Air Canada Interview Manual


Book Description

The recruitment process at any large airline can be a daunting process and may be the most significant milestone in a professional pilot's career. This book is intended to guide candidates through the entire application and screening processes, enabling better understanding of Air Canada's selection techniques and expectations.




Final Report of the Board of Inquiry Investigating the Circumstances of an Accident Involving the Air Canada Boeing 767 Aircraft C-GAUN that Effected an Emergency Landing at Gimli, Manitoba on the 23rd Day of July, 1983


Book Description

In Part I brief particulars of the accident, the crew and the aircraft are set out. The establishment of the Board of Inquiry and the procedure followed by it are detailed. In Part II the factual circumstances of the accident are detailed. Part III looks at the contributory causes of the accident (human factors and error, corporate deficiencies, the implications of a metric aircraft in a non-metric fleet, equipment factors). In Part IV summaries of evidence from other airlines in Canada, the U.S. and Europe is given. Part V sets out aviation safety recommendations, particularly regarding the metric question on fuelling procedures, equipment improvement, improvements to the Minimum Equipment List, corporate structures and training.







Catalogue of Publications Issued by the Government of the United States


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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index







New York Magazine


Book Description

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.




H Is for Hawk


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One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year One of Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years ON MORE THAN 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR LISTS: including TIME (#1 Nonfiction Book), NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine (10 Favorite Books), Vogue (Top 10), Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle (Top 10), Miami Herald, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top 10), Library Journal (Top 10), Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Slate, Shelf Awareness, Book Riot, Amazon (Top 20) The instant New York Times bestseller and award-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald's story of adopting and raising one of nature's most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. Fierce and feral, her goshawk Mabel's temperament mirrors Helen's own state of grief after her father's death, and together raptor and human "discover the pain and beauty of being alive" (People). H Is for Hawk is a genre-defying debut from one of our most unique and transcendent voices.




Canadian Books in Print 2002


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Ace the Technical Pilot Interview


Book Description

* A comprehensive study guide providing pilots the answers they need to excel on their technical interview * Features nearly 1000 potential questions (and answers) that may be asked during the technical interview for pilot positions * Wide scope--ranges from light aircraft through heavy jet operations * Culled from interviewing practices of leading airlines worldwide * Includes interviewing tips and techniques