I thought Encore was extremely short staffed on Q captains? Didn't they park a large portion of the fleet because of lack of crews?

3rd year Relief pilot on a WB

$75k in earnings (includes OT+Vac pay) + $10k towards pension. I had a couple months of block reduction but still, you can't support a family on that salary in YVR or YYZ unless your spouse is working.

Depends on where you're commuting from and how senior you are on your aircraft/position. I've heard commuting from YYZ or YOW to/from YUL is one of the easiest commutes. Commuting from the east coast, especially in the winter is pretty difficult. Commuting from YYC or Vancouver island to YVR isn't t...

Is it true that Porter has issued layoff notices to about 50 employees that are not flight crew? Or does that have to do with the base closures in YHZ and YQT?

The Jazz YHZ pilot base closed over 15 years ago. The flight attendant base is closing in a few weeks. Jazz used to have a temporary Q400 base in YHZ over covid of 30 pilots I think. My understanding is they never wanted to open a permanent Q400 base just because Air Canada changed equipment on rou...

Yea is there a reason why Morningstar and Cargojet don't have more alpa jumpseat agreements that all the passenger airlines have? It can't be that difficult to implement and would be a huge benefit to the pilots there. I'm sure some guys and gals at the airlines wouldn't mind jumpseating on cargojet...

Every time a Air Canada senior executive goes on TV for an interview my concern that there are no adults managing this airline goes up. The COO sounds like he has less than 90 IQ and talks like he's an AI animated character. The CEO seems to be completely isolated from the struggles of the average ...

Looks like Air Canada is already bailing on negotiations not even an hour after they started. "7:25 p.m. EDT: Air Canada won’t negotiate with union until they return to work: Airline COO Air Canada says flight attendants need to return to work before the airline can push on with negotiations, even a...

Bad news TalkingPie, being a FA is not a profession. That's just ignorant and arrogant. Especially for an airline like AC which prides itself on its first class service and offerings. And 100k isn’t what it used to be, especially when living in YVR or YYZ. And the bottom end isnt anywhere near that...

From my understanding, this ULP dispute will not affect 90% of the pilots seniority at AC. The 200 or so Jazz pilots that were affected would jump up like 400-500 numbers above those that were OTS hires in 2023 if they're given a start date at the end of 2022 to fulfill the hiring requirements set o...

Heard employee travel is blocked until Aug 22? Is this true? Any logical reason why? AC management claims it's to free up resources for revenue passengers so it's easy to reaccommodate them onto other flights. It really doesn't make a lot of sense since nonrev travel is space available and employee...

The 777 does all the gravy flying in the summer time. Athens, Rome and Barcelona during peak travel season. The 787/330 takes over those routes in the winter. The 787 also does south america flying which used to be done by the 777, so the routes change often. Do you live in YYZ? It could be a year o...

Not true. There are no layoffs presently at AC. There may have been wash outs, but there are always wash outs... 5 at once is above normal if true, but then that may be a reflection of the present quality/experience level of new hires which has been steadily decreasing. Could it be 5 layoffs masked...

What is the point of this poll? There's already a thread discussing the accusations of financial mismanagement from the Jazz MEC.

Man that would be really disappointing if these allegations are true. I actually thought Claude was working in the best interest of the pilot group for the years he was in that leadership position. If the corruption really runs that deep and he really was just serving himself, he should absolutely b...

Applied in Jan Interviewed in Feb Got a call in April PIT in mid May Good for you! I suspect there won't be more hiring for years. What makes you think that? There's 80 aircraft being delivered in the next 4 years with hundreds of retirements. Might be a pause for a month or two but I don't doubt t...

Can't have layoffs until fall 2026 unless there's a major event that cause a significant grounding of the fleet and then it would be way more than 100 pilots. It's in the arbitration award that nobody read apparently. Exactly, I mentioned this fact earlier but it is a lot more fun to speculate ! As...

At the end of the day, even if AC dictated the offer to the penny of every year/position. You guys voted for it and now you complain? And in the same tread, you’re trying to sell us that a 17 years contract was a good idea? Come on. No a 17 year agreement was not a good idea. But to the senior pilo...

I don't think the commute is that bad. There are far more people commuting from YYC to YVR. And because YYZ is such a long trip, there's not as many people commuting that way. WJ already primarily focuses on the west so jumpseats to YYZ are usually open. At AC, most guys/gals commute to YVR. I think...

Heard this before... been hearing it for 30 years. AC is opening a YVR 220 base. That is a fact. AC has added many 220 orders. That is a fact. In fact, the 220 will be the single largest NB fleet type once all orders are delivered. The 220 is seen as AC’s main tool in reducing frequency and increas...

Canada tends to follow American culture eventually. If they are shaking off DEI so will we. It's going to be awkward sharing the flight deck with obvious DEI hires going forward. I know a couple DEI hires and they all know it's BS too. But if the airlines offer them jobs with an accelerated career ...

VICTORY has been achieved Metrolinx lowered the price from 7.41 back down to 4.94 one way due to pressure from the customers and this petition Thank you to all who signed. This wasn’t an easy battle! Cheers, Last time I was in Toronto the fare was $12 and after just looking at the website, it appea...

I didn't think they would give in after holding out for that long so that's great news! Thanks to those to organized and supported the petition

Have you thought about commuting to YYZ? It's a lot further with a bit less frequency, but seniority wise, you would be way ahead. I know guys who are stuck on reserve in YVR and their classmates from PIT on the same plane are mid level block holders with Christmas and their choice of days off. Bein...

Canadian North Canadian North is a decent option as well with their 737 operation but it's all oil sands flying and charters out of YYC and there is no growth; so long upgrade times. Who knows how long that will last. Sunwest or some other company could take those contracts in time. The one advanta...