The more I see what CWIPPis about and has done, the more I like it. It allows you to tax shelter above the RRSP limit, there isn't a cap on that. Members returns are proportional to their contributions rather than a pooled benefit of the DB where the low contributors can just get their best 5 at th...

The more I see what CWIPPis about and has done, the more I like it. It allows you to tax shelter above the RRSP limit, there isn't a cap on that. Members returns are proportional to their contributions rather than a pooled benefit of the DB where the low contributors can just get their best 5 at th...

I have flown with him and now I am even more excited to fly together more as I can agree with most of what he said. One thing though I hope pilots will realize: CWIPP is a scam and we should eb able to opt out and do normal RRSP, cash clear the difference as salary for those salaries above the 18% ...

A lot of FAs are wonderful people to work with though. The vast majority of them actually. CUPE may have flaws but they stood up to Section 107 after our union was too chicken to do it. For that all Canadian organized labour groups owe them a huge thank you. The federal government is currently work...

Ok...show your math because I dont doubt it. People see the big CWIPP payouts for the young folks but forget about how much they contributed to get it. It wasn't cheap. You can login and do your own calculations on https://airlinecontract.com/ and adjust for your own career. You loose a lot with CW...

This toxicity between employee groups at AC isn’t even unique to Air Canada. It’s basically a reflection of Canada as a whole. Here’s a simple example that’ll showcase the deeper systemic issue. Imagine sitting at a red light in a beat up Ford Pinto. Wife beside you looking fat and rough, obese kid...

I was just comparing WestJet vs AC payrates for the first few years. I used this tool to compare the contracts from the AC forum: https://airlinecontract.com/ and their pay calculator shows actually higher pay at WJ for the first 5 years or so. Also QoL seems a lot better at Westjet. What's everyone...