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Fully agree. I travel to the US for work several times a month, and have never felt unwelcome, or experienced any animosity. In fact, many Americans often apologize or express dismay at how the current administration is treating Canada. I've heard on more than one occasion "we love you guys"...

Hopefully this is only a short derail. The King wore his Royal Navy uniform during the visit in question. Various news outlets tried to hype the fact that he wore Canadian ribbons, such as the Order of Canada, Order of Military Merit, and Canadian Forces Decoration, which he has done for...

If Trump's bluster can be dismissed as routine and unsurprising, can longstanding and predictable NDP / LPC anti-Americanism be similarly dismissed as routine, domestically-aimed pandering to constituents? Is one more damaging to the relationship than the other?

You characterize the latter threat as being routine, or a negotiating tool. To be clear, I only questioned how (in your reply to McG) you are able to square "principle over country" with the hypothetical scenario where the US disregards many principles that are seen to be sacrosanct, by...

I don't think a recent (past 100 years) example exists, and certainly not involving democratic members of a collective defence pact. I think your last post to McG better explains the point that you're attempting to make, but surely you can understand that annexation musings from a close ally...

Until very recently, the notion of a US invasion of another democracy was "otherworldly", and is probably why so many here are disturbed by recent US rhetoric (whether you personally believe it's merely routine or not). Sounds like you're fine with the postnational state concept, preferably if...

An invasion of an allied democracy respects none of those. Oh, okay. The point is, if the US is invading allied democracies, the context has changed: the US would no longer stand for any of the above-mentioned principles, and likely wouldn't be the same country you seem to admire anymore...

You mention health insurance, gun control, environmental policies, racial and identity politics as principles only fools would die for? What about the principles of sovereignty, rule of law, elected representation, territorial integrity, and self-determination? What principles justify one...

6 with options for 4 more, from what I've read.

Leona Alleslev was elected as a Liberal in 2015, and crossed the floor to the Conservatives in 2018 - I believe she's the only Trudeau floor-crosser. Otherwise, I think the rest of your post is bang-on. Edited for spelling.

From what I have read, it sounds like the change to 33 was initiated after the approach to 01 had commenced. Reprogramming and re-briefing a new approach would definitely require discontinuing the approach to 01, and probably being vectored to set up for approach to 33. A late visual...

I haven't been able to find any recordings of AA5432's original approach clearance for runway 01, but just for clarification, being re-cleared for the visual 33 would not require the crew to cancel IFR, nor would that be common practice for a crew to do. Once a visual approach has been...

In modern airliners and biz jets, most of the flying is done with the autopilot engaged. All take offs and the vast majority of landings will be hand flown. For auto land, the aircraft must be equipped, as well as the airport. The pilot can decide if they want to hand fly for a while, or can...

These are excerpts from Maisonneuve's new book, which was still being written prior to the CDS change of command.

G120TP to replace the current G120A in Portage la Prairie, and the PC-21 to replace the Harvard II in Moose Jaw, would be my guess. The Grob is a simpler aircraft for initial training before progressing to the Harvard II / PC21. King Air 260 for Multi-Engine pilot training, and Dash-8 400 for...

Yes, I'm referring to just the type rating course itself. Wow - 5-10k does seem to be the average cost. Very surprising - it's much more expensive on the corporate jet side.

Yes, you can buy a type rating if you already possess the requisite license (CPL or ATPL), which in turn have their own respective experience requirements. 5K for ground school and sim time? Did you mean to type 50K?

Bombardier will gradually be moving Global production to a new facility at the northwest corner of YYZ, next to FedEx (once facility is complete). Most recent article I could find...

From the article: "With 245,000 lb. (111,000 kg) of fuel in its standard internal tanks, the A330 is the first aircraft adapted for aerial refueling that did not require installation of extra fuel bladders, enabling it to carry its full load of fuel while reserving all of its main and lower...