Eric

Airline Pilot and former Sim Instructor 👨‍✈️ ✈️ Typed: E295 B757 B767 A330 Q400 CRJ. Views do not reflect those of my employer. Formerly in Canada.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@JaimeVelo @GadSaad It doesn’t work that way. By living in the US he becomes a non resident and thus triggering the exit tax. If he tries to remain a Canadian resident while living in the US then it means Canada gets to tax his US income which I think will be worse in the long run.

[Eric @Aviator852]

A Cessna 162?

[2001 Live @25YearsAgoLive]

A Cessna 162 suffers an engine failure while landing at Toronto and crashes into a residential home in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Nobody was injured.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@Keg767 FOs don’t taxi in Canada either. So it’s not uniquely American.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@cselley There are direct flights in the summer to St Pierre from Paris

[Eric @Aviator852]

@DesertGhost9520 @the_1st_atom @stats_feed This is wrong.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@the_1st_atom @stats_feed Canadians don’t need a visa to visit the US but some Canadians may need one if they have inadmissability issues.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@Tablesalt13 @EricDLombardi .

[Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) 🇨🇦🚀 @EricDLombardi]

There’s been a lot of ink spilled on the TN visa and “brain drain.”

But the debate is shallow. It confuses the mechanism with the problem.

Two things are true at the same time:

A) Canada should care that it subsidizes the outflow of talent.

B) Canada should focus far more on becoming a place where high-potential people see opportunities to stay and build great lives.

The TN visa is not the lever. Even if you killed it tomorrow, the United States could stand up a new fast-track without asking permission. We will have to compete for our talent.

But there are real things here we should be debating.

1) Should we gear more of our higher education system to be loan-based, and then forgive the loans for young people who stay in Canada? Yes to positive incentives for staying.

2) The United States taxes based on citizenship. If an American succeeds abroad, the IRS still has a claim. Canada does not, but should we?

If Canadians are successful abroad, it directly helps us lower taxes at home to be even more competitive.

(To people who think this is unfair, why do you think citizenship and loyalty don’t have value? Canada isn’t some free insurance/retirement plan, sorry)

3) Can we grapple with the fact our systems have made too much of our economy uncompetitive?

We have to address our oligopoly problem through meaningful permitting and competition reform. I talk about this a lot, but Canadians do not understand how much our insider economy is undermining us.

To raise incomes, you need competition for talent. And where there is competition, premium on highly talented is even greater. That’s how you create opportunities for High Potential Canadians.

4) Are we able to recognize that public policy has become extractive on young people?

Just look at programs like OAS, where income clawbacks don’t start until a retired couple has $180K in income. The same threshold is like $65K with families.

As our society has aged, we increasingly have said no to progress and development in the real world because it’s disruptive. But that’s exactly how opportunities get created.

Our nation’s decline is primarily burdening the young.

5) Housing, housing, and housing again. But no political leaders get what it’s going to take to fix it.

This is the quiet driver of everything.

Work in Canada no longer reliably translates into ownership, stability, or a clear path forward. That changes behaviour. It reduces risk-taking. It makes leaving rational.

You don’t need to outbid the U.S. on wages if you can offer a credible path to a good life. A home. Strong schools. Healthcare that works when it matters.

Wow, this turned into a longer rant than expected lol!

[Eric @Aviator852]

@Tablesalt13 @EricDLombardi He said Canada should tax its citizens worldwide so he’s still a no good Liberal to me

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

“What is the definition of a woman?”

That simple question causes Liberal MPs to have a total meltdown and make international news.

[@jason @Jason]

This is classless and dangerous.

You’re a disgrace @globeandmail

[Eric @Aviator852]

@MCCCANM I recall another similar incident where the flight was delayed for hours, they weren’t able to remove the bees. Finally they tried starting the engines and the bees left. https://t.co/MpZc6vss1v

[Eric @Aviator852]

@scottiebateman Chinese ATC says “Pay attention” a lot. In mandarin it’s the same way a parent or teacher would speak to scold a child for doing something wrong.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@dbhoops_ Pick more reliable references. I always give my references a heads up when I apply for rush passports.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@InfantryPilot I’m hearing he had an ATPL. Only one problem, it was for Helicopters. ATPL-H licenses are incredibly rare but it still baffles me that he could get away with it for so long without anyone, including Transport Canada noticing.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@MarkW2005 Yeah, he was competent enough to pass his proficiency checks and operate but it doesn’t take away from the fact that this was a serious breach of integrity. Our system is built on trust.

[Eric @Aviator852]

This is a strange one. Canadian ATPLs are electronically validated during every checking event by ACPs. Not sure how someone can get away with it unless they deceived TC into issuing a genuine license. Peel Police said it was “altered” and had been ongoing since 2009.

[CP24 @CP24]

Police to release details of fraud investigation involving Air Canada pilot who allegedly flew without proper licence https://t.co/FokhrPluJt

[Eric @Aviator852]

Incredible! It was a great show!

[RogersStadium @Rogers_Stadium]

History made 🔥 Congratulations, @lukecombs!

With nearly 100,000 fans attending two back-to-back shows at Rogers Stadium, the My Kinda Saturday Night makes history in Canada, officially marking the largest attendance record for a country headliner in Toronto.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@cbcwatcher It’s “ATPL-A”

[Eric @Aviator852]

@cathyacrowe Thanks for the link. I’ll be sure to voice my support for the runway extension. It’s long overdue and will improve the safety of the travelling public!

[Eric @Aviator852]

@terrynewman Airline pilot here. I have questions as well. Transport Canada licenses are electronically validated in their database by check pilots during recurrent training that would happen on a 6 month interval. There are a lot of safeguards in place to prevent this type of thing.

[Eric @Aviator852]

@terrynewman https://t.co/mEVIMV1o6B

[Eric @Aviator852]

The alleged individual involved.

https://t.co/ZhrdtsHV2O?