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[17 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 1,038 views]

I came across this post on avcanada.ca. I’m posting it here more as a “reminder” for me when it comes time to file my taxes as a full time pilot. I’m going to copy-and-paste it verbatim:

From http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=41875

Original Author: wallypilot

(spelling and links/html cleaned up a bit)

1.Did you have to move for your job? If yes, you can deduct moving expenses. The total goes into line 219.

2. Did you get paid per diems in your job? If no, you can claim up to $51 CDN per day in Canada, but you …

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[17 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 513 views]

I was able to get in two x-country flights this week. The first flight was to Owen Sound.

During my flight planning, I noticed the NavCanada website was down. I thought to my self.. great, I’m going to be on hold for ever when I call up London FIC.

Had to wait maybe 10 seconds before I got a flight service specialist. I got a weather briefing, which included upper winds, and NOTAMs and started the planning process.

The FD for both Wiarton and Toronto were showing 25KT winds at the 3000′ level …