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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Agreement in principle reached.
- Replies: 75
- Views: 11253
Re: Agreement in principle reached.
Maybe it's a bluff. BUT, here's the thing, what would happen if, after going on strike, the Company decided just to shut Encore down? How bad would it look if the NC/MEC (a group of 8-12 volunteers) received an offer that met the mandate their pilots gave them, didn't put it to the pilots and inste...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Agreement in principle reached.
- Replies: 75
- Views: 11253
Re: Agreement in principle reached.
Maybe it's a bluff. BUT, here's the thing, what would happen if, after going on strike, the Company decided just to shut Encore down? How bad would it look if the NC/MEC (a group of 8-12 volunteers) received an offer that met the mandate their pilots gave them, didn't put it to the pilots and inste...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: IR 6/6/6 currency in non IFR rated plane?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 360
Re: IR 6/6/6 currency in non IFR rated plane?
and simulated means you are wearing a view limiting device (ie. a hood, foggles, etc.) and are navigating with sole reference to the instruments Do you have a reference for this? To my knowledge, 'simulated' is not defined in the CARs. There are a few passages in the AIM that may hint at wearing a ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Chunk of metal falls through Kitchener, ON home's roof
- Replies: 7
- Views: 978
Re: Chunk of metal falls through Kitchener, ON home's roof
Most likely some kind of mulcher. Those things are hardcore.bodyflyer2 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:50 pm Haha, well, that's, kind of good -- aviation in no way at fault -- but also sort of a let down!
Pretty heavy duty weed wacker being used to clear whole trees...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Are Encore pilots aware they are accepting 705 wages below PC-12 & King Air captain rates?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2242
Re: Are Encore pilots aware they are accepting 705 wages below PC-12 & King Air captain rates?
Why make up reasons to be offended? You could look at the much more logical conclusion that a company with bigger economies of scale AND 70+ paying passengers in the back can afford to beat a smaller operator with 1 passenger and a lower COL Oh god. Nobody here is offended. It's about appearances: ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Chunk of metal falls through Kitchener, ON home's roof
- Replies: 7
- Views: 978
Re: Chunk of metal falls through Kitchener, ON home's roof
For those not wanting to read through the article: It was a blade/tooth from tree clearing machinery that went flying after it hit a rock.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Are Encore pilots aware they are accepting 705 wages below PC-12 & King Air captain rates?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2242
Re: Are Encore pilots aware they are accepting 705 wages below PC-12 & King Air captain rates?
I don't think anyone is seriously saying northern medevac is better than Encore. ... By comparing Encore to northern goat show operators, people are being facetious in the comparison as a way to mock the new Encore pay. Maybe a 10% premium is appropriate to tolerate breaking rules for northern crap...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:56 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Are Encore pilots aware they are accepting 705 wages below PC-12 & King Air captain rates?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2242
Re: Are Encore pilots aware they are accepting 705 wages below PC-12 & King Air captain rates?
What's the relevance of the comparison to a king air or pc12 operation?
Go fly the pc12 then if you think it's a better job. Ironically the best way to ensure the encore wages will go up.
Go fly the pc12 then if you think it's a better job. Ironically the best way to ensure the encore wages will go up.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Agreement in principle reached.
- Replies: 75
- Views: 11253
Re: Agreement in principle reached.
"I don't care, I'm outta here anyways" That's one of my biggest pet peeves. Jazz couldn't get a bigger FO raise, because then AC would be paying FOs less than Jazz. Sounds to me like a great reason to pay everyone more. If the Q400/regional pilots are making good money, that encourages the 737/NB/m...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: help with 703 training exams
- Replies: 13
- Views: 698
Re: help with 703 training exams
Are you asking for someone else’s training material because you don’t believe the training is relevant or important? That’s not a good look for an Air Operator and public safety. Your training exams should be based on your training material not someone else’s. Your COM, your SOP’s, your fleet. Buil...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: New Hire Sims?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5643
Re: New Hire Sims?
Exaggerations like this don't help your case though. It's bad, but it's not poverty.Freshredmeat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:28 am Also, many simply can't afford it. Do you realize how bad starting pay is at AC? It's literally poverty
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Agreement in principle reached.
- Replies: 75
- Views: 11253
Re: Agreement in principle reached.
What's the meaning of the relocation stuff? Do they pay you 52k if you move for the job??
Would have been a good contract 10 years ago. Hope you all vote this down... It sure won't entice many more pilots to join encore...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:29 pm
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Agreement in principle reached.
- Replies: 75
- Views: 11253
Re: Agreement in principle reached.
Any promises on "flow" should be respectully disregarded. We've seen how that has gone in the past, on both the teal and red sides. Guaranteed seniority and YOS when flowing over should be a given, before any other improvements are offered. No point in spending 5+ years at Encore if you have to sta...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: help with 703 training exams
- Replies: 13
- Views: 698
Re: help with 703 training exams
Whatever you do, make them watch the TC video about the Dryden inquiry...."tell the tower we're going back" :lol: It's not particularly good training, but I've had to watch it 20 times so the new generation should have to suffer through it too. It's comforting to know that there have been no icing ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: How will Immediate roadside prohibition affect career as an airline pilot ?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2272
Re: How will Immediate roadside prohibition affect career as an airline pilot ?
If you are stupid enough to drink and drive to the point that you had to refuse a breathalyzer, then do us a favour and pick a different career; we don’t want you. I was unfamiliar with the 'refusing breathalizer' option. At what blood alcohol level would it be beneficial to refuse the test? I don’...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: How will Immediate roadside prohibition affect career as an airline pilot ?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2272
Re: How will Immediate roadside prohibition affect career as an airline pilot ?
I was unfamiliar with the 'refusing breathalizer' option. At what blood alcohol level would it be beneficial to refuse the test?
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Fill 'Er Up
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1689
Re: Fill 'Er Up
Trying to remember how I used to prevent the same in my light turbine twin days. I think our OFP had lines for planned FOB, burn, and uptake on each leg so I’d just finish the math before getting in the plane. Is that not normal? Seems like having that and enforcing its use would be super cheap ins...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:14 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Fill 'Er Up
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1689
Re: Fill 'Er Up
Several years ago, I started a thread called “A Top of Climb Check”. It suggested that at the top of climb, the pilot do a check of all the switches and gauges to ensure proper positions and indications. Shortly after reaching their planned cruise altitude , the flight crew carried out the mid-way ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: How will Immediate roadside prohibition affect career as an airline pilot ?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2272
Re: How will Immediate roadside prohibition affect career as an airline pilot ?
This is worth what you paid for it, but I don't believe you have anything to worry about. The only times I'm aware of you'll come across an inquiry into your driver's abstract would be for your RAIC, and clearance for a gov't agency or regulated subcontractor. (Medevac, fire, gov't charters, etc) F...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Instructing and 703 ops
- Replies: 4
- Views: 417
Re: Instructing and 703 ops
700.27 (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), a flight crew member’s flight time includes (a) the flight time accumulated from other flight operations; and (b) the total flight time of a flight with an augmented flight crew. That's talking about the maximum flight hours in certain periods. That doe...