WestJet Encore utilizes minimum flight experience requirements prior to upgrade eligibility: ■ Possession of an Air Transport Pilot License (ATPL) ■ 1500 flight hours total flight time* ■ 500 flight hours under CAR 705 or equivalent *A minimum of 900 hours of which shall be completed in fixed wing a...

Complete speculation. But when bad news drops they don't give us notice.

vortex8989 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2026 12:21 pm what about AME interview questions?

I'd look to the main Westjet forum, as Encore doesn't have it's own AMEs.

1: It's very easy to bid for with a staggered or cascade strategy, but you won't be able to bid for more than one stretch a month. I've bid for 5 days off plenty of times, and I've done 7 off with strategic bidding. 2: All WestJet employees/designates on standby are 2B or 2BT, there is no priority f...

Nah. 400 pilots, likely best case scenario probably 40 a year flow. Encore doesn't have enough planes to staff for maximum flow allowance even if there was enough vacancies at mainline. If you wait around for flow you'll be there forever.

If you're on Instagram, check for Pilot Inty. Wanna see cringe worthy videos of what an Encore pilot does (from his perspective only) from wake up to sleepy time, look no further...and we thought those Keith D'Mello videos were nauseating. He's been on the management shit-list for a while; they eve...

Westjet and Encore are 2 different companies with separate AOC's and hiring processes. They only have the same owners. Let me know when someone in the WJ accepts an offer from encore....AC used to own Jazz, and I sure wasn't accepting a job at Jazz when I was in the AC pool. Pay, etc at Encore is a...

I'm quite confused at the current state of WS Encore. They have a bunch of planes parked due to the "shortage" of pilots. Yet the executives wants to "rebuild encore" so that it can provide better feed capacity to the WB in YYC. So is it just a bean counter math that it's cheaper to have 30% of the...

Encore 2025 is:

CA
114.24
118.32
122.40
128.52
138.72
143.82
148.92
150.96
153.00

FO
73.44
75.48
77.52
79.56
81.60
83.64

that's great news, thank you for your input! any more info on the hiring like the experience level they are looking for and the number of FOs they are looking to hire? since we're still short Captains. Encore will ALWAYS be short Captains just like Jazz will. The compensation is miles away for any ...

I heard a rumour of a February FO ground school. Can anyone confirm or deny? Should be? The classrooms are booked, anyway. that's great news, thank you for your input! any more info on the hiring like the experience level they are looking for and the number of FOs they are looking to hire? That I d...

Cheeseburger wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 9:19 pm I heard a rumour of a February FO ground school. Can anyone confirm or deny?

Should be? The classrooms are booked, anyway.

I've heard on the rumor mill of a DEC who made it to the line with fake hours getting shitcanned.

Shit happens, almost everyone has failed some sort of ride at some point in their career. When it's coming out of your wallet and not a company's, it's less important. Reflect on why you failed and how you worked to pass it the next time, what you learned from the experience and how you'll avoid fai...

I submitted my stuff via email through the Prairie/Northern offices recently and got the sticker printed in 35 business days, received in the mail a little over a week after that.

FO hiring on hold: Yes. DEC hires since May: 0(July list has no hires since April) Ground schools: no idea May upgrades: 3 Jun upgrades: 1 Jul upgrades: 2 Aug upgrades: 3 Sep upgrades: 8 Oct upgrades: 5 Can't speak on attrition. Last December's seniority list was 173 CA, 188 FOs. July's seniority li...

If you want to get real technical, everyone at Encore right now is grandfathered at Year 3 pay or higher until their service length catches up due to the previous MOA pushing the scales up 2 years.

Gonna suck to be a new guy in the fall though.

We got an email from the DFO the other day that FO hiring will resume in 'early fall'.

Paywise, here's what was shown at the roadshows for examples. Take that with as much salt as you want. LoS carry-over when upgrading: https://i.imgur.com/HC82Il1.png https://i.imgur.com/4tVp6SJ.png https://i.imgur.com/qwaQGmq.png https://i.imgur.com/zn83pTz.png Contract length pay as an FO: https://...

TA2 has passed to become Encore's 2nd Collective Agreement. 79% voted yes. 91% participation.

dontcallmeshirley wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 12:00 pm (the chart)

One thing to take note of is that the MEC has really hammered in the point that Jazz's MMG is technically 75 hours as well, though I don't know what % of pilots are getting that or the quoted 82.5 on average. I haven't seen their contract posted.

C-GGGQ wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 12:56 pm When is the vote?

June 3rd-14th.

Take note Air Canada pilots, it's almost like the first deal is never worth it! And by the looks of it neither is the second deal. This one might squeak in. But honestly it's nothing substantial and doesn't fix the big issues. 17 day plan is a step in the right direction, imo. WSP is a little bette...

17 days stretched to 18 for half the year. Flow number only higher with a significantly higher number of captains on site. Pay didn’t go up just an extra year tacked on. Notably the 'top 3' items on the new mandate listed were Flow, WSP, and Days Worked. 17ish is better than 18, kinda. Flow is just...

Take note Air Canada pilots, it's almost like the first deal is never worth it! And by the looks of it neither is the second deal. This one might squeak in. But honestly it's nothing substantial and doesn't fix the big issues. 17 day plan is a step in the right direction, imo. WSP is a little bette...