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  This guy loves aviation! Today I am speaking with Mike Doiron who has been involved in many aspects of aviation for 50 years. The truth is that this short introduction doesn’t scratch the surface of his career accomplishments and experience in aviation. Today we get into the gaps in flight training; concerns about the level of competency of new aviators; and how we address those concerns. We discuss the role of Transport Canada; the difference between Transport Canada of today and in the 1980’s and 90’s; the experience of today’s regulators; and what he would watch for if he was a regulator today. Mike started as a dispatcher and progressed to Chief Flight Instructor and Chief Pilot of the Moncton Flying Club. He spent 19 years with Transport Canada where he held various positions including Superintendent of Flight Training, Regional Director of System Safety and National Director of Aviation Safety Promotions. In 1998, he left the government to take the helm of the Moncton Fli

Photo by S Migaj on Unsplash   “ The people I talk to all day long are problem solvers so they tend to put their own needs on the back burner while they take care of other people’s pressing problems.” Any of you who have ever been to any of my workshops, or have done coaching with me, knows that we always take some time to focus on “What are you going to do about it?” and “How are you going to deal with whatever is usually the underlying problem?” The problem is almost never that you've lost your job – or whatever the acute problem is that is presenting when we first start out together. You may have seen my video last year about how I meditated every single day for one year (see last video posted below). Next week it will be two years so I’d like to remind us all that meditation is another easy and FREE tool that we can use to deal with all that shit that comes up, especially if we're in law or a regulatory position, a pilot, a nurse, a doctor, or a police officer. When we h

Anyone who has done any training with me will recognize our title today: focus, focus, focus. Usually we're talking about something legal or technical but today let's talk about staying creative and open when we have staffing shortages. How is your focus? Where is it? There are times, like now, when it looks like we have no options. I believe that we always have options. Unless you are hiring for a position that requires a very specific education and skill set, such as aircraft maintenance engineer, pilot, or brain surgeon, you want the right person with the right skills and education. If we're working in another industry that does not require such a specific skill set, then a lot of skill sets can be learned and we can use transferable skills or education to move somebody into another area. We all know that already. Why are we so resistant to it? When I'm with my law firm or corporate clients, I hear a lot of: “Nobody wants to work anymore”. In my opinion, that is no

Welcome back to Ascend Legal 101. I'm Ramona and this is the place where we are having hard conversations to help you develop strategies to navigate these changing times by inspiring and empowering you to achieve you personal and professional goals. We're back... when I say we I mean me.  And all of my guests.  Not all of my personalities; although they may show up from time to time. This year my intention is to address the most frequent pain points that you bring to me. While my first inclination is always to hit them head-on, we might have to be nice about it so that's what we'll do. The first and most frequent pain point is the modality in which you'd like to hear from us. It's been really interesting to see people's preferences and what holds their attention.  When we started the Youtube channel many people asked if we would make those conversations available on podcast platforms so we did. When we moved to podcast platforms many people asked if we could