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by florch
Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:40 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: Omicron layoffs?
Replies: 51
Views: 9168

Re: Omicron layoffs?

Unicorn variant is spreading like a bastard. Mockdowns imminent.... Big announcements coming soon... probably layoffs and airlines shut down. Nearly a quarter of all covid cases in Ontario are the new variant, by the end of the week it will be half of the cases. Experts are alsop saying if youre va...
by florch
Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:34 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: AC pilot salaries now?
Replies: 70
Views: 19285

Re: AC pilot salaries now?

It would be interesting to see what your honest opinion was of people making 5 times your income and bitching about taxes when you just started out... You know, when you were renting a place, trying to start a family etc. I'm sure you stood up and said "heck that captain sure pays to much taxes! Ma...
by florch
Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:26 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: AC pilot salaries now?
Replies: 70
Views: 19285

Re: AC pilot salaries now?

The guy making 300k hasn't been making 300k his whole career. Their was a time that that 300k wage earner was a 30 year old leach to society making peanuts and taking advantage of every social benefit for his young kids etc. So no the 300k wage earner is not contributing more to society. They are n...
by florch
Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:13 am
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Equipment bid
Replies: 48
Views: 20747

Re: Equipment bid

We’re all just bickering about the price of human lives. At some point it boils down to that. Personally I’m just going to let the cards fall where they may, but I don’t think it’s justified to sh*t on the masses just because they’re scared [and you’re not]. Human lives will also be lost by the eco...
by florch
Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:25 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Airlines ask MP’s to have COVID rules relaxed ..
Replies: 47
Views: 8706

Re: Airlines ask MP’s to have COVID rules relaxed ..

All of you talking about how we should just open it all back up need to take a look south today and see how that's working out for them. We didn't have that amount protests and riots here. Viruses don't care about people's politics and take advantage. It's not the protests. It's the shopping, resta...
by florch
Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:10 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Airlines ask MP’s to have COVID rules relaxed ..
Replies: 47
Views: 8706

Re: Airlines ask MP’s to have COVID rules relaxed ..

Heliian wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:03 pm

All of you talking about how we should just open it all back up need to take a look south today and see how that's working out for them.
We didn't have that amount protests and riots here. Viruses don't care about people's politics and take advantage.
by florch
Sat Jun 20, 2020 4:59 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: AC pilot salaries now?
Replies: 70
Views: 19285

Re: AC pilot salaries now?

Top 10% of the income earners in Canada pay 54% of the income tax collected. The bottom 40% of income earners pay no tax after government benefits. It's darn close to universal basic income at the expense of the top earners and the CERB isn't going to be easy to turn off now. Workers make at least ...
by florch
Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:07 am
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Equipment bid
Replies: 48
Views: 20747

Re: Equipment bid

Science is not a consensus, and a consensus is not science. This reminds me of something a conspiracy theorist might say. I appreciate that you can disagree, and I'm glad that people are having respectful if heated discussions. This comment might have went further than you wanted though. Science wo...
by florch
Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:51 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: AC pilot salaries now?
Replies: 70
Views: 19285

Re: AC pilot salaries now?

60k income takes home 46k in Ontario 300k income takes home 174265 or about 4x as much take home. When gross was 5x. I wouldn't take silence for agreement on this one. 53.5% income tax is high on your top dollars in Ontario. in 2015 it was 46.5% when Wynne and Trudeau each raised income taxes to ou...
by florch
Wed May 27, 2020 5:30 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: The Return to Normal?
Replies: 400
Views: 91642

Re: The Return to Normal?

