Jazz to launch pay for type rating program

[I WAS Pez]

Is this vermont guy for real? I mean, honestly. Must be some kind of a joke, though I don't quite get it...

Future jazz fo

Yeah, I'm still missing the punch line... Ok, back to lurking for me...

[goingnowherefast]

I have to ask though, why do you want to invest this much money into a crap paying job? A regular commercial license and multi-IFR will cost less and still get you a higher paying job if you're willing to leave a major city.

It's not a done deal, I just seen the announcement and was a little excited. Honestly the other side of the coin is looking better to me more and more, the up North part that is, while reading this thread in between the trolling lol. I'm not currently in a major city, live on the army base still actually. I'm no stranger to the cold or hard work and I have always enjoyed sleeping outside or doing a patrol over being in the office. Plus my two favorite planes are the Twin Otter and the Dash 8 to be honest.

I showed some pictures to the wife last night of the landscape in Yellow Knife and Norman Wells and she was ready to move tomorrow.

The dash is great! Don’t be afraid to checkout whitehorse too. Good luck

Sounds like you are looking in the right direction. Again, Harvs Air will be a great cost effective and quick way to get the license and ratings done. Never had any complaints with pilots who trained there, so I'd guess the quality of training is good too. They even have some aerobatic stuff for a little time building fun!

Winnipeg is also home to Perimeter, they pay better than Jazz too. I'd caution you to chase lifestyle over airplanes. Yes the Dash 8 is a great airplane, but so is the ATR and King Air/1900. It's called "shiny jet syndrome" (can't believe I'm saying that about the Dash, haha). Pretty much everyone from Saskatoon to the Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean flies a mixed fleet with the Dash 8/ATR at the top. First Air/Canadian North even have old 737s. Alberta is economically hurting, so not many jobs available. BC companies pay crap with a high cost of living

[C-GGGQ]

Oh come on perimeter in no way pays better than Jazz. First year is still sub 30K.

[vermont]

Oh come on perimeter in no way pays better than Jazz. First year is still sub 30K.

And for most people it's not like you can live at home vs with jazz. I don't think they even pay for relocation.

[JohnnyHotRocks]

Ah yes, Living in your parents basement while your instagram shows pics of you posing beside the maple leaf on your Dash 8 tail! At least you can tell people that you fly an “Air Canada” plane!

[vermont]

Ah yes, Living in your parents basement while your instagram shows pics of you posing beside the maple leaf on your Dash 8 tail! At least you can tell people that you fly an “Air Canada” plane!

You people will bitch about ANYTHING!

Damn kids not valuing money, damn kids trying to save money and live at home bunch of losers!

What's the right thing to do, go to permiter and works as PIW for $25k a year hoping to get a shot flying? I'm all ears for your totally thought out plan!

[JohnnyHotRocks]

Actually my post was meant to highlight the sad state of airine pay in canada. A new pilot at AC or it’s regionals shouldn’t need to live in their parents basement. A failed immigration policy that has contributed to insane housing prices also doesn’t help.

[L39Guy]

The housing affordability crisis affects more than just new-hire pilots. It affects virtually everyone that does not have a foothold in the Toronto and Vancouver markets. It's a national disgrace.

[vermont]

Actually my post was meant to highlight the sad state of airine pay in canada. A new pilot at AC or it’s regionals shouldn’t need to live in their parents basement. A failed immigration policy that has contributed to insane housing prices also doesn’t help.

Oh sorry, trying to shake the tone most people here are giving out. Yeah it's pathetic FO's in a 777 in Canada make less than people who fly metros in the US

[Onesie]

Holy cow! Here we got the Greta Thunberg of pilot fatigue and salaries! So passionate. "How dare you?!" Settle down Vermont. You are going around in circles with your posts. We get it. You are the future gift to aviation. Maybe get your first 250 hours and struggle to get a job before you keep coming on here complaining about the state of the industry you haven't even gotten into yet. OmG

[TwinOtterFan]

Sounds like you are looking in the right direction. Again, Harvs Air will be a great cost effective and quick way to get the license and ratings done. Never had any complaints with pilots who trained there, so I'd guess the quality of training is good too. They even have some aerobatic stuff for a little time building fun!

