CWIA - Update 12 Nov, 2006 - CALL for SPEAKERS! CALL FOR SPEAKERS! CWIA Conference accepting Proposals for Educational Sessions Do you have skills, knowledge or information you'd like to share with other women in aviation? Are you ready to stand up and tell it / show it like it is? Give back to other women in aviation what you've gotten out of it, helping give them the tools, ideas, or confidence they need to excel? Put your proposal together to present a 45-minute educational session during the Bi-Annual Canadian Women in Aviation Conference, to be held next June 7th to 9th, 2007 at the Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites in Victoria, British Columbia. Suggested Topics Include: Air Traffic Control, Avionics, Cabin Crew Careers, Career Management, Current Research, Dispatching, Engineering, Flight Crew Careers, Human Factors for Flight and Cabin Crew, Legislation and Regulations in Aviation and Aerospace, Maintenance Issues, Maintenance Career Opportunities, Management Careers in Aviation and Aerospace, Canadian Military, New Technologies, Personal Development, Professional Development, Safety in Aviation and Aerospace, and Women in Aviation and Aerospace History. Your audience will include women and men, aviation and aerospace professionals, military and civilian, and students aspiring to careers in aviation. Submit a copy of your proposed topic with a 100-word abstract explaining your topic and it's relevance to the audience. Please include your name, title, & affiliation, along with a brief biography of yourself, and what types of audiences you've spoken to in the past. We'd love to hear from you - and those who attend the CWIA conferences are very receptive to new topics and ideas! Don't wait - proposals need to go to Stacey Haggar at: haggar.sr@forces.gc.ca by no later than January 1st, 2007. If you'd like to snail mail a proposal or have any questions, call Stacey at (250) 246-8863. Looking forward to seeing you all in Victoria next June! The Sky is NOT the Limit Victoria, British Columbia June 7 - 9, 2007 JOB AT AVIATION WORLD Lee O'Riley passed along a note this week, that Aviation World at Vancouver Airport has a note on their door to bring in a resume! Great shop to get discounts in! CONGRATULATIONS EDMONTON POLARIS CHAPTER! Edmonton chapter has got their own webpage on the www.cwia.ca website! They're coming along, and have lots of events coming up. If you're in the neighbourhood this Thursday, drop in and say 'hi'! Polaris - Edmonton Chapter Provisional Chapter Next Meeting DATE: Thursday November 23 TIME: 7:00 pm PLACE: Edmonton Flying Club If I haven’t sent it to you before, our chapter website is: http://groups.msn.com/Polaris-CWIA/ The November meeting we'll be talking about plans and getting ideas from you on our chapter's educational, social, and outreach events for the new year! Plus, it will give us a chance to get updated on how everyone is doing, and introduce new members. Also, we'll do a quick review our final bylaws, one of the last steps to becoming a full WAI Chapter. For more information please contact ldenis@telusplanet.net DO YOU SPF IN THE COCKPIT?..... YOU DON'T?! Down here on terra firma, I must admit I forget about SPF as I go to work each day, or on my days off while spending our fall/winter days indoors. Sunscreen protection isn't on my list of priorities unless it's summer! But what if you work above the clouds? Do you think to use an SPF product every day? (and frankly even those of us with jobs on the ground should have a moisturizer with some SPF protection) Here's some good advice on what to use, quoted from the Pro 99's network listserve sent each day, from a United Airlines First Officer named Lisa Lefferts: 'Hi Ladies! Using sunscreen everyday you go to work is a lot more important than you realize. In addition to Ultraviolet A and Ultraviolet B rays that we get on the ground, at altitude we are also exposed to Ultraviolet C radiation and a higher level of free radicals. For that reason, I wear SPF 30 when I go to work. SPF 15 doesn't give you the time duration of coverage that most duty days involve, unless you reapply. Also, when selecting a sunscreen, you want to look at the label for Active Ingredients. Here are the better ones to look for: Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide, Octocrylene, Octyl Salicylate, and Avobenzone. Just to name a few. What to look for on the label is that at least 2 or more of these ingredients are listed as active ingredients. Unfortunately, most sunscreens that you buy at low-end retail stores don't really live up to their SPF rating on the front as they use less quality active ingredients. One more bit about our skin, don't forget to moisturize and stay hydrated! Drink lots of water...good for the skin and kidneys. We dehydrate about 1 litre of fluid for every 2 hours of flight. And by-the-way, since the cockpit lockdown resulting from 9-11, rates of kidney stones in US pilots has increased 430% ! Lisa Lefferts, UAL 737 FO' Hmmmm - makes you want to check what ingredients are in your sunscreen! Want to look into it yourself, do some research? I emailed Maggie Young, our local CRJ pilot and she had a couple of recommendations: 'Well, it just so happens I found at the library a copy of 'Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me' which I had heard was a great book for winnowing out expensive but useless cosmetics products. The section on sunscreens was quite interesting. I personally use Coppertone Sport which isn't particularly oily and comes in 15 and 30. I also use moisturizer that has SPF 15 in it so I always have some sunscreen on. Also use Lubriderm skin lotion which also has 15 in it. The book recommends Elizabeth Arden Triple Protection Face Block SPF 30. The Body Shop has some that are rated fairly well. Maggie' Thanks Maggie. There you have it - go have a look at your moisturizers, and see what you're putting on your face! LOOKING FOR A SAIT GRAD We have a request, please pass along. A friend is looking for her buddy from AME school in the 1970's - can you help? 'Hi, I'm trying to locate an old friend, Dory Adamson (she may have a married name now) who graduated from Aircraft Maintenance at the Southern Institute of Technology in the late 70s / early 80s. Thought your organization might be able to help. You have a great website! Thanks Mary Pat Gibson Edmonton, AB' If you can help Mary out, email back and we'll pass along the info to her! STORY TIME: There was a pilot flying a small single engine charter plane, with a couple of very important executives on board. She was coming into a small airport just outside of downtown Seattle through thickening fog, and suddenly had a complete electrical failure - no instruments. She sees nothing, but suddenly a small opening in the fog appears and she sees a tall building with a guy working alone on the 20th floor. She pops open the window and shouts to the guy, 'Where are we?' The man replies, 'You're in an airplane.' The pilot closes the window, executes a perfect rate one turn to a heading of 90 degrees, starts a slow descent, and lands at her destination airport 5 miles away. As the plane stops, the passengers are amazed and one asks how she did it. 'Quite easy,' replies the pilot, 'I asked the guy in that building a simple question. The answer he gave me was 100 percent correct but absolutely useless, therefore, that must be Microsoft's support office and from there the airport is just five miles due East!' Remembering our veterans, and those currently serving, Your Chapter (and prospective chapter) Presidents, Teara Fraser in Vancouver (#14156) Katie Childerhose in Winnipeg (#9160) Michelle Bentzen in Calgary (#6037) Lisa Graham in Toronto (#8030) Lianne Boileau in Ottawa-Gatineau (#10827) as well as Newly Forming Prospective Chapters: Laura Denis in Edmonton (#16016) Toni Duguay (#14386) in Montreal ~ If you ever wish to not receive these emails again, please let us know and we can take you off the list no problemo! ~ What's your chapter up to? Find out at www.cwia.ca ~ Haven't joined WAI yet? Do so online at www.wai.org and mention your chapter and your chapter president's name and number above.