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by CFM Symphony
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Losing another tail?
Replies: 16
Views: 4546

Re: Losing another tail?

Strange situation. Massive shortage of narrowbodies world-wide. A lessor eager to repossess (and I assume to redeploy and continue to earn revenue). Then the planes sit on the ground for a whole year.
by CFM Symphony
Fri Sep 08, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: 787 upgrade
Replies: 20
Views: 4354

Re: 787 upgrade

I just completed my 787 training. You need approximately 8 yrs and 10 months seniority to hold a B787 F/O position. Lowest 737 Captain awarded on last bid will have 9 yrs 1 month seniority. As others have stated if more planes come upgrades will be quicker. Wait… did I just read this correctly? Bas...
by CFM Symphony
Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Is Mr Jones Lying to everyone?
Replies: 27
Views: 7524

Re: Is Mr Jones Lying to everyone?

I'll give you that the past of some of 777 partners is.. Less than desirable as reported in some articles if true. However I haven't personally verified this info myself so I can't speak to it. What I can say is that Flair doesn't buy its aircraft, so right there the onemileatatime article is not r...
by CFM Symphony
Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Pilots
Replies: 53
Views: 27440

Re: Flair Pilots

I don’t think they were suggesting someone gets to bring their date of of hire along with them to any airline they wish to join, but rather one would be financially compensated for their experience level while still sliding in at the bottom of the list. Yes, I very clearly said for pay, but as soon...
by CFM Symphony
Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:01 am
Forum: Air Transat
Topic: Is Onex sniffing around?
Replies: 37
Views: 6960

Re: Is Onex sniffing around?

I suppose all is possible. However, with Sunwing now no longer an independent competitor, and with the imminent demise of Flair, the competitive landscape has changed a lot in a short time. A WJ-AT consolidation will be viewed much more skeptically by the competition bureau especially given that the...
by CFM Symphony
Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: C of R Cancellation (3 Tails)
Replies: 24
Views: 10357

Re: C of R Cancellation (3 Tails)

Fair enough. Regardless, still not assets. Since you insist on being nitpicky, I'll be nitpicky on your claim. Capital leases are no longer off-balance-sheet items. Under GAAP and IFRS, these leases have to now be reported on financial statements as debt and assets. A leased aircraft very much cons...
by CFM Symphony
Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:43 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: C of R Cancellation (3 Tails)
Replies: 24
Views: 10357

Re: C of R Cancellation (3 Tails)

All airlines have spares sitting around. You’d be crazy not to have a spare aircraft on a regular day of work. I don’t think these spares were sitting for weeks or months not being utilized. Just part of the rotation. Now flair doesn’t have spares, or very few of them left. And I doubt flair owned ...
by CFM Symphony
Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Pilots
Replies: 53
Views: 27440

Re: Flair Pilots

Calling on all pilots but especially ALPA Pilots to contact your reps and petition to get Flair pilots DOH for pay at any ALPA carrier that hires them during this period of uncertainty. Consider the precedent that would set. In future, it could allow pilots to work at the airline that offers them t...
by CFM Symphony
Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:54 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Onex buying Sunwing ?
Replies: 64
Views: 17903

Re: Onyx buying Sunwing ?

ONEX*

It’s not that hard…
by CFM Symphony
Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:07 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Airbus in danger
Replies: 3
Views: 3258

Re: Airbus in danger

Launchpad1 wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:56 am Maybe Bombardier will be able to buy back the A220 for a $ :D
Funny enough, Bombardier was extremely fortunate to have sold off their airliner divisions when they did. Can you imagine having to go through that in this climate?!
by CFM Symphony
Thu May 28, 2020 7:03 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Will Westjet survive?
Replies: 163
Views: 72608

Re: Will Westjet survive?

We are beating a dead horse arguing over the broken telephone that is the media. Either way, yes, actual cash burn rates are likely somewhere in the single digit millions per day.
by CFM Symphony
Thu May 28, 2020 5:17 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Will Westjet survive?
Replies: 163
Views: 72608

Re: Will Westjet survive?

tailgunner wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 11:13 pm WJ was burning 25000000$ a day. His statement not mine.
No. That’s the media’s statement, not his. And boy have the media gotten it wrong over the years. I’m not arguing with the media. I’m arguing against basing one’s hypotheses on clear misrepresentations which are easy to fact-check.
by CFM Symphony
Wed May 27, 2020 9:10 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Will Westjet survive?
Replies: 163
Views: 72608

Re: Will Westjet survive?

Brooks, Sims is on record saying that WJ was burning 22 000 000 a day as well. Interesting "facts". Here is a fact backed by actual math. WJ revenue 2018 (last full year available before going private) was $4.7bil. Divide that by 365 = $13mil a day...and that's revenue not cost, and at full operati...
by CFM Symphony
Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:21 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Cargojet stll hiring
Replies: 59
Views: 20097

Re: Cargojet stll hiring

RippleRock, the flaw in your thinking is that it's based on self-righteousness. You value a socialist system when it comes to a pilot wage standard, but despise it when it comes to taxation ("socialist Liberal handout"). You can't hold these two opposing ideas simultaneously except if by doing so, y...
by CFM Symphony
Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:52 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: The Air Canada OTS thread
Replies: 2309
Views: 807662

Re: Re:

I don't think you quite understand the concept of diversification. Hehe, of course I don’t as long as understanding what is a fairly commonsensical economic strategy goes against your narrative. :goodman: 2 days later... I wonder if your opinions on diversification are any different? How's that "co...
by CFM Symphony
Thu Mar 12, 2020 3:53 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: The Air Canada OTS thread
Replies: 2309
Views: 807662

Re: The Air Canada OTS thread

Yes turkey, everyone is affected. It’s just a matter of some being more exposed than others. Cancelling one destination such as Rome hardly compares to cancelling all flying to China and Italy. The leisure travel you blabber on about is an exposure for both WJ and Rouge. But the global traffic slow...
by CFM Symphony
Thu Mar 12, 2020 7:36 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: The Air Canada OTS thread
Replies: 2309
Views: 807662

Re: Re:

Diverse compared to an operator that barely touches any of the heavily affected regions? I don’t see your logic. If WestJet’s sole order of business was flying to China or Italy etc., then yes diversity would be a relative asset for AC. As it stands however, that’s not the case. Furthermore, with t...
by CFM Symphony
Thu Mar 12, 2020 6:24 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: The Air Canada OTS thread
Replies: 2309
Views: 807662

Re: The Air Canada OTS thread

Yes turkey, everyone is affected. It’s just a matter of some being more exposed than others. Cancelling one destination such as Rome hardly compares to cancelling all flying to China and Italy. The leisure travel you blabber on about is an exposure for both WJ and Rouge. But the global traffic slowd...
by CFM Symphony
Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:11 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: The Air Canada OTS thread
Replies: 2309
Views: 807662

Re: Re:

Why does everyone keep comparing us to WJ. They're not just not on the same level, they're in a building across the street Put your egotism aside for just a sec there skippy. AC is significantly more exposed to a global downturn and the shutting down of whole countries’ airspaces than those people ...

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