c150, I read your lame dribble over on the "other" forum and see you've decided to bring your useless comments here. Learn to articulate your position or sit back in the cheap seats and remain a silent observer. See bottom.
Rosbif, wow, that's a witty comeback trying to come up with some lame derogatory "burn" on some user handles. Very nice - you must have done well on your debate team.
What you fail to see in the picture here is that this is business first. This is not a socialist "make-work" project for Canadians as you'd like to see.
If the job could be done by a Canadian company with Canadian pilots, great. If not (which is clearly the case) so be it. Should AC shut the program down because canucks aren't at the stick? I'm sure you'd love to see that.
This arrangement allows AC to test the cargo model with the desired aircraft type prior to bring it in house. I suppose you'd like to see AC go out purchase the aircraft, train the crews, invest in the infrastructure only to find that the model doesnt work. Or perhaps you'd like to see some other Canadian carrier go out, get the aircraft required, train the crews, only to have it disappear in a couple of years when AC takes it inhouse. And then what's to become of them with no contract or home for the aircraft?
You need to have a bit more vision and look further down the road son. Your myopic views are what cause short term gain and long term pain.
And Canadian pilots at a disadvantage? You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself. How many Canadians are flying abroad for carriers like Cathay, etc etc. Perhaps the Chinese should kick all of them out because they're foreigners.
So I hardly think that a few MD11 flight crews operating here on a relatively short term basis are creating the downfall of Canadian aviation as you'd like to lead people to believe.
As far as I'm concerned this thread is done to stir the pot.
C150,
This from the other forum you like to troll at:
Hey
Well like most of you guys know I\\\'m only 14 and trying to figure out what I should do for the future. What career path I should take. Tell me what you think?
Plan A
Try to get in Chicoutimi CEGEP in their \"Pilotage d\\\'aéronefs\" program(which I highly doubt Ill get in).
http://www.cegep-chicoutimi.qc.ca/
Plan B
Get in at John Abbott CEGEP in their Aircraft Maintenance program while getting all my ratings(Night-Multi-Commercial-CFI) at a local flight school.
http://www.johnabbott.qc.ca/cgi-bin/...intenanceE.htm
Should I go to university?
So son, best of luck. When you\\\'ve a least passed grade 9 feel free to jump in with an EDUCATED argument. Otherwise save your school yard antics for recess.
Rosbif, I see you\\\'re in good company with C150.