Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Got a hot employment or interview tip to help a fellow aviator find a job or looking for a little job advice place your posting here.

Moderators: sky's the limit, sepia, Sulako, North Shore

User avatar
fruitloops
Rank 3
Rank 3
Posts: 120
Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:13 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by fruitloops »

I posted this a year or so ago on OTS thread

First Jan 2018 GS had the following composition roughly - I'm guessing the WJ,SW,TA components vary a little school to school but not much, the only larger employer missing was Cargojet
- 3 porter
- 1 corporate
- 5 Encore
- 1 WJ
- 15 Jazz
- 2 Air Transat
- 4 SKY
- 2 Sunwing
- 3 GGN
- 1 Morningstar
- 1 exMilitary
---------- ADS -----------
 
trey kule
Rank 11
Rank 11
Posts: 4762
Joined: Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:09 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by trey kule »

Why do people include per diems as part of their Salary?

They are employer reimbursement for unspecified,work related,out of pocket expenses.
And CRA does not consider them salary. Check yout T4s.

The sense I get it is similar to asking someone the temperature and they include the wind chill .sounds more impressive than it is.

As far as overseas work, keep in mind tax rates. During my time overseas, my pay had a total of 17% in deductions, including full medical, insurance, pension savings,and taxes...less than half of what a Canadian pilot at the top end gets hit with, and equates to tens of thousands a year more in the bank. As well as subsidized housing, private world class schools for the kids, longer holidays.

Canadian pilots do not get top wages except at the very upper end of the pay senority list and a huge chunk of that is taxed at 43% or so.
---------- ADS -----------
 
Accident speculation:
Those that post don’t know. Those that know don’t post
shimmydampner
Rank (9)
Rank (9)
Posts: 1764
Joined: Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:59 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by shimmydampner »

trey kule wrote: Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:10 pm The sense I get it is similar to asking someone the temperature and they include the wind chill .sounds more impressive than it is.
Or, because it reflects an increased rate of heat loss, it gives you a more accurate description of just how much being in the elements is going to suck.

I don't think people include per diems as salary. It is however an important part of the compensation package and some companies do it better than others. Nothing wrong with it being a consideration when it comes to employment opportunities.
---------- ADS -----------
 
munzil
Rank 2
Rank 2
Posts: 91
Joined: Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:09 am

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by munzil »

shimmydampner wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:29 am
trey kule wrote: Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:10 pm The sense I get it is similar to asking someone the temperature and they include the wind chill .sounds more impressive than it is.
Or, because it reflects an increased rate of heat loss, it gives you a more accurate description of just how much being in the elements is going to suck.

I don't think people include per diems as salary. It is however an important part of the compensation package and some companies do it better than others. Nothing wrong with it being a consideration when it comes to employment opportunities.
Exactly. If you get $50k in per diems a year compared to $3k tax Free, it most certainly makes a difference.

Just as if overtime is readily available or only goes to the top guys. It all has a hand to play in what makes a company
---------- ADS -----------
 
TSAM
Rank 2
Rank 2
Posts: 98
Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:11 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by TSAM »

.
---------- ADS -----------
 
Last edited by TSAM on Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
nightbird
Rank 4
Rank 4
Posts: 202
Joined: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:47 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by nightbird »

Until the next recession....
---------- ADS -----------
 
User avatar
C-GGGQ
Rank 10
Rank 10
Posts: 2051
Joined: Mon May 21, 2007 12:33 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by C-GGGQ »

I mean I understand the thought is Air Canada isn't going anywhere no matter how bad it gets, but Both Sunwing and even more so Transat have been around for a while now. I don't believe they are all THAT vulnerable anymore. I mean Sunwing is turning 14 and Transat is literally 2 months younger than me. 32 years isn't anything to sneeze at.
---------- ADS -----------
 
User avatar
JohnnyHotRocks
Rank (9)
Rank (9)
Posts: 1084
Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:18 am

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by JohnnyHotRocks »

Lots of you were not in the industry prior to 9-11 were you?
---------- ADS -----------
 
