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by planenuts
Fri Sep 19, 2025 4:04 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today
Replies: 72
Views: 8718

Re: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today

Cargojet? Doesn't WJ have their own fleet of 737 freighter? :lol: No. That ended a while ago. Not true. I'm flying a BCF pairing right now. Ok sorry. Technically yes we have a freighter....but I hardly call an openly cancelled (radically changed) program and 1 plane a "fleet" of freighters.
by planenuts
Thu Sep 18, 2025 4:01 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today
Replies: 72
Views: 8718

Re: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today

goingnowherefast wrote: Thu Sep 18, 2025 2:38 am Cargojet? Doesn't WJ have their own fleet of 737 freighter? :lol:
No. That ended a while ago.
by planenuts
Wed Sep 17, 2025 3:35 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today
Replies: 72
Views: 8718

Re: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today

goldeneagle wrote: Wed Sep 17, 2025 7:53 am So has it been determined yet the fate of the airframe ? Is a crew down there fixing it, or is it headed to the pop can factory ?
A Cargojet 757 just dropped off the first of what they need. They have started repairs and are guessing about 10 weeks or so.
by planenuts
Sun Sep 14, 2025 9:54 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: New YYC Sim facility with CAE
Replies: 17
Views: 2335

Re: New YYC Sim facility with CAE

The 737 did operate ycd, you are correct. And it was a disaster, load restricted, could only land going one direction, tailwind limited, every pilot i spoke to about it hated it, i deadheaded in there afew times in the jet and every landing was a slam, because the runway is not long. ...and yet - s...
by planenuts
Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:59 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: New YYC Sim facility with CAE
Replies: 17
Views: 2335

Re: New YYC Sim facility with CAE

careerpilot? wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 10:29 am New Q400 sims. Would imply WestJet has no intention of folding Encore / retiring the Q if they’re building new sims for it. Good news.
I guess.... :roll:
by planenuts
Mon Sep 08, 2025 12:45 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today
Replies: 72
Views: 8718

Re: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today

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by planenuts
Mon Sep 08, 2025 12:44 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today
Replies: 72
Views: 8718

Re: Westjet 737 Gear collapse in SXM today

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by planenuts
Sun Sep 07, 2025 3:11 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Flight Attendant strike vote opens on July 28th
Replies: 385
Views: 46087

Re: Flight Attendant strike vote opens on July 28th

Stu Pidasso wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:47 pm Now we're talking about a group that I would walk ANY picket line with and deserve a massive pay raise.
100%
by planenuts
Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:08 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Flight Attendant strike vote opens on July 28th
Replies: 385
Views: 46087

Re: Flight Attendant strike vote opens on July 28th

I will predict the corp gets very verdictive in Arbitration, no point in mediation as they are miles apart. Whatever the FA's get, so will the rampies and agents. The economic climate has drastically changed since CUPE started bargaining, if we're not in a recession we are awfully close. I highly d...
by planenuts
Sat Sep 06, 2025 6:49 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Westjet Buys 67 Boeing Planes
Replies: 28
Views: 4756

Re: Westjet Buys 67 Boeing Planes

Non of the maxes are even close to being on the chopping block. All the 700's are leaving and the 800's will slowly be phased out over the coming years. We'll probably still have a bunch in 2030 so they will be around in numbers for a while yet. I believe we will eventually exercise all options........
by planenuts
Sun Aug 17, 2025 12:06 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Flight Attendant strike vote opens on July 28th
Replies: 385
Views: 46087

Re: Flight Attendant strike vote opens on July 28th

So - I'm confused....was there actually a back to work order? There was an order for binding arbitration - but that is a separate thing.
by planenuts
Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:13 pm
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Flight Attendant strike vote opens on July 28th
Replies: 385
Views: 46087

Re: Flight Attendant strike vote opens on July 28th

That didn’t take long: BREAKING: Jobs minister orders Air Canada flight attendants back to work Air Canada to resume flights as Government orders Binding Arbitration. Flight attendants are to return to work much to the relief of the travelling public The negotiations have been going on for 8 months...
by planenuts
Fri Aug 15, 2025 6:42 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Glad we're doing our part during this labor crisis....
Replies: 27
Views: 3961

Re: Glad we're doing our part during this labor crisis....

I bet management is watching this closely. Our FA's contract is up in Dec and they have not started negotiations for their contract yet as they are awaiting the outcome of the