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- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Transat or Porter?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 10846
Re: Transat or Porter?
Before covid, free alcohol was standard for economy in Europe And this is relevant how? Not trying to be snarky, just trying to understand, it seems like a totally irrelevant thing to mention. lol, I had the same thought, who cares about before Covid. That was then, this is now and most companies a...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Transat or Porter?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 10846
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:07 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Transat or Porter?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 10846
Re: Transat or Porter?
heranos had actual labs and ran actual blood tests, but using conventional means and equipment. They couldn't do it better or cheaper than anyone else, which was what they sold their investors. Theranos claimed they could do blood tests rapidly from a tiny amount of blood. They couldn't. Porter cla...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Transat or Porter?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 10846
Re: Transat or Porter?
I don't know why you keep referencing Theranos and Holmes. Apples to Orange situations here. Indeed. Theranos's issue was that it turned out they didn't actually have a product. Speculate all you want about Porter's financials but you can't deny they have an actual product. Planes are flying and ta...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:27 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: 1900 Captain No ATPL?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1136
Re: 1900 Captain No ATPL?
Roger, Marie Antoinette!
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: ALPA signing new agreements with training bonds
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11492
Re: ALPA signing new agreements with training bonds
This sounds a bit like "let them eat cake".
Not everyone will get an interview invite from a company with signing bonuses. As you said yourself, those are pretty uncommon even in today's environment.
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:42 am
- Forum: Porter Airlines
- Topic: Porter Airlines - when to apply?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1544
Re: Porter Airlines - when to apply?
Yeah, definitely don't apply two years out.
Unless you're considering paying off the bond and leaving your current employer sooner. It may make financial sense, depending on what you're paid now.
Unless you're considering paying off the bond and leaving your current employer sooner. It may make financial sense, depending on what you're paid now.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: 2023 earnings
- Replies: 57
- Views: 22333
Re: 2023 earnings
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: Porter Airlines
- Topic: Q400 FO to Captain Upgrade timeline
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3476
Re: Q400 FO to Captain Upgrade timeline
They're desperate for Dash CAs at the moment. They're hiring DECs. The only thing that would hold you back is your qualifications, not seniority.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: Porter Airlines
- Topic: Open up new bases already !
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8152
Re: Open up new bases already !
, hire a dozen or more additional crew schedulers making little more than minimum wage. Have their sole purpose in building schedules that accommodate Pilots starting and ending pairings in their domiciles. Ha ha, Porter crew schedulers have a hard enough time building schedules starting and ending...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: 2023 earnings
- Replies: 57
- Views: 22333
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:22 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: 2023 earnings
- Replies: 57
- Views: 22333
Re: 2023 earnings
Junior Porter Q CA
Total $160K, of which about $90K is base pay, $40K is overtime and the rest is per diems, allowances (dry cleaning, transportation etc) and premiums for committees/tasks/projects.
Total $160K, of which about $90K is base pay, $40K is overtime and the rest is per diems, allowances (dry cleaning, transportation etc) and premiums for committees/tasks/projects.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 11:21 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: 2023 earnings
- Replies: 57
- Views: 22333
Re: 2023 earnings
This thread is beer league hockey shower room. Dude,what does mine say? Sweet.. what does mine say! Dude. What does mine say. Keep swinging your dicks, tips soon be a’touching. I disagree. I think it can give people a much better picture of the state of the industry and individual companies than ju...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:58 pm
- Forum: Porter Airlines
- Topic: External E2 hire and Seniority
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1712
Re: External E2 hire and Seniority
1. Yes, anyone hired after you will have lower seniority regardless of which type they are hired for. It's a single seniority list. Management has promised they'll keep it that way. 2. It's hard to know, there are too many variables. Some of the other bases will probably be more senior on average th...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:52 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Jazz or Porter?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 44039
Re: Jazz or Porter?
If your goal is AC, then Porter. A ton of people moved to AC from Porter recently, some after less than a year of being employed. Whereas at Jazz the flow has all but stopped. However, if your AC plans fall through and you consider which company would offer better WAWCON and has a more promising pot...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:58 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A lifetime of learning when to fly....
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3814
Re: A lifetime of learning when to fly....
Not every businessman pilot is the Joe type, but they definitely do exist. I had the ¨pleasure¨of having one as my first ever student. He called the school to inquire about lessons, and his first question was whether he could do his ab initio flight training on a jet. Then, when he showed up for the...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:56 am
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: Backpain
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2911
Re: Backpain
I am glad to hear that OP's pain is almost gone. For the benefit of anyone who might stumble upon this, here are a couple of things that really helped me with muscular issues: - Muscle Activation Technique. There are two highest-level certified practitioners in Toronto in a place called Core Muscle ...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: How do credits work?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1056
Re: How do credits work?
Your company should have a document that outlines how credit is awarded. Your schedule should also have daily credit listed. Generally the credit is flying time or 4 hours, whichever is greater. Sometimes there are other stipulations (e.g., at my company the credit cannot be less than half of total ...
- Tue May 30, 2023 4:51 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Mis-set Cruise power
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3575
Re: Mis-set Cruise power
Jazz SOPs is to for the PF to set cruise power with the open palm of the hand. Just carefully lift those CLs past the climb detent, slide them back with open palm to the cruise gate, 100% avoid yourself the embarrassment of an overspeed. Dont be the idiot that moves back the CL with a tight fist :r...
- Fri May 19, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Haemochromitosis and Cat 1?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 825
Re: Haemochromitosis and Cat 1?
No experience with this but I just wanted to say good luck. I know getting diagnosed with a chronic disease can be a downer for anyone, but especially scary for us pilots. I can't find any Canadian guidance but FAA seems to allow cases that don't cause major complications; in fact, it looks like the...