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"I don't know of any airlines that have never had any incidents," said Danny Gaudet, a leader in Deline, N.W.T. A company should be allowed to proceed to see if their corrective action works. The plane got even lower as it approached the airport. Transport Canada denied that. His life has revolved around airplanes since he was a kid thanks to his dad, Joe McBryan, who founded the business back in 1970. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). Buffalo Airways’ suspension is into its fourth week, with Transport Canada demanding more work on safety procedures before the airline can fly its own aircraft again. Despite the harrowing experience, Connelly said everything was back to normal very quickly, as once McBryan was able to return for the stranded passengers, they made it into Hay River by 8:00 p.m. “A near-death experience and two hours delayed,” he said. He says it's disappointing that it took Transport Canada so long to suspend the company. Mercer says the pilots did what they could, but adds, "it's clear that Buffalo were not operating in a safe way" when it came out that luggage and passengers were not weighed before the flight. He is not retiring from flying the DC-3. That’s two weeks you’ve let a hundred-odd people who work for Buffalo twist in the wind. Gauchie survived 58 days in his Beaver on a frozen lake in the Northwest Territories from February to April of 1967 in temperatures as low as -48 degrees and when he was finally rescued he was dubbed “the man who wouldn’t die.”. I wrote him a note offering to fix his system for free – if he put us on TV. He died at a Victoria nursing home Aug. 31, 2013 and while the obit appeared a couple of weeks later in the local paper, the almost unbelievable story of his life and enduring passion for flying in the North went unnoticed by many. There is a procedure which defines what Transport Canada wants to see in a corrective action plan. It is owned by Steve Drinkwater and edited by Russ Niles, both of whom are aircraft owners (Cherokee 140 and Cessna 140, respectively). The airline had been chartering other companies’ aircraft to operate its passenger flights, but now says it can no longer afford to keep doing so.

We think it’s excellent and the entire world is following it. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. I have never seen Transport Canada single out an individual before. Mikey McBryan: That’s the million-dollar question, right there. Buffalo Airways suspension prompts mixed reaction in N.W.T. We asked Mikey McBryan and Sol Taboada, an executive with DTI Training – a specialist firm brought in by Buffalo Airways to help it meet Transport Canada’s demands.

They’re looking for a name. Buffalo Airways - Wikipedia.

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YK Wado Karate Club Registration – Free Month!! Buffalo’s Mikey McBryan fears the suspension could run well into January.

