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by jpilot77
Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:10 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Party time on Sunwing!
Replies: 70
Views: 9810

Re: Party time on Sunwing!

Because they wanted their CUN layover... I don't know, maybe this wasn't a problem until the party videos dropped on social media and the court of public opinion got stoked up... it was almost a week ago and we're only hearing about it now. People seem more worked up over this than all the elderly ...
by jpilot77
Sun Oct 10, 2021 1:15 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Living in Barrie, Working at YYZ
Replies: 22
Views: 6146

Re: Living in Barrie, Working at YYZ

I’ve been commuting for over 10 years and here is my two cents. You need to conduct two kinds of calculations; financial and emotional. The first is obvious, your gas monthly spending is going higher, so you have to determine if that’s a valuable extra spending given a lower house rate in Term 4. T...
by jpilot77
Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:34 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: To return to the skies or wait a while longer…
Replies: 25
Views: 3068

Re: To return to the skies or wait a while longer…

Get back on the horse. Cant predict the future. If a seat is available take it and don't worry about the "what if". Its not like you are leaving a "career" to make this choice, Seasonal contract is over so its natural to go back to flying! Thanks ! I don’t know how recalls are happening with 10-15%...
by jpilot77
Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:00 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How bad is commuting
Replies: 76
Views: 16401

Re: How bad is commuting

Has anyone commuted to YYZ or YUL from YOW? Curious what others’ experiences were like. I could see myself living here long term. I know lots of guys who do YOW to YUL but they drive. What is the reserve call out time for the airline(s) you speak of? I thought it was 90 minutes and it’s about a 2 h...
by jpilot77
Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:21 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How bad is commuting
Replies: 76
Views: 16401

Re: How bad is commuting

Shinyjetsyndrome wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 5:36 am Has anyone commuted to YYZ or YUL from YOW? Curious what others’ experiences were like. I could see myself living here long term.
I know lots of guys who do YOW to YUL but they drive.
by jpilot77
Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:38 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How bad is commuting
Replies: 76
Views: 16401

Re: How bad is commuting

I live an hour and a half north of YUL (obviously sometimes longer due to traffic), I love where I live and moving into the city to be closer to the airport is not something for me. But some people hate a long drive. Yes sometimes it’s a drag driving up North on a Friday afternoon in heavy traffic b...
by jpilot77
Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:04 am
Forum: Air Transat
Topic: Air Canada deal dead
Replies: 39
Views: 11257

Re: Air Canada deal dead

People may bitch about Rouge, but at the end of the day people didn’t care, flights were always packed.
by jpilot77
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:50 am
Forum: Air Transat
Topic: Transat revenues drop by 99%, with 2,000 layoffs expected
Replies: 157
Views: 37029

Re: Transat revenues drop by 99%, with 2,000 layoffs expected

My opinion? Bailout before April 19 Transat acquired by AC. Alpa representation vote wins after the merger Alpa in house at jazz and ac Common employer by 2025 Jazz DOH merger and buyout of senior guys to protect widebody captains at AC Flat pay removed at AC because ts CUMULATIVE years salary is s...
by jpilot77
Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:07 am
Forum: Air Transat
Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
Replies: 1687
Views: 270749

Re: AC/TRZ Transaction Approved by TC - $5 per Share

AC final decision on this transaction is now weeks or months away. Seemingly, AC has resumed discussions with TRZ about possibly further modifying the already modified purchase agreement. Secondly, terms of industry specific aid will have to be factored in. Likely weeks away. Finally, AC will not c...
by jpilot77
Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:25 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: Rouge Suspending Operations?
Replies: 5
Views: 2377

Re: Rouge Suspending Operations?

This is for the flight attendants: 7CA9986B-6902-4F04-82DE-BB9EDC14D20E.jpeg I don’t think any additional pilots are being laid off. Looks pretty definitive end. Making room for ts fas? I think it’s cause the government forced AC to stop flying to sun destinations which are primarily done by Rouge.
by jpilot77
Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:20 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: FL430 for commercial airliners
Replies: 33
Views: 3450

Re: FL430 for commercial airliners

It is exactly because you’d have one of the 2 pilots always on oxygen. Also the good old 767 could get up 430 as well.
by jpilot77
Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:24 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Service Suspension Notice
Replies: 150
Views: 36440

Re: Service Suspension Notice

Old fella wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:29 am Followed by O'Foole to our rescue...........

Can’t be worse than Trudeau at this point. The vaccine rollout might be the straw that broke the camel’s back.
by jpilot77
Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:18 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Foreign Airlines take CEWS
Replies: 34
Views: 3175

Re: Foreign Airlines take CEWS

I don’t think people are that pissed off about inmates getting vaccinated. They’re pissed off because the vaccination effort in general has been a total gong show but inmates are getting vaccinated in timely manner. All the levels of government involved had months to prepare for this and didn’t do ...
by jpilot77
Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:36 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Foreign Airlines take CEWS
Replies: 34
Views: 3175

Re: Foreign Airlines take CEWS

I don’t think people are that pissed off about inmates getting vaccinated. They’re pissed off because the vaccination effort in general has been a total gong show but inmates are getting vaccinated in timely manner. All the levels of government involved had months to prepare for this and didn’t do a...
by jpilot77
Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:21 am
Forum: Air Transat
Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
Replies: 1687
Views: 270749

Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Updated Purchase Price at $5 per share

AC really negotiated a great deal out of this. Mind you, a large part of the original purchase price was also acquiring TRZ's cash on hand 1:1. So with that depleted, the value has correspondingly dropped to the value of their assets alone. Nice, lean deal. We can all thank the Gov't for the state ...
by jpilot77
Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:27 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: General C Yeager RIP
Replies: 16
Views: 1602

Re: General C Yeager RIP

The most interesting thing I remember from his autobiography was him stating that his air to air combat record in WW2 (ace in a day, shooting down a ME262 and being shot down and hiding out with the resistance to escape to Spain) was what he though the pinacle of his career was. Nobody will ever hav...
by jpilot77
Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:14 pm
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: IATA Warning for Canadian Aviation Sector
Replies: 49
Views: 6159

Re: IATA Warning for Canadian Aviation Sector

Well of course the public is scared the media and to a certain extent the governments have been painting them a scary story. How scary is COVID now? I’d say far less scary then they make it out to be. Here’s some one walking in downtown Stockholm sometime last week. https://youtu.be/bamZrEfwx0A Look...
by jpilot77
Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:59 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: New Challengers for DND?
Replies: 10
Views: 2588

Re: New Challengers for DND?

Does that sum include a support program? They are due for replacement but we don't have the cash for that. I was always a supporter of bombardier but I'm done with them. They managed to kill evinrude now too, they're the worst! Bombardier doesn’t own Evinrude, BRP (Bombardier Recreational Products)...
by jpilot77
Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:18 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Navajo Crash in Georgia
Replies: 20
Views: 4222

Re: Navajo Crash in Georgia

In air breakup? On the way to a funeral on top of it. What a horrible way to go RIP.
by jpilot77
Mon May 25, 2020 5:14 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How to certify an electronic logbook?
Replies: 12
Views: 2790

Re: How to certify an electronic logbook?

Print it out and get the required parties to sign.

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