Thursday, April 08, 2004

Along the cool, sequestered vale of life. --Gray.



Y Tu Mama Tambien....

Friday, April 02, 2004

Ok, so here is some big news!! It looks like I have two new jobs. One full time, one casual or part time at best.

The first one is Chief Dispatcher at CMA, which will be in addition to being a flight dispatcher. (see attached job description A)

The second one is Cessna 182 pilot flying skydivers. Unfortunately this job is not 100% in the bag yet. I'll let you know in a week or two. (see attached job description B)

One pays approximately what I would be getting paid if I were full time back at Jazz. (In my eyes, it could be better considering the responsibility involved.)

The other will not likely pay for me to put Kraft dinner on my camping stove while I am back there.

One is a job, (which I will excel at, at all costs, short term sacrifice - long term return stuff)

The other is going to be really fucking cool!


Guess which one I'm more excited about!!


Job Description A:

CHIEF DISPATCHER

The Chief Dispatcher is a qualified dispatcher and maintains competency as per CASS 725.124

Responsible for:
„h Providing day-to-day administrative, functional and technical direction to the Flight Dispatch and Load Planning organizations on behalf of the Operations Manager (DFO).
„h Liaison with the Operations Coordination Department relative to the impact of Operational Control upon Operations Coordination activities and requirements.
„h The development, implementation and enforcement of operational control standards, policies and procedures pertaining to the Flight Dispatch function, in keeping with all Safety, Transport Canada, Corporate and Operations Coordination requirements.
„h Providing flight operational support through Dispatch services including, but not limited to, Flight Planning, Flight Watch, Weather Briefing, and communications as required by the Canadian Aviation Regulations section 725.20 and those applicable sections of the Flight Operations Manual.
„h Ensuring that all Flight Dispatch personnel are provided with adequate training, checking and route familiarization suitable to the position being held within the Flight Dispatch organization
„h Ensuring that Company flights are safely and efficiently planned, cleared, and monitored in accordance with established standards and regulations.
„h The initiation, maintenance, application and future development of Flight Dispatch Standard Operating Procedures Manual and all other manuals and documents relating to the Flight Dispatch function.
„h Development and implementation of standard operating procedures to ensure safe operations and compliance with the CARS, as directed by the Operations Manager.
„h Monitoring and measuring Flight Dispatcher performance relative to their knowledge and understanding of standards and procedures.
„h Maintaining complete and accurate records of Flight Dispatcher evaluations and training.
„h Providing work schedules which ensure adequate and efficient Flight Dispatcher staffing
„h Determining Flight Dispatcher training requirements and the development and delivery of training courses and criteria.
„h Managing and ensuring the ongoing integrity and operational capacity/capability of all Flight Dispatch technical support systems.
„h Preparing the operating and capital expenditure budgets relative to Flight Dispatch.
„h Liaison with external agencies which may affect Operations Co-ordination .
„h The receipt, validation and upgrading of airport reference information

FLIGHT DISPATCHER
Reports to: Chief Dispatcher

General
A Flight Dispatcher, qualified as per Canadian Aviation Regulations section CAR 705.110 and CASS 725.20 AND CASS 725.124 assigned the responsibility of exercising safe and efficient operational control over (name of air operator) flights in conjunction with the Pilot-in-Command, on behalf of the Operations Manager.

Responsible for:
Exercising operational control in a Complex Type B Operational Control System CASS 725.20.

