I would have to agree that being a pilot is less mentally taxing than being an engineer. I was formerly a software engineer and am now a major airline pilot and I find that flying is easier and requires less creativity and problem solving compared to engineering. Most flights are variations of the ...

Update for all who care to know. Equipment bid posted yesterday… CMSC Review is based on forward-looking commercial plan for the next 12 months… Number of pilots required : 5517 Number of active pilots: 4831 Vacancies left: 686 Most Jr pilot: 5223 AC broke a hiring record this year for the most amo...

So, would anyone care to postulate, is scope on the table at all in the current talks? obviously North American scope clauses currently prohibit small jets greater than 76 seats, but according to bargaining 101: shoot for the moon and settle somewhere in between, would this not be a good angle for ...

I'm glad we don't have to fight over 777F wages now. The 787-10 has significantly less range than the 777's so I don't know if it will replace them. Are they filling them? Many airplanes have reduced traffic so are looking to reduce the capacity as well. In the good times the 787 would have replace...

Freshredmeat wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:42 pm Who wrote this??

The usual suspect would the guy running the YUL specific Facebook page.

Your friend needs to look at 1 fact and take 2 seconds to make their decision. In recent years, how many Westjet pilots have left for AC??? Hundreds or more. How many AC pilots have left for Westjet? Zero There is a reason for this. I don’t think the number is Zero, a bunch just left according to t...

There are actually a handful of pilots that commute from the US. The switch over for them would be the easiest, however after 10-15 years at the company a lot of people can’t just walk away from seniority and start all over again.

Mr JBI is right. That will shrink Jazz and give more flying to PAL. That will help Chorus leave the CPA as they are transitioning into a leasing company mainly. Or …. just conjecture here … maybe AC wanted out of the CPA and when Chorus/Jazz couldn’t fulfill their contractual obligations, they saw ...

Expect to be annihilated during negotiations, this group isn’t worthy or capable of achieving any real gains.

Heck we should have just joined CUPE and merged the list with them, at least the per diems would’ve been better.

Who could have imagined that this would happen? WHO? Pilots "undermining the collective efforts of other pilots for over 20 years". Great new slogan, maybe a bag sticker. Pretty good show though! Only a month ago........WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A THING OR TWO! WE'RE ALPA NOW, WE'RE SERIOUS! Right. T...

Way to got TO! You win the prize that comes with the "highest percentage of those listed to do voluntary work" outside your contractual obligations! You're SLAYING IT! Keep it up, you might win the CUP at this rate! An actual cup in TO, crazy times eh? Albeit the wrong one......but I digress. The c...

The hypocrisy is real, I’ve flown with some of these guys listed for VO. All complaining about our contract is shit, we need at least 30%. And they’re all lining up, as if 80-85 block hours isn’t enough. It’s simply greed from the Captains lining up. If we can’t unite now, expect a substandard cost ...

Sounds like the pilots are pulling out? Does that mean there is a strike soon? I was looking at booking a flight for this summer, maybe I should book thru someone else? ... This summer, travel will be unaffected, but maybe if the current contract ends in September, ALPA can use the Christmas travel...

ACPA Worst. Representation. Ever. Let’s not forget a lot of is up to the members. Even today some can’t seem to read between the lines of the MEC Chairs message. Changing the placard on the door to ALPA won’t help much if the members can’t collectively unite with a strong message to the company.

Bede wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 8:22 am

RVR6000 wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 8:12 am I will add: Pilots only in the jumpseat. FAs can figure out their own commute.

What benefit would that be to the pilots? Don't pilots already get first bid for the JS?

Yes, however on my flights the jumpseat is available for pilots Only. The FAs fought hard against the B1s.

I will add: Pilots only in the jumpseat. FAs can figure out their own commute.

The right to strike was signed away in the 2019 MOS U guys r missing the point. Why do WE have to follow the contract when it is not being followed on the other side... the way i see it, it s a breach of contract so.... Unfortunately, given their stubbornness at AC, things are going to have to get ...

Don't worry....I'll be up at my cottage in Muskoka, I won't spend a minute worrying about the train wreck that's about to occur. Has it ever occurred to you to evaluate why you believe the Air Canada pilots are incapable of acting like a real union. To do so will be a train wreck. Yes 2012 was a tr...

F**k 4 years of flat pay, no legacy carrier in North America has that. It use to be 2 years let’s get that back. It should have been part of the 10 year contract, but too bad 86% were too blinded by the $10k signing bonus. I agree but they have no reason to get rid of flat pay. They could have 6 ye...

F**k 4 years of flat pay, no legacy carrier in North America has that. It use to be 2 years let’s get that back. It should have been part of the 10 year contract, but too bad 86% were too blinded by the $10k signing bonus.

That means that an Encore Q400 first year FO is making around $85 more per year in base salary than an Air Canada 777 first officer. Good for him. In his fifth year, that 777 F/O will make about $180K/yr. How’s that Encore F/O doing? In his 12th year, that 777 F/O will make about $263K/yr. (85 hrs ...

I think you missed his point. I believe you are correct. I apologize. But …. to reflect on the point, (and others). Yes, it is possible for someone on flat pay to sit in the right seat of a Triple. It’s less of a flat pay matter and more a matter of extreme pilot hiring and being placed where neede...

We've got MM, our former complete loser of an ACPA MEC Chair beeking off on our forum about how ALPA is a "loser at bargaining" for you guys. Your problem stems from ACPA's "zero sum" horse-trade bargaining strategy has sat a "National Standard" for crap negotiating and bargaining in bad faith for ...

What’s the bid showing in terms of vacancies. Are new hire classes being filled? What’s the experience level like.

ACPA has a seniority projection estimator up and running now. It’s showing retirements around 125 a year. With 4800 pilots on the last equipment bid and the most junior WB captain position at 1500, pilots should be estimating 30 years before WB captain at the most junior position. Now that’s a very...