A call from NavCanada

[PilotBrent]

Haven't flown in Canada for several years, but just returned from a great trip last weekend. New Jersey to London Ontario (via Niagara Falls) to drop my son off at college. Next day I wanted to fly past Toronto along the shoreline but the CNE airshow was on, so I had to divert north of the city on my way to Kingston Ontario to visit family. And then back to New Jersey via Watertown NY on day three.

Will certainly get the NAVCAN "assessment" next month, but I was fairly satisfied with the support I was offered. FSS were easy to reach and file plans with and my trip west to east across Ontario had me talking to almost a dozen different controllers. All were polite and several kept asking what I was flying. Don't think they get too many E-LSAs in these parts. $8 fuel sucks (but I knew what I was getting into having left Canada 20 years ago as a tax refugee). FBOs were also extremely accomodating. Not going to say I favor privatizing ATC but it could be worse for our northern cousins.

[Larco]

just went from Lethbridge to Maine and found that http://ourairports.com

,a Canadian version of our airnav.com helped me decide on some stops.

Larry

[Larco]

Originally Posted by LARCO

just went from Lethbridge to Maine and found that http://ourairports.com

,a Canadian version of our airnav.com helped me decide on some stops.

Larry

Got the expected bill from Nav Canada today, $17.85 for the 1/4. The upside is: We meant some very nice people, seen some gorgeous country and it is off our bucket list. Not saying we will not go back though. Had fun! Larry

[jimgreen]

Just got my Nav Canada bill for the year, $71.40 inc tax.
I would think it a good deal if they didn't deny me entry into class C so frequently.
As stated on the back, the charge for foreign registered aircraft for 2015 is c$17+tax per quarter (March1 to May31 etc)
The deal this year is the Canadian dollar is around .79 us.
If you've been thinking of visiting, this is the year.

[RV7ator]

Plans for our first Canada/AK trip this year relied on a yearly quarter being the Julian calendar Jan, Feb, Mar; April, May, June, and so on. Now I see a post where a billing defines a quarter as three months from the time of first contact.

There are strange things done under the midnight sun... but what is Nav Canada's definition of a quarter?

John Siebold
Boise, ID

[az_gila]

Originally Posted by RV7ator

Plans for our first Canada/AK trip this year relied on a yearly quarter being the Julian calendar Jan, Feb, Mar; April, May, June, and so on. Now I see a post where a billing defines a quarter as three months from the time of first contact.

There are strange things done under the midnight sun... but what is Nav Canada's definition of a quarter?

John Siebold
Boise, ID

Calendar quarters starting Jan 1. See page 7 -

http://www.navcanada.ca/EN/media/Pub...Charges-EN.pdf

[RV7ator]

Thanks for the link, Gil. In reading the document, however, quarters are based on a "annual fee period" year beginning March 1, ending the last day of February, not a calendar quarter. E.g., first quarter is March 1 - May 31.

John Siebold

[vlittle]

Originally Posted by RV7ator

Thanks for the link, Gil. In reading the document, however, quarters are based on a "annual fee period" year beginning March 1, ending the last day of February, not a calendar quarter. E.g., first quarter is March 1 - May 31.

John Siebold

Sounds normal for a big bureaucracy to define a quarter for their own purposes (fiscal quarter), nor their clients' purposes (calendar quarter).

Sigh.

[az_gila]

Originally Posted by RV7ator

Thanks for the link, Gil. In reading the document, however, quarters are based on a "annual fee period" year beginning March 1, ending the last day of February, not a calendar quarter. E.g., first quarter is March 1 - May 31.

John Siebold

Correct, sorry I shouldn't do late night posting 7 time zones away from home...

At least I got the link correct.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by RV7ator

There are strange things done under the midnight sun... but what is Nav Canada's definition of a quarter?

Based on the current exchange rate, i'd say it's about 3/4 of a US quarter...