The people of Buffalo Airways (Ice Pilots fame) are quite remarquable on many of screens. What fascinates me most is the dynamic attitude and enthusiasm that Mike McBryan demonstrates. A sort of inspiration coming from the hangar! His team just acquired a famous yet forgotten DC-3 out of CYHU. One of the best aircraft in… Read more »
An update ( * * *) Safety: the word on every professional lips of the industry. With reason, we pilots have known better than anyone else: we are the last line of defence when all this system around us flies right through the James Reason cheese model. It must be recognized that we have been… Read more »
Canadian Minister of Transport issues new flight duty rules for the country.
Landing fees at airports and aerodromes should in principle unite the pilot community. Surprisingly, sometimes, this is not the case. One must understand that these fees are nothing more than taxes applied directly to aircraft operators by organisations running the properties on a monopolistic base. Those administrations are often one of the three levels… Read more »
Technology has improved without any doubt flight safety and efficiency. Granted, there is always cost involved, giving the accounting departments hot flashes. From auto-pilots to flight management systems or from anti-skid to EGPWS (enhanced ground proximity warning system) the industry agrees that we could not function without them. Granted, prior operating new technology within a… Read more »
The incident investigation report of a Sunwing B-737 in Belfast (EGAA, 2017) brings once again a perennial problem ever so neglected by Canadian authorities. The flight was operated by a Canadian crew. Soon, I will discuss the reported aspect and procedures for take-offs using reduced thrust. What strikes my mind this morning when reading the… Read more »