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Morningstar is looking for Canadian Type rated Boeing 757 First Officers. The initial posting had an error in it and it is now correct. Our apologies for the confusion.
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morningstar wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 10:05 am Morningstar is looking for Canadian Type rated Boeing 757 First Officers. The initial posting had an error in it and it is now correct. Our apologies for the confusion.
1500 total time and type rated, on type time isn't required?
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Chaxterium wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 9:39 pm.
Uh oh, somebody got their hand slapped! :lol:
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Re: Morningstar

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Morningstar_Reality wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 6:06 pm For anyone wondering why Morningstar is posting quite a bit lately, here is why.

Ever since the contract was settled by the arbitrator, the relationship between the company and its pilots has taken quite a turn for the worst. While pay is considerably better than it was before, and better than most airlines. Its clearly not enough to keep people behind. The vast majority of those hired during the pandemic were laid off from other major 705s; AC, Westjet, Sunwing, Encore, etc.

The first thing you'll notice is that average days worked has been moved up from 10-12 in older ads, to 12-14 in this latest 757 FO post. This is still being quite optimistic, lots of guys doing considerably more than that. On a similar note, the claim of not having to work on weekends has not been the norm for quite some time now. There is considerably more weekend flying and deadheading.

The company also seems to have it out for commuters, literally having pulled a bait and switch on them. They were struggling to find candidates right before the pandemic, so they were very welcoming to anyone qualified, even if they commuted. Going as far as showing them current commuters schedules and how good it was, telling them they could work with scheduling to build a commuter friendly schedule. Only to turn around and tell them that they cannot offer any preferential treatment to them as it would be unfair to the other pilots. Given that the company makes the schedule at their sole discretion, we do not have seniority based bidding or any sort of bidding for that matter. In another show of pettiness, the company has eliminated the only catering the pilots received when doing the YYC day turn. Along with sending an email out saying they would no longer stock aircraft with water and to bring your own. Yes, you read that right, the only flight that had catering no longer does, and the company is too cheap to provide water.

But wait there is more! Not only is there a bond, but they will tack on all other ancillary costs associated with training. Having taken a look at one of the bills sent to a pilot on his way out, it included the following; per diems, hotel, airfare and Avis car rental. For a grand total of over 62K, while the training course itself, which they curiously label as "instructor fee" is 48k. I guess the Sim is free of charge?

Morale is quite low and people are leaving faster than they can replace them. leading to management having to fly the line quite often these days. That being said, the company doesn't seem to be changing its way and it some cases seems to be doubling down. Maybe they have a grand plan we're all too stupid to realize?

Tread carefully.
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Re: Morningstar

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yepivedonethat wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 5:58 pm
Morningstar_Reality wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 6:06 pm For anyone wondering why Morningstar is posting quite a bit lately, here is why.

Ever since the contract was settled by the arbitrator, the relationship between the company and its pilots has taken quite a turn for the worst. While pay is considerably better than it was before, and better than most airlines. Its clearly not enough to keep people behind. The vast majority of those hired during the pandemic were laid off from other major 705s; AC, Westjet, Sunwing, Encore, etc.

The first thing you'll notice is that average days worked has been moved up from 10-12 in older ads, to 12-14 in this latest 757 FO post. This is still being quite optimistic, lots of guys doing considerably more than that. On a similar note, the claim of not having to work on weekends has not been the norm for quite some time now. There is considerably more weekend flying and deadheading.

The company also seems to have it out for commuters, literally having pulled a bait and switch on them. They were struggling to find candidates right before the pandemic, so they were very welcoming to anyone qualified, even if they commuted. Going as far as showing them current commuters schedules and how good it was, telling them they could work with scheduling to build a commuter friendly schedule. Only to turn around and tell them that they cannot offer any preferential treatment to them as it would be unfair to the other pilots. Given that the company makes the schedule at their sole discretion, we do not have seniority based bidding or any sort of bidding for that matter. In another show of pettiness, the company has eliminated the only catering the pilots received when doing the YYC day turn. Along with sending an email out saying they would no longer stock aircraft with water and to bring your own. Yes, you read that right, the only flight that had catering no longer does, and the company is too cheap to provide water.

But wait there is more! Not only is there a bond, but they will tack on all other ancillary costs associated with training. Having taken a look at one of the bills sent to a pilot on his way out, it included the following; per diems, hotel, airfare and Avis car rental. For a grand total of over 62K, while the training course itself, which they curiously label as "instructor fee" is 48k. I guess the Sim is free of charge?

Morale is quite low and people are leaving faster than they can replace them. leading to management having to fly the line quite often these days. That being said, the company doesn't seem to be changing its way and it some cases seems to be doubling down. Maybe they have a grand plan we're all too stupid to realize?

Tread carefully.
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Re: Morningstar

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Any update on hiring/expansion these days...or are things just status quo lately.
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Re: Morningstar

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dhc# wrote: Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:49 pm Any update on hiring/expansion these days...or are things just status quo lately.
There is no expansion happening. Hiring is still on-going at a steady pace to keep up with the number of resignations still trickling in. Captain/Captain pairings are common as there are not enough FOs and even upgrades have been postponed for this same reason. Further angering pilots that have been promised upgrades for a while now.
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