I feel like people overlook some very important points: -Transat is highly in debt. They were given a break on interest payments. That is now history since oct 31st. They have sold everything they have to sell, they don’t own anything else. -Most vulnerable compagnie is this high interest environne...

FYI - The training bond is no longer .. it’s done, gone, finito!

I feel like people overlook some very important points: -Transat is highly in debt. They were given a break on interest payments. That is now history since oct 31st. They have sold everything they have to sell, they don’t own anything else. -Most vulnerable compagnie is this high interest environne...

RobertChow wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 5:22 pm

Localizer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:35 am No idea what the process is like today. Sorry.

Well that was really helpful, glad you took the time

Seemed like he was waiting for someone to say something.

The wing walker did a bang up job.

Conservatives want to bring in a tax credit to skilled workers who travel by air for their employment. It’s geared toward oil sands workers, but if they get elected and bring that in, you’d have a case to claim your commute. I think pilot would be considered skilled .. some days. Lol.

Standard really. Unlimited standby travel .. depending on years of service you get confirmed passes every year.

No idea what the process is like today. Sorry.

Question .. why is Transat’s debt such a concern to people on this forum? I’m not disputing that it’s an issue and it obviously needs to be addressed, but AC has a $16 billion dollar debt that doesn’t seem to bother anyone.

I’m looking for informed answers, not snarky remarks fyi.

Why would Onex want all that debt with an incompatible fleet type? No disrespect to AT, but they were struggling mightily prior to Covid. All interesting points .. I don’t think AT was struggling before the pandemic, they had a lot of money in the bank and low debt before covid drained them and rev...

I’ve had a few people from team teal tell me Onex is buying AT? Not trying to start a fire storm, but I’m interested to see what other people are hearing. I hope it’s not true, I wouldn’t want a good company like AT to end up becoming the gong-show WJ seems to be.

Looking at todays Flair flights, don’t see any cancelled flights. Meanwhile WJ has cancelled their YYC-YKF flight. Obviously this is very rocky for Flair at the moment, I’m holding some optimism. Any airline going out of business does no good for Canadian aviation. Shame on the ones on here rooting...

The one airline that actually wanted to serve smaller markets will now probably go under. What a shame, flair made a huge difference in the Canadian aviation landscape and lowered prices of airfares for the past 6 years. Their loads are absolutely amazing this week (obviously), but even in the few ...

A bond shouldn't matter if one plans on staying and not leave to AC. You're spinning it the wrong way bud. If you made the job attractive enough that people didn't want to leave for AC then a bond shouldn't be necessary. Bud .. Go take a shit somewhere else. Try the AC forum .. they love this negat...

mmm...bacon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:37 am And yet, when Gabor Lukacs complains about this sort of thing, he gets pooped all over by pilots..

Nice try Gabor!!! Get off avcanada!!!

Is it just me? Or does the word unethical seem to describe Canada as a whole? I agree with PP’s assessment that under JT’s watch everything in Canada really does seem broken. In my five decades circling the sun I can’t recall experiencing anything like we are today.

The leaked memo regarding switching over to greener jobs.“We expect that larger-scale transformations will take place in agriculture (about 292,000 workers; 1.5 per cent of Canada’s employment); You do realize that the vast majority of the farm labour force is TFW brought in from places like Mexico...

I guess Air Transat isn’t a viable option! Lol.

Anyone care to speculate on the stock surge Transat seen last week? Seems the experts got their predictions wrong .. last estimate was $2.45/share, it was over $3.70/share by weeks end.

The point is to keep Canadian pilots in Canadian flight decks. How can we see better wages and working conditions in Canada if the employers have a cheap get out of paying a pilot what he/she’s worth card? Our American counterparts don’t stand for this .. evident by the campaign against sponsoring p...