„h Exercising operational control on a co-authority basis with the pilot-in-command, and for the joint responsibility of the safe efficient planning and monitoring of a flight.
„h The developing, reviewing, authorizing, issuing and revising, as required, of the Operational Flight Plan for all scheduled and nonscheduled flights inclusive of training and test flight operations, in keeping with Safety, Regulatory, Customer Service, and Corporate fiscal requirements.
„h Authorizing the release of an aircraft to operate in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the Operational Flight Plan.
„h Analyzing operational conditions and identify any opportunities that may constrain impede or benefit operational capabilities inclusive of, but not limited to weather, facilities, Air Traffic Control, and aircraft performance.
„h Performing Operational Flight Watch and for determining if changes to operational and meteorological conditions may affect the safety of flights within a prescribed area or on assigned routes, and for communicating those changes to the Pilot-in-Command.
„h Formulating and implementing revised Operational Flight Plans when conditions warrant, and for communicating the revised plans to the Pilot-in-Command.
„h Analyzing operational and meteorological conditions to evaluate and determine the safest and most efficient minimum fuel requirement.
„h When requested or deemed necessary, to provide the Pilot-in-Command with a thorough and professional flight crew briefing, covering all significant information which may impact the operation of his flight.
„h Soliciting, interpreting, and maintaining current flight and field condition reports to provide flight crews with the latest operational information.
„h Capturing up-to-date flight progress information of assigned flight movements (Flight Watch) and to ensure that the flight movement information is both current and accurate.
„h Providing Weight and Balance (if applicable) with a flight release, which includes total fuel requirements and aircraft weight limitations that maximizes revenue payload potential while satisfying all Safety standards.
„h Communicating to Air Traffic Control Services all Operational Flight Plan requirements.
„h Initiating Accident Alarm Procedures, and assessing and issuing Flight Incident Category Reports, as required, inclusive of the Corporate notification process and maintaining a written log during the incident.
„h Resolving with Maintenance Control, the pilot-in-command, Flight Operations Management Pilots as required, problems caused by any aircraft deviation from standard which may limit or impact flight operational capabilities, and to communicate any operational limitations to the Operations Co-ordination and respective operating Branches, as required.
„h Apprising Maintenance Control, Operations Coordination, other affected Flight Dispatchers, and Flight Operations Management Pilots if warranted, of any reported deviations from standard which occur during flight and which could impact down line scheduling integrity.
„h During irregular operations, congruent when practical with the Pilot-in-Command and in consultation with the Operations Coordination implementing flight delays when conditions warrant, recommending flight cancellations, and initiating alternative plans.
„h Initiating and coordinating airport handling when diversions to off line airports are required.
„h Communication with the Operations Coordination providing timely analysis of meteorological risk which may reasonably be anticipated to impact local and/or system operations including aircraft on layover.
„h Providing and communicating revised Operational Flight Plans to optimize revenue payload potential while maintaining adequate Safety standards.
„h Administering, managing, and implementing economic petroleum policies to maximize corporate profitability, subject to operational constraints and within proper Safety parameters.
„h Securing curfew breaks, as required, from Transport Canada during irregular operations.
„h Coordinating all planning aspects of both test and training flights.
„h Ensuring, on day-of-flight, that the Flight Dispatch function performs safe and efficient Operational Control in accordance with all Canadian and foreign governmental rules and regulations, Company flight operating manuals, and Corporate policies and procedures.
„h Liaison with the Chief Dispatcher, for the purposes of maintaining dispatch standard operating procedures and all applicable sections of the Company Flight Operations Manual.


Job Description B

Fly a Cessna 182 from Wakaw aerodrome up to 10,000 feet (24 minutes on the way up)

Tell the jumpers to jump.

Preform a controled spiral dive / slip back dowm to field elevation (4 minutes on the way down)


Thursday, April 01, 2004

Try this...

Go to www.google.ca

Click the pages from Canada button

Search for "brent evjen" (Include the quotation marks.)



If you feel lucky, click the I'm Feeling Lucky button



Am I ever fucking cool!


Do you ever notice how "normal" people don't write/read poetry? I never would think about poetry except I hear it once in a while on TV. I am a product of television. :) I have an attention span of about three seconds.

Do lyrics count as poetry? I guess they do. Too bad so much "pop" music is such crap. I don't think Brittany Slut's lyrics have anything to do with poetry. But maybe for some people they do. I guess obviously if I think Uncle Kracker writes poetry, Brittany Slut can too..

