Pilot Distribution

[aileron]

Wondered if anyone can enlighten the topic, i.e. what percentage of pilots live in Calgary and the balance by province and/or major city?

[McDoo the Irish Navigator]

By my unofficial, but reasonably accurate count, 42% of pilots commute. I used the PORT stats that are e-mailed out every month and then added up on my fingers the guys whom I know to commute but do not or cannot (due to location) utilize a PORT.
It looks like most commuters live in YVR. The rest are distributed evenly from Comox to St. John's.

[aileron]

Thanks McDoo, great handle by the by.

[WJ700]

What I couldn't believe was that we have 11 commuting from YYT now. That can't be easy.

[mixmaster]

Any commute can be hard. I do it from YHZ. Some days are diamond...some days are stone.

I've had more commuters in the jump between YLW/YYC than anywhere else by a large margin.

[McDoo the Irish Navigator]

Any commute from the east is a whole lot easier than watching the value of your home drop by 10s or 100s of thousands of dollars.

[SMP]

What I couldn't believe was that we have 11 commuting from YYT now. That can't be easy.

Well worth every extra minute spent in airplanes/ports...don't know why I waited so long to make the move home.

Is your 11 commuters including FAs? Just curious.

SMP

Don't forget about our Springdale commuter...

[WJ700]

What I couldn't believe was that we have 11 commuting from YYT now. That can't be easy.

Well worth every extra minute spent in airplanes/ports...don't know why I waited so long to make the move home.

Is your 11 commuters including FAs? Just curious.

SMP

Don't forget about our Springdale commuter...

This coming from the guy who sold me his Christmas leg for YVR-YYC... thanks again for that. I made it out of the YVR deice facility just 3 days ago, we had to wait for spring.

I was told my information by the fellow I just went to sim with, he was a YYT FO.

[rigpiggy]

Any commute from the east is a whole lot easier than watching the value of your home drop by 10s or 100s of thousands of dollars.

Yes, but it is all relative. my 280k is now worth 210K.

[SMP]

What I couldn't believe was that we have 11 commuting from YYT now. That can't be easy.

Well worth every extra minute spent in airplanes/ports...don't know why I waited so long to make the move home.

Is your 11 commuters including FAs? Just curious.

SMP

Don't forget about our Springdale commuter...

This coming from the guy who sold me his Christmas leg for YVR-YYC... thanks again for that. I made it out of the YVR deice facility just 3 days ago, we had to wait for spring.

I was told my information by the fellow I just went to sim with, he was a YYT FO.

You made it out??? I'm living in that green thing down by the international food court. I did what any sensible person would do when snow hits the lower mainland....I'm hibernating until May!!!!

Thanks again for the PU and I take back all those things I said about you when I was sitting watching a 1/2 sm in SN @ YVR for nine hours.

SMP

[WJ700]

It is you... not a bad guess on my part. Sucker!

[Rotten Apple #1]

The Commuting Pilot's 3 Laws of Commuting

1. Commuting is as easy as one makes it out to be, to non-commuters

2. Time spent commuting to work is not tiring for the purpose of duty time regulations

3. Calgary sucks

[Four1oh]

And Airdrie blows... :p Neener!

[beaverguy]

Commuting for almost 9 years. When I started at WS we had 12 planes and something like 4 flights a day from YYC to YVR. It sucked. Now, I believe we have 15 flights a day between the two cities (a couple go through YLW) and 16 with Air Canada. 31 chances to get to/from work. Not too bad. Anything is better than living in YYC. Sorry fellow YYC workers. Now, trying to get to work from YLW would be tough. Isn't that right Mr Dangerous...

[Rotten Apple #1]

Yes Dave, it is a challenge. 6 weeks in to the new year and I've already bought two round-trip confirmed flights to get to work. Remember me at profit sharing time.

It was nice checking in and choosing my seat online. Funnily enough I still chose the aisle seat right beside the rear lav. Those CSA's sure have me trained!!

[Rotten Apple #1]

In honor of a certain Newfoundlander, originally from Nicholsville, who recently made the decision to cease commuting and move to the YYC area.




A Captain commuted from Howley
While developing land in the Humber Valley
Said this funny enough dude
With great WestJettitude
I live in the forward galley