twinpratts wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:46 pm what was the experience level of the new hires?

Very low but you can make up the lack of experience by being EPIC.

Keep moving that rig over the Atlantic for 65$ per hour. You're doing the Lord's work.

The solution is simple. Stop accepting the current AC offer. As long as AC fills up every single GS with hundreds of pilots on flat pay then how much leverage do you really have ? But because muh seniority number and muh pension and muh career progression, we have pilots crawling naked over broken ...

The solution is simple. Stop accepting the current AC offer. As long as AC fills up every single GS with hundreds of pilots on flat pay then how much leverage do you really have ? But because muh seniority number and muh pension and muh career progression, we have pilots crawling naked over broken g...

Toronto is one of the most expensive airports on planet. Until very recently it was number 1. The fees here are also insane, just look at the breakdown of your fare and see how much the airline is actually getting. For me, it’s the terminal 1. The most modern and efficient airport terminal worldwid...

YYJ, YHZ and YLW bases/ports would be a huge attraction for new hires to make up for the competition's faster upgrade path. Hint hint.

PilotDAR wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:20 am

Too short a runway for the airplane, confined approach(s), downwind landing,

I’ve flown into Nelson on the KA 350 couple of times, it’s really not that tight for landing even with a couple kts tailwind ...

Good thing it wasn’t an EV. Wait till there’s battery fires around airplanes. A truck full of lithium ion batteries would have burned that plane to the ground since pouring water on them does nothing. Water is how you fight a Lithium battery fire - FAA training video is online. Lithium batteries ne...

It’s about leverage and AC had ALL the leverage, I guarantee if you were put in the same set of circumstances, you would have voted for a 17 year deal. @#$! off. I voted NO and told everyone that was working there to vote NO as well for reasons that are all too obvious today. Then I quit when it pa...

I spoke with the ATIP Coordinator from the MGERC and you'll be happy to know that several more case summaries will be released this week as well. They too present findings that Section 1 was not satisfied and that the CAF violated The Charter. I can post those when they become available. Any word o...

Begone scumbag lowlife grifter.
How does it feel to be hated by every single one of your coworker ?

Can someone give me some insight in working for an airline like WJ or Flair and living 2 hours away from base ? From what I've seen most want reserve response time of 90mins. I'm not moving, so am I stuck working rotations ? It’s not impossible per se, Westjet has long call reserve, although it’s r...

With the 1 AOC, Swoop integration and full rebid, as well as the eventual Sunwing integration, upgrade times for those already on WJ property will decrease for awhile. Plus the the MAX10 orders will also open up seats. Commuting for reserve is always awful, financially taxing and demoralizing. If yo...

Commuting has always been shit but it was actually fairly doable pre-2020. Now it’s an absolute gong show from hell, especially if for example, you’re working for the Teal team out East. The days of cheap 70$ airport hotel with crew discount and only having 1 buffer flight before your pairing, are o...

Good thing the Metro is known for being extremely easy to fly with its great automation, overperformance in icing, a glass cockpit that makes AC 787’s skippers jealous and operating in Northern BC in winter requires no real IFR experience. Oh and it’s nose wheel steering landing on contaminated runw...

Accusing your own customers of faking a disability
There used to be a time that WJ was known for its CS ... used to be the alternative to the soulless red machine.

Tolip wrote: Also, what do you guys think about a no vote to this AIP. And restarting negotiations this summer WITH AC all under the ALPA banner?

Not a bad idea but wouldn’t there be a risk of Onex going to the feds to force a deal ?

So just to be clear: Last year of CBA top scale NB CA will be approx $305 per credit hour ($453 overtime rate?). Company will match pilot contribution up to 10% to a registered retirement plan (pilot contributions fully tax deductible at a marginal tax rate on average 50%). All work belongs to WJ S...

capt_Z wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 5:38 pm YVR base reducing. Air Canada will be getting 220's in and Jazz will be only focusing on East. And with PAL new deal East also will be competitive.

Think about going to JAZZ!

Do you even have a CPL ?

What a shame. “We want the North American Standard ! No more cheap Canadian pilots” A few moments later. “Be happy with this, we could have gotten nothing!” “The payscale? Nah, we don’t want to publish it yet, we need to do roadshows to *explain* it to you.” It’s easy to see who caved and it wasn’t ...