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  If you're looking for an airline job after you complete your mandatory service - be prepared to slash your lifestyle. Most airlines have a starting salary that may make you baulk. Rumour has it lots of reg force pilots are turning down Air Canada because they don't feel like making half their...

Hey all:   I was wondering if anyone knew where I could order an olive drab cap badge with a CIC emblem for a boonie hat? I tried dbes.ca and didn't have any luck. Thanks. Rob

Our M/Cpl on QL2 had a few good ones. On why he didn't care for running  "Running is for f***s, stand and fight!" On Bayonet drill "Stick 'em, stick 'em until you're drowning in his brain juices!"

So what does PPC stand for in military lingo?

Hmmm, I don't think so, they usually go by MOA (guess). I thought minimum flight altitude maybe. Look on the bright side, if no one here can tell you, it probably won't come up on the test.

ATPL = Airline Transport Pilot Licence You're right about CB as far as I know CRFI = canadian runway friction index, what most of us grew up with and still call James Brake Index PPC = Pilot Proficiency check, a flight test on a specific aircraft done either every six months or year depending...

I can't recall the QR&O, but I believe full time members of the armed forces are not permitted to work for political parties. It doesn't mention reservists.

Most pilots I know are as thrifty as scotsmen. Nice to know it applies to our military cousins too. ;D

Are you thinking of the student reader from OPME course Leadership & Ethics? It has several articles about combat stress and at least one of them echos these thoughts.

Loose wings = Day VFR only But don't you dare fly without a working time piece!

We did receive SMESC training on BOQ and MOC. It had more to do with prepare a parking lot or hang a jerry can in a tree. I've been told we could be used in aid to civil power so why not mobilization? A CIC officer with a basic pilot licence wouldn't be any better off than a new applicant...

Wow, when you talk about it like that, it sounds so much like work. Just wanted to let the Sgt know that the flying scholarship groundschool or any private pilot g/s for that matter teaches you so much stuff that you'll probably never use again. Don't forget to enjoy That's probably covered...

LOL!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!! ROTFL!!!!!!!! *wipes tears from eyes* There will be a problem getting into the course if thats the way you think. No where near as easy as you make it sound. Trust me on that.   If it makes you feel any better, the actual course isn't that hard. I've borrowed this...

1) Study relentlessly. The only book you need is From the Ground Up. Read it. Do every practice exam you can find. There are practice exams on the Atlantic Region website. There are practice questions in the back of FTGU. There are whole books of practice questions that can be found that aren't...

Just wondering if any one knows a reservist by the name of Shannon Sands? She was a Gunner with the 49th FD Regt in Sault Ste. Marie until 1996 and then moved to 7th Toronto FD and I lost touch with her then. Good friend and drinking buddy, she'd get a kick out of where I ended up. Thanks.