On the subject of commercialism and crappy pop music, Marilyn Manson once said, "there is room for everyone".

I'm paraphrasing the shit out of it but you get the idea.



He has a woman's name and wears makeup. How original.

- Alice Cooper, on Marilyn Manson
The Men That Don't Fit In
-Robert Service


There's a race of men that don't fit in,
A race that can't stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will.
They range the field and they rove the flood,
And they climb the mountain's crest;
Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood,
And they don't know how to rest.

If they just went straight they might go far;
They are strong and brave and true;
But they're always tired of the things that are,
And they want the strange and new.
They say: "Could I find my proper groove,
What a deep mark I would make!"
So they chop and change, and each fresh move
Is only a fresh mistake.

And each forgets, as he strips and runs
With a brilliant, fitful pace,
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones
Who win in the lifelong race.
And each forgets that his youth has fled,
Forgets that his prime is past,
Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead,
In the glare of the truth at last.

He has failed, he has failed; he has missed his chance;
He has just done things by half.
Life's been a jolly good joke on him,
And now is the time to laugh.
Ha, ha! He is one of the Legion Lost;
He was never meant to win;
He's a rolling stone, and it's bred in the bone;
He's a man who won't fit in.


Wednesday, March 31, 2004

This song has been hurting my fingers...


In A Little While Lyrics
Artist(Band):Uncle Kracker

In A Little While Lyrics

Here's to the good life or so they say
All those parties and games that all those people play
They tell me this is the place to be
All these beautiful people and nothin' to see

Sometimes I feel like something is gone here
Something is wrong here, I don't belong here
Sometimes I feel like a stranger in town
And I've lost what I found, it'll all turn around

[CHORUS]

In a little while I'll be thinkin' about you
In a little while I'll still be here without you
You never gave me a reason to doubt you
In a little while I'll be thinkin' about you baby...I'll be thinkin' about you baby

On the other side of a coin
There's a face there's a memory somewhere that I can't erase
And there's a place that I find someday
But sometimes I feel like it's slippin' away

Sometimes I feel like something is gone here
Something is wrong here, I don't belong here
Sometimes I feel like a stranger in town
And I've lost what I found, it'll all turn around

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Some things are lost some left behind
Some things are better left for someone else to find
Maybe in time I can finally see
I just wonder, wonder if you think about me

Sometimes I feel like something is gone here
Something is wrong here, I don't belong here
Sometimes I feel like a stranger in town
And I've lost what I found, it'll all turn around

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Monday, March 29, 2004

(Just something from southpark... this doesn't have anything to do with my nephew Kyles' mom...)


weeellllll
kyle mom s a bitch
shes a big fat bitch
shes the biggest bitch in the whole wide world
shes a stupid bitch if there ever was a bitch
shes a bitch through all the boys and girls
monday shes a bitch on tuesday shes a bitch
wednesday to saturday shes a bitch
then on sunday just to be different
shes a super king kamayamayabeyatch

have you ever met my friend kyles mom
shes the biggest bitch in the whole wide world
shes a mean old bitch and she has stupid hair
shes a bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch
bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch
shes a stupid bitch
kyles moms a bitch
and shes just a dirty bitch
kyles mom is a bitch
yeah



Friday, March 26, 2004

I was looking at watches online today. I found a few Rolex Explorer II's that I really like, for about $4000 - $5000 (CAD).. a reasonable price.

Then I looked for fake ones... $129 US for a fake Explorer II. What a waste of money.

I know you're thinking, "Holy SHIT, how can $5000 be reasoable and $129 be a waste of money???!!!"

People that buy expensive art, must be crazy right?? Not really, there are a few things in the world that will simply never depreciate their value. Art collectors, spend tons of money on art. They hang beautiful pictures on their walls to admire for years. Then they sell the art for roughly the same money that they paid for it. What did they gain? Years of pleasure from having great art around, that in the end didn't cost a thing!

