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Forum: ATC Issues
19th May 2017, 03:41
Replies: 31
Views: 15,908
Posted By Married a Canadian

SID/STAR phraseology cancelled today in YYZ...and...

SID/STAR phraseology cancelled today in YYZ...and in Canada from tomorrow onwards.

Too many variables and uncertainties to make it a success....in fact it was completely the opposite.
No...
Forum: ATC Issues
4th May 2017, 15:52
Replies: 31
Views: 15,908
Posted By Married a Canadian

New phraseology implemented last week for NAV...

New phraseology implemented last week for NAV Canada (Apr 27th)

It would be an understatement to say that (in YYZ at least) it has caused nothing but confusion and annoyance, and to most...
Forum: Canada
17th Dec 2015, 08:30
Replies: 292
Views: 77,813
Posted By Married a Canadian

I fully agree. I believe you can have a thriving...

I fully agree. I believe you can have a thriving city centre airport AND use YYZ more efficiently.
I despair of Toronto's approach to Transit infrastructure (at all levels) and I despair of the...
Forum: Canada
16th Dec 2015, 15:44
Replies: 292
Views: 77,813
Posted By Married a Canadian

Thankyou.....I always shudder from an ATC...

Thankyou.....I always shudder from an ATC perspective when I read people suggesting Downsview as somehow being an alternate to City centre or Buttonville. Easy in VFR.....IFR...good luck in peak...
Forum: Canada
26th Nov 2015, 11:52
Replies: 16
Views: 3,782
Posted By Married a Canadian

"IF" this is true it is a small SMALL number. ...

"IF" this is true it is a small SMALL number.

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Second this statement, it is the same for ATC now, so can't see why it wouldn't be the case at Air Canada. I have heard no Brit pilots on the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Nov 2015, 00:14
Replies: 9
Views: 3,880
Posted By Married a Canadian

Want to be sympathetic here, but the flight is...

Want to be sympathetic here, but the flight is only 2 and a half hours...not some long haul flight where the dog is cooped up for ages.
Westjets regulations are clear so there really can be no...
Forum: Canada
7th Jul 2015, 01:12
Replies: 4
Views: 2,732
Posted By Married a Canadian

Saw this on the news and was appalled. What was...

Saw this on the news and was appalled.
What was even worse is when you read the comments section on the CBC news site, there are numerous people saying that we should all chill out and that it was...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th May 2015, 23:54
Replies: 26
Views: 6,127
Posted By Married a Canadian

Two comments to add here. First I subscribe...

Two comments to add here.

First I subscribe to the "we are not being told everything" side to this story.

Second..I am parent to an autistic child myself, and as much as it pains me to say...
Forum: ATC Issues
12th Mar 2015, 21:53
Replies: 1
Views: 2,917
Posted By Married a Canadian

More emphasis in training now on using correct...

More emphasis in training now on using correct phraseology probably has something to do with it.
There is nothing in place when hiring determining how you should speak...you just get trained to use...
Forum: ATC Issues
9th Dec 2014, 23:31
Replies: 6
Views: 2,847
Posted By Married a Canadian

Canada...there is no longer a program for...

Canada...there is no longer a program for experienced controllers. You have to basically move here, gain residency and then apply to Nav Canada.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
18th Nov 2014, 22:21
Replies: 12
Views: 3,160
Posted By Married a Canadian

Antonov AN-225 debuts in Toronto | Skies Magazine...

Antonov AN-225 debuts in Toronto | Skies Magazine - Aviation is our Passion. (http://skiesmag.com/news/article/AntonovAN225debutsinToronto)

Arrived in YYZ...quite the spotters delight!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Oct 2014, 12:50
Replies: 3,535
Views: 1,132,386
Posted By Married a Canadian

RE Westjet flights. My understanding is they have...

RE Westjet flights. My understanding is they have done pretty well with their direct flights to Dublin.
I can't see how direct Halifax from Aberdeen would be of much use unless it arrives at a time...
Forum: Canada
28th Jul 2014, 11:52
Replies: 17
Views: 5,972
Posted By Married a Canadian

Willie and Clunck I have always thought...

Willie and Clunck

I have always thought "Mayday" and "Pan" to be more appropriate because it conveys the seriousness of a situation. We often get a pilot telling us they have some problem...
Forum: Canada
25th Jul 2014, 21:48
Replies: 17
Views: 5,972
Posted By Married a Canadian

The one thing I have found interesting since I...

The one thing I have found interesting since I started working in Canada is how few aircrews actually use "Mayday" or "Pan Pan".
We usually just get told "we are declaring an emergency".
I have to...
Forum: Canada
25th Jul 2014, 00:07
Replies: 17
Views: 5,972
Posted By Married a Canadian

I was working when this happened. There were a...

I was working when this happened.
There were a LOT of phonecalls and coordination going on between the terminal and the enroute and the tower at this time.
The weather did not help matters when the...
Forum: Canada
5th May 2014, 14:54
Replies: 21
Views: 8,409
Posted By Married a Canadian

Which to be fair to Air Canada...is not something...

Which to be fair to Air Canada...is not something they can do a LOT about (unless they try to run a normal operation in bad weather!).

As a "foreigner" I find all the talk about Air Canada...
Forum: Canada
26th Apr 2014, 13:51
Replies: 9
Views: 9,105
Posted By Married a Canadian

I am getting nervous Clunck. You and I have...

I am getting nervous Clunck. You and I have agreed on a couple of things over the last year!