Sol Taboada: Transport Canada was mainly concerned that Buffalo flights were not going out technically or regulatorily compliant. There’s no question he has contributed. And here we’ve got the highest-timed pilot, on the longest-running route of the longest-running operator. At Buffalo, we’re a family. To me, that’s judged by the items they keep bringing up on the corrective action plans we submit – that we didn’t go far enough on root cause, to point out specifics. Sol Taboada: In my opinion, it’s personal. He's relied on the Hay River-based airline to fly young athletes to events around the territory. A bush flying legend died last August but the death of Bob Gauchie didn’t come to light until the publication of a belated national obituary last week. But there's more to Mikey than planes and open skies. Despite an extensive search, he was was given up for dead until a couple of pilots flying basically the same route spotted him on April 1. We were hoping to be good to go basically every Monday, but this Christmas coming up – we’ve just got to make the right financial decisions, now, to keep the company viable and work with Transport Canada to get this all sorted out. The news is just littered now with mining properties laying off people at Christmas. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Buffalo understand that they’ve been operating on the old, ‘We’ve been doing it for 40 years and we get it done so why do we need this paperwork stuff?’ That’s a common theme among smaller aviation companies that haven’t got the documentation – and it’s a requirement. But the application of that process is sometimes a problem, and it is in this particular case in our opinion. Background: Buffalo postpones all passenger flights as suspension drags on. He took a turn for the worse early Saturday morning of May 5th and checked into a British Columbia hospital around 2 a.m. Five hours later he died. I have had no interference from Buffalo Joe and you’d think he’d be up my butt, since he’s actually paying me. They’ve committed the resources, both financial and human, to change their culture. The people that have been working here, especially the mechanics, have been here my entire life. There were some goodbyes, most notably to Joe’s 16-year-old rescue dog Sophie, the master’s co-pilot for all those magnificent sky runs over Hay River. Sol Taboada: Absolutely. Photos: Remembering baseball's Joe Morgan, 1943-2020. The suspension could be lifted at any point. But in this case, on three separate occasions, he specifically was brought up by an inspector to me. "I thought, if we go down in this, it's going to be a mess.". The company's flagship aircraft are the Second World War-era DC-3s and DC-4s it uses for passenger and cargo flights. Yesterday, two weeks later, all the corrective action plans were declined again. They’ve singled out systems and that’s what it should be – the system. en.wikipedia.org I can honestly say that we are day-to-day. Sol Taboada: If I was the ownership of Buffalo, I probably would have laid off my people last week. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. I don’t know if it’s his arrogant attitude – and he did have an arrogant attitude. They’re looking for us to put the name “Joe McBryan”. Canadian Aviator is Canada’s independently owned magazine for pilots, future pilots and those interested in Canadian aviation. He was on a flight from Cambridge Bay to Yellowknife in early February of 1967 when he ran short of fuel and put down on a frozen lake. Because they’re going to have to get them from somebody else. He is stepping away from the management system of the day-to-day operations, but he’s still a pilot, he still loves the DC-3 and you’ll see that in the future. A report in the Yellowknifer newspaper suggests ‘Buffalo’ Joe McBryan will “walk away” from the airline. But that doesn’t mean anything – the process is still the process. ... Curtiss C-46D Commando (CW-20B-2) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net". We noticed immediately there was an issue with that, so we introduced an idea of bringing a third party in as a short-term corrective action – a ‘gatekeeper’ to be there before every flight and make sure everything is documented.

While Buffalo Airways kept relatively quiet upon the news of its suspension by Transport Canada this week, Northerners had mixed reactions to the news — some supportive of the airline, others relieved by the shutdown. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. But Joe’s got a different kind of heart, he’s paying his people. Is that the case? Transport Canada said: “Transport Canada continues to work with Buffalo Airways in view to addressing the safety concerns identified.”, Temporary shelter not in best interest of YK homeless: advocates, YK’s first ice measurements of the year released, New immersion programs part of expanded Indigenous languages curriculum in NT schools, Northwestel ‘Trying to pull a fast one’ with unlimited plans: SSI Micro, Buffalo postpones all passenger flights as suspension drags on. The CBC archives has a wonderful account of the rescue and Gauchie’s assessment of his phenomenal ordeal. While Buffalo Airways kept relatively quiet upon the news of its suspension by Transport Canada this week, Northerners had mixed reactions to the news — some supportive of the airline, others relieved by the shutdown. FREE ONLINE MEDITATION by SAHAJA YOGA for Health and Wellness. Passengers going in and out of Deline generally use North Wright Airways, but in the wintertime, Buffalo Airways brings in about 80 to 90 per cent of the community's freight — everything from spare parts to groceries. All governments, everybody runs on paperwork. Julietlook.Com (Photo courtesy of Joe McBryan) The matriarch of the Buffalo Airways family has died. My partner and I travelled to Yellowknife and started working on corrective action plans, trying to figure out exactly why they keep denying that. Mikey McBryan: That’s the hardest thing. "Overall, that's just the nature of flying.". And here we’ve got the highest-timed pilot, on the longest-running route of the longest-running operator. "We said no more flying with Buffalo for anybody," Mercer says. Mikey McBryan: The DC-3 is one of the most iconic aircraft of all time. Doug Rentmeister, executive director of the N.W.T. Soon after takeoff, the Buffalo Airways DC-3 engine caught fire and the pilots turned the aircraft around. He never answered me. Yes, there is an arrogance to him. Right now, it’s just the passengers we’ll have to give up until we get back.

"Nobody seems too concerned right now because I think Joe [McBryan, also known as Buffalo Joe] and his family have been in this situation before and they've always managed to continue to service the Sahtu," Gaudet said.

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