El Comat wrote:I was told by one of our CPs that the overhead panel will be addressed to a certain extent. Lets hope they get rid of the icicles!

EC

But they're ever so much fun to catch the top of your skull on!

It's a King Air, 200-Hour wonder's wet dream come true! They'll be so thrilled! Just think, this month you're flying a Q400, going around on landing as many times as you please and, this time next year, you'll be doing it in Boeing's newest transportation marvel!

ahramin wrote:It's YYZ.

That's Bombardier's plant at YZD, actually.

tallyho wrote:Oh, and it just blows my mind that people are actually defending this. Give yourself a shake. Walmart shelf stackers make more than that.

First year ramp leads make more.

Better yet, cap the executive salaries to COLA increases only and forego any and all bonuses until the deficit is gone.

KAG wrote:we no longer serve Koolaid - we now have stuffed crust pizza

Don't forget the BBQs. And the tailgates. And the birthday cakes.

While the bins are great for luggage as you can just put the bins one and off (helps with turn around times/man power requirements) the big benefit would be cargo. If you have big bulk cargo on a crate that needs to go from LAX to FRA you can take it on the narrow body plane out of LA and bring it ...

Oddly enough, I got a call on Tuesday from one of the ramp trainers at YYZ asking if a 737-700 bar would work on a 737-800 as they were going to be handling one later in the day.

Unions breed inefficientcy and selfishness and largess.. I guess you haven't been watching managements pay skyrocket for the past decade, despite their lack of performance. All the while, front line staff have seen their pay stagnate. You want to talk about inefficientcy(sic)? How about the 18 VPs ...

See you on the line, boys & girls!

leadfoot wrote:Bag loading should not be making anyone rich.

And it isn't. But thanks for perpetuating the myth.

c170b53 wrote:a new contract that makes baggage well paid

Well paid? Not quite. This contract will bring them back to where they were in 2003, but hardly makes them rich.

yycflyguy wrote:Your tailor sounds like way more fun than mine.

So she's a little older...

Been hearing rumours about this since the CAW strike in June: http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/videos/160458

This is very much a PR campaign. Damn straight, and EVERY union at Air Canada should be waging it as such. We should all be banding together and pushing ads in every major newspaper across the country, along with television, getting the facts out to the public. Let them know that the executive pay ...

DrBoeing wrote:For some twisted reason the CAW seems to think they won.

http://www.caw.ca/en/10611.htm

Would you cheer a loss to a membership that pays dues? It's the only way they can spin this.

teacher wrote:Keep in mind that many US carriers also fly aircraft bigger than your run of the mill CRJ.

However, in this instance, ExpressJet operates only the Embraer ERJ-145 and ERJ-145XR.

I have been working on the ramp for 7 months now and am taking my wife on summer holidays. Boy doesn't this say it all - a rampie with 7 months of seniority getting summer vacation. You guys all want to be treated equal during contract time, but clearly we are not all equal at this company. Never s...

vortac wrote:A black eye for ACPA.

The question is did ACPA actually say no to signing on with the rest of us, or is it because the MEC was recently turfed and there is only interim leadership that they didn't?

The government had to lock out Emirates to avoid them obliterating your international traffic. Have to correct you on this one - the government said no to Emirates because there isn't enough O&D traffic between Canada and the UAE to justify the operations they wanted to put in place, not to protect...

How much money do you think airlines would save if they'd stop turning simple jobs into high paying careers? (ie. Ramp, Agents, Flight Attendants) When any of those people earn as much as the guys operating the aircraft or fix the aircraft .. then I think there is a problem. Of all the "labour" pos...

AC usually starts them at over 12-15 an hour so it then would take less time to reach 26.06 an hour. Clearly you didn't read the contract. P/T & F/T SAs start at $9.09/hr and don't make $15 until year five. Just to be clear, the consistent failure to have a marshaller ready to park an airplane is a...

How much money do you think airlines would save if they'd stop turning simple jobs into high paying careers? (ie. Ramp, Agents, Flight Attendants) When any of those people earn as much as the guys operating the aircraft or fix the aircraft .. then I think there is a problem. Of all the "labour" pos...