've seen a company that is flying right now on the southern West Coast that should be SHUT DOWN for the safety of the public because of the dangerous owner/operator and his do it my illegal way or loose your job attitude but Transport won't make it happen. I won't mention names and perhaps there is even more that one situation like this out there.
In the new Aviation Safety Letter it gave phone numbers to report infractions. What a waste of time. And I'm not kidding here - people are going to get hurt eventually and TC has had all the warning signs even used to talk about them in their Safety Seminars but still fails to act.
The new idea TC has of placing this company and others like it in charge of policing itself sounds very frightening but you know what, it won't matter anyway, it will be business as usual which is down right criminal.
Phillips66
The number is (604) 666-5567.
Safety is always an issue.
Always.
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One of the problems with TC is that they do not go after "BAD" companies until people die. They only go after the companies who are trying to achieve compliance and are therefore easier to bully. Usually, the nasty owners bark and spit and send the "bully" inspectors packing.
If anyone is willing to share any abuse experiences, please PM me. There needs to be an industry-wide demand for change. It probably cannot come until after the election is over, but unless some kind of stand is made, there will never be peace between TC and the Industry.
Everyone seems to forget that these are "civil servants" paid by our tax dollars and their activities are strictly circumscribed by the Civil Service Code and many other rules.
When TC launches a dozen lawyers against a hopelessly clear case of abuse and then, maybe, settles out of court, it is your tax dollars being squandered.
I believe we should identify these problem people by name, with lots of evidence, and then pin it to Ottawa's ass. They break more rules than we do.
Incidentally, I do not qualify a failed ride as "abuse". There is a clear avenue of appeal to that which the Inspector is obliged to present to the failed candidate. I am referring to irrefutable, documented wrong-doing, the kind TC panics over because they know they are caught.
But they have no ethics.
Remember..........YOU could be next!!!!!
If anyone is willing to share any abuse experiences, please PM me. There needs to be an industry-wide demand for change. It probably cannot come until after the election is over, but unless some kind of stand is made, there will never be peace between TC and the Industry.
Everyone seems to forget that these are "civil servants" paid by our tax dollars and their activities are strictly circumscribed by the Civil Service Code and many other rules.
When TC launches a dozen lawyers against a hopelessly clear case of abuse and then, maybe, settles out of court, it is your tax dollars being squandered.
I believe we should identify these problem people by name, with lots of evidence, and then pin it to Ottawa's ass. They break more rules than we do.
Incidentally, I do not qualify a failed ride as "abuse". There is a clear avenue of appeal to that which the Inspector is obliged to present to the failed candidate. I am referring to irrefutable, documented wrong-doing, the kind TC panics over because they know they are caught.
But they have no ethics.
Remember..........YOU could be next!!!!!
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Big Bird Anonymous
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snaproll20 wrote:One of the problems with TC is that they do not go after "BAD" companies until people die.
What about Skyward, you should have seen that company with your own eyes.
Do you know this to be fact? What examples do you have? I'm not saying it could not or has not happened but there is no value in stirring up the posse over isolated instances. Being just an average schmoe, I have never heard of TC causing that much grief to the business of aviation.snaproll20 wrote:When TC launches a dozen lawyers against a hopelessly clear case of abuse and then, maybe, settles out of court, it is your tax dollars being squandered.
snaproll20 wrote:I am referring to irrefutable, documented wrong-doing, the kind TC panics over because they know they are caught.
But they have no ethics.
Remember..........YOU could be next!!!!!
I think it has been stated many times and many ways that it works both ways, there are both good and bad inspectors and good and bad companies.
On the subject of failed rides, did you know the majority of tribunal cases challenging a failure result from a CCP failing the pilot and not a TC inspector.
It seems to me that the high overhead of fuel, poor management and high insurance costs are more likely to take out a company or keep it cutting corners.
Anti-antivaxxer
This is kind of a pointless thread, because as soon as I mention the name of even one Transport Inspector that habitually abuses his office and breaks the law, the thread will be deleted.
Kind of self-defeating, don't you think?
PM me for more info. Boy, do I have a story for you. It got so bad at one point, a Federal court judge issued an order "enjoining" Transport from continuing their bizarre campaign, which Transport naturally ignored.
