Recent content by rnkelly

Pretty privileged up-bringing, pretty difficult to go to the Olympics for downhill snowboarding without being wealthy. Decent enough guy and from a nice family, from what I could see. Went to his house a few times in late 90’s. Drug dealing- not surprised but that doesn’t say much since in...

I went to high school with this guy, when he was 17 he had a Kawasaki ninja and a slammed dodge ram dually with hydraulics. Might have watched Scarface a few too many times.

Very interesting interview. I got the sense that McKenna was pushing the envelope on various subjects. From threats & vulnerabilities to political subjects it was quite wide ranging and candid. Not sure that saying he needs ‘overmatch’ will be enough to get the desired outcome though. I’m not...

CDA…

The bed thing didn’t actually happen did it?

Ack but I can confirm it’s not what if scenarios. More than a handful impacted and more than another handful who refused promotions as a direct result. The few (that I know) that went through the process of going down a rank (on principle), don’t regret it but let’s just say there were CoC...

I’m fine with most of that, I constrained my comments to the current construct. Also, other air ops trades haven’t consistently shown more aptitude than pilots for the planning/executing. Just my biased opinion.

Agree, assuming we have enough majors to do the jobs. De-incentivizing promising prospects from becoming majors is a problem. Personally, I think the new pay scheme is a good idea and has potential. Unfortunately, the execution was less than ideal for those stuck in the transition. I’ll be...

The problem is when the same experience/qualifications/time-in but the captain makes more than the major. Over time it will fix itself but for those stuck in the transition years, it’s pretty bad considering there’s easy ways to fix it. It’s a recognized problem but authority is unwilling to fix...

Interesting pod cast that discusses these issues. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-line/id1708477959?i=1000731237622

@dapaterson Curious to hear your opinion. What are the best and worse parts of this policy? Some of the incentives look encouraging. Bonuses for years of service would seem to perpetuate the problem of retaining the wrong people too long though (but I guess we have bigger problems than that...

Does this not strike anyone as a flippant thing for the minister to say in this way at that venue? He’s not exactly managing expectations very well, hope he delivers but seems premature if he hasn’t dotted his i’s or crossed his t’s. We’ll see I guess, I hope my pessimism is proven wrong.

Touché

This is a common opinion that I think seriously underestimates the sophistication of Quebecers, separatists and the Bloc. I’ll concede that I’m not an expert but as a BC boy who’s on his third posting to Valcartier, I think their understanding and nuance on politics is better than in the rest of...

Good question, the press releases say that the first aircraft (F35, P8, MQ-9B) are being delivered 2026-2028. You would think some semblance of a capability would need to be in place before. The way it’s being discussed in this thread by experienced people and the lack of evidence of a tangible...