Winnipeg is also home to Perimeter, they pay better than Jazz too. I'd caution you to chase lifestyle over airplanes. Yes the Dash 8 is a great airplane, but so is the ATR and King Air/1900. It's called "shiny jet syndrome" (can't believe I'm saying that about the Dash, haha). Pretty much everyone from Saskatoon to the Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean flies a mixed fleet with the Dash 8/ATR at the top. First Air/Canadian North even have old 737s. Alberta is economically hurting, so not many jobs available. BC companies pay crap with a high cost of living

Checked out Harv's air, definitely something to explore, I was looking in rotary and this Jazz program but the more I read on here and life up north I think it may be a pretty good fit for me. Shiny jet syndrome? I don't think that's me, we use the Dash for naval/Nav training the otter up north and the secret squirrels use the Beachcraft for snooping on cell phones and coms and such. Maybe its because that's what I'm around more, but those are pretty much all the birds I like, never been big on the big jets really.

So with all that, I would like to learn a lot more about life and flying up North, is this forum a good resource? or could somebody suggest something better?

As always everyone's answers and time is much appreciated.

[shimmydampner]

Oh come on perimeter in no way pays better than Jazz. First year is still sub 30K.

And for most people it's not like you can live at home vs with jazz. I don't think they even pay for relocation.

Does Jazz pay for relocation?
You sure have it all figured out for a guy who doesn't even have a CPL yet. How's the PPL coming along?

[vermont]

Oh come on perimeter in no way pays better than Jazz. First year is still sub 30K.

And for most people it's not like you can live at home vs with jazz. I don't think they even pay for relocation.

Does Jazz pay for relocation?
You sure have it all figured out for a guy who doesn't even have a CPL yet. How's the PPL coming along?

Attack my points not me. like 70% of people already live near a Jazz base, absolute worst case you can commute or change bases (which apparently is very easy) good luck commuting to normal wells!

I'm talking to some people who did the ramp jobs with the smaller operators and they didn't even get free fucking tickets on their employed airline to fly in when they were hired.

I didn't know you need to be a captain to comment on factual points (I have my PPL now fyi) I'll remind anyone I see talking about politics only former PM's can talk about harper or trudeau

[Rowdy]

Vermont,

A few corrections. Travel on the air canada network is not free to Jazz pilots. There is a cost, and it's more than you'd think. Its also standby and loads for the last few years have been high. Commuting is a huge pain and I wouldn't recommend it. Base changes do happen fairly quickly, but you just can't count on that. What happens if the music stops tomorrow? They remove the aircraft from the base you want? everyone else is hired into that base? Now you're stuck in YVR or maybe YUL trying to get to YYC or YYZ etc. Also, Jazz does NOT pay for relocation unless you are reduced from a base. Also a rarity.

LTC skippers are flying their backsides off trying to keep up with the hundreds of new hires and upgrades every year. There is next to no PICUS happening as a result. So you're basically going to be paying for some PIC time in a 150 or cherokee on your own time.

Its not all roses and puppy dogs out there yet.

Heck they're trying to convince people with this program to pay for type ratings and jobs! Wait til we see what they think up next.

[KenoraPilot]

Vermont,

A few corrections. Travel on the air canada network is not free to Jazz pilots. There is a cost, and it's more than you'd think. Its also standby and loads for the last few years have been high. Commuting is a huge pain and I wouldn't recommend it. Base changes do happen fairly quickly, but you just can't count on that. What happens if the music stops tomorrow? They remove the aircraft from the base you want? everyone else is hired into that base? Now you're stuck in YVR or maybe YUL trying to get to YYC or YYZ etc. Also, Jazz does NOT pay for relocation unless you are reduced from a base. Also a rarity.

LTC skippers are flying their backsides off trying to keep up with the hundreds of new hires and upgrades every year. There is next to no PICUS happening as a result. So you're basically going to be paying for some PIC time in a 150 or cherokee on your own time.

Its not all roses and puppy dogs out there yet.

Heck they're trying to convince people with this program to pay for type ratings and jobs! Wait til we see what they think up next.

Update Rowdy,
There will be a formal PICUS program (not using LTCs) starting in early 2020. Which should help a little bit but still will be slow.

[vermont]

Vermont,

A few corrections. Travel on the air canada network is not free to Jazz pilots. There is a cost, and it's more than you'd think. Its also standby and loads for the last few years have been high. Commuting is a huge pain and I wouldn't recommend it. Base changes do happen fairly quickly, but you just can't count on that. What happens if the music stops tomorrow? They remove the aircraft from the base you want? everyone else is hired into that base? Now you're stuck in YVR or maybe YUL trying to get to YYC or YYZ etc. Also, Jazz does NOT pay for relocation unless you are reduced from a base. Also a rarity.

