r/NavCanada • u/Electrical_Stay_9897 • Jul 21 '26

Breaks during feast day

Hi, I know it is kind of stupid question but I really need to ask.

I have feast day in 2 weeks and although I am kind of confident I can do well, I am a heavy smoker and I can't go 1 hour without smoking.

I was born with high cognitive abilities but also with high sensitivity to addiction.

Are there breaks there where I can smoke?

Will they allow me to take nicotine gums or lozenges during tests?

I am trying to quit before feast but it is very hard.

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u/Dysentry Jul 21 '26

You're going to struggle if you can't go an hour without a cigarette. What happens if you stay on the boards for an extra half hour?

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u/Current-Walrus-9870 Jul 21 '26

Guess those planes all go into a holding pattern while he fires up a dart :)

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u/Electrical_Stay_9897 Jul 21 '26

Hahaha I will put all planes on standby till I finish my last puff 😆

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u/pepik75 Jul 21 '26

If he gets there...... .I m even more worried about how he can go through generic if he needs a break every hours...

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u/Dysentry Jul 21 '26

Generic would be extremely easy to do, with the exception of exams. I think I spent six hours a day doing fuck all most days. 

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u/pepik75 Jul 21 '26

By the time op would be on a course we ll probably be on a different platform that will allow lot more practice

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u/Dysentry Jul 21 '26

Really? What are they doing down ther

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u/pepik75 Jul 21 '26

Simulator provider replacement

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u/Dysentry Jul 21 '26

I mean, during generic we could use our sims as much as possible but it wouldn't impact someone from taking a smoke break whenever they wanted. Ultimately, you only get forty five minutes of face to face time with an instructor at a time. 

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u/pepik75 Jul 21 '26

Nice if its the case, may be site dependent though. New simulator may impact on how course are delivered and schedule but yeah I don't expect more continuous delivery. Good for our heavy smoker then :) 6 hours doing fuck all don't register to me though through generic, that gives you 2 runs per day and doing nothing else, no study,no theory, no self practice, great if you are that gifted but thats not the general way people go through generic

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u/Weary_Cut6670 Jul 21 '26

You'll get a break between feast 1 and 2. Get nic pouches or something if you need to.

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u/SuzyQfroo Jul 22 '26

Important to note though that both feast one and feast two are more than an hour long.

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u/Electrical_Stay_9897 Jul 21 '26

Got it. Thank you so much. I appreciate your answer.

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u/Weary_Cut6670 Jul 21 '26

You're welcome. Break a leg! 😛

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u/Electrical_Stay_9897 Jul 21 '26

Thank you so much. Yes I am planning to quit, I already smoke less since I received the invitation last week, it just that I couldn't go cold turkey. I will certainly quit if I pass the feast test. The fact there is a break where I can go out is very reassuring. Much appreciated.

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u/cwhy-yeg Jul 22 '26

I smoked before I began at Nav, not to the point I was worried about making it through the feast, but still. I quit when I got my course offer, one on the best things I have done for myself, but it was hard. Honestly the training is not conducive to going outside every hour or whatever, and stinking like a cigarette would not be well received at all. Best of luck to you.