I would go with the company where you will be able to get the best connections and meet new people. Better to be employed than not employed! Good luck!

PS Everybody's first job sucks. Pick whats best for you.

Congrats Palm90! You desire every single cent of that pay! I hope I make that in the left of Air Canada next year. Keep up the hard work dude!!

If Air Canada gets their way: 1. There will over 1/3 of ACPA pilots list looking for work. 2. Pay cuts to Westjet wages because they are connected to AC wages.(correct me if i am wrong please) 3. The new carrier will have lower operating costs than Westjet most likely. 2-3 min taxi delays please. I...

Airbus and Embraer have the same run-up procedures as a Boeing. Maybe different numbers, but still require engine runs!

Thanks Doug!

Doug Moore,

Can I cut and paste your post on the ACPA forum please? I agree 100%.

BLZD

SilentMajority,

Jazz is going though the same thing AC is going through. They have a few guys suing because they do not want to retire at age 65 as per Jazz's contract.

Generation screwed!!!!! How would you say to a reduction in pay so my group could get a nice pay raise. You know since we will have to stay at the bottom for longer. I meen all you want is to stay and do what you love so much, money is not the reason!! Bush Pilot, You are right!! That is the only f...

Bill to end mandatory retirement losing steam BY DON BUTLER, POSTMEDIA NEWS FEBRUARY 21, 2011 3:02 PM OTTAWA — Call it the last stand of Freedom 65. A bill that once seemed poised to sweep away legislated mandatory retirement in Canada is losing political steam following objections from Canadian bu...

SilentMajority wrote: Dear Rotaxdriver.....this might come as a major shock .....but.....you do realize that Air Canada is the ONLY, YES THE ONE and ONLY carrier that still flings their pilots out the door at the ripe old age of 60. Yup, the rest of the world moved past this a long time ago. Jazz u...

Pilots' mandatory retirement up in air Human Rights tribunal to re-examine Air Canada case BY DON BUTLER, OTTAWA CITIZEN FEBRUARY 15, 2011 3:04 AM The issue of whether Air Canada can force older pilots to retire is back in play after a Federal Court judge found the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ign...

Rockie,

I totally agree with your last post!! If or when age 60 changes, we will need to look at our whole contract. But I thought the age 60 guys thought that would be age discrimination. I have no problem with guys flying past 60 if we make fair changes to collective dividing of the pie.

Norwegianwood,

I was referring to the many other companies in Canada that have the same clauses as ACPA does in their contract. This is not just about pilots and airlines. This affects many other industries too.

I was at the meeting and found the Age 60 Discussion a little vague as well. I am pretty sure people are more informed than you think. People just wanted to hear about the Sky Regional Operation and Contract Negotiations. ACPA's age 60 committee chair was not there yesterday to talk about it! Guys a...

Understated,

Why did you not get up in our meeting and offer some info about age 60?

PFO = Please F OFF!!!

I read the letter aswell. What is Jazz's pass policy on TC aircraft?

ACPA has been in YOW fighting this but the government are a bunch of idiots. We ACPA members are paying union dues to fight this! Not sure if Westjet or Jazz (ALPA) are.

Some of us do not want Air Canada's doctors or Transport Canada involved in our medical conditions. I have a great family doctor and if we find anything in contrivance to the CARs we will report it. I do not need to pay 120$ plus 55$ TC fee every 5 months. If they want to do something different with...

I am not saying a girl cannot fly!! I am using the matrix to show if you check off allot of boxes you have a better chance of getting a call for an interview. In the example I gave, the PC 12 pilot checks off more boxes than the 767 pilot. I think total time is scored the same over a certain amount....

Guys, Interviewing is done by a matrix! The ones I can think of are: 1. Sex 2. French / Bilingual 3. Minority 4. Total Time to a certain amount. I do not think it is that high. 5. Glass Time 6. Jet Time 7. Military Time 8. University / College Time 9. Multi Time 10. Heavy Time 11. I think age (Meani...

I read it too Brickhead!! You are not imaging it. Keep up the fight.

Finally some common sense! This is what I will be looking for if we loose this case. Understated Providing an economic incentive to those who wish to leave prior to age 60, especially by reducing the economic penalty for doing so, is the number one means of offsetting any adverse effect on the senio...

Black Cat,

The CADOR number is 2010O3265. Any CADOR with the 757 is Air Canada Jazz. Easy for the media to report wrong info.

I am not saying these guys did not do a great job handling this incident. AC probably looses a couple of windshields per year in flight. I am saying AC's name should have nothing to do with TC. AC is good at creating its own media problems. I do not think Westjet would like seeing their name attach...