Are they really that bad? In about 25 years of flying I've never had a problem. Maybe I'm just lucky.
One minor scrape I had a few years ago was instantly resolved when I finally agreed to own up to what I'd done and learn a lesson from what had happened.
Furthermore, knowing what I know about working for the government, if you've made a government employee do extra work, you've either really pissed someone off, or are probably a serious danger to society.
Dealing with the regulator
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Colonel
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And who you are. There's a lot more status for
an Inspector to take someone noteworthy down,
like Bob Hoover.
That Inspector is a stud. He might not be able
to fly as well as Bob Hoover, but he stopped Bob
from flying, which is almost as good in the mind
of a bureaucrat. He's got [b]CONTROL.[/b] He's got
[b]POWER[/b], and that's better for him than an orgasm
or the rush from heroin or crack. Before he was
hired by the government, he was a nobody that
no one would hire. Now he's really somebody,
and that gets his rocks off.
In my opinion, someone who attacks you should
be ignored if he can't climb in and show you how
to do it better.
TC Inspectors can't land docile tailwheel trainers,
for God's sake. Look at what Wayne Foy, their
"hot stick", did to that poor Aeronca Champ.
The idea of TC being able to maintain and fly a
DC-3 in -40C is ludicrous. What TC knows about
that operation, they could write in large capital
letters on the inside of a matchbook cover with
a grease pencil.
It's a shame that [i]not one[/i] TC Inspector has
ever read the FIG (TP 975E) which states:
[quote][b]if you are unable to suggest a remedy
for overcoming the weakness, your student
[u]does not have[/u] that weakness[/b][/quote]
an Inspector to take someone noteworthy down,
like Bob Hoover.
That Inspector is a stud. He might not be able
to fly as well as Bob Hoover, but he stopped Bob
from flying, which is almost as good in the mind
of a bureaucrat. He's got [b]CONTROL.[/b] He's got
[b]POWER[/b], and that's better for him than an orgasm
or the rush from heroin or crack. Before he was
hired by the government, he was a nobody that
no one would hire. Now he's really somebody,
and that gets his rocks off.
In my opinion, someone who attacks you should
be ignored if he can't climb in and show you how
to do it better.
TC Inspectors can't land docile tailwheel trainers,
for God's sake. Look at what Wayne Foy, their
"hot stick", did to that poor Aeronca Champ.
The idea of TC being able to maintain and fly a
DC-3 in -40C is ludicrous. What TC knows about
that operation, they could write in large capital
letters on the inside of a matchbook cover with
a grease pencil.
It's a shame that [i]not one[/i] TC Inspector has
ever read the FIG (TP 975E) which states:
[quote][b]if you are unable to suggest a remedy
for overcoming the weakness, your student
[u]does not have[/u] that weakness[/b][/quote]
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ScudRunner-d95
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There is an old saying " Ask three TC inspectors their opinion and you will get 5 completely different answers"
Consistency is one main complaint from region to region. I know in a meeting with TC and various charter/management ops managers/CP from across the country one asked "how long does it take you to get a new type (common aircraft) added to your OC." The various ops manager sounded off. Companies out west where at 5-6 months and pulling their hair out with owners screaming down their throat threatening to pull the aircraft from their company. The ones from out east where dumbfounded as this was just a paper work shuffle for them maybe a month of back and forth and done.
How does a national regulatory body have such inconsistency from region to region?
Consistency is one main complaint from region to region. I know in a meeting with TC and various charter/management ops managers/CP from across the country one asked "how long does it take you to get a new type (common aircraft) added to your OC." The various ops manager sounded off. Companies out west where at 5-6 months and pulling their hair out with owners screaming down their throat threatening to pull the aircraft from their company. The ones from out east where dumbfounded as this was just a paper work shuffle for them maybe a month of back and forth and done.
How does a national regulatory body have such inconsistency from region to region?
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Colonel
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I know. I am always tearing TC Inspectors new
ones, when they try to make up shit.
I explain to them that the CARs [i]don't say that[/i]
and there is no legislation supporting their
position. Not even any case law!
See, the CARs work both ways. I have to do
what's in them, and TC doesn't get to make up
spurious bullshit requirements that aren't in
the CARs.
Needless to say, TC Inspectors love it when
I challenge them on their bullshit. 99% of pilot
and mechanics don't know the regulations, and
the other 0.999% are too smart to say anything.
ones, when they try to make up shit.
I explain to them that the CARs [i]don't say that[/i]
and there is no legislation supporting their
position. Not even any case law!
See, the CARs work both ways. I have to do
what's in them, and TC doesn't get to make up
spurious bullshit requirements that aren't in
the CARs.
Needless to say, TC Inspectors love it when
I challenge them on their bullshit. 99% of pilot
and mechanics don't know the regulations, and
the other 0.999% are too smart to say anything.
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Colonel
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Don't feel bad, today's crop of fuzzy-cheekedNever heard of that section of the FIG
TC Inspectors haven't, either. The guys that
wrote it are all long-gone.