LTC skippers are flying their backsides off trying to keep up with the hundreds of new hires and upgrades every year. There is next to no PICUS happening as a result. So you're basically going to be paying for some PIC time in a 150 or cherokee on your own time.

Its not all roses and puppy dogs out there yet.

Heck they're trying to convince people with this program to pay for type ratings and jobs! Wait til we see what they think up next.

I'm not trying to imply it's all roses and a perfect place (otherwise everyone would stay) I wanted to point out for most people at worst both options (north vs jazz) are basically equal with a slight advantage to jazz in the worst case.

Most people aren't going to stay with a 703 operator for their whole career so the whole base issue of being set in yul when you live in YVR is possible even if you start out somewhere else (assuming you don't go straight from perimeter to AC)

[PostmasterGeneral]

Vermont,

A few corrections. Travel on the air canada network is not free to Jazz pilots. There is a cost, and it's more than you'd think. Its also standby and loads for the last few years have been high. Commuting is a huge pain and I wouldn't recommend it. Base changes do happen fairly quickly, but you just can't count on that. What happens if the music stops tomorrow? They remove the aircraft from the base you want? everyone else is hired into that base? Now you're stuck in YVR or maybe YUL trying to get to YYC or YYZ etc. Also, Jazz does NOT pay for relocation unless you are reduced from a base. Also a rarity.

LTC skippers are flying their backsides off trying to keep up with the hundreds of new hires and upgrades every year. There is next to no PICUS happening as a result. So you're basically going to be paying for some PIC time in a 150 or cherokee on your own time.

Its not all roses and puppy dogs out there yet.

Heck they're trying to convince people with this program to pay for type ratings and jobs! Wait til we see what they think up next.

Update Rowdy,
There will be a formal PICUS program (not using LTCs) starting in early 2020. Which should help a little bit but still will be slow.

What a mistake that is...

We need a shortage of guys with ATPL’s to drive wages up in the industry.

[KenoraPilot]

Vermont,

A few corrections. Travel on the air canada network is not free to Jazz pilots. There is a cost, and it's more than you'd think. Its also standby and loads for the last few years have been high. Commuting is a huge pain and I wouldn't recommend it. Base changes do happen fairly quickly, but you just can't count on that. What happens if the music stops tomorrow? They remove the aircraft from the base you want? everyone else is hired into that base? Now you're stuck in YVR or maybe YUL trying to get to YYC or YYZ etc. Also, Jazz does NOT pay for relocation unless you are reduced from a base. Also a rarity.

LTC skippers are flying their backsides off trying to keep up with the hundreds of new hires and upgrades every year. There is next to no PICUS happening as a result. So you're basically going to be paying for some PIC time in a 150 or cherokee on your own time.

Its not all roses and puppy dogs out there yet.

Heck they're trying to convince people with this program to pay for type ratings and jobs! Wait til we see what they think up next.

Update Rowdy,
There will be a formal PICUS program (not using LTCs) starting in early 2020. Which should help a little bit but still will be slow.

What a mistake that is...

We need a shortage of guys with ATPL’s to drive wages up in the industry.

The company will just hire DEC and/or use the clause in the contract that allows the company to force FO's that have ATPL's into CA seats (with no choice on base and type). Helping out our members attain their ATPL's is the mandate of ALPA. If you think a shortage of ATPL's will force up wages.......you haven't been paying attention

[JohnnyHotRocks]

Realistically, as long as AC flat pay is such a disgrace, wages aren’t going anywhere. And the flat pay won’t change until the resume pile thins out drastically. That will never happen as long as a kid with 250hrs can sit right seat in an airliner. The 1500hr rule sure changed the financial fortunes down south. Time for us to adopt the rule as well as stricter duty regs....fat chance!

[dhc#]

Realistically, as long as AC flat pay is such a disgrace, wages aren’t going anywhere. And the flat pay won’t change until the resume pile thins out drastically. That will never happen as long as a kid with 250hrs can sit right seat in an airliner. The 1500hr rule sure changed the financial fortunes down south. Time for us to adopt the rule as well as stricter duty regs....fat chance!

I agree and sadly until a Colgan flt 3407 type incident happens here in Canada, nothing will change.