One word - demographics.

As the demographics of the AC pilot population change so will priorities.

There may be a logic in certain allocations, but it will be the majority in the demographic that will make the final decision.

YYZ has more flying and, apparently, will grow a lot this spring and summer. Right now there are day turns , YYZ-YVR-YYZ, which are popular, and two day pairing with overnights in YVR and YYC. The long day turns are popular since 8 or 9 of those and you have hit your max hours. The max they can sch...

The only way to have ‘career’ is to also have job security.

Ask yourself if you truly have that (30-45 years) at any regional airline.

EVAS is the GGN of the maritimes.

Hopefully it will meet the same fate.

More complicated than that. Will have to do with how many operating certificates are in force and how many remain afterwards. The CTA controls authorities for wet leasing, etc. International Route authorities are assigned to a specific carrier. Obvious that there will eventually be a rationalization...

All of the ‘AC Express’ CRJ200’s at GGN are under the control of AC. AC is the principal Lessee. 9 of them are being assigned to Jazz. GGN is free to go sign leases under their own signature and financial obligation. They have previously done so with several of the old AC CRJ100’s (most likely power...

Big question for winter is the AT TC sub leases. Given that TC was likely the principal Lessee and AT was the sub-lessee, the TC leases are effectively terminated in the liquidation. In addition, any TC owned aircraft will be eventually sold to pay debts outstanding. I would have to think that AT wi...

I have not had a look at the TC financials but my guess is that vast majority of the fleet was leased vs owned. AT/AC will have to enter into dialogue with the actual aircraft owners if they want to secure leases. And I suspect the owners will be looking for long term lease customers not seasonal or...

I don't see it as a PFO... I think your application expires and they need to put you through again. I heard the longest they can put you in the pool for is 12 months then you have to redo the application if you want to keep swimming... Correct. Too bad the email doesn’t simply say ‘application expi...

They put ‘experienced’ 737 pilots in the SIM with the same MCAS failure and not all maintained control. And they knew what was coming.

Careful about assigning fault.

Imo if Air Canada goes with ALPA there's a much greater possibility that Transat pilots come in with doh. Due to the CDN merger, the AC list is not DOH based. Therefore, DOH integration is not a possible solution. Lastly, DOH is not even referenced in the ALPA Merger Policy (only ‘longevity’ as a f...

While I agree you can beat the annual RCT limits under the terms of the new plan, I would take a closer look at the entitlement formula. Yes, early earnings as a CA will dramatically enhance the benefit. Similarly, 4 years of status pay then NB FO pay for years thereafter creates significantly lower...

I have a close family acquaintance with an Ivy League MBA who used to work as an investment banker. It was a second career (former airline pilot - job lost due to company insolvency and liquidation). After that particular recession ended, went back to the airlines. Even after another liquidation and...

Alpa couldn't help Georgian's MEC get a contract done. And they set the doh precedent by giving doh to the GGN pilots going to Jazz. Trying to compare the bargaining dynamic for a CPA pilot group vs legacy pilot group is a false pretence. A CPA pilot group has little or no work ownership rights (sc...

p.s. there is a Jazz PML flow-through pilot holding left seat on the last AC equipment bid (interim). 26 years old.

Congrats.

The biggest barrier to Jazz providing 60% going forward (for example 0.6 x 600 = 360) for 2020 is the lack of qualified candidates (ATPL plus 2000 hours).

The big winners will be the recent Jazz hires who meet these minimum qualifications and could leapfrog those that do not.

With 60% AC flow and a minimum 80 76 seat Express fleet already locked up by Jazz for the next 17 years, that does not leave much room for SKY pilots to make demands. AC will ALWAYS want reasonable ability to hire OTS. I would guess that means NEVER going below the ability to hire 25% OTS. If the SK...

The AC pilots have been consistent about subcontracting to non-seniority pilots when it comes to AC Express/AC Regional above 76 seats and you think that all of a sudden they are going to allow subcontracting of A330 flying? I can see a scenario where CR brings a bag of cash to the table requesting ...

The beginning of the end of the GGN/AC CPA starts in October with the transfer of several routes and aircraft. I suspect the whole thing will be wound up by January 2020. It is the reversal of the startup of the GGN CRJ CPA operation which saw the transfer of routes and CRJ’s from Jazz to GGN. Karma.

Lots of GGN pilots that were awarded positions in the January bid no longer work for GGN. Hence, they have no transfer rights to Jazz and these positions will have to be filled. Apparently using backfill vs a systemwide Position Bid. My guess is that neither Jazz nor ALPA have a clue who still works...

Correct. E175 scope was STOLEN by The Ratt and the Harper Government. Those should be Mainline jobs and SKY should only be operating 5 Q400s out of the island. My prediction is those will be the last 175’s operated at Express. All are the oldest first generation models. Third generation is signific...

The only way that things will improve for SKY pilots is consolidation with Jazz. You inherit the Jazz pilot contract and for those aspiring to AC you will be included in the mandatory 60% hiring/10% maximum rejection guarantees. If you think that you will do better at the bargaining table with SKY/A...

60% from Jazz. Bought and paid for.

When GGN exits the Express portfolio in the next few months the transferred GGN pilots will be included in the 60% when they become active Jazz pilots on the Jazz Pilot Seniority List.

That leaves 40% for OTS or SKY or whomever else AC wants to do a deal with.

Or perhaps add the Nav/Night/Overseas premiums to the Day rate and make that the published hourly rate for all flying. That would represent a start towards pay rates approaching those paid in the US (exchange rate factor excluded). Put it on the shopping list for the upcoming Transat discussions. Th...

Looks like new aircraft livery will be released today after shareholders votes with the "Operated by/Exploité par Air Canada" showing on side fuselage. :wink: That is a CTA requirement if a codeshare flight is operated by an operator on a separate operating certificate. Still to be determined how m...