Hi Dave, Hopefully this will be a quick and easy answer for you. I am currently waiting on a permanent residence approval through family sponsorship into Canada. I hold a Canadian ATPL and have around 2000 hrs as co-pilot on the Q400. Are you guys able to help with work approvals, or if not, would I...

Still.... it's a bit vague

For the cost of 4 Q400's you could purchase 5 ATR's, how many sectors could an extra airplane do Good point. The Q400 operator is extremly profitable. I'm not sure about the ATR one. We also tried running our 400's at a reduced power/speed, but the savings overall were minimal and we now run at des...

I fly a Q400 in a market that is shared with ATRs. They are embarrassingly slow and cruise much lower and in more weather over the same routes as us. Ok they may be cheaper to run per hour but their speed could cost them a revenue flight per day on a busy network. ie. have time for only 8-9 sectors ...

2 WEEKS!! Is this standard in Canada? Our nations standard is 4 Weeks and pilots and FA's get 6 weeks.

Thanks for the info. Any idea how many weeks leave AC pilots get?

Pan Am training in the states runs the best program im aware of, for price and quality of training. They should be able to do up a package for TC to get you rated. Also they have good contacts for low hour flying in china etc. Call this guy. Good luck. It should cost about half what they said in Can...

Can anyone tell me if AC has a part time roster available at all.? To explain, the airline I work for overseas allows up to 5% of the pilot group to work a part time roster. This is worked out at double your standard days off per/month in return for half pay and annual leave. Also how many weeks ann...