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by fish4life
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
Replies: 112
Views: 16069

Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt

I don't think ANYTING is clearcut, lots of companies fucked around and (didn't) find out. The Bay didn't pay landlords during covid, Porter didn't pay Nieuport rent during covid. The difference with Flair is their leases were likely below market rate so there was in incentive for the lessors to tak...
by fish4life
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:30 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Losing another tail?
Replies: 16
Views: 4163

Re: Losing another tail?

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/flair-airlines-accuses-financial-services-firm-of-withholding-25-million-1.2046489 Another tile gets pulled on the Jenga tower that is Flair right now. In Jones's world, it's never Flair's fault and litigation is the answer. So essentially the regulator doesn’t want the ...
by fish4life
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Air France tailstrike
Replies: 52
Views: 6978

Re: Air France tailstrike

Air France and 24L don’t mix. The O5 accident on this same rwy came through a shot of 30-40 tailwind component not too far from the threshold, with the severe wind shifts around some unusually heavy thunderstorm activity encountered at a time when a number of other flights were diverted to alternat...
by fish4life
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Transat or Porter?
Replies: 72
Views: 9076

Re: Transat or Porter?

The sale leaseback is a way to raise capital, eg buy from embreaer for 40 mill, sell to lesser for 45 mill and lease back based on a 60 mill valuation on the aircraft. Port gets 5 million now when the business is extremely capital intensive in exchange for a higher total investment on the aircraft i...
by fish4life
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:58 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Transat or Porter?
Replies: 72
Views: 9076

Re: Transat or Porter?

What are you basing this on? The fact that he works there and it's information he wants to believe. Porter being a privately held company, he has no way of knowing its financials any further than what managers and executives tell them during townhalls. I wonder if said managers and execs ever have ...
by fish4life
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:17 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: PAL Doing AC Express Flying
Replies: 5
Views: 1075

Re: PAL Doing AC Express Flying

itsgrosswhatinet wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:58 am Do you guys think Porter will do Express flying one day?
No, AC see’s porter activity trying to go after their passengers right now with the 195’s why would they give them money?
Remember the hissy fit AC threw when Jazz operated a couple 757’s for Thomas cook?
by fish4life
Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:52 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority
Replies: 161
Views: 28714

Re: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority

Just a note from your posted article, revenue growth doesn’t mean profit growth. In fact a company can have 100 million in revenue with a 20 million profit and be much more successful than a company with 1 billion in revenue (10x growth) and only 10 million in profit.
by fish4life
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: You will be handed your STRIKE FUND shortly.
Replies: 7
Views: 2143

Re: You will be handed your STRIKE FUND shortly.

Don’t forget about ALPA strike pay about $3500 ta
by fish4life
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: You will be handed your STRIKE FUND shortly.
Replies: 7
Views: 2143

Re: You will be handed your STRIKE FUND shortly.

Don’t forget about ALPA strike pay about $32-3300 tax free per month
by fish4life
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair in hot water with the CRA
Replies: 31
Views: 6572

Re: Flair in hot water with the CRA

That’s exactly it, the CRA can’t seize one aircraft worth over 67 million and be like ok we’re good when flair doesn’t own the aircraft. If flair outright owned the 737 with no loan / lease in it then that would work but it’s not the case. The CRA wants their money and they don’t want to shut a busi...
by fish4life
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:41 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair/Lynx Merger
Replies: 25
Views: 7721

Re: Flair/Lynx Merger

I can’t see why Lynx would even want flair. Why would they saddle themselves with all that debt ?
by fish4life
Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Ready To Strike
Replies: 15
Views: 3890

Re: Ready To Strike

BTD wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:40 am As it stands, according to LRD, strike pay isn’t taxed (although that could change).

So for some of our newer pilots, it could indeed be a raise. However, there must be a cumulative of 14 days strike before being eligible.
Strike pay has been ruled by the court that it is tax free.
by fish4life
Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
Replies: 112
Views: 16069

Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/flair-ceo-blasts-media-depiction-of-tax-debts-pledges-to-continue-operations-1.2029002 Interesting how the CEO is now dodging the question about profitability, even though he said they were far from it not long ago. But at the same time, keeps reiterating that they're br...
by fish4life
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
Replies: 112
Views: 16069

Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt

I think it will be more than that agreement falling through in the next few months. It’s kinda hard to seize assets when you barely have any. If the tail number chart I have found online is correct, all but 3 of their tails are leased. I don’t think the CRA can take things that are actually owned b...
by fish4life
Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Invites for 2024 GS?
Replies: 50
Views: 8294

Re: Invites for 2024 GS?

Insurance requirements could be different, maybe one company has certain requirements in their policy that make it a bit cheaper. No one on here would know
by fish4life
Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Lufthansa in SFO
Replies: 10
Views: 1463

Re: Lufthansa in SFO

It’s not SFO’s fault the Lufthansa pilots don’t know how to look outside and fly the plane. I can fly a visual approach. If my company tells me tomorrow that I'm not longer allowed to do it, does that mean I no longer know how to "look outside and fly the plane"? Come on... Many airlines are not al...
by fish4life
Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:50 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Lufthansa in SFO
Replies: 10
Views: 1463

Re: Lufthansa in SFO

It’s not SFO’s fault the Lufthansa pilots don’t know how to look outside and fly the plane.
by fish4life
Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Bearskin cuts routes.
Replies: 23
Views: 2963

Re: Bearskin cuts routes.

Bearskin cutting routes might have just as much to do with the lack of pilots as their is a lack of passengers. I was wondering the same. Anyone know more about their staffing levels? They say its demand, FWIW Put it this way let’s say you have 20 metro captains and you can make $xxxx per hour flyi...
by fish4life
Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Bearskin cuts routes.
Replies: 23
Views: 2963

Re: Bearskin cuts routes.

Bearskin cutting routes might have just as much to do with the lack of pilots as their is a lack of passengers.
by fish4life
Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:39 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Westjet cancelling flights due to cold in Calgary
Replies: 20
Views: 2659

Re: Westjet cancelling flights due to cold in Calgary

I’d imagine the OHSA rules around those temperatures require quite a few warm up breaks compared to working the ramp for a northern airline with Inuit working in Rankin that prefer the cold. I remember a day in the arctic that hit close to +20 and all the ramp guys struggled with the heat meanwhile ...

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