I think I'm allowed to mention Jason Newburg, a Canadian ex-pat that lives in Florida now. A very nice young fellow, he was driven out of Canada by Transport, and now plies his trade as a mechanic and pilot south of the border. What Jason says about Transport I cannot repeat here. I am unsure what part of the Aeronautics Act empowers Transport to disenfranchise citizens, but they're sure trying to do that to me.
One of Transport's sweeter tricks was to red-flag me with Canada Customs. Thanks, guys. It took me years to clear that one up. I couldn't even cross the border without having the contents of my wallet inspected. Thanks again, guys.
Kind of self-defeating, don't you think?
PM me for more info. Boy, do I have a story for you. It got so bad at one point, a Federal court judge issued an order "enjoining" Transport from continuing their bizarre campaign, which Transport naturally ignored.
I think I'm allowed to mention Jason Newburg, a Canadian ex-pat that lives in Florida now. A very nice young fellow, he was driven out of Canada by Transport, and now plies his trade as a mechanic and pilot south of the border. What Jason says about Transport I cannot repeat here. I am unsure what part of the Aeronautics Act empowers Transport to disenfranchise citizens, but they're sure trying to do that to me.
One of Transport's sweeter tricks was to red-flag me with Canada Customs. Thanks, guys. It took me years to clear that one up. I couldn't even cross the border without having the contents of my wallet inspected. Thanks again, guys.
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" Do you know this to be fact? What examples do you have? I'm not saying it could not or has not happened but there is no value in stirring up the posse over isolated instances. Being just an average schmoe, I have never heard of TC causing that much grief to the business of aviation. "
Big Bird....
...you only have to read the hundreds of pages of documentations in my case against TC to find tens of thousands if not a few hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by TC to defend several of their employees, the end result was guilty on all counts.
. every employee except one is still there and still conducting their business exactly the same as when they were found guilty of abuse of power trying to defend their own.
And like Hedley mentioned I also have been driven out of Canada to earn a living, because I refused to be bullied by crimminal minded TC officials who were guilty of wrongdoing.
My " wrong doing " was trying to defend myself and my company from TC's Gestapo tactics.
Yesterday I received a phone call from a former TC management type in central Canada, he said... Quote:
" . how many times do I have to remind you that they don't care what you and the industry think, they just laugh at your efforts to seek justice from their unethical management "
...we were discussing the DGCA, and we agree the DGCA is a moral degenerate...who sees himself above the very laws he is sworn to uphold.
It is my fervent wish that all you who believe that TC is a fair and ethical organazation get in a position where you are like me and no longer able to earn a living in Canadian Aviation due to the unlawful actions of TC..
..I will be truly gratified to see every one of you hand wringers on the steps of the local mission getting handouts just to eat.
Only that will convince some of you of the reality of how TC really works.
And Big Bird I hope that you are the next " isolated instance " maybe that will change your mind.
Cat
Big Bird....
...you only have to read the hundreds of pages of documentations in my case against TC to find tens of thousands if not a few hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by TC to defend several of their employees, the end result was guilty on all counts.
. every employee except one is still there and still conducting their business exactly the same as when they were found guilty of abuse of power trying to defend their own.
And like Hedley mentioned I also have been driven out of Canada to earn a living, because I refused to be bullied by crimminal minded TC officials who were guilty of wrongdoing.
My " wrong doing " was trying to defend myself and my company from TC's Gestapo tactics.
Yesterday I received a phone call from a former TC management type in central Canada, he said... Quote:
" . how many times do I have to remind you that they don't care what you and the industry think, they just laugh at your efforts to seek justice from their unethical management "
...we were discussing the DGCA, and we agree the DGCA is a moral degenerate...who sees himself above the very laws he is sworn to uphold.
It is my fervent wish that all you who believe that TC is a fair and ethical organazation get in a position where you are like me and no longer able to earn a living in Canadian Aviation due to the unlawful actions of TC..
..I will be truly gratified to see every one of you hand wringers on the steps of the local mission getting handouts just to eat.
Only that will convince some of you of the reality of how TC really works.
And Big Bird I hope that you are the next " isolated instance " maybe that will change your mind.
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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I understand that there have been and will be others who get crushed in the bureaucratic machine, it's just that I believe that in the industry, the majority are getting a fair opportunity to profit.
