Dash 8 100 Type Course Opportunities

GunHunter · Post by **GunHunter** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:26 am

Our company will be hosting a Flightsafety int. Dash 8 type course this May at Winnipeg Airport. Any one intrested in purchasing a seat can contact me by PM.

conehead · Post by **conehead** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:51 am

How much $$$ for the seat?

GunHunter · Post by **GunHunter** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:34 am

Seats are as cheap as they get for a Dash 8 Type Course, It will depend on how many people are intrested. Course is 3 weeks in duration, and is only open to people holding an "M" license in either catagory.

teh_flyguy · Post by **teh_flyguy** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:22 pm

scouty-dog · Post by **scouty-dog** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:35 pm

If you have a choice, choose NEI Flightline Training. The instructors have actual experience on type, are enthusiastic, and very knowledgeable. By far, the Flightline courses are top notch, compared to a FlightSafety sitting. One thing though, the Flightline's sessions take a bit of work, but at the end you leave with strong confidence that you will understand the a/c and it's snags.

PS-Flightline's -8 instructor is one of the best in the industry. (He also does the ATR) I can't give him enough praise for the effort he put into his latest class.

KISS_MY_TCAS · Post by **KISS_MY_TCAS** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:55 pm

scouty-dog wrote:By far, the Flightline courses are top notch, compared to a FlightSafety sitting. One thing though, the Flightline's sessions take a bit of work, but at the end you leave with strong confidence that you will understand the a/c and it's snags.

PS-Flightline's -8 instructor is one of the best in the industry. (He also does the ATR) I can't give him enough praise for the effort he put into his latest class.

I am with scouty-dog 100% I did a course with them a couple of years back and was by FAR the best course I have ever sat through. Their manuals embarrassed the ones put out by FlightSafety (we have both on the top shelf of our maintenance library) and the instructor was hands down one of the easiest to learn from of all the courses I have under my belt. Added bonus, my employer could afford 2 courses through them for the price of 1 through FlightSafety, definitely a bonus for smaller operators. GunHunter, hopefully your operation has not overlooked this company for your training requirements, or perhaps your camp hasn't heard of them. FlightSafety no longer holds a monopoly in the market, and IMO there are better options.

Their company website is here: http://www.flightlinetraining.com/

Unit 969 · Post by **Unit 969** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:38 am

I disagree. We have both sets of manuals at our work and the guys like the flightsafety ones better. I was on a Flight Line Training course for the dash last year and the instructor seemed very confused when asked about systems in detail. He also interchanged things like Fahrenheit and Celsius with psi and percent causing even more confusion

motox415 · Post by **motox415** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:16 pm

Flight Safety DHC-8 manuals are good except for the Q400. I did my endorsement coarse with Air Ontario in 91 and the instructors were great. Rick is now at Flight Safety and he knows his stuff. With Flight Safety I think it is hit and miss for good instructors. Did my Q400 a year ago and the instructors were not bad but the manuals sucked. They have not been updated in years. If you want a cheap coarse go to flightline but if you want to learn the Dash stay away. Talked to guys on two seperate coarses and they both said the instructor spent more time talking about the Herc and knew little about the DHC-8. My two cents.

mapledell · Post by **mapledell** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:09 am

I'd be interested in a course that is not too coarse.

Preferably one with a 4th graders spelling and grammar entrance exam.

motox415 · Post by **motox415** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:54 pm

Nothing like an intelligent response. Oh ya this is aviation where ego's seem to rule. Please indulge everyone on your evaluation of the flightline COURSE oh great one. Hope my spelling passed this time.

GunHunter · Post by **GunHunter** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:58 am

Time is runnung out gents. We have 3 seats remaining which we will sell at a cost of $2000 Cdn. Remember this course starts May 14th. Cut off for seats will be Friday May 11th.

Please contact me by PM

mapledell · Post by **mapledell** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:04 pm

[quote="motox415"]Nothing like an intelligent response. Oh ya this is aviation where ego's seem to rule. Please indulge everyone on your evaluation of the flightline COURSE oh great one. Hope my spelling passed this time.[/quote]

Well motox in a profession were people claim they are highly skilled professionals, on par with engineers, lawyers etc, then demonstrate low grade spelling and grammar, it is open season on those who can not even use a dictionary.

KISS_MY_TCAS · Post by **KISS_MY_TCAS** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:45 pm

mapledell, let me guess, your wife is a teacher and also wears the pants in your household. Or are you just naturally a stuck-up anally-retentive holier-than-thou asshole? AMEs aren't hired based on spelling and grammar, and usually the ones that are spend a lot of time at neighboring hangars looking for a bucket of prop wash or a bottle of mag drops. I assume by your attitude you are under-qualified to fix a kite. I think I remember stuffing you into your own locker in high school.

mapledell · Post by **mapledell** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:37 am

There was a time when reading, writing and arithmetic formed a basic education. Now here we are wondering why managers are able to outgun the workforce, keep wages low and piss on their AME's.

When it comes to wages we claim to be highly trained professionals. When it comes to literacy we claim this basic education is not needed to fix aircraft. Sometimes I wonder which causes more harm to the AME profession, management/owners or ourselves.

gli77 · Post by **gli77** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:27 am

[quote="mapledell"] When it comes to wages we claim to be highly trained professionals. When it comes to literacy we claim this basic education is not needed to fix aircraft. Sometimes I wonder which causes more harm to the AME profession, management/owners or ourselves.[/quote]

Well said and often true. Judging a couple spelling errors may be a bit too critical on an internet forum.

Certainly are getting to be some nasty folks on these forums.

motox415 · Post by **motox415** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:50 pm

Shitty attitude or poor literacy, I'll take the latter. Poor grammer I may have but at least I know how to twist a wrench. Mapledel, maybe we can give each other lessons on these subjects. Concerning Management pissing down our backs. This is not because of grammer but the lack of backbones in this industry. I have done quite well for myself in the past. Sure I have lost a few jobs because as you put it, I did not let management piss on my back. Good spelling or not, I sleep well at night.

motox415 · Post by **motox415** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:59 pm

Sorry Mapledel grammar not grammer. Correct??

wrenchturner · Post by **wrenchturner** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:01 pm

mapledell

if you are going to critisize spelling and grammar, I count 3 missed comma's, and I don't think "piss on" is the correct term, you should probably use "urinate on", or "deficate on"......

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