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That's insane. The money is a sunk cost regardless if the member sets foot on the plane or not. If he alters his travel plans, and there's no additional cost to the CF, then nothing changes. If anything, it may come out cheaper considering excess baggage fees, taxis, etc. If they were...

Not a clerk, but... why would you be financially liable??? Did you make it to your destination on time and report at an appropriate time? Are you asking the CF to cover the costs of the rental? Would anyone even had known the difference if you hadn't mentioned you drove?

Construction materials on floater/jack up rgs are mostly the same as any vessel, construction standards are more or less the same, with additional requirements for a hazard (pressurize safe haven, gas barriers, additional fire seperations, etc)

The 1100 class ships were designed as Arctic 2, however early in their life in was found they were/are not suitable for arctic operations after suffering damage in ice conditions they were classed for. Presently they are only operated in seasonal/first year ice... one of the goals of the future...

The Canadian government has a weird way of ice classing ships, based on zones of the Canadian arctic/periods of entry. The AOPS are PC5, but they're billing it as "PC5+". The short description of PC5 is first year ice, which arguably puts them at about the same as the 1100 class ice breakers...

Or if in doubt, just get another shot, they're not expensive and insurance will usually cover vaccines. I got an arm-load of of vaccines and boosters at a private clinic recently, other than the consultation fee, insurance covered pretty much everything.

Just so I'm understanding this right... This can be summed up as blue berets were a thing briefly in the 50s, and khaki berets were a thing a foreign unit did in the 70s, so now it's an important part of military heritage?

https://youtu.be/uMsqEph7a8I In case anyone forgot.

Complete lack of trust in planes.

Relevant educational film... https://youtu.be/nFuxpphnN0k?t=0m17s

Both the mast and the crane serve important functions on the vessel, taking them off isn't an option. Most of the equipment on a mast either needs height be effective (most of it antennas are either limited to line of sight, there's also several satellite antenna mounted that need a clear line...

If you're going to tow anything for any distance and expect to be successful about it, you need a constant tension winch. In the thread on the coast guard and their emergency towing vessels for the west coast, I'm very much in favour of the coast guard leasing anchor-clankers... mostly because...

TC is what happen when you expect people to have industry experience, but only pay 1/2 to 1/3 of what industry does. You get want you pay for.

If I've learned one thing from of dealing with Transport Canada... Its that they almost never have any idea what they're doing. If you don't like the answer you get, don't get frustrated and give up, come back another day and talk to someone else, or call another office and ask the same...

They're well suited for what they've been contracted to do, at least as an interim solution. They'll be a bit heavy on fuel consumption though. If they were to buy or build something in the future, they'd be well suited to go with a diesel-electric or hybrid option. It's part of the reason...

Most of the Canadian Coast Guard vessels max out at 15-17kts, any off the shelf anchor handler design should be able to do the same. With the exception of a lack of helicopter facilities (which really get less use than you might think), there's a lot of off-the-shelf OSV designs that are pretty...

The article assumes the sole task of a tug would be towing. Towing is just a *capability* of the vessels they've leased, and the same of any future vessels they buy to do the same job. The vessels are and will be multi-tasked. For anyone interested, the tender solicitation...

I haven't read the contract either, but I have read the solicitation  documents from the tender... From the operations overview in appendix a... "The contractor will provide two vessels crewed by certificated personnel and equipped to undertake emergency towing operations as per the...

Are those duties not included in the contract for these vessels? No reason they can't do that work as long as they're within suitable range to respond for towing as well.

We're absolutely in the business of towing oil rigs in an emergency... or anything else stricken and potentially a hazard to life or the environment... https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/business/energy-environment/shell-oil-rig-runs-aground-in-alaska.html Oil rigs aren't the primary concern...