Good thing you guys didn’t sign a super long collect agreement with concessions in order to stay competitive against sky/Georgian .... oh wait :lol: Well, considering the GOAL was to make us competitive enough to get any new work and regain old work, I guess we could argue goal accomplished! Laugh ...

Negotiations still ongoing but a glimpse of how many surplus pilots there are, good luck
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I've paid very little attention over the past months. Working elsewhere so I'm good. I didn't want the merger. Transat was a better place to work. Period. But the writing was on the wall so I did want the merger for job security. Nothing else. If it happens, it happens. If not, so be it. But if it ...

I don’t know but it’s implied, I believe pre pandemic it was some type of long term bond. I would expect the new model will have the cost borne by the student. “Last year the airline’s training department gave students the option of ending their training without cost or transferring to another fligh...

In a nutshell, now going through Lufthansa training does not guarantee a job, which makes sense but is a sign that the shortage will be much, much further down the road if at all. https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-pilot-training-streamlined/ “Pilots on the Lufthansa training program were typically ...

This is somewhat encouraging, of course nothing concrete yet. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/air-canada-very-encouraged-by-government-talks-over-financial-aid-as-it-posts-bleak-results-144508384.html Air Canada’s (AC.TO) chief executive said he is “very encouraged” by ongoing discussions with the...

Your argument is also flawed, the competition in question has been subsidized by government bailouts or loans, 40 billion to US carriers alone with another 14 billion coming their way. One carrier has received 14 billion to bring back furloughed employees which it only needed 10% of that, the rest ...

"Open airlines up to more foreign competition." Great, thats just what we need. More cost cutting, which will start with labour. Honestly, Canadian governmental choices are the Sandlot. I think this is a flawed argument. The United States is the largest aviation market in the world. There is a huge...

There are different strains, I absolutely agree. The comparison is a bit exaggerated because the negatively affected demographic is the same-Old people and people who abused their bodies with poor diet, lack of physical activity, etc. If you are enough immunocompromised, a simple diarrhea can kill ...

That is a change from previous policy and it does allow pilots from other airlines the opportunity to jumpseat. A valid RAIC is proof of employment. I suspect you'll start to see policies change in teh near future to allow OAL pilots flight deck jumpseat access. However, the caveat has always been,...

That is a change from previous policy and it does allow pilots from other airlines the opportunity to jumpseat. A valid RAIC is proof of employment. I suspect you'll start to see policies change in teh near future to allow OAL pilots flight deck jumpseat access. However, the caveat has always been,...

Another example of a dude with anger management issues who hopefully 🙏 isn’t in the pointy end of a commercial airliner flying people around. Dad, you have already used the same tired and scathing rebuttal today. Can you explain why an individual with a differing opinion of your own is unfit to fly...

Not sure I get your question. Is understanding that you get Covid from other people your idea of fear? I understand we get covid from other people but I don't share the same beliefs as you. Such beliefs as masks should be mandatory, lock-downs should be implemented, or most importantly the belief t...

Mbav8r, I appreciate the well thought out post. I don’t have data on how long surgeries etc were delayed in the past. It might very well be longer delays now then previously. But the comparisons to delays from past years is never made, as far as I can tell. The articles currently seem to be about d...

BTD, Regarding those articles from past health surges causing cancellations of routine surgeries, can you please provide the duration of the cancellations. For the last year in Manitoba routine surgery procedures have been delayed or cancelled for most of it, I believe they resumed for a 3 month per...

Mbav8r I’ll get back to you on the updated studies. We just got a new puppy yesterday. In regards to New Zealand. I can’t say lockdowns didn’t work maybe they did. What I can say is that I don’t know if that is the reason the numbers fell. Do you have any evidence that it was the lockdown that was ...

I don't want to participate in the ongoing debate that has derailed this thread, however, here is an interesting and unbiased article worth reading. It seems to put things into perspective. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2021/01/covid-19-will-likely-be-with-us-forever-heres-how-well-liv...

Cancel culture is a problem right now on society and take a moment of what you are writing and reading to actually ask yourself " is it possible I may be wrong?" There is absolutely nothing dangerous, harmful, or ill-willed about asking questions about what we are doing as a country. It's Infact mo...

Mbav8r I’ll get back to you on the updated studies. We just got a new puppy yesterday. In regards to New Zealand. I can’t say lockdowns didn’t work maybe they did. What I can say is that I don’t know if that is the reason the numbers fell. Do you have any evidence that it was the lockdown that was ...

The fact that you have no idea why schools need to be open shows how narrow minded and brain washed you really are. Canadian male youths are 14 times more likely to die from suicide than COVID-19. That’s using case fatality rate. Using infection fatality rate (the only one that truly matters) that ...