bigskyjoc wrote:Typical inward thinking Canjetter in my opinion. If you take the binders off you will see there is a subtle hit at all the YYC and YYZ pilots that ARE making 85k a year in that post. And if CJ was so good then what prompted the move to go make 36k/year at AC? Canjet 1,2,3,4,?,?
Call it want you want. Inward, backwards, inside out, or upside down. The same can be said for yourself with your inward thinking. I am not calling anyone or any operation down, that’s been your position. It doesn't take an expert to see you are the closed minded one.
Since you ask, I left CJ back in 2007 when the operation was very fragmented. 2-3 aircraft operations, and ad-hoc charter only. Going to AC for $37K was a hard decision as I was giving up 50% income. But knowing what I know now about CJ, I (and many others) would return if the opportunity existed in YHZ. Don't kid yourself, we have all heard from unhappy WJ'rs and AC'rs; some who envy the position of the folks at CJ. This industry is a gamble at best, regardless where you are sitting now. We all make career decisions based with the facts we have at the time. I am sure you are no different.
So tell me what committee do you sit on? How do you volunteer your time to help raise the "bar"? Do you hold title on your LEC or perhaps an MEC, are you on a scheduling committee, safety committee, hotel committee? How many pilot meetings have you attended and stood up and offered real solutions, and not just sat there in the corner grumbling beneath your breath? You, and others like you are the cookie cutter, plague of the industry, that do nothing more than armchair quarterback others careers, gloat over how well you have it (and you likely don't) and then do nothing to help change it with alternative remedy and solution. In this industry you are either part of the solution, or part of the problem. This group of individuals at CJ, took the bull by the horns, certified ALPA, worked with CJ management, offered solutions, and drastically improved the working conditions and salary from what it once was. Other companies have done the same and improved their working conditions, Bearskin, TransAt, Kelowna FC, to mention a few. The first contract is just a drawing board, and a place to start. Future contracts usually offer improvemnets, and more lucrative targets. The pilot group at CJ has come along way since 2000 and they ARE doing their part to raise the bar in as timely a fashion as collectively possible.
You are the one who needs to take the blinders off.
