Hey Jazz guys. This is a Westjet section, if you wanna post Westjetty things that's fine, but if you wanna masturbate to Jazz, then do it in the Jazz section. I did post something Westjetty, I told Hans to apply to swoop. Sometimes things change direction for a bit, you don’t own AvCanada, do like ...

Bruh, do you even read my posts? I am pro Jazz. I am happy here, I knew what I was signing... and it worked out just fine for me. Doesn't mean we can't try to make it better. I'm not going to be on FO payscale anymore come next week. But that doesn't mean I won't push to make things better for those...

...All I ever hear is how hard done by they all were by AC in the 90s and a lot of them still hold big grudges. Especially ex Air Ontario. Oh yeah. I've heard this quite a number of times, how some of the old Air Ontario boys have zero love for Air Canada pilots. This is coming from their mouths di...

I would say no. Same can be said about all the express carriers having shit entry wages while AC makes record profits. We are after all flying the same passengers, on aircraft that say Air Canada on them and uniforms with the maple leaf plastered all over them. It's only a matter of time until the t...

What would the float operators be looking for in time required "on floats" to get on board? A few years ago I landed offers for two float jobs in my first season. One on a cub, and one on a 180. With 30 hours float time and 230 hours under my belt. I'm only assuming the demand has increased since t...

I believe this comes from ALPA and their long term goal of recognizing pilot experience for pay in order to not allow the companies to take advantage of shutting down and starting up all the time. Of course ALPA is responsible for this. Please ignore any world wide pilot shortage and the obvious fa...

Know your contract, if you are doing 7 legs and 14 hours, you are exceeding contractual limits! The most you can do in a scheduled 14 hour duty, scheduled being the key word, is 5 landings, 6 if the pilot agrees to it. “The total number of operational landings in a Duty Period plus the total number...

You'd be surprised how many new hires (even year old new hires) have never or barely read the contract. It's sad. I often overhear conversations in the crew rooms and think to myself "do they not know that's against the CBA?" Happens regularly. I used to pipe up and say something but it usually fell...

Yeah I was more so referring to the founding airlines.

Personally I'd prefer that button break......

Don't get me wrong, I love my job. But it isn't my identity. I have other hobbies and interests. Every day when I'm up in the air I look around and couldn't really see myself doing anything else. That being said, it still is just a job.

When I can I plan to buy my own plane for "fun."

I personally got into aviation for the long term financial pay off, lifestyle and benefits. Others were aviation kids growing up and that's cool too, but it' wasn't me. In my late 20's I was bored with what I was doing (paid WAY more than I have made yet flying metal) I looked at career options one ...

Know your contract, if you are doing 7 legs and 14 hours, you are exceeding contractual limits! The most you can do in a scheduled 14 hour duty, scheduled being the key word, is 5 landings, 6 if the pilot agrees to it. “The total number of operational landings in a Duty Period plus the total number...

Jazz starts at 34,700 per year ( before tax) per diems are around roughly 1100 per month. You can save a bit and attempt to pocket this.. Days worked 16-18 per month averaging around 7 legs per day flown. It’s possble to fly up to 90 hours / month on reserve. This isnt' really all that accurate. Th...

Funny to think anyone with any time or experience in aviation thought they were getting something for free and/or a guarantee. I've been flying for 15 years and not once has anything been "given to me". The con/disappointment each of you are feeling is the fact you "believed" you were for sure gett...

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It's all about lifestyle and not always necessary about all the money you can make, I've been there and done that. If it's about lifestyle, I'll put it this way. After a year at Jazz I was working about 14 days a month with basically every weekend off (maybe one Sat/Sun every 1.5 months) and and go...

Don't chase money, it will come in time. Do I look back fondly on my time flying in northern Ontario? Yes. Would I have passed it up to get in with Jazz out of school? Yes. That is because I started flying in my late 20's and knew what I wanted. I wanted to work at Air Canada and I am on the path th...

77.5

It can be much higher in busy months I've been blocked regularly in the high 80s.