Hey Everyone

[TwinOtterFan]

Hey all!

I figured I would just check in, it has been a hot minute. I was able to finish CPL written, and flight test, and did my 300xc last month, just have about 18 hours of time building left then onto the instructor rating. I had to step away multiple times do to schooling issues and financial issues of course and unfortunately my wife suffered some fairly serious service injuries ( she is still in the military ) but I am still slowly trucking along. Not at the pace I would have liked but what can ya do.

How is everyone else? I missed coming on here and chatting aviation and other such topics. I ended up signing back up for service myself and have been working at 408 squadron at CFB Edmonton on the Griffon (Bell 412) Its been fun and keeps me close to aviation.

[Slick Goodlin]

Welcome back!

Great that you’re within sight of the finish line. Even if you never do anything with your CPL it’s great to have done. Hope your wife’s on the mend.

I can’t speak for anyone else, least of all the current torrent of Russian bots, but all’s well in my part of the world. Work is on easy mode it seems so I’ve been bidding reserve, politely declining as many trips as I can, and generally hanging out with small airport people and working on airplanes. I know complaining is in vogue but it feels like I won the lottery.

[TwinOtterFan]

Oh ill get there, going to do my CFI and start instructing. I loved mentoring the junior medics back in the army and have no doubt I will love teaching aviation as well.

Wife's injuries are unfortunately permanent. The only silver lining is she will be medically released and allowed to retire in a couple years. So once that happens we plan to move back to Ontario and I would love to fly for Ornge.

So bidding reserve eh? I'm trying to remember last time I was on here we're you not instructing?

[Scudrunner]

good to hear from you and welcome back.

Sorry about the spam bots my new counter measures are not working as I hoped. I guess Ill have to revert to manual approvals

[TwinOtterFan]

Good to be back,

They are relentless on almost any system anymore. It is ridiculous.

[Colonel]

Congratulations! You will learn an awful lot as an instructor. At least I did.

[Slick Goodlin]

So bidding reserve eh? I'm trying to remember last time I was on here we're you not instructing?

I doubt I was still working for a flight school at the time but I did keep my head in teaching in some way or another until I started at some big national airline. These days I’m totally out of any kind of teaching with no intent to return in the foreseeable future. I do enjoy training but I just don’t like the training department’s inner mechanics that I’ve seen and I know I’m not the one who’s going to fix it.

So for now I’m doing domestic narrowbody flying on the baby bus, left seat and loving it.

It sounds like you’re going to like instructing and if you get on with Ornge some day you’ll probably like that too. I used to work for an operator that had an Ornge contract, dealt with their head office a fair bit, and I saw they’ve grown into a real stand up company.

[Colonel]

Sounds fantastic, Slick! My only advice is to try to keep the number of ex-wives down.

I have a weird ORNGE story. A former student had an interview with them. He had Maule and Pitts types listed, which is a bit of an unusual combination. Interviewer said, You trained with Andrew in Smiths Falls? Candidate replied Yes. Interviewer said, You're hired.

Really weird. I don't know anybody there. Hell I left Canada 10 years ago, when you guys were just really getting into the whole big government thing, and you wanted two generations of Trudeau to wreck Canada twice for some reason. I think it was his socks? Or his hair? All I know for sure is that the girls in his high school drama class adored him. Maybe it was the money he paid them? Why does a teacher pay their under-age students, again? Why do Canadians elect such a vacuous, sleazy person for PM? Twice? I guess for the same reason that Carney is going to win your next election, because I am told Putin and Trump ruined your country?

[Slick Goodlin]

Sounds fantastic, Slick! My only advice is to try to keep the number of ex-wives down.

There’s really only one way I can think of to cap it at one and a decent chance my personality can make that happen anyways.

But to hell with all that, time to go flying!

[Colonel]

Yes, go flying! Eric and I did that yesterday.

Pro Tip: when you meet women, tell them you want to save time, and could you just buy her a house, give her half your money and could she just start hating you now?

You’re young. Don’t sell yourself short. You’ve got at least a couple more ex-wives in you, yet.