The same works for premium, watches, pens, books etc.

That is one reason why I want a Rolex Explorer II.

The second reason, is because, no matter where I am in the world, I can trade my watch for a couple of plane tickets home.

The third reason, is because I am cooler than you are.

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

Ok! I have a serious question....

If you work for someone and they have set a precedent, do you think it would be smart to push the issue, and receive the same treatment? Or should a person push the issue the other way and make them stop treating people differently?

Should the ramp guys in YXS be allowed to sleep while on the job? Should a casual agent in YDQ still hold his spot on the list?

Inquiring minds want to know.... Give me your opinion!! (Even you Steve!)

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

You laugh because I'm different.

I laugh because you're all the same!

Sunday, March 14, 2004

Stagnancy... Is that a word? It describes how I feel...

Time to shake things up a bit. :)

Friday, March 05, 2004

Colonel: Marine, what is that button on your body armour?
Joker: A peace symbol sir.
Colonel: Where'd you get it?
Joker: I don't remember sir.
Colonel: What is that you've got written on your helmet?
Joker: "Born to Kill" sir.
Colonel: You write "Born to Kill" on you helmet, and you wear a peace button. What's that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?
Joker: No, sir.
Colonel: Well what is it supposed to mean?
Joker: I don't know, sir.
Colonel: You don't know very much do you?
Joker: No sir.
Colonel: You better get your head and your ass wired together or I will take a giant shit on you.
Joker: Yes sir.
Colonel: Now answer my question, or you'll be standing tall before The Man.
Joker: I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man sir.
Colonel: The what?
Joker: The duality of man, the Jungian thing, sir.
Colonel: Who's side are you on, son?
Joker: Our side, sir.
Colonel: Don't you love your country?
Joker: Yes, sir.
Colonel: Well how about getting with the program? Why don't you jump on the team and c'mon in for the big win?
Joker: Yes, sir.
Colonel: Son, all I've ever asked of my Marines is for them to obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Vietnamese because inside every gook, there is an American trying to get out. It's a hardball world, son. We've got to try to keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.
Joker: Aye aye, sir.

Sunday, February 29, 2004

Gin And Juice Lyrics
[Intro: Dre]

[man pissing]
Heah hah hah!
I'm serious nigga one of y'all niggaz got this ass motherfuckin up
Aiy baby, aiy baby... aiy baby get some bubblegum in this motherfucker
Steady long, steady long nigga

[Verse One: Snoop]

With so much drama in the L-B-C
It's kinda hard bein Snoop D-O-double-G
But I, somehow, some way
Keep comin up with funky ass shit like every single day
May I, kick a little something for the G's (yeah)
and, make a few ends as (yeah!) I breeze, through
Two in the mornin and the party's still jumpin
cause my momma ain't home
I got bitches in the living room gettin it on
and, they ain't leavin til six in the mornin (six in the mornin)
So what you wanna do, sheeeit
I got a pocket full of rubbers and my homeboys do too
So turn off the lights and close the doors
But (but what) we don't love them hoes, yeah!
So we gonna smoke a ounce to this
G's up, hoes down, while you motherfuckers bounce to this

[Chorus: repeat 2X]

Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice
Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind)

[Verse Two:]

Now, that, I got me some Seagram's gin
Everybody got they cups, but they ain't chipped in
Now this types of shit, happens all the time
You got to get yours but fool I gotta get mine
Everything is fine when you listenin to the D-O-G
I got the cultivating music that be captivating he
who listens, to the words that I speak
As I take me a drink to the middle of the street
and get to mackin to this bitch named Sadie (Sadie?)
She used to be the homeboy's lady (Oh, that bitch)
Eighty degrees, when I tell that bitch please
Raise up off these N-U-T's, cause you gets none of these
At ease, as I mob with the Dogg Pound, feel the breeze
beeeitch, I'm just

