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perhaps payback in kind for COVID?

Too true. Like a large number of people have found out since COVID, it is all very well to borrow money to purchase the toys that make like more enjoyable but it is a wise man who allows for the necessities when he does so. Our governments have borrowed frivolously for years now and haven't...

Whoops. I take most things seriously and you did express yourself so well.

And I say bullfeathers: such an arrogant statement. I would never have expected it from anyone on this forum simply because if you can't learn from others and from other's experiences (history) what is the point of even reading these pages at all? Everything that you know is founded upon...

that's because you are in love with shinny and new and fail to see any value in ideas from the past. As someone much wiser than you or I once said: "Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is...

I wasn't really trying to focus on pilot training in my comment but you certainly zeroed in on a pertinent point re: any aptitude test. I have been part of several developmental exercises and from that experience I learned that the people that Transport hired to set create the tests weren't...

and it is all borrowed

and the only way to get large numbers of troops and equipment across that strait is by boat. Taiwan, I suspect, has founded any number of drone schools and kitchen factories. Ukraine developed a significant industry in just a couple of years are there any bets that there are either Ukrainians...

decades ago Tommy Wong purchased an ATC510 simulator that he would use to evaluate a would-be student pilot's ability to learn to fly. For those unfamiliar that was a stationary video simulator that sat on a desk. No motion simply instrumentation that responded to inputs. No one failed! The...

has a party ever won the majority of seats without any defined leadership?

those are the arguments GM used to encourage cities to back off urban rail (trams) in favour of (wait for it) GM buses. There are numerous cities that now regret it. As for bespoke rail, having spent a number of years using the Belgian interurban system I would push for spending the 90...

from a practical view, every above ground electrified rail system in Canada fails regularly in winter weather and none of the operators has been able to provide a fix. The weather to the east of Peterborough is just plain brutal and 90 billion dollars is a hell of a price to pay for a part-time...

if you can get the time down to 4 hrs between Toronto and Ottawa you will beat Air Canada and Pearson travel times. 4 Hours doesn't require HSR. Fast, yes but 100 mph is within normal trackage standards so no new standards are required. Hell, they were up to close to 85 40 years ago on the...

I believe Viking did, along with Field Aviation in Toronto but no idea who owns the rights

as one who has taken VIA numerous times in the past, I found that the 5 hours between Toronto and Ottawa wasn't much different from flying and the cost for a business seat with all its conveniences was the same as a last minute ticket on Air Canada. Where the train loses is in scheduling...

your points are valid where you are trying to utilize the current system. Starting from scratch means you can get a little more creative. While the idea of high speed is great for a few, providing a system for the rest of the population would be better. Having a reliable rail connection...

Kingston brought up a valid point. Why wouldn't they build down the current transportation corridor and leave the countryside alone? There is lots of room either side of the 401 to put the rail lines and it services the largest population areas. There is no reason to not move the existing...

at least in Ontario, your gas tax used to be known as a road tax and was actually applied to highway development.

could never understand why anyone would buy a caravan when the otter was available. Loved it.