I can't wait to get old so I can tell anyone younger than me how much better I am. You guys crack me up! Ha Ha!

I usually don't use big words like "condone" so sorry if I used it wrong, I was just repeating it from the question the other poster asked me. :oops: I keep up to date on the Regs, I know its not 100 percent legit to get someone to pay all the cost of your flight according to the Queen's rules. Bend...

I condone going up flying and taking someone with you to share the experience, its good for General Aviation. A true Chisel Charter in my mind (and that's what's important because it all about me 8) is charging someone say 300 bucks an hour for a 172 owned and operated by the club or even privately ...

I think pilots getting people to go flying this way is GREAT! Even for pilots not needing the experience. General aviation is almost dead in Canada compared to what it once was and if gets more people up into the air then all the better. Your average person isn't going to go flying with these guys s...

Thanks for that. Entertaining and well done - I enjoyed the German humour.

What a mess!!! Temporary (until the next wave is hired) Foreign Workers. The glory days are over in Canada with the government that is running (ruining) this country. AC has their support and is running with it. We need a change. Safety should be our main concern for the flying public and lowering w...

LOL S.H! The things your passengers say. Reminds me of a wheel pilot friend that years ago bought a Cessna 185 on floats and checked himself out on it. He started doing chisel charters off the West Coast to an offshore fishing ship with Japanese clients. He lost directional control taking off from t...

Bede, Most of us have basic reasoning skills. Encore isn't paying enough to attract decent candidates. The attraction to the decent candidates that do apply is to use Encore as a stepping stone. A good living wage and decent time off is what you have at WestJet. If that is not achieved by the decent...

KAG,

Thanks for your honest reply. It makes sense that WJ pilots don't back this 100 percent.

All you WJ guys at the mainline are saying that its all going to be fine as far as the wages are concerned yet you aren't saying anything about the 20 days worked to earn the wage. That is a huge negative is it not? I'm on the outside so of course I don't get it. I've heard about the Kool-aid, never...

More than 45 aircraft, wow that is exciting!

Just think of all those low paying time building jobs it will create.

WJHopefull,

Your experience and attitude seems to be in line with the type of candidate that Encore is trying to attract as a direct entry Captain.

Geeze, reading that you can't help but feel sorry for the guy. Looks like everyone was out to get him and he was just trying to do his best. He didn't even get to ride in the speed boat.

Trying to commute while working 20 days a month is not a good idea from a safety standpoint. Some companies do not allow commuting for this reason. I hope that will be the case here. Once this airline is up and running it will be interesting to learn what kind of duty hours per month a pilot average...

Yes Doc I understand you are talking about. Its not that you don't care, you just have no control over what others do. Instead of getting frustrated, I find it entertaining to watch now. All we can do is fly safe ourselves.

Yes Management has set the wage and has said you have to work 20 days to earn that low wage and there is nothing you can do about it. I'm just thinking about myself and fellow pilots when I say I hope this plan of their's backfires on them. Sure they will fill the seats but lets hope the Quality Pil...

Dr. Aero, You saying that the downwind leg is not part of a landing is ridiculous. When you have decided to LAND at an airport you are conducting a landing. When I am flying and I make a radio call that I am inbound for landing I am fine to go lower as I am conducting a landing and the downwind is j...

20 days a month? What a grind. You have guys complaining of burn out at your mainline working 16.

At 20 days a month fatigue is going to be an issue. Are you going to limit commuting?

Right now is the best time to run a Chisel, TC doesn't have the resources to shut them down. Not saying its a good idea - just don't expect anything to be done about it.

Mig 29, You pegged it. It doesn't matter what you do as long as you "take time to smell the roses". Flying two crew has everything to do with who you are sitting beside. You look at your roster a month in advance and if you know who you are flying with you know how your pairing is going to go, good ...

Doc, I don't know you but I must say you are very lucky to have figured out that staying put at a job you enjoy is what is important. Don't take it personally when screwed up airline types put your job down - I personally look down MY nose at those airline dudes and laugh inside at the shitty job th...

The wages aren't posted as 95 percent of the companies that use this forum pay very low wages and have poor working conditions thus their need to advertise here. The good companies have more than enough qualified applicants.

Kristin, A funny story about your Dad. I was a young pilot in Yellowknife in the 90's and I was helping change an oil pan one cold morning in GTAA - Aero Arctic's Cessna 185 - in what was the North Wright hanger (beside Ptarmigan and across from Echo Bay). We were working away and your dad was in th...

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1175921--chris-mazza-rejected-discount-on-helicopter-deal-former-ornge-exec-says#article Chris Mazza rejected discount on helicopter deal, former ORNGE exec says Published On Wed May 09 2012 Former ORGNE aviation boss Rick Potter takes the stand at...

I think the posters who said NO are more inclined to respond to this survey than others. I voted No as I never have applied. This has nothing to do with the recent AC problems. I think it still could be a great place to work if that is what you want and I wish AC types the best. Myself, I like to le...