Alcoholism
Rank 3
Rank 3
Posts: 167
Joined: Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:51 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by Alcoholism »

JohnnyHotRocks wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:08 pm Lots of you were not in the industry prior to 9-11 were you?
I was johnnynotsohotrocks
nightbird wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:46 pm Until the next recession....
Yes how many times has the current airlines in Canada declared or about to declare bankruptcy in the past say 20 years? AC 2, everyone else 0. Until the next recession loser
---------- ADS -----------
 
Tail-Chaser
Rank 4
Rank 4
Posts: 211
Joined: Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:24 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by Tail-Chaser »

Alcoholism wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:26 pm
JohnnyHotRocks wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:08 pm Lots of you were not in the industry prior to 9-11 were you?
I was johnnynotsohotrocks
nightbird wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:46 pm Until the next recession....
Yes how many times has the current airlines in Canada declared or about to declare bankruptcy in the past say 20 years? AC 2, everyone else 0. Until the next recession loser
How many Canadian airlines started between 1930 and now are still around?
---------- ADS -----------
 
dumbbell daddy
Rank 2
Rank 2
Posts: 82
Joined: Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:27 am

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by dumbbell daddy »

TSAM wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:43 pm Both SW and TS are the best kept secrets in Canada.
+1
---------- ADS -----------
 
iflyforpie
Top Poster
Top Poster
Posts: 8132
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:25 pm
Location: Winterfell...

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by iflyforpie »

Tail-Chaser wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:13 am
Alcoholism wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:26 pm
JohnnyHotRocks wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:08 pm Lots of you were not in the industry prior to 9-11 were you?
I was johnnynotsohotrocks
nightbird wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:46 pm Until the next recession....
Yes how many times has the current airlines in Canada declared or about to declare bankruptcy in the past say 20 years? AC 2, everyone else 0. Until the next recession loser
How many Canadian airlines started between 1930 and now are still around?
I wonder if that’s what the low seniority guys who were laid off from Air Canada were saying? “Gee honey, I’ve been laid off, but my company has been around since 1930!”

Meanwhile the guys who lost their jobs at C3, Jetsgo, Skyservice, etc went to Westjet when times were good or went overseas and lived happily ever after.
---------- ADS -----------
 
Geez did I say that....? Or just think it....?
Tail-Chaser
Rank 4
Rank 4
Posts: 211
Joined: Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:24 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by Tail-Chaser »

iflyforpie wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:24 am
Tail-Chaser wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:13 am
Alcoholism wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:26 pm

I was johnnynotsohotrocks



Yes how many times has the current airlines in Canada declared or about to declare bankruptcy in the past say 20 years? AC 2, everyone else 0. Until the next recession loser
How many Canadian airlines started between 1930 and now are still around?
I wonder if that’s what the low seniority guys who were laid off from Air Canada were saying? “Gee honey, I’ve been laid off, but my company has been around since 1930!”

Meanwhile the guys who lost their jobs at C3, Jetsgo, Skyservice, etc went to Westjet when times were good or went overseas and lived happily ever after.
That's kinda my point. I don't think it a was a good argument to say "Westjet, SW, or AT have never declared bankruptcy so they're better options" or something like that when tons of Airlines went under in the 2000s. The current ones might not have, but that doesn't mean they're immune.
---------- ADS -----------
 
goldeneagle
Rank (9)
Rank (9)
Posts: 1177
Joined: Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:28 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by goldeneagle »

Tail-Chaser wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:13 am How many Canadian airlines started between 1930 and now are still around?
None. Altho the name 'Air Canada' is still painted on the sides of the airplanes, the company has been thru numerous corporate changes and restructures over time, including a bankruptcy that sent the old company down the tubes and spawned a new one that continues to paint 'Air Canada' on the side of the airplanes, but is in fact a completely different corporate entity vs the original Air Canada. That way it works, during liquidation the receiver will sell all of the assets with value, and one of the value assets in this case is the name, and the new corp rising out of the ashes purchases the name and the airplanes that already have that name painted on the side. But the same entity it is not, and never will be again. The Air Canada of the 30's is long gone.
---------- ADS -----------
 
