Cost of doing business.
Onex / WJ management bought SWG as an airline and they agreed under CA2 that SWG pilot group would be merged into 1 unit / contract with Westjet pilots.
Don’t give a shit if it means xx M$ more in pay for SWG capt and future upgrades.
Search found 580 matches
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:34 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Years of service
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1300
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Challenger 600 crashes on Florida highway
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4301
Re: Challenger 600 crashes on Florida highway
Although unlikely, could have been a single engine failure that was mistakenly identified and turned into a double failure through crew actions. It’s happened before, ie British Midland Airways Flight 092
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:34 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
- Replies: 112
- Views: 16149
Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
A fool and his money are soon parted …rookiepilot wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:28 pm In context, this sure isn't a good look.
viewtopic.php?t=196901
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:59 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority
- Replies: 161
- Views: 28734
Re: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority
Hopefully after years of people saying they weren't at AC just because they weren't good enough for it, not because they made the choice for a better lifestyle, both Sunwing and WestJet pilots would be in a very good position to realize there are a lot of pilots at both companies that are there bec...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority
- Replies: 161
- Views: 28734
Re: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority
The amount of SWG drivers excited about this merge is quite low, regardless of the pay bump. Especially out West. Making 20% more (and paying more taxes) and going from 8 days a month to 16 days a month isn’t quite attractive to me and so is going from a 28 hrs MBJ layover in a 5 stars resort to a 1...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Invites for 2024 GS?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8296
Re: Invites for 2024 GS?
You’d have to be insane to think that a 737 FO with years of experience would be demoted to being an Encore FO because they lack the ATPL.
I don’t like cadets programs and I don’t think they should exist but that’s just ridiculous.
I don’t like cadets programs and I don’t think they should exist but that’s just ridiculous.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Air France tailstrike
- Replies: 52
- Views: 6979
Re: Air France tailstrike
Honeywell has RAAS / Smartlanding offered as an option for both Boeing and Airbus products as well as a few modern Bizjets.
Up to the carrier to decide if they want to spend the money on it.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Take-off Configuration after Type 4
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3081
Re: Take-off Configuration after Type 4
Of these different types, did the De-icing/Anti-Icing Spray checklist, which I take was a company-specific document, differ from what the manufacturer published in the AFM, ORM/AOM or QRH? (To be fair, those manufacturer materials can be a bit vague sometimes) How about this scenario? Nasty night i...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: So over at TransAt.......PAY ATTENTION!
- Replies: 84
- Views: 15377
Re: So over at TransAt.......PAY ATTENTION!
Everyone has had enough time now... Going forward no pilot will ride my jump: - without a red WCC lanyard on their raic - blue lanyard doesn't cut it until we ratify - if upon looking at reportlink I see suspicious activity - that they have VO in the last number of months - slid days on RSV - exten...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
- Topic: ALPA files ULP against Jazz/AC
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8256
Re: ALPA files ULP against Jazz/AC
They care so little that they went through the time and effort of filing a ULP. :rolleyes: They're doing their best to spit shine the turd that Jazz has become. If anyone can do a better job than the current Jazz MEC, feel free to get involved. That's not sarcasm, please do. Jazz is a mess and it l...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:28 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Alaska airlines grounds 737-MAX-9 fleet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2401
Re: Alaska airlines grounds 737-MAX-9 fleet
I doubt Airbus even cares. They have a 8000+ backlog…
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: 2023 earnings
- Replies: 57
- Views: 22294
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: Sunwing
- Topic: Merger and bases
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5249
Re: Merger and bases
Hello, With the merger do you think all the actual bases of Sunwing will stay open? Once the merger is complete, I highly doubt it. Guaranteed bases for post-merger WestJet will be YVR, YYC, YEG, YWG, YYZ. There is a fair chance for YUL. Any other bases are unlikely. Don't trust me, this is only ba...
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Common Employer CIRB
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9818
Re: Common Employer CIRB
Listened to the podcast today, ALPA dangling upgrades at a senior base where sunwing is a very small player seems fairly disingenuous. If you’re YVR based Sunwing doesn’t fly much from there. Most of the wetleases that will be taken over are in the east. Expectation management. Listened to the podc...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: What's with all the geeks on the street at Pearson
- Replies: 38
- Views: 29826
Re: What's with all the geeks on the street at Pearson
Do you really believe AC would fire a new hire for wearing an ALPA lanyard?PostmasterGeneral wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:57 am Lots and lots of guys still on probation too that aren’t wearing the new lanyards.
That being said, the title and original post reek of someone trying to troll.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:11 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Wear your goddamn lanyard!
- Replies: 88
- Views: 22299
Re: Wear your goddamn lanyard!
Need more red lanyards distributed. Did a turn the other day, between that and my commute I saw one.... Mine! Our battle cries: Keep our powder dry and, when they go low, we take high road. Ive seen this movie. Don’t forget the old classics: We’ll get them next time. We had to capture the work. Thi...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:39 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Picking up opentime
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24733
Re: Picking up opentime
FLICA/CAE Licence Agreement: “You may not sell, license, or distribute data or the use of FLICA services to third parties. Use of any unattended or automated systems to access, bid or obtain data within FLICA is specifically prohibited. Violation of these policies may result in, but is not limited ...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Picking up opentime
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24733
Re: Picking up opentime
Does Westjet's own Flica module is set up for or have some kind of auto notification (email, sms) when somethings comes up in the open time ?
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:09 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: 777 Funded Flair Using Insurance Customers' Deposits
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14951
Re: 777 Funded Flair Using Insurance Customers' Deposits
Canada population is 40 million. That is the limiting factor. That’s always been the problem. ULCC works in Europe due to high density population and relatively shorter routes. Does anyone really believes Canadian customers entering a recession can support - AC - WJ/SWG - Porter - Transat - Flair -...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:38 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Picking up opentime
- Replies: 62
- Views: 24733
Re: Picking up opentime
This hustle culture needs to die.
How sad that pilots feels like they need to buy a bot in order to work more. As if working 16 days isn’t enough already.
How sad that pilots feels like they need to buy a bot in order to work more. As if working 16 days isn’t enough already.