Sometimes it is not a company's managements fault, it's that circumstances can become difficult to manage. For example, when a company grows in scope and size, the difficulty is finding qualified and experienced help to keep the operation viable. A perfect example is one in CYZF, if you know the operation then you know that they have excellent people and equipment there despite the vintage (of the equipment not the people) but they are fighting an ever-steepening uphill battle against finding qualified people for the long term. I wouldn't hesitate to go there but I'm one of those who have ended up settling in the south. (my wife told me if I ever wanted to move again she'd have no problem with that-as long as I didn't mind being alone...so I said I guess I have an out then...hence the black eye)
Modernizing is a fix but you need a government budget to do that these days.
So the question is, Transport Canada has bad apples but is it the culture there or is it a random situation?
I have known many TC inspectors due to my career having a tendency towards no fixed address for the first 15 years (I've been stable for the last 5) and I can honestly say that I have never had a feeling that I was being bullied or condescended to even when I have challenged a point or outright argued a point. The ones I've met have always been at the very least accommodating. With over and above accolades to recently retired Insp. J.L. in XD and Insp. J.H. in LW.
I personally don't think it's a culture problem at TC, at least not in the colonies. I think . and Jack and others who have been plundered by the system are the exception not the rule. That still doesn’t justify the issue so I truly hope that they receive retribution where it is due and soon so others can benefit from the path paved.
Sometimes it is not a company's managements fault, it's that circumstances can become difficult to manage. For example, when a company grows in scope and size, the difficulty is finding qualified and experienced help to keep the operation viable. A perfect example is one in CYZF, if you know the operation then you know that they have excellent people and equipment there despite the vintage (of the equipment not the people) but they are fighting an ever-steepening uphill battle against finding qualified people for the long term. I wouldn't hesitate to go there but I'm one of those who have ended up settling in the south. (my wife told me if I ever wanted to move again she'd have no problem with that-as long as I didn't mind being alone...so I said I guess I have an out then...hence the black eye)
Modernizing is a fix but you need a government budget to do that these days.
So the question is, Transport Canada has bad apples but is it the culture there or is it a random situation?
I have known many TC inspectors due to my career having a tendency towards no fixed address for the first 15 years (I've been stable for the last 5) and I can honestly say that I have never had a feeling that I was being bullied or condescended to even when I have challenged a point or outright argued a point. The ones I've met have always been at the very least accommodating. With over and above accolades to recently retired Insp. J.L. in XD and Insp. J.H. in LW.
I personally don't think it's a culture problem at TC, at least not in the colonies. I think . and Jack and others who have been plundered by the system are the exception not the rule. That still doesn’t justify the issue so I truly hope that they receive retribution where it is due and soon so others can benefit from the path paved.
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And I hope with all my heart that you, Big Bird, and every one of you out there who don't believe that abuse of power is is a culture under TC's present management get taken down by one of TC's renegades to the point you are on welfare.
Only then will you and I be equals in aviation.
So the more of you who get ruined by some power abusing TC official the better I will feel.
Edited :
I have thought about this further and came to the conclusion that for aviation to be fair and a level field for all of us every one of you here should be ruined by TC, and that includes all of you, friend and foe alike. Then we would all be equal.
Cat
Only then will you and I be equals in aviation.
So the more of you who get ruined by some power abusing TC official the better I will feel.
Edited :
I have thought about this further and came to the conclusion that for aviation to be fair and a level field for all of us every one of you here should be ruined by TC, and that includes all of you, friend and foe alike. Then we would all be equal.
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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cat i truly feel sorry for you.
for the nieve ppl out there that think TC is a good outfit, i feel bad for you too. but not quite the same way
i personally think this post would be a much better tool if names were to be used. really,
how can you ruin the career of a TC official? so what is the harm in dropping a few names to the moral majority?
i realize starting rumors of other pilots is quite scummy, actully really fucking low, seeing that most rumors are started by jealousy and lack of advancement on ones part. and that is the last thing i will/would do. but that would be right in character for who we are dealing with.
moderators slow down, i haven't started yet. but when i do, i hope you're ready............
so what do you think? if it works for all, i'll start,
if i can ruin one TC life (one in particular) like they did to me with my first job, i would sleep a happy man.
cheers
the original tony
for the nieve ppl out there that think TC is a good outfit, i feel bad for you too. but not quite the same way
i personally think this post would be a much better tool if names were to be used. really,
how can you ruin the career of a TC official? so what is the harm in dropping a few names to the moral majority?
i realize starting rumors of other pilots is quite scummy, actully really fucking low, seeing that most rumors are started by jealousy and lack of advancement on ones part. and that is the last thing i will/would do. but that would be right in character for who we are dealing with.
moderators slow down, i haven't started yet. but when i do, i hope you're ready............
so what do you think? if it works for all, i'll start,
if i can ruin one TC life (one in particular) like they did to me with my first job, i would sleep a happy man.
cheers
the original tony
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" the reason? they are fed up with the bullies in TC who seem to be totally out of control ! "
You need look no further than the person in the office of Regional Director Civil Aviation to find the reason.
