karmic rebound

Hi,

"journeyman" wrote:

He, his wife, and I were wheels up around 9:30, cleared customs around
noon. Canada customs actually met us at the airplane, but there are
one of two explanations. Either because his wife is a Spanish citizen
and they wanted to check papers, or one of the agents might have been
a trainee and was getting practical on-the-job experience. No biggie
either way.

My flights into Canada were also met by 2 customs agents. It seems to be
S.O.P.

The Terminal controller slowed his speech down to baby talk when we
expressed some confusion about needing to be "cleared" into Montreal's
class C. I thought it worked like U.S. class B.

I think that would depend on several factors, but in my flights, I had to
pass through Toronto's B anyway. Controllers kept with me until I was near
the airports of destination, then passed clearance off to those airports.
Again, seems to be S.O.P.

Neil

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:25:51 -0500, Neil Gould wrote:

My flights into Canada were also met by 2 customs agents. It seems to be
S.O.P.

My last flight up was spring last year, into Victoria BC. That time,
I just called CANPASS on landing and got a confirmation number over
the phone.

They have always reserved the right to inspect arriving aircraft, but
I always thought it was more of a spotcheck kinda thing. Probably has
something to do with how busy they are.


Morris

5 trips into Canada in the last 12 months, 5 inspections. 2 inspectors each
time. Same thing happended on the West Coast, Vancouver, and East Coast,
Toronto, (Pearson and City Centre). Maybe it's just me, but it seems more
than random.

jerry

"journeyman" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:25:51 -0500, Neil Gould wrote:

My flights into Canada were also met by 2 customs agents. It seems to be
S.O.P.

My last flight up was spring last year, into Victoria BC. That time,
I just called CANPASS on landing and got a confirmation number over
the phone.

They have always reserved the right to inspect arriving aircraft, but
I always thought it was more of a spotcheck kinda thing. Probably has
something to do with how busy they are.


Morris

"JerryK" writes:

5 trips into Canada in the last 12 months, 5 inspections. 2 inspectors each
time. Same thing happended on the West Coast, Vancouver, and East Coast,
Toronto, (Pearson and City Centre). Maybe it's just me, but it seems more
than random.

It depends on whether you have registered for the CANPASS program or
not, I think. That said, I was met by only one inspector at CYOW when
I returned from the U.S. a few weeks ago. Maybe when they are going
to an isolated airport, the inspectors don't want to go alone.

The U.S. always needs two, as far as I know, since Customs and INS are
separate.


All the best,


David

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David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/

David Megginson writes:

"JerryK" writes:

5 trips into Canada in the last 12 months, 5 inspections. 2 inspectors each
time. Same thing happended on the West Coast, Vancouver, and East Coast,
Toronto, (Pearson and City Centre). Maybe it's just me, but it seems more
than random.

It depends on whether you have registered for the CANPASS program or
not, I think. That said, I was met by only one inspector at CYOW when
I returned from the U.S. a few weeks ago. Maybe when they are going
to an isolated airport, the inspectors don't want to go alone.

An isolated airport ... like CYYZ or CYTZ. Maybe I should read a
little better next time.


All the best,


David

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David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:02:19 GMT, David Megginson wrote:

The U.S. always needs two, as far as I know, since Customs and INS are
separate.

We only met one on Sunday on the return trip. And whenever crossing
by car, there's only one at the booth. Mostly, you can tell whether
it's customs or immigration by the questions they ask. :-)


Morris

Yup, immigration doesn't give a furry rodents fat pucker hole whether or not
you have anything to declare...
Denny

Mostly, you can tell whether
it's customs or immigration by the questions they ask. Morris

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 04:36:04 GMT, JerryK wrote:
5 trips into Canada in the last 12 months, 5 inspections. 2 inspectors each
time. Same thing happended on the West Coast, Vancouver, and East Coast,
Toronto, (Pearson and City Centre). Maybe it's just me, but it seems more
than random.

Agreed. I'm planning to fly in to Montreal again in a couple of weeks
(weather permitting). Works out to be a good distance for the
commercial 300 NM solo x-country requirement. We'll see if it's more
than spot-checking. :-)

Morris