Recent content by captloadie

Before I better understood the fighter world, I would have agreed with all your points. Until we are in a real shooting war where everyone becomes expendable, no one will accept the losses or the risks that your proposals would see occur. Flying fighters is as much about muscle memory as...

Where would we get the pilots to fly them and the techs to repair these additional 100 aircraft. Every qualified pilot would have his own plan and two spares. And given the sophistication of these new fighters, the Flight Safety risk in hopping from one type to another is too great, unless you...

Of the multiple RCAF members this would affect, it was determined that ~5 were deemed essential and a request was submitted to CMP for an exemption to the IREM CRA60 policy. It was looking favorable that the exemptions would be approved.

Who pays for the cost of retooling? What are the specs? How many and how long will the production runs be? All questions any company is going to ask before even thinking of something like this.

I'm not going to argue against the health benefits of regular exercise. It has been proven scientifically to benefit the species, in combination with a good diet, adequate sleep, and some sort of ability to destress. However - what is the definition you want to put in to place to define what...

While this is very true, the way that many gp/family medical offices run now is a centralized pool of "staff" who work for the clinic and are managed by an office manager. The Doctors, in some cases, have little or no influence on the quality or quantity of work that staff does. So I believe...

Is this because of policy, or because the corporate monopoly of the grocery industry is all about making profits and not providing food to Canadians? Agreed. This is true in part. But is also contributable to the issue of O&G companies trying to make quick cash now and not investing more in...

What would we expect them to say in the current climate? The 4 were dual citizens (which is not recognized by China) convicted of drug crimes. I can't find the full details of what they were convicted of doing, but if you break the laws in a foreign country, why should Canada interfere to save...

To be honest, I'm surprised that the costs are that low, assuming those are for the pack only, and not removal/installation.. Buying a crate engine for an ICE would be similar in price, for a smaller 4 cylinder. Having only watched a few youtube videos on the subject, I would also expect that...

I can perhaps provide some insight as to why you are getting the answers you are from the CoC and others. From the CoC point of view, obligatory service means just that, they expect you to serve you obligatory time. Unless there are medical, or perhaps compassionate reasons, approving the buy...

Thanks HT for coming out with an honest response, I was wondering if anyone in the RCN would actually say it. I don't begrudge the crew or the plan for the experience, I just wanted to highlight that with all the talk of the RCN wanting to be seen as a blue water warfighting organization (which...

This harkens back to a time when Paul Martin took over the reigns, won a minority, and then lost the following election.

Its a great go, but my question is why? I listened to a clip from the CO, and she says, they have done everything but paint the ship red and white to show it is on a scientific mission, and not in the area as a warship or on a sovereignty mission. Given the current fiscal reality, is there...

I was in Trenton at the time, part of the Air Mov Sqn. In those days, new TOS of service were not automatically offered, and there was still a recommendation on the PER to offer them. My TOS were coming up for renewal that year, and I was specifically offered either an IE 20 which needed to be...

Maybe its recency bias, or I'm not paying enough attention, but it seems like it is the same three or four frigates that end up deploying on operations consistently. I assume that doing hull assessments are something that takes a lot of time, and so we couldn't set a dedicated period of time to...