[Chorus]

[Verse Three:]

Later on that day
My homey Dr. Dre came through with a gang of Tanqueray
And a fat ass J, of some bubonic chronic that made me choke
Shit, this ain't no joke
I had to back up off of it and sit my cup down
Tanqueray and chronic, yeah I'm fucked up now
But it ain't no stoppin, I'm still poppin
Dre got some bitches from the city of Compton
To serve me, not with a cherry on top
Cause when I bust my nut, I'm raisin up off the cot
Don't get upset girl, that's just how it goes
I don't love you hoes, I'm out the do'
And I'll be

[Chorus]

Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice (beeotch!!)
Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind)
Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice (beeotch!!)
Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind)


Thursday, February 26, 2004

In the early mornin' rain

With a dollar in my hand

With an achin' in my heart

And my pockets full of sand

I'm a long way from home

Lord I miss my love ones so

In the early morin' rain

With no place to go



Out on runway number nine

Big seven-o-seven set to go

And I'm stuck here in grass

Where the pain that ever grows

Now the liqour tasted so good

And the women all were fast

Well there she goes my friend

She rollin' now at last



Hear the mighty engines roar

See the silver wing on high

She's away and westward bound

Far above the clouds she'll fly

Where the mornin' rain don't fall

And the sun always shines

She'll be flyin' o'er my home

In about three hours time



This old airport's got me down

It's no earthly good to me

'Cause I'm stuck here on the ground

As cold and drunk as I can be

You can't jump a jet plane (but I can - B)

Like you can a freight train

So I'd best be on my way

In the early mornin' rain

Friday, February 13, 2004

So I went to work the other night, Phil had to take the night off due to a migrane, and I got to work with Steve! Let me remind you who Steve is...

Quoted From My Opinion Tuesday, December 16, 2003
.... or Steve-O you pushy little scrawn. (Steve-O suffers from little guy syndrome, he had a few too many drinks and decided to push everyone around. Poor guy probably only weighs a buck -o- five soaking wet! But it sure would have been fun to bust him up.).....

So we're working away, things were going well, so we were just talking 'bout shit. (Steve and I have never worked more than an hour or two together since he started, but I see him every day at the end of my shift) So we're working away and we start talking about websites and stuff.. So I give him my website address, not thinking any thing about it... and what do you think is still at the bottom of my opinion?

.... or Steve-O you pushy little scrawn. (Steve-O suffers from little guy syndrome, he had a few too many drinks and decided to push everyone around. Poor guy probably only weighs a buck -o- five soaking wet! But it sure would have been fun to bust him up.).....

I didn't even think about it, until I got a call the next day, wondering if I gave Steve the URL on purpose or by accident.

"WTF kinda question is that, of course it was on purpose."

"What about him being a buck -o- five and busting him up?"

"Oh Shit. Is he pissed off?"

Needless to say, I felt I should phone Steve and do some 'splainin.

I don't have my "standard" disclaimer" anywhere on this website, but I probably should.

Regardless, here is something for everyone to see:::

Steve:

I'm not going to apologise for thinking out-loud on my website, but I do want you to know that I never inteded to offend you or piss you off. (as I was pretty mad that night, but mostly not at you)

I think we get along pretty well at work, and my opinion of you is based on that, not one night of "poke chest".

I do apologise for talking behind your back, (which is what I do to everyone on this website), but ya gotta understand, this is like my therapy.

I'm not one to hold grudges, (I think you know what issue, I'm talking about now) especially since this one is way beyond our control.

Don't think that I am putting on a face at work, trying to be someone I'm not or trying to act in a way that isn't me. When I'm at work, I'm too busy thinking about other things than to waste my time doing stuff like that.

Dude, I guess I'm trying to apologise without apologising, cause I would / will do it again if you get drunk and try pushing me around again. Or maybe this time I won't be so afraid to just push back a bit.

I hear some WWE music playing in the back......

Did that make any sense?