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As a general answer (not pertaining just to Canada): any aspiring air traffic controller is very thoroughly tested before acceptance to a training program. Having any kind of previous education has li …

My ten cents on this one: I was always taught that you fly all patterns as left handed, unless specifically cleared otherwise by ATC. Then again, I was always told you never cross the runway, on groun …

There's not much else they can do in a situation like this. ATC, in this case the tower controller is the only person(instance) that has a comprehensive enough view (both literally and metaphorically) …

Yes, helicopters are allowed near busy (and any other) airports, because why not? Ok, seriously: helicopters in general are just as able aircraft as ones with fixed wings. General limitations for use …

A scenario where a foreign military plane would enter the airspace of a sovereign state without its consent is a bit far fetched, although not entirely impossible. Should the said plane declare an eme …

I continue my series of "not actually an answer but I got to say this": The most valuable lesson you can learn from this is not figuring out afterwards what was said, but getting into a habit of alwa …

More related information about ATIS: ATIS is renewed periodically, and "named" sequentially with ICAO alphabet (alfa, bravo, charlie etc.). The reason for informing ATC which ATIS you have copied is t …

The basic rationale dating back to the 70's is, simply put, that ATC personnel handle a constant flow of many planes, while pilots only manage one plane. From "Review of the Scientific Basis for the M …

Simply put: no, it is not ok to abbreviate the phonetic alphabet. The reason the phonetic alphabet is used in aviation is to make communications as clear as possible with minimum chances for misinterp …

And this just in: In Peter Kämpf's answer he presented Atlantic crossing as one of the metrics, and the age-old Vickers VC-10 record has been beaten. The new subsonic Atlantic crossing record (this ti …

Information about Afganistan airspace is published online at www.afgais.com. Last NOTAM published on OAKX (AFGANISTAN FIR) page reads as follows: (G1264/21 NOTAMN Q) OAKX/QAFAM/IV/NBO/E/000/999/ A) …

Yosef you are correct in the sense that setting local QNH before transition altitude during descent may be risky in the rare occasion the clearance to descent is abrubtly changed to an altitude above …