dhc2pilot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:31 pm Hey WestJet pilots…..all you need to know is Air Canada pilots are rooting for you! We are going to be in the same boat this year. Time to have some pilot unity. Go get ‘em!

Thanks for the support. I really do appreciate it and I will be there for you when the time comes.

aerobod wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:04 pm Sounds like you should just look for another job elsewhere, would be a lot less stressful for you.

Lol. Sounds like the "Get off the bus" speech back in the day. I mean, why improve things when you can just leave, right?

If you don't work at WJ anymore, why would you care?

All I see is WS not being able insulate itself from a low cost onslaught and not having the volume of business orientated products that AC has to differentiate and give a far superior RASM. And who's fault is that? It wasn't the pilots who chose the multiple directions the company has committed to ...

WS is not AC (and I have worked internally at both airlines, WS to 2018, AC to 2020), the cost models, markets and competitors on given routes are not exactly the same. WS has more direct product comparison/exposure with the ULCCs than AC does. A comparison of wages and costs with Transat, Sunwing,...

- I would expect in rounded numbers for pilot compensation increase ALPA is probably at 50% over 4 years and WS at 20%. I think anything over 35% will probably leave the company in an uncompetitive cost position. This is due to the fact that other employee groups (and the current shortage of labour...

With a prolonged labour dispute, there is always the possibility that Onex will just cut it’s losses (especially with the accumulated Covid debt) and file for bankruptcy for WS, as there probably won’t be many interested buyers as the WS debt approaches it’s asset value (if it isn’t already there i...

I am going to share with you the best advice I ever received.

It's just a job.

At the end of the day, it's just a job. If you make it your life, you will be miserable (and it is so damned easy for this job to eat your entire life).

Upper management was put in place by Onex. We are all aware that Onex buys companies so that they can flip it and make money. The actions taking place now are not to set the WestJet group up for long term success, but instead to make Onex short term profit. They will sell off the profitable portion...

Here is the plan, as laid out by the executive team: WestJet is dead. There will be zero growth at WestJet (AKA The Premium Brand) and likely the brand will be allowed to shrivel and die after being sucked dry by a corporate vampire. Swoop and Sunwing. All growth will be at these two places. They wi...

Here's how I read the plan from listening to the plan and reading the press releases: The WestJet Group’s strategic path forward for our guests, employees and the communities we serve The WestJet Group yesterday brought together leaders, representing all parts of the operations and business, to hea...

All this has happened before, and it is happening again.

EH 101 Cormorant.

What? Why? What are all the deductions? WJ does not have a pension. WJ had an Employee Share Purchase Program in which you could buy shares with your pay and the company would match those purchases up to a maximum of 20% of your pay. Because WJ is not a publicly traded company anymore,there are no ...

You have to really do your homework and understand the pay structure at WJ. You will Net (after all the deductions) about 25% of your total pay. That is far lower than the Net of and AC pilot. So, while the two hourly rates are similar, how it is delivered is very different. #4 - Opportunity. AC has...

Some are under the misconception that if Swoop was not created its flying would have been absorbed by the mainline, which is not case. Its flying would have simply been absorbed by others in that market segment. Swoop is a way for the WestJet group to c̶a̶p̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ s̶o̶m̶e̶ o̶f̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ r̶e̶v̶e̶n...

People constantly say Canada has some magical world class pilots because of “the norf” if rugged terrain and old planes are what sets us apart they have Alaska. If we really were world class we’d probably be paid better you think? That would be nice but, your price isn't set by your skill set, it's...

Last time I checked the US has Alaska, and if we were as good as everyone claims we are we wouldn't have the lowest paid 777 drivers in the world Yay Alaska. But I seem unable to draw a line between Alaskan flying and your 777 wages? I am really looking forward to hearing the connection. I'd just l...

mber. You are speaking about US wages being pressured down, they wouldn't and they certainly don't seem to be worried about the growing contingent of Australian pilots working in the US. On the contrary: https://simpleflying.com/alpa-connect-airlines/ ALPA noted that Connect Airlines, by seeking to...

[You will not be surprised to know that US pilots don't see it your way: they see the threat of a million Canadian pilots coming across the border pushing down their wages. They think you will push wages down; you think they will push wages up. You cannot both be correct. Given the number of wannab...

Pilots themselves created the seniority system through their unions. Airlines couldn't give a pussy how they find pilots, as long as they pay them as little as possible. I guarantee you OT's are paid a market rate, based on the number of applications for each position (not very many). If pilots wer...

I know it's not a popular opinion to have that you're communicating here, but I agree with what you're saying. There was a movement before that fizzled out to start a college of professional pilots where we are all seen as equals. I'm dating an occupational therapist and I envy how she can work at ...