Jimmyh787 wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 2:52 pm After that embarrassing polarizing display, I’m going to guess none of you even took the time to read the most current projections I’ve previously posted. Here it is one more time, directly from the CDC, not a BS biased media source. https://www.cdc.gov/co...
by florch
Wed May 27, 2020 5:12 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Nav Canada to Hike Service Fees by 30%
Replies: 95
Views: 22700

Re: Nav Canada to Hike Service Fees by 30%

Ggapl, I don’t know if you’re being sarcastic? The discussion is raising service fees when the aviation industry has been upended. ( pretty valid from where I’m sitting) Nobody ( that I’ve read) has advocated for “ minimum wage for controllers or others in the industry. I see a dialectical conversa...
by florch
Tue May 26, 2020 2:54 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Nav Canada to Hike Service Fees by 30%
Replies: 95
Views: 22700

Re: Nav Canada to Hike Service Fees by 30%

Ggapl, I don’t know if you’re being sarcastic? The discussion is raising service fees when the aviation industry has been upended. ( pretty valid from where I’m sitting) Nobody ( that I’ve read) has advocated for “ minimum wage for controllers or others in the industry. I see a dialectical conversa...
by florch
Sun May 24, 2020 6:43 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Nav Canada to Hike Service Fees by 30%
Replies: 95
Views: 22700

Re: Nav Canada to Hike Service Fees by 30%

ATC is an essential service. Joe Blo flying down to Cayo Coco with his family for some fun in the sun isn't essential. So comparing Air Canada's situation to that of NavCan's isn't entirely accurate. Yes, passengers will end up paying for these increases - that includes me btw -, but if you cant af...
by florch
Sat May 23, 2020 5:07 am
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Best guess when recalls could happen
Replies: 329
Views: 109340

Re: Best guess when recalls could happen

Another major point that I think needs to be highlighted by the airlines, is that (as far as I have been able to find) is that there were no "super spreader" events that came from air travel. So even before the masks, it simply was not a major point of spread. You can’t possibly be serious. How do ...
by florch
Wed May 20, 2020 3:45 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Are there any confirmed cases of Covid 19 transmission on airplanes?
Replies: 6
Views: 1896

Re: Are there any confirmed cases of Covid 19 transmission on airplanes?

Airplanes are responsible for circulating people around the planet, but on the actual flight there are (or at least were) no known super spreader events, which occur where people make moist on each other (weddings, funerals, religious services, curling bonspiels). Regular transmission probably occur...
by florch
Wed May 13, 2020 5:29 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: The Return to Normal?
Replies: 400
Views: 91642

Re: The Return to Normal?

Dearest Rockie, I do hope you put your helmet on today. You know, reduce the risk. You continually harp about the ‘experts’ and the ‘consensus’ on an approach to Covid. Whose experts? Putin’s experts? China’s experts? Maybe Italy’s experts or how about Sweden? The WHO? The same WHO that is clearly ...
by florch
Mon May 04, 2020 7:33 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: 79 Airplanes Retired
Replies: 108
Views: 44419

Re: 79 Airplanes Retired

Which is stupid. In no time I will accept furlough while those measures aren’t in place. Now that the shortage is over for years, they need to apply the duty regs now. I agree there is no logistical reason not to accept these rules. I would love to keep as many of us working as possible. It would o...
by florch
Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:09 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Lufthansa May file for bankruptcy
Replies: 29
Views: 7321

Re: Lufthansa May file for bankruptcy

Lufthansa is on the cliffs edge now.....(like most airlines I'm sure.) It wont be the last either... Airlines need bailouts - or it's going to be a really hard future. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/lufthansa-mulls-bankruptcy-as-bailout-talks-stall/ar-BB13jUEP?ocid=spartanntp I wonder if bank...
by florch
Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:02 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: When do you think flying will be back to february 2020 level
Replies: 115
Views: 24185

Re: When do you think flying will be back to february 2020 level

If I'm able to hold 2 ideas in my head at the same time - that the disease is serious AND that the longer the economy is idled, the harder the recovery which will eventually result in serious tax shortfalls for heavy spending governments. Some people think there will be higher taxes to follow and ma...
by florch
Fri Apr 24, 2020 5:54 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Coronavirus Numbers
Replies: 377
Views: 63396

Re: Coronavirus Numbers

So, what are you getting at, presenting a fact without opinion is meaningless! Are you advocating for antibody test or reopening the economy? Not speaking for anyone else, I think antibody testing is the key to reopening the economy. Falling numbers tell one story but not much about having another ...

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