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by Braun
Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:55 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: Tower closure predictions?
Replies: 33
Views: 16524

Re: Tower closure predictions?

Fantastic news. Really, none of the control towers or FSS stations should have been put up for an LOS during these times. I'm glad to hear that, certainly for now, they will remain open. That must be a huge relief for all the staff involved. 100% first good new in a while. Next up....cancel all tho...
by Braun
Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:20 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: Tower closure predictions?
Replies: 33
Views: 16524

Re: Tower closure predictions?

Fantastic news. Really, none of the control towers or FSS stations should have been put up for an LOS during these times. I'm glad to hear that, certainly for now, they will remain open. That must be a huge relief for all the staff involved. 100% first good new in a while. Next up....cancel all tho...
by Braun
Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:46 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Any good news lately?
Replies: 35
Views: 6608

Re: Any good news lately?

cxchd wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:40 am Last week in KEWR number 30 for takeoff. 2 Months ago was always number 2 or 3. Crazy traffic there again and also KJFK. Wife just got recalled to American Airlines in YYZ back to her ramp crew chief job.
That's pretty awesome to hear.
by Braun
Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:12 am
Forum: NavCanada Hiring
Topic: Nav Canada Training After Covid
Replies: 14
Views: 9460

Re: Nav Canada Training After Covid

There's a Terminal course starting in Vancouver in April, and a handful of trainees that haven't been axed at various other units still going. As for Generic IFR/VFR courses or complex tower courses, I would be surprised if anything happens again in 2021. I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see anyth...
by Braun
Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:17 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

While 900 employees have been laid off, including some union members, with other staff having to job-share just to stay employed and taking pay cuts and having their pensions changed on them, CATCA employees received a 3% pay increase last year (should have been July as per the CA but was initially...
by Braun
Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:06 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: How much air travel is out there right now?
Replies: 19
Views: 8109

Re: How much air travel is out there right now?

Aviation is essential. Pilots are essential. ATC are essential. Hells bells, Aviation is a privilege not a right. ( breathing, eating and drinking is a right) .. is there any role the the Canadian Military could not fill in lieu on Commerical air travel? The virus would get under control as opposed...
by Braun
Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:44 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: How much air travel is out there right now?
Replies: 19
Views: 8109

Re: How much air travel is out there right now?

Aviation is essential. Pilots are essential. ATC are essential.
by Braun
Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:46 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: Newbie questions regarding IFR vs VFR?
Replies: 2
Views: 6482

Re: Newbie questions regarding IFR vs VFR?

Some towers have limited hours and others operate 24/7/365. It has nothing to do with night time just what the traffic levels are and what service is required at a specific airport.
by Braun
Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:42 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: Any Canadian ATC?
Replies: 9
Views: 9791

Re: Any Canadian ATC?

Transport just added a salary of $30,000 to the 1 year training time to get into ATC. Before it was unpaid. I could take a 1 year pay cut to that and now I'm seriously considering making the switch. I would really like to hear stories about your experiences applying, going through training, working...
by Braun
Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:15 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: STAR profiles & ATC
Replies: 11
Views: 6833

Re: STAR profiles & ATC

I can't remember what happens anywhere else in Canada but in YVR they give you each altitude clearance as you get past each constrained waypoint. I assumed there was a reason for this and that's why NavCanada's short lived Descend Via STAR phraseology was the exact opposite of the rest of the world...
by Braun
Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:12 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

This is new ground for everyone in ATC. Layoffs have been part of society for everyone except some professions including ATC until now. Why I still hold out hope that things will turn around and any layoffs will be short term in the meantime we ALL can learn from this experience should we face it a...
by Braun
Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:49 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

The way they announced the layoffs is pretty shameful: -Not giving a @#$! about the CATCA seniority list -Basically telling us terminal controllers are worth more The way CATCA has handled this ? I'm pretty sad to see a controller throwing dirt at CATCA. Not wanting to save jobs when people are rea...
by Braun
Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:09 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

I think he meant unfortunate for anyone who was “first out”. Since we don’t know what (if anything) the company proposed to CATCA, I find it hard to call the approach shameful. I happen to know that they did propose a deal of this sort. Also I've heard it from reliable sources within the union and ...
by Braun
Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:14 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

Not sure how last one out first one back is unfortunate. It's just logical. What's unfortunate is that there are layoffs in the first place and that our union never gave us a chance to vote on proposed salary freezes/cuts to save these jobs. Shame on CATCA. I think he meant unfortunate for anyone w...
by Braun
Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:46 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

I'm wondering here did the airlines layoff pilots the correct way (respecting the seniority) ? Or are you like us wondering if your name will come out of the sorting hat of layoffs? Or are the companies not giving a @#$! about your seniority and pretending that laying off people will actually make ...
by Braun
Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:45 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

If all the LOS reviews come back and end up shutting down towers, I think any surplus controllers will get displaced to short-staffed towers. Just not sure how the company can afford to pay for relocation, and take the cost/risk of possibly having a controller CT'd if they don't make it. And with t...
by Braun
Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:56 am
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

49 IFR controllers served noticed. Shoot I know it is majorly selfish but being laid off trainee in the first wave of lat offs makes me more and more scared as more get laid off. Last ones out I assume first ones back, certainly fully licensed controllers before a trainee. This is such a friggin me...
by Braun
Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:25 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

Mayor_McCheese wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:19 pm
Braun wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:11 pm
wordstwice wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:25 pm 49 IFR controllers served noticed.
I honestly thought there were more. Are you sure about the number?
I heard 50, so 49 probably more accurate.
49 it is. Just got the CATCA email. :(
by Braun
Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:11 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

wordstwice wrote: Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:25 pm 49 IFR controllers served noticed.
I honestly thought there were more. Are you sure about the number?
by Braun
Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:55 pm
Forum: ATS Question Forum
Topic: ATC Layoffs?
Replies: 60
Views: 38116

Re: ATC Layoffs?

Well, now we have the finale answer.... Some IFR (aerea control center) controllers will be laid off 6 month from now. Don't know hom many though. More than a hundred from what I heard. Number is about right. A lot of units are affected. Gander is the hardest hit. They will deploy controllers to cu...

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