That works great in Cold Lake. I can guarantee you that a Hornet det close to a big city would be a huge satisfier.
Mirabel? Edmonton?
Comox would not help much with affordability.
No but if people can anchor there, it is less of an issue. Most people leaving Cold Lake for Comox are happy, regardless of their living arrangements in Comox.
Interesting. Thanks for that.
The flip side of that coin though, is that it can easily be in the best interest of the institution to retain talent. Looking at CFB Edmonton for example - a big base with plenty of jobs/trades/units. Vibrant city with lots going on, great employment opportunities for a spouse and educational opportunities for the kids/teens, etc.
That is not a certainty yet.
That decision hasn’t been made yet. Our allies are starting to use non-pilots in command of UAS in non-segregated airspace and while it is a remote possibily at the moment, it still is a possibility that we do something like that.
There were ACSOs flying Herons on the det after mine in KAF, though I can’t say I can provide any feedback on how it went.
Class 1 and 2 UAS may be piloted by anyone with a basic or advanced course (TC’s course until we develop our own). The discussions are focused on Class 3 UAS (basically a normal airplane without a crew).
The Heron appears to be a Class 3 if I’m reading correctly. Though it was a war zone so there were technically no rules to be violated at the time.
Isn’t this whole discussion, by its very nature, about ‘remote’ possibilities?
CPDLC is exactly that - ATC chatting via text messages to aircrew. Most structured airspace (ie controlled) is vast with set routes in and out of congested airspace. Edmonton ACC controls the north (where presumably our UAS would operate) - separation is achieved through RVSM procedures and the exacting positioning of aircraft due to enhanced GPS technologies (RNP below 1.0 etc).
