Comparing other jobs is not relevant, short of them having potentially fatal results due to poor performance. Piloting is different than sitting at a desk at 3am. That should be obvious. As is the environmental and physiological influences of altitude, light, temperature, constant sitting etc etc. I...

mbav8- OK, I'll try and make it simple. WJ management (owners) could care less about your career progression. My point has nothing to do with the Swoop pilots. It is simply to suggest that WJ may not just walk away from Swoop and there are many course of action that they could take. Perhaps they wil...

WJ sells 49% to a foreign entity interested in the Cdn market, a further 2% to another investor and keeps 49%. No longer a majority owner, simply an investor and Swoop continues operations and grows. WJ still has a measure of protection on its bottoms side, ALPA and the pilots have no sway on the c...

WJ sells 49% to a foreign entity interested in the Cdn market, a further 2% to another investor and keeps 49%. No longer a majority owner, simply an investor and Swoop continues operations and grows. WJ still has a measure of protection on its bottoms side, ALPA and the pilots have no sway on the co...

It is such an incredibly complicated answer! Depends on age, experience, family prospects etc. I spent 13 years in the ME and almost 11 at EK. For me, it was well worth it financially, for my family, life experience, aviation experience etc etc. BUT - it was a different time. In the end I left for a...

This is typical of ATC in India. I'm not sure of the time frame between the successive MayDay calls but it sounds like busy ATC basically ignoring something they don't want to deal with. A second May Day call in a very clear voice TELLING them where you are going would likely suffice. Guessing it wa...