About Captain D

Doug did most of his initial pilot training on Canada’s East Coast, where the weather is a major player in flight operations. He has experienced a gamut of weather phenomena on the temperamental eastern seaboard and all over North America. He also has fifteen years of experience flying internationally. He has contended with Pacific typhoons, ferocious jet streams over the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, space weather over the North Pole, crosswinds at London Heathrow Airport, and low visibility approaches flying into smog-prone New Delhi, India.

Part of his career saw Doug venture into meteorology when things were lean in aviation. As a certified meteorologist, he worked for Atmospheric Environment Canada for four years as a forecaster, most of it on the East Coast. Doug taught weather to aspiring student pilots for years at schools and anyone who wanted to listen. Many Air Canada new hires received a weather refresher from Doug!

Captain D has written the aviation page for Air Canada’s in-flight magazine, enRoute, for over 24 years. He’s been published in Wings, Canadian Aviator, and Weatherwise magazines, as well as in various newspapers and other publications. Doug has written four books and resides in downtown Toronto. Aviation and weather are his passion, and he hopes his books will inspire others to seek an exciting and dynamic career in aviation.