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by boeingboy
Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority
Replies: 170
Views: 32257

Re: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority

one of my non-union acquaintances just told me they had their meeting with Westjet about their new role at Westjet and they are keeping not only their wage - but are being given DOH for seniority. Wait!? What?! Please. Would you kindly address the peanut gallery further on this comment? See bold. N...
by boeingboy
Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority
Replies: 170
Views: 32257

Re: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority

Do you think AVH was caught off guard in the last town hall when Diederik mentioned possible dry lease aircraft for the 2024/25 Sunwings winter season if the October deadline isn't achieved? His face turned red with hives as if he had an allergic reaction. I think it's going to have to happen regar...
by boeingboy
Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: WestJet Encore
Topic: Strike Vote: 97% in Favour
Replies: 14
Views: 2136

Re: Strike Vote: 97% in Favour

Something I found online Why does everything feel so unaffordable? According to the pre-1983 CPI calculation method, inflation is nearly TRIPLE what current CPI data says. If you used pre-1983 CPI, inflation peaked at 18% in November 2022 and currently stands at a whopping 8%. Under this method, ho...
by boeingboy
Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:21 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority
Replies: 170
Views: 32257

Re: WestJet Sunwing merger and seniority

Financial status of the companies is irrelevant. Canadian Airlines was within hours of failure in January 2000. The arbitrator did not take it into account. Air Canada purchased a going concern. End of story. I think you missed the whole point of BigQ's eloquently put post. The fact Sunwing made mo...
by boeingboy
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The end of Flair?
Replies: 48
Views: 10382

Re: The end of Flair?

This antagonism towards Flair is totally misplaced. All they're is doing wrong is possibly failing against a government who've created a hostile aviation environment that is 7 times more expensive to operate in than our neighbours, and the most expensive operating structure in the entire G20. Maybe...
by boeingboy
Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The end of Flair?
Replies: 48
Views: 10382

Re: The end of Flair?

Look no further than Lynx. In a year they had $100 million in ticket revenue.......but only $6 million in ancillary sales. For a segment that basically relies on those sales to survive - that doesn't bode very well for them. Lynx had no buy on board at all, their only ancillary revenue was from bag...
by boeingboy
Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The end of Flair?
Replies: 48
Views: 10382

Re: The end of Flair?

More than 14 000 people didn't think twice about buying tickets on Flair once the online payment thing was sorted out. Nearly a one day record for us. How many of those bought one of the sub-$50 deals? Not only that, but that's the total price; the fare on a $29 ticket is $15.50. Add in the 20% dis...
by boeingboy
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The end of Flair?
Replies: 48
Views: 10382

Re: The end of Flair?

We're doing something right here folks, bringing affordable air travel to Canadians.
Your doing everything wrong - and the fact you can't see that is almost comical.
by boeingboy
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Well that was a good run...
Replies: 10
Views: 4604

Re: Well that was a good run...

More WestJet misinformation being spread through their politburo (the globe and mail). Flair hasn't cut any flights at all, let alone 600 of them. Not one. Can you point out exactly where in this article any information or comments came from Westjet? Do I really need to? WestJet spends 30 Million d...
by boeingboy
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The end of Flair?
Replies: 48
Views: 10382

Re: The end of Flair?

https://globalnews.ca/news/10382735/flair-airlines-booking-system-down/ "The latest hiccups come as Flair faces financial hurdles. The company owes $67.2 million to the federal government in unpaid taxes, but says it has a deal to pay the amount back to the Canada Revenue Agency." The latest post f...
by boeingboy
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:41 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
Replies: 206
Views: 33207

Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt

Time for a reminder of Stephan Jones own words...


“At some point there will be some form of reckoning, whether it’s a restructure or whatever.”
by boeingboy
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: The end of Flair?
Replies: 48
Views: 10382

Re: The end of Flair?

Check the Flair forum....this has been going on for nearly 48 hrs and not a peep from Flair. Its not rocket science.


I think its time for Mr Jones's own words again....



“At some point there will be some form of reckoning, whether it’s a restructure or whatever.”
by boeingboy
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: Cargojet or Flair?
Replies: 7
Views: 1176

Re: Cargojet or Flair?

I can't believe your even considering Flair - that must be a joke.

Take the CJ job.
by boeingboy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: WestJet Encore
Topic: What's the future for Encore ?
Replies: 8
Views: 2724

Re: What's the future for Encore ?

FWIW - the rumors around these parts is talks were happening with CMA. I believe it eventually Encore will be split off and sold - and possibly part of the maintenance department as well. The mechanincs talks are a mess from all reports and a shutdown will happen end of April. They are trying to pus...
by boeingboy
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
Replies: 206
Views: 33207

Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt

I don't think ANYTING is clearcut, lots of companies fucked around and (didn't) find out. The Bay didn't pay landlords during covid, Porter didn't pay Nieuport rent during covid. The difference with Flair is their leases were likely below market rate so there was in incentive for the lessors to tak...
by boeingboy
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
Replies: 206
Views: 33207

Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt

I posted this article to show that ADP has had issues with pay in the past. You really are a simple minded boy aren’t ya? :goodman: So by that measure it would be fair game to post articles about Flair having aircraft repossessed and owing tens of millions of dollars in taxes in order to show a tre...
by boeingboy
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Flair Airlines
Topic: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt
Replies: 206
Views: 33207

Re: Flair Suspending Growth Plans amid Delivery Delays and Debt

Sorry the article was behind a paywall. Here it is About 55,000 staff at EY’s US operations woke on Tuesday to find the wages they were paid on Friday had disappeared from their bank accounts after an error by the accounting firm’s payroll provider ADP. The Big Four firm said ADP had “erroneously r...
by boeingboy
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Air France tailstrike
Replies: 52
Views: 8440

Re: Air France tailstrike

I wonder if we’ll get to see a Beluga deliver a new fuselage section to YYZ I doubt it - but It would depend on how big the tailcone is (if it's being replaced) The skin sections and tooling containers for Transats plane were delivered in a Cargojet 767. The fuselage skin sections for the 350 would...
by boeingboy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Sunwing
Topic: Smart wings ACMI?
Replies: 2
Views: 917

Re: Smart wings ACMI?

Haven't heard anything like that.....and it makes no sense. We are starting the process of sending their planes back to them after they were here for the winter season. 9 of our own aircraft are going to Europe for the summer.... and all the western based aircraft are going east as Westjet will do t...

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