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- Wed Jul 09, 2025 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: CBC coverage- Pilot’s frustrated ATC rant
- Replies: 86
- Views: 9451
Re: CBC coverage- Pilot’s frustrated ATC rant
I wonder when Nav will sort there shit out, does anyone know if there are enough recruits in the pipleline to meet demand in a year or two? The question is, will the two guys in YVR that fail 32 out of every 33 IFR candidates for BS reasons still be allowed to run their little fiefdom and maintain ...
- Wed Jul 09, 2025 3:44 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: The Latest on Layoffs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4349
Re: The Latest on Layoffs
In the end, zero pilots were laid off, a handful of FOs were displaced from their bases. Quite a few pilots took LOAs, we finally offered some retirement perks so a few retired before they had to.JayBird787 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:12 am How many pilots were laid off, and what date did this occur?
- Wed Jul 09, 2025 3:42 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: Circling the drain...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 525
Re: Circling the drain...
An article from 2023 re-hashed as if it were current news. The WestJet media machine is really running out of stories to dredge up these days.
- Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:01 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: ATIS Phone Numbers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5398
Re: ATIS Phone Numbers
Spaces is a great resource. Now if we could just get them to issue atis on the hour like the US does, instead of 6...7...8...or 9 minutes after the hour.

- Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:59 am
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: AR program Did I read that right?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9418
Re: AR program Did I read that right?
I think I've asked this, apologies if so, but how many AR pilots does WS have ATM?
- Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:01 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: The Latest on Layoffs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4349
Re: The Latest on Layoffs
Your response to my post indicates to me that you think very differently or you need to read more carefully. You are over-complicating things to further your rhetoric. Or you're the one making a simple reduction in the size of your workforce seem like something other than what it is. It's a reducti...
- Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:49 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: The Latest on Layoffs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4349
Re: The Latest on Layoffs
The only part that seems weird is instead of junior Captains having to move bases to keep their seat, they're now being allowed to downgrade in their own base but retain Captain pay, and status (title and keep building Captain pay seniority I think). It means the entire burden of the reduction bid ...
- Sat Jun 21, 2025 10:31 am
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: The Latest on Layoffs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4349
Re: The Latest on Layoffs
The only part that seems weird is instead of junior Captains having to move bases to keep their seat, they're now being allowed to downgrade in their own base but retain Captain pay, and status (title and keep building Captain pay seniority I think). It means the entire burden of the reduction bid w...
- Tue Jun 17, 2025 9:56 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: CBC coverage- Pilot’s frustrated ATC rant
- Replies: 86
- Views: 9451
Re: CBC coverage- Pilot’s frustrated ATC rant
I'm pretty sure I've seen that particular rumour here on avcanada. Seems like a bad idea to be airing it in public when there isn't any actual evidence. Better to stick to the facts: this has been an issue since long before covid, and then poor decisions during covid just made it infinitely worse. ...
- Sat Jun 07, 2025 1:10 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: YVR center capacity
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4984
- Thu Jun 05, 2025 2:24 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: YVR center capacity
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4984
Re: YVR center capacity
It's corruption pure and simple. The people in the yvr acc are corrupt, they are gaming the system to their own benefit, and they don't care how many airlines they rip off to do it, they don't care how many passengers they inconvenience, they don't even care how many career paths they derail. They m...
- Mon Jun 02, 2025 9:54 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: Not surprised...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8043
Re: Not surprised...
It’s clear most on here are supporting the unions actions and likely actual members who are not biased at all 😇 the reality is we have far too many problems with the current MEC. The company needs to be held accountable, of course, and certain aspects have been well managed such as fatigue but we a...
- Wed May 28, 2025 3:36 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: Flair Marketing dept.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3222
Re: Flair Marketing dept.
We have a Hamilton base?
- Sat May 17, 2025 11:18 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: WWFC ???????????
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2887
- Fri May 16, 2025 9:55 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Minority stake of WJ sold
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5737
Re: Minority stake of WJ sold
Probably shows how much of a losing venture Swoop was.
Lots of upside to the US, Korean, and French investment for WS though. I think it'll be a real positive, especially if they move their focus to more than the 4th largest market in Canada at some point.
Lots of upside to the US, Korean, and French investment for WS though. I think it'll be a real positive, especially if they move their focus to more than the 4th largest market in Canada at some point.
- Tue May 13, 2025 9:51 am
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: Pilot Hiring 2025
- Replies: 116
- Views: 50529
- Tue May 13, 2025 9:49 am
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Minority stake of WJ sold
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5737
Re: Minority stake of WJ sold
How much did Onex buy WJ for? Cause they sold 25% for 550 million. That's a 2.2 billion valuation. Onex paid about 3.5 billion and assumed debt which put the total transaction value around 5 billion at the time of purchase. There is a bit of a mix between USD and CAD. The valuation is 2.2b USD or 3...
- Fri Apr 18, 2025 6:34 pm
- Forum: Flair Airlines
- Topic: Pilot Hiring 2025
- Replies: 116
- Views: 50529
Re: Pilot Hiring 2025
Does flair ever hire 1000 hour instructors for example? What are the chances someone with that experience gets any consideration? Thanks! We have hired several pilots with around 1000 TT, however we prefer at least some of that experience to be operational 703/704 time. It is unlikely that a candid...
- Thu Mar 27, 2025 3:25 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: YYZ RJ landing Accident
- Replies: 264
- Views: 84314
Re: YYZ RJ landing Accident
Do you ever read PDW's words and think "ok those are all English words, why don't they make any sense to my brain?" Qu'est-ce que le fuk?
- Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:16 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Which European airline would you join if Canada joins the European Union?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12610
Re: Which European airline would you join if Canada joins the European Union?
Unless France decides not to let them have nukes and Putin bring the special military operations road show there next. I'll stick with Canada thanks.Daniel Cooper wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:30 pmOh that's a good one. Poland feels like one of the last great European places.all_ramped_up wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:06 pm LOT Polish
I'd live maybe in Rzeszow, Szczecin or Gdansk.
- Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:51 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Skycare or Thunder Airlines?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6151
Re: Skycare or Thunder Airlines?
Seeing that FB is still at the helm of Skycare, I feel like, I wouldn't pee on that man if he were on fire.
- Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:01 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: SUNWING
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7044
Re: SUNWING
There is no such airline as Sunwing, this is WestJet through and through. Did WJ not have the capability to assist with the latest SW disaster in order to get pax where they wanted to go? From what I hear, the pilots are WestJet, with WJ SOPs, on WJ's OC, and WJ's dispatch. I believe Sunwing Vacati...
- Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:25 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: SUNWING
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7044
Re: SUNWING
There is no such airline as Sunwing, this is WestJet through and through.
- Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: How long until layoffs due to Tariffs?
- Replies: 144
- Views: 35178
Re: How long until layoffs due to Tariffs?
I wouldn't say we hold no cards. We have a pair of 2's. We have virtually all of the resources, and all we need to do is put some petty provincial bullshit aside and develop them, and we can sell to everyone else in the world. If the US is still the most profitable customer, even with tariffs, then...
- Fri Feb 28, 2025 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian North Sold to EIC
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5820