Here's another gem from the FIG that today's
TC Inspectors strongly disagree with:
Today, you fly with "verve and spirit to the limit"Teach your students to have mastery over the aircraft; to fly with verve and spirit to
the limit of the aircraft's flight envelope
and you will get charged with CAR 602.01 by
some kid paperpusher with a big stomach.
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Chuck Ellsworth
A power tripping TC inspector is like a moron with a hammer in his hand, every pilot he sees is a nail to be driven out of sight.
TC offers the perfect haven for psychopathic losers who can not make it in the real world, and once entrenched in the system they are free to bully anyone they want to without fear of reprisal or loss of job.
Regardless of how unlawful their actions their superiors will back them right up to the top bureaucrat in their system the DGCA.
So you either submit meekly and go on with your career or stand up to them and run the risk of losing your career in the Socialistic Republic of Kanada.
Here is my position on these people.
If I see a TC inspector approaching me I know I am in far more danger than if I were being approached by a common street criminal.
TC offers the perfect haven for psychopathic losers who can not make it in the real world, and once entrenched in the system they are free to bully anyone they want to without fear of reprisal or loss of job.
Regardless of how unlawful their actions their superiors will back them right up to the top bureaucrat in their system the DGCA.
So you either submit meekly and go on with your career or stand up to them and run the risk of losing your career in the Socialistic Republic of Kanada.
Here is my position on these people.
If I see a TC inspector approaching me I know I am in far more danger than if I were being approached by a common street criminal.
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Colonel
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Chuck sounds nuts but there is some truth
to what he says.
I know most of the local criminals and they
seem to be quite nice young men. They don't
bother me at all. I take them flying sometimes,
actually. Mostly they complain that it's hard to
make a living, which worries me - when the
criminals are finding it tough, how on earth
are taxpaying, law-abiding citizens doing?!
I haven't crashed (or even dinged) an airplane
in over 40 years of flying, yet TC has seen
fit to spend hundreds of thousands of YOUR
DOLLARS to chase me around, secretly film
me flying ("covert survelliance", with TC Inspectors
hiding behind hangars with cameras) and go
to court endlessly, with seemingly limitless
budget for DOJ lawyers.
To what end, one must wonder. I still fly
exactly the same, regardless of their silly
campaigns and vendettas against me and
my family.
One has to wonder how safety is improved,
when they stop people like Chuck and Bob
Hoover from flying. But we try to be tolerant
of the foolish newbies like TC, even when
they do really silly, childish things ... my Y
chromosome has been flying now for 98 years,
4 generations and 6 instances, to date.
to what he says.
I know most of the local criminals and they
seem to be quite nice young men. They don't
bother me at all. I take them flying sometimes,
actually. Mostly they complain that it's hard to
make a living, which worries me - when the
criminals are finding it tough, how on earth
are taxpaying, law-abiding citizens doing?!
I haven't crashed (or even dinged) an airplane
in over 40 years of flying, yet TC has seen
fit to spend hundreds of thousands of YOUR
DOLLARS to chase me around, secretly film
me flying ("covert survelliance", with TC Inspectors
hiding behind hangars with cameras) and go
to court endlessly, with seemingly limitless
budget for DOJ lawyers.
To what end, one must wonder. I still fly
exactly the same, regardless of their silly
campaigns and vendettas against me and
my family.
One has to wonder how safety is improved,
when they stop people like Chuck and Bob
Hoover from flying. But we try to be tolerant
of the foolish newbies like TC, even when
they do really silly, childish things ... my Y
chromosome has been flying now for 98 years,
4 generations and 6 instances, to date.
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Chuck Ellsworth
Well Colonel when TC stopped me from flying in Canada they improved flying safety in all the other countries I earned my living flying in.
The proof of that is undeniable because after they drove me out of Canada I flew for thousands of hours exactly like I had flown in Canada...safe and accident free, and free of any violations of the rules.
It is criminal the amount of money T.C. has spent trying to fuck us over.
I flew for a living for fifty two years and finished my career with over thirty thousand accident free hours flying in some of the most difficult types of jobs in aviation.
The proof of that is undeniable because after they drove me out of Canada I flew for thousands of hours exactly like I had flown in Canada...safe and accident free, and free of any violations of the rules.
It is criminal the amount of money T.C. has spent trying to fuck us over.
I flew for a living for fifty two years and finished my career with over thirty thousand accident free hours flying in some of the most difficult types of jobs in aviation.
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Barneydhc82
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Four years ago a fellow in western Canada imported a two seat fun aircraft, following all the rules . A TC Airworthiness creep has been stalling the licensing of the aircraft for any number of reasons, the latest being that the paper work does nor include the 1973 factory Weight and Balance nor the original equipment list.
If you have a current W$B and EL and it has been re-weighed with calibrated scales, then what is the problem.
Another ignorant TC inspector!
If you have a current W$B and EL and it has been re-weighed with calibrated scales, then what is the problem.
Another ignorant TC inspector!