I would be pleased to offer documented proof of why.
Cat
You need look no further than the person in the office of Regional Director Civil Aviation to find the reason.
I would be pleased to offer documented proof of why.
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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Thank you all.
Clunck, I look forward to what you have.
Tony, send me the info, please. You cannot do this alone.
And everyone else out there. Just be careful.
Yeah, I know JL and JH. Good people, like so many I could name over the years.
However, I could name 3 who should be fired.
One in particular is probably the worst TC ever had and is an easy target to shove up the TC Minister's ass, because that is where the rot starts....or the cure begins.
How do they hire these creatures? Do they accept the fictional resume on face value?
This is not a witch hunt.........the witch is out center field, casting nasty spells and giving everyone the finger.
and Big Bird.....once I was naive like you.
Clunck, I look forward to what you have.
Tony, send me the info, please. You cannot do this alone.
And everyone else out there. Just be careful.
Yeah, I know JL and JH. Good people, like so many I could name over the years.
However, I could name 3 who should be fired.
One in particular is probably the worst TC ever had and is an easy target to shove up the TC Minister's ass, because that is where the rot starts....or the cure begins.
How do they hire these creatures? Do they accept the fictional resume on face value?
This is not a witch hunt.........the witch is out center field, casting nasty spells and giving everyone the finger.
and Big Bird.....once I was naive like you.
In my case, I was involved in flight training in my region for 20 years, and (at least) 12 of those years as a CFI/AP/DFTE(PE).snaproll20 wrote:How do they hire these creatures? Do they accept the fictional resume on face value?"
I provided Transport Canada with a resume, as well as an extensive application.
I was required to be finger printed, photographed, and submit my entire family history (including financials, driving, etc) to CSIS and the RCMP for a "secret" level security clearance. That took about 6-8 weeks to process.
The interview, presentation (as a Flight Training Inspector candidate, I was given a subject, and prepared a powerpoint presentation and presented it during the interview), and written exam took about 5 hours.
Transport Canada obviously had access to my entire flight training/examination/flight test records since I started flying.
I don't believe that there could have been a more exhaustive process.
So. I think anything "fictional" on my resume would have been easily discovered.
Just thought I would provide you with some context... in my case.
So, as a "TC creature", I think the way I was hired was fair.
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TC Guy, most of are very well aware that there is a process in place to determine who gets hired by TC and we also are aware that generally speaking the process gives good results.
The very fact that we as a group are supporting you is proof positive that we ( you and us ) care about the system.
I used to fly in arguably the worst managed TC region in Canada, when the last manager of flight training retired I supported the person who is now in charge of flight training in the Pacific Region, a simple phone call to him will confirm that I felt he was the best choice for the position.
However there are at least two "creatures" still active in that department plying their perverted trade of intimidation and bully tactics with complete impunity from top management...the reason?
Why that is quite simple , the manager of flight training is a mere puppet on the strings of those above him and is 100% impotent when it comes to the ability to fire these two creatures....the top of TC is the problem and I very much doubt that much will change.
Unless we get a new party in power and some of us can show the new Minister of Transport that cleaning out Tower C will be to his best intrest.
In the mean time you hang in there and support the system as best you can.
Cat
The very fact that we as a group are supporting you is proof positive that we ( you and us ) care about the system.
I used to fly in arguably the worst managed TC region in Canada, when the last manager of flight training retired I supported the person who is now in charge of flight training in the Pacific Region, a simple phone call to him will confirm that I felt he was the best choice for the position.
However there are at least two "creatures" still active in that department plying their perverted trade of intimidation and bully tactics with complete impunity from top management...the reason?
Why that is quite simple , the manager of flight training is a mere puppet on the strings of those above him and is 100% impotent when it comes to the ability to fire these two creatures....the top of TC is the problem and I very much doubt that much will change.
Unless we get a new party in power and some of us can show the new Minister of Transport that cleaning out Tower C will be to his best intrest.
In the mean time you hang in there and support the system as best you can.
Cat
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
