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Porter Airlines
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:28 pm
by NghtFrt
Just got a call from Porter Airlines for an interview next week. Can anyone give me a heads up on the interview and hiring process? Pay? Work schedule? Or any inside info on the company? Thanks
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:21 am
by pointyertoes
As others have said, all your questions can be answered by searching the forum.
For everyone else interested, it's been a big couple of weeks for us...
Porter airlines Cruising to Profit
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/n ... 608043e00b
Porter to reveal more numbers
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/n ... 12187008fc
Airline, FAA make a Deal
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1 ... ke_a_deal/
And last but not least, we now have an employee interline travel agreement with Westjet.
Cheers,
PYT
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:29 pm
by Airbrake
That is great news, I hope that some day all airlines allow agreements such as this.
Does that mean that WJ employees can travel on Porter?
If so what might the costs be?
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:20 pm
by invertedattitude
This interline agreement, is it pilots only or all employees? And yes can WJA employees travel on Porter, and if so for how much? ID90?
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:04 am
by EI-EIO
won't the WJ folks flying Porter be scared at the whizzing props? I seem to remember a WJ bigwig muttering about how horrible they were...

Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:30 pm
by YYCcrew
wasn't it Cliff Bedloff that said "props scare the crap out of people" or was it "props are for boats..." he is a sailing man after all. Screw the props those Porter F/A's are smokin in that uniform!
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:02 pm
by PA31 Driver
has anyone heard back from Porter yet ? any clue how many pilots they are looking for or hired ?
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:01 pm
by Troubleshot
So what are Porters plans out east? I see them here in YHZ quite abit, they could probably make some cash at connecting east coast towns like YQM-YYT or YSJ-YHZ, etc...
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:36 pm
by WJ700
You could add a little white stripe to the tail... tell the WestJet FA's where the treadmill is, and put those great uni's system wide and then start the codeshare from all of this news.

Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:50 pm
by all_ramped_up
I used to work Ramp for Porter out of YTZ.
Had a great time, the People that work there are awesome too. And yes, the F/A's are smokin' hot... their uniforms are designer by Pink Tartan and about $2,500 a piece if I remember correctly.
Their Q400's are mint and cleaned from stem to stern every evening that they overnight in YTZ.
As for plans of expansion for routes... Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Newark, Chicago, Sudbury, Sault St. Marie, etc. Something like 15 destinations they have planned. I can't remember them all now. But they're staying within a certain radius of action to maintain profitability from the Q400. Not really intending to use them to their full legs.
A lot of their top leadership came from Bombardier as well. Their Chief Pilot was the test pilot for the Q400 at Bombardier too.
I would love to work there again. But ideally in a flying or operational position... my back says ix nay on the Ramp now.
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:34 pm
by Terminator
Anybody have news from interviews? Are they still calling people?
Thanks
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:08 pm
by daveg
I saw an add in the Globe and Mail yesterday that Porter was looking to hire for all positions. Good luck anyway.
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:06 pm
by DA900
Had a nice write up in October issue of Air Transport World called Big Fish, Small Pond. Unfortunately it is only in print not on the net.
http://www.atwonline.com/
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:24 pm
by squawk 7600
Porter's success is another prime example of Air Canada missing the boat. And why they continue to allow Jazz to run those old, beat up Dash's and CRJ's is beyond me. Air Canada is slowing watching their market share shrink away, thanks to the likes of WestJet and Porter. See what happens when you have executives that only care about their own bottom line.
Re: Porter Airlines
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:18 pm
by teacher
I wouldn't say allowing Jazz to fly those planes but rather instructing them to do so. The CPA dictates which planes on which routes. I agree that AC has let niche markets slip that don't fit into the network (ie: YHM and YTZ). Too bad, I guess it just leaves room for the competition.