Just as an aside - here in the US a pilot doesn’t need an endorsement on their ticket to fly ‘over the top’ meaning flying over the cloud cover where in Canada you do.
“”Just as an aside - here in the US a pilot doesn’t need an endorsement on their ticket to fly ‘over the top’ meaning flying over the cloud cover where in Canada you do.””
Really? That’s interesting. My husband flew for 40 years and we had a flight operation at JWA in OC, CA for 25 years and I also worked for an FE training center on the airport. I remember years ago we were returning from Northern CA to Southern CA and coming over the Tehachapi Mountains the wings iced up pretty bad. ATC was telling us to CLIMB and my husband was trying to make them understand the wings were iced over and he COULDN’T CLIMB.. We skirted cloud buildups and the ice didn’t leave the wings until we were opposite Torrance Airport south of LAX. First time in all those years of flying with him that I actually smelled “sweat”....Bumpy with charts flying all over the cockpit. Glad to touch down at home!