Sean was here
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I go here and there. Sometimes I take pictures while I’m there.
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here’s a quote from the brilliantly witty play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” (a retelling of Hamlet told from the perspective of two minor characters having an existential dilemma).
RIP to Sir Tom Stoppard.
RIP to Sir Tom Stoppard.
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Here’s a quote from the brilliantly witty play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” (a retelling of Hamlet told from the perspective of two minor characters having an existential dilemma).
RIP to Sir Tom Stoppard.
RIP to Sir Tom Stoppard.
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The new crew hotel in Paris is decent. The rooms are well appointed and the location is reasonably convenient.
I think it’s also the only hotel I’ve stayed in where the room number bears absolutely no relationship to the floor you’re on.
Luckily you just tap your card in the elevator.
#travel
I think it’s also the only hotel I’ve stayed in where the room number bears absolutely no relationship to the floor you’re on.
Luckily you just tap your card in the elevator.
#travel
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The new crew hotel in Paris is decent. The rooms are well appointed and the location is reasonably convenient.
I think it’s also the only hotel I’ve stayed in where the room number bears absolutely no relationship to the floor you’re on.
Luckily you just tap your card in the elevator.
#travel
I think it’s also the only hotel I’ve stayed in where the room number bears absolutely no relationship to the floor you’re on.
Luckily you just tap your card in the elevator.
#travel
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Incredibly Rare White Auroras from last night over Reine, Norway 🇳🇴
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Incredibly Rare White Auroras from last night over Reine, Norway 🇳🇴
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We lost sight of the ground a couple minutes after takeoff in Paris and didn’t see it again until 5 minutes before landing in Toronto, around 8 hours later.
#AvGeek
#AvGeek
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We lost sight of the ground a couple minutes after takeoff in Paris and didn’t see it again until 5 minutes before landing in Toronto, around 8 hours later.
#AvGeek
#AvGeek
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Despite taking French for 10 years as a child I barely speak enough to order off a menu. My accent is Anglo-Canadian with occasional Quebecois pronunciation.
My heart goes out to the poor Parisian lady in the chocolate shop who kindly tolerated my broken, execrable French.
Got my chocolates though
My heart goes out to the poor Parisian lady in the chocolate shop who kindly tolerated my broken, execrable French.
Got my chocolates though
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Despite taking French for 10 years as a child I barely speak enough to order off a menu. My accent is Anglo-Canadian with occasional Quebecois pronunciation.
My heart goes out to the poor Parisian lady in the chocolate shop who kindly tolerated my broken, execrable French.
Got my chocolates though
My heart goes out to the poor Parisian lady in the chocolate shop who kindly tolerated my broken, execrable French.
Got my chocolates though
Paris was calling the ceiling 300’, but I didn’t have the approach lights until minimums and no sight of the runway until around 150’.
Cat I only, just to keep it spicy.
#avgeek
Cat I only, just to keep it spicy.
#avgeek
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Paris was calling the ceiling 300’, but I didn’t have the approach lights until minimums and no sight of the runway until around 150’.
Cat I only, just to keep it spicy.
#avgeek
Cat I only, just to keep it spicy.
#avgeek
Since I’m Canadian there is absolutely no reason why my Lego avatar should have a pilgrim hat, yet here we are.
#AmericanThanksgiving
#AmericanThanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Since I’m Canadian there is absolutely no reason why my Lego avatar should have a pilgrim hat, yet here we are.
#AmericanThanksgiving
#AmericanThanksgiving
An interesting/odd bit of Canadian trivia (well known in Canada, maybe not so much elsewhere); we have a reputation for tolerance, politeness, hospitality, and producing terrifying, hyper-aggressive soldiers in times of war.
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www.instagram.com/reel/DRfdWk3...
Professor Poutine on Instagram: "Relentless Canadians #history #historyteacher #usa #canada #ww2"
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November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
An interesting/odd bit of Canadian trivia (well known in Canada, maybe not so much elsewhere); we have a reputation for tolerance, politeness, hospitality, and producing terrifying, hyper-aggressive soldiers in times of war.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRfdWk3...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRfdWk3...
A brisk 5° down by the lake and feeling colder with that wind
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A brisk 5° down by the lake and feeling colder with that wind
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Russia has released its latest peace plan
by u/Chewie83
by u/Chewie83
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Russia has released its latest peace plan
by u/Chewie83
by u/Chewie83
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I have some issues with Carney. I don’t appreciate that he expresses concern for Canadian workers while undermining collective bargaining.
At the same time I DO appreciate that we have a calm, intelligent Prime Minister who speaks in complete sentences instead of slogans.
At the same time I DO appreciate that we have a calm, intelligent Prime Minister who speaks in complete sentences instead of slogans.
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I have some issues with Carney. I don’t appreciate that he expresses concern for Canadian workers while undermining collective bargaining.
At the same time I DO appreciate that we have a calm, intelligent Prime Minister who speaks in complete sentences instead of slogans.
At the same time I DO appreciate that we have a calm, intelligent Prime Minister who speaks in complete sentences instead of slogans.
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Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
I like flying with junior pilots. It’s why I’m in the training dept. We hire great people; I enjoying working with them.
My last two days in the sim were with a senior FO though, only around 1000 numbers junior to me (with more time than me on the 330).
My workload was noticeably reduced
#avgeek
My last two days in the sim were with a senior FO though, only around 1000 numbers junior to me (with more time than me on the 330).
