We only get strike pay if we're on strike for more than 14 days. For the first 14 days, we get nothing. I'm ready either way. Just know for budgeting purposes that if we're on strike for less than 2 weeks, it will be entirely without income.

Maybe the best thing to do is to have a procedure at each station where two separate ground workers check that the door is properly latched.... C-GWJK, a WestJet Encore DHC8-402, was conducting flight WEN3242 from Calgary International Airport (CYYC), AB to Brandon Municipal Airport (CYBR), MB. Dur...

Year 1 A220 FO pay at Delta is $115/hr now. So I don't actually think 130k CAD is a stretch for us. That's the market we're in now.

Unless Androids persona is faked. He/She is an AC pilot based on the 8 posts since March 2023. Recently moved over from Express. Sounds just like classic ACPA. While I agree it sounds like classic ACPA or maybe a fake account... here's a post from 6 months ago. I had the option along with another c...

Hahahaha... Just look at the "opposition" trolls we have trying to tell us we aren't any different than a bus driver: - a disgraced former leader leader who slashed and burned what was left and couldn't find a friend in a whorehouse - a pilot hater airline employee - a bitter 2000 hour Jazz wash-ou...

A very close friend of mine is an Anesthesiologist. He was telling me that after he finished med school, and was being trained for his specialty in anesthesiology, the instructors regularly drew comparisons to airline pilots, and our CRM/SOP adherence. I would actually say on a professional level, w...

We're worth what the labour market demands. No different than fuel, airport slot prices, etc. Currently that market demands United wages. The Us market demands that. The Canadian doesn’t. If you can get paid United wages why aren’t you working for them? You know the answer. There are Canadian pilot...

We're worth what the labour market demands. No different than fuel, airport slot prices, etc. Currently that market demands United wages.

Personally, my expectations are basically the United contract. Anything less, and we're selling ourselves short.

I thought dealing with a rough running carbureted engine was normal ops lol. Usually either carb icing or incorrect mixture/plug fouling.

Declared an emergency for being short 75 lbs of fuel….????? Imagine if they hadn’t declared an emergency, and ATC made them go around. It would get bad very quickly. While declaring an emergency may seem silly for 75 lbs of fuel, you are making sure it stays at only 75 lbs, and, it gives ATC the po...

So when do we dust off our alpa lanyards?

Another point I would like to make is that I don't believe our CEO's at airlines in Canada are working for a discount. I'm fairly certain they are getting compensation equal to their American counterparts.

Yes. When parking the airplane, you put the condition levers to "start feather" before shutting the engines down, as well as when starting the engines. When in flight, the props would self destruct under such high torque loads, so the airplane won't allow the props to actually go into feather, at le...

Some people here are almost on the right track. There is a system on the Q400 where if both condition levers are brought below the 850 RPM (cruise) gate, the PEC's (propeller electronic control) will automatically put the props into an overspeed condition. This is to prevent the props from self-dest...

How are airlines taxed vs those in Canada though? How are we the same when 50% of my salary evaporates when I receive it? I’m not buying that argument. Corporate taxes are obviously very different from personal taxes. You can look at the financials for any of the publicly traded airlines in Canada ...

Both - the 300,000 is the increase for FO's. American is matching the new Delta deal with a 40% raise.... So By year 4, narrow body captain tops at $475,000, wide body captain $590,000 annually. https://twitter.com/cbs11doug/status/1633290362566344704/photo/1 No point comparing us to the US. We fly...

My last pay cheque was $1120. That was with no unusual deductions. Year 1 FO on reserve. I am doing the 10% share purchase plan. Hardly flew at all in February. But still.....$1120. Not sure that constitutes being one of the best compensated pilots in Canada.

I think there's probably more to the story than just being 4 days late on payment.

Lets look at a few things, they were essentially over Enderby leveling off at 240 when the trouble started. Not surprising, if an engine is going to cave, it tends to be when you make power adjustments. quick measure on google maps, to carry on to YYC is just over 220 miles strait ahead, with some ...

At the end of the day, the QRH says "land at nearest suitable airport" if I remember correctly. YLW is more than suitable, and as others have said, it is not a tight valley. The conditions were VFR, with a bit of wind. A 9000' runway with VFR weather conditions is more than suitable enough for me, e...

Glad to hear this FO was able to get it sorted out before departure....

It’s been a while since I’ve flown a visual departure, aren’t you supposed to climb straight ahead to 500 before making a turn enroute? A steep turn at 45’ would’ve been investigated if a CADORS was issued, That's a requirement in uncontrolled airports: 500 ft if staying in circuit, 1000ft before p...

Deleted the first part of my post, as I found the answer after reading back a few posts. And for the original post - When I was at Encore, it was based on seniority, and when you met the requirements of the matrix. Although the requirements of the matrix have changed somewhat recently. When I did th...

After all the hiring that transpired between 2017-2020, can a pilot hired aged 30-35 expect to see a comfortable widebody position with decent a seniority during their career? What about narrowbody? Is it reasonable to anticipate significant fleet growth over the next 30 years — enough to render th...