It seems at YYZ right now that all the initial hires are "local" ie Ontario based. I don't know...
Forum: ATC Issues
25th Apr 2014, 21:53
Replies: 9
Views: 2,832
Posted By Married a Canadian

veloo I work at YYZ which has 5 runways. The...

veloo

I work at YYZ which has 5 runways. The 3 runway op is the East/West configuration (23s 24s) There we have one runway for departure. One for arrival and then one for a combination of arrival...
Forum: Canada
25th Apr 2014, 15:50
Replies: 9
Views: 9,105
Posted By Married a Canadian

RE your experience. An aviation background in...

RE your experience.
An aviation background in my opinion is always better than no aviation background. One of the hardest things for trainee's to get their heads round is the bookwork (Charts, maps,...
Forum: Canada
25th Apr 2014, 01:54
Replies: 9
Views: 9,105
Posted By Married a Canadian

VGO III I can answer some of your...

VGO III

I can answer some of your queries....however I don't know the answers from an FSS side. I also don't know the Manitoba situation. Hopefully someone else will be able to answer those...
Forum: Canada
22nd Apr 2014, 23:38
Replies: 9
Views: 3,264
Posted By Married a Canadian

I saw on the news today that the baggage handlers...

I saw on the news today that the baggage handlers union is blaming Air Canada for the handlers dropping the bags.
I am sure there are plenty of factors to take into account of which Air Canada will...
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Apr 2014, 19:57
Replies: 73
Views: 24,221
Posted By Married a Canadian

I don't notice any difference in the "quality" of...

I don't notice any difference in the "quality" of ATC when jeans, shirts and trainers are worn in Canada..compared to when I was in the UK and shirts and ties were the norm.
It might make you look...
Forum: Canada
11th Apr 2014, 23:54
Replies: 0
Views: 1,977
Posted By Married a Canadian

YYZ winter ops review complete.

So the GTAA released the findings of the study on their winter ops after the SNAFU earlier in the year when YYZ was ground stopped in bad weather.

TORONTO PEARSON - Your Airport, Your Say...
Forum: ATC Issues
4th Apr 2014, 15:33
Replies: 25
Views: 6,998
Posted By Married a Canadian

I have to agree with this statement. Maybe a 10...

I have to agree with this statement. Maybe a 10 mile hole behind the A380 on arrival will help get the departures away? If arrival is busy..but the A380 truly is a problem for tower control...then...
Forum: ATC Issues
31st Mar 2014, 17:48
Replies: 25
Views: 6,998
Posted By Married a Canadian

I am not sure how you "lose" an arrival slot...

I am not sure how you "lose" an arrival slot behind the A380. Wake separation is wake separation A380 or not. The same could be said for traffic following a heavy? The flow rate into an airport...
Forum: ATC Issues
16th Mar 2014, 22:35
Replies: 29
Views: 9,050
Posted By Married a Canadian

Saying "degrees" with all headings ending in zero...

Saying "degrees" with all headings ending in zero just seems pointless for certain parts of ATC.
If a pilot being vectored onto final approach at an airport mistakes a "Turn left heading 330"...
Forum: Canada
10th Mar 2014, 14:49
Replies: 16
Views: 5,979
Posted By Married a Canadian

W.u.m.s = wind up merchants....so I believe.

W.u.m.s = wind up merchants....so I believe.
Forum: Canada
10th Mar 2014, 11:41
Replies: 16
Views: 5,979
Posted By Married a Canadian

There does seem to be a lot of w.u.m.s on...

There does seem to be a lot of w.u.m.s on avcanada. I don't mind heated debate..and I don't mind professional disagreement (which is part of the point of the internet aviation world)......but I do...
Forum: Canada
6th Mar 2014, 15:44
Replies: 16
Views: 5,239
Posted By Married a Canadian

Donkey497...having started my career in Aberdeen...

Donkey497...having started my career in Aberdeen I can safely say that it couldn't take a fully loaded 767 and a flight to Toronto is not really the market that ABZ would serve. The airports section...
Forum: ATC Issues
28th Feb 2014, 17:38
Replies: 21
Views: 11,785
Posted By Married a Canadian

The side door involved my username....and telling...

The side door involved my username....and telling a story of love, tears and distance. Nav Canada fell for it then.......they are less "romantic" now.:)
Forum: ATC Issues
28th Feb 2014, 12:47
Replies: 21
Views: 11,785
Posted By Married a Canadian

I was the last controller to go through the...

I was the last controller to go through the experienced controller program...it had unofficially stopped when I applied...had to go through a side door to get accepted. The rumours were pretty much...
Forum: Canada
17th Jan 2014, 19:58
Replies: 10
Views: 2,685
Posted By Married a Canadian

Clunck...not dismissing it....just saying it...

Clunck...not dismissing it....just saying it wouldn't work at YYZ 1 because of the amount of pavement involved and 2 because you can't release the runways and taxiways for the amount of time you are...
Forum: Canada
16th Jan 2014, 23:16
Replies: 10
Views: 2,685
Posted By Married a Canadian

Clunck Interesting post...the second half of...

Clunck

Interesting post...the second half of which I agree with a lot of you say.

However



Sorry Clunck but that simply does not apply at YYZ nor could it ever remotely work!? Don't go...
Forum: Canada
15th Jan 2014, 23:00
Replies: 10
Views: 2,685
Posted By Married a Canadian

Interesting letter..and true that the airline has...

Interesting letter..and true that the airline has no control over the weather.
The comments on AVCanada on YYZ closing last week were ill informed in the extreme given the circumstances the airport...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
31st Dec 2013, 15:53
Replies: 5
Views: 2,524
Posted By Married a Canadian

I believe Sky harbor advertises itself as the...

I believe Sky harbor advertises itself as the US's friendliest airport...or something like that. I have to admit when we flew through there recently I had to agree.
I had forgotten about a bottle of...
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