C.W.E.
Rank (9)
Rank (9)
Posts: 1262
Joined: Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:22 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by C.W.E. »

The Air Canada of the 30's is long gone.
In the thirties it was called Trans Canada Airlines the name change to Air Canada did not come until 1964.
---------- ADS -----------
 
a380super
Rank 1
Rank 1
Posts: 45
Joined: Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:40 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by a380super »

There is not black or white answer to the question above.
AC is not for everybody ..same for SWG ..WJ..AT...
It depends whats your priority.
Im at SWG..and we are loosing guys here going to AC ..including very senior one...ready to take a serious pay cut! There is a reason i guess..
The long term benefits are the key point in my opinion AC)...especially if you have family, kids..and not too old.(
Yes SWG offers a lot of days off...european deployment...layovers down south...but again this is not for.everybody...if you like it yes SWG is for you and if you don't mind to fly the 737 for the rest of your career down south and back then don't go to AC go to SWG.
One think is sure..for long term benefit.salary. AC is most probably the best in Canada..but in term of life style.. maybe not..
Again nothing is black or white.
---------- ADS -----------
 
ayseven
Rank 7
Rank 7
Posts: 609
Joined: Wed Jul 31, 2019 4:17 am

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by ayseven »

I will answer from a completely detached position. It used to be the only big game in town, so prestige: national carrier and all that. Also, there really isn't much money to be made working as a pilot in Canada, so the carrot, of big airplane and big money, is obviously appealing. As you get older, things change, people stop and breathe a bit, and realise that what you thought, wasn't necessarily true. It is easy to go anywhere else after Air Canada if one doesn't like it, but pretty hard to go the other way, these times excepted. Nobody in my immediate peer group got there when I was at it regularly, and people outside aviation could never understand why. I think the short answer then is: because it isn't easy, they only take the best, and it is a good feeling to be wanted.
---------- ADS -----------
 
derateNO
Rank 4
Rank 4
Posts: 288
Joined: Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:15 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by derateNO »

Why?

Well from my perspective it's the "safest" airline job in Canada. I'm also not after the fastest way to a WB left seat and will likely ride up the lists on junior aircraft since lifestyle is more important to me than making $300k a year. I'll be happy to make $150k working 10 days a month for the rest of my life. I wish we got paid what the Americans do, but we don't. So I take what I can get.

I'm still 10x better off than virtually every single on of my peers who all have degrees and work 9-5 jobs for under 100k.

There were other options for lifestyle jobs, but at the end of the day I wanted a job I can more or less count on being there in 30 years.
---------- ADS -----------
 
notwhoyouthinkIam
Rank 7
Rank 7
Posts: 514
Joined: Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:49 am

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by notwhoyouthinkIam »

derateNO wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:51 pm Why?

Well from my perspective it's the "safest" airline job in Canada. I'm also not after the fastest way to a WB left seat and will likely ride up the lists on junior aircraft since lifestyle is more important to me than making $300k a year. I'll be happy to make $150k working 10 days a month for the rest of my life. I wish we got paid what the Americans do, but we don't. So I take what I can get.

I'm still 10x better off than virtually every single on of my peers who all have degrees and work 9-5 jobs for under 100k.

There were other options for lifestyle jobs, but at the end of the day I wanted a job I can more or less count on being there in 30 years.
Safest airline job? Did you know that WestJet just got $5 billion infused into it?
---------- ADS -----------
 
Sharklasers
Rank 6
Rank 6
Posts: 478
Joined: Mon May 29, 2017 5:24 pm

Re: Why does everyone want to work at Air Canada?

Post by Sharklasers »

Onex did not infuse 5 billion into Westjet. They purchased the shares for 5B. If history is any indicator this private equity firm will begin wringing all those dollars back out of the company and loading up the WJ balance sheet with the costs of purchase.
---------- ADS -----------
 
Post Reply

Return to “Employment Forum”