My workload was noticeably reduced
#avgeek
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I like flying with junior pilots. It’s why I’m in the training dept. We hire great people; I enjoying working with them.
My last two days in the sim were with a senior FO though, only around 1000 numbers junior to me (with more time than me on the 330).
My workload was noticeably reduced
#avgeek
My last two days in the sim were with a senior FO though, only around 1000 numbers junior to me (with more time than me on the 330).
My workload was noticeably reduced
#avgeek
A few weeks ago my colleagues at WestJet had a gear collapse while landing in St Maarten.
It was reported as a “hard landing” and the pilots were blamed in the media.
Much less media coverage with the initial TSB report.
Not a hard landing.
Not the pilots’ fault.
www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes...
It was reported as a “hard landing” and the pilots were blamed in the media.
Much less media coverage with the initial TSB report.
Not a hard landing.
Not the pilots’ fault.
www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes...
Air transportation safety investigation A25F0337 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada
The occurrenceOn 07 September 2025, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by WestJet was conducting a flight from Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario, to Princess Juliana Internation...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A few weeks ago my colleagues at WestJet had a gear collapse while landing in St Maarten.
It was reported as a “hard landing” and the pilots were blamed in the media.
Much less media coverage with the initial TSB report.
Not a hard landing.
Not the pilots’ fault.
www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes...
It was reported as a “hard landing” and the pilots were blamed in the media.
Much less media coverage with the initial TSB report.
Not a hard landing.
Not the pilots’ fault.
www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes...
It’s been a week for training.
Annual Recurrent Training in the classroom on Monday.
Recurrent sim on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Away on a 3 day trip starting tomorrow… where I’ll be the one conducting the training for a new Cruise Relief Pilot.
#PilotLife
Annual Recurrent Training in the classroom on Monday.
Recurrent sim on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Away on a 3 day trip starting tomorrow… where I’ll be the one conducting the training for a new Cruise Relief Pilot.
#PilotLife
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It’s been a week for training.
Annual Recurrent Training in the classroom on Monday.
Recurrent sim on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Away on a 3 day trip starting tomorrow… where I’ll be the one conducting the training for a new Cruise Relief Pilot.
#PilotLife
Annual Recurrent Training in the classroom on Monday.
Recurrent sim on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Away on a 3 day trip starting tomorrow… where I’ll be the one conducting the training for a new Cruise Relief Pilot.
#PilotLife
Two days in the sim completed.
One day of maneuvers - just one emergency after another. One day of more real-time scenarios, “flying” gate to gate.
All signed off for another few months.
Off to Paris tomorrow.
#AvGeek
One day of maneuvers - just one emergency after another. One day of more real-time scenarios, “flying” gate to gate.
All signed off for another few months.
Off to Paris tomorrow.
#AvGeek
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Two days in the sim completed.
One day of maneuvers - just one emergency after another. One day of more real-time scenarios, “flying” gate to gate.
All signed off for another few months.
Off to Paris tomorrow.
#AvGeek
One day of maneuvers - just one emergency after another. One day of more real-time scenarios, “flying” gate to gate.
All signed off for another few months.
Off to Paris tomorrow.
#AvGeek
In this nondescript building, near the airport admin facilities, the Flight Attendants do a lot of their practical training. Aircraft doors. First Aid. Fire extinguishers. They have full “cabin simulators” to put them through the paces.
Pilots also stop by once a year for ground training.
#AvGeek
Pilots also stop by once a year for ground training.
#AvGeek
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In this nondescript building, near the airport admin facilities, the Flight Attendants do a lot of their practical training. Aircraft doors. First Aid. Fire extinguishers. They have full “cabin simulators” to put them through the paces.
Pilots also stop by once a year for ground training.
#AvGeek
Pilots also stop by once a year for ground training.
#AvGeek
An #avgeek 🧵
If you fly people around for a living then one of the most common emergencies you deal with is passengers in medical distress.
When someone is having a serious issue it becomes a team effort for the crew and our support staff on the ground.
If you fly people around for a living then one of the most common emergencies you deal with is passengers in medical distress.
When someone is having a serious issue it becomes a team effort for the crew and our support staff on the ground.
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
An #avgeek 🧵
If you fly people around for a living then one of the most common emergencies you deal with is passengers in medical distress.
When someone is having a serious issue it becomes a team effort for the crew and our support staff on the ground.
If you fly people around for a living then one of the most common emergencies you deal with is passengers in medical distress.
When someone is having a serious issue it becomes a team effort for the crew and our support staff on the ground.
An orca expert on Insta just clued me in to a horrifying thought;
All of the whales (dolphins etc) who aren’t lucky enough to die suddenly will die of drowning.
When they get too old and sick to keep on going… dying of old age… they’ll be too weak to swim to take that last breath - they all drown.
All of the whales (dolphins etc) who aren’t lucky enough to die suddenly will die of drowning.
When they get too old and sick to keep on going… dying of old age… they’ll be too weak to swim to take that last breath - they all drown.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
An orca expert on Insta just clued me in to a horrifying thought;
All of the whales (dolphins etc) who aren’t lucky enough to die suddenly will die of drowning.
When they get too old and sick to keep on going… dying of old age… they’ll be too weak to swim to take that last breath - they all drown.
All of the whales (dolphins etc) who aren’t lucky enough to die suddenly will die of drowning.
When they get too old and sick to keep on going… dying of old age… they’ll be too weak to swim to take that last breath - they all drown.