Any word on fly past 60? Also, heard that AC wanted to start another carrier under a different policy manual. Any truth or information on that?

"Fly past 60" is currently hung up in the courts. As for the low-cost carrier:

Labour dispute threatens to delay Air Canada discount airline - The Globe and Mail

I also have Canadian citizenship, 10000+ hrs of commercial heavy turbo prop time with 8600 hrs PIC on heavy multi engine turbo prop and a 4 year BSc. and I have been waiting for years for AC to call... and I keep updating my resume every quater or so with them...
I guess the AC hiring matrix just doesn't like me!!

i read this and didnt understand what the requirements were for landed immigrant status. Is this the work permit/permanent residency.

Try this:

Come to Canada


For the most part, as with the US green card, you need to be sponsored by a family member or spouse...

My Mom was born in Canada but doesn't hold a Canadian passport, am I eligible for Canadian citizenship? (Shows proof on my US Birth certificate)

Flowpayfo, yes you are able to claim citizenship if your mom was born in Canada. She would need to ensure she has first applied for a citizenship card, then passport before you can though. And you being born in the US means you can claim citizenship in both the US and Canada, ie dual citizenship. Just takes time for the paperwork. Start with your closest Canadian consulate in the US. Probably a 6 month process.

If you were born after 1977 to a Canadian Citizen than you are a Canadian. The closest consulate will help. If I am correct you need your mothers birth certificate she does not need a Canadian citizenship card or passport at least that was the case several years ago when I got citizenship cards for my two youngest (they are dual citizens born in USA to Canadian parents). I just had to produce my provincial birth certificate.
Hope this helps

bigmacdaddy and flightnurse, thanks for the info, much appreciated. I will look into it and talk to the consulate.

Same experience here. Did it through the mail and didn't need to go down to a consulate (although a visit would make it quicker). Both kids got a "Canadian Citizen born abroad" card and your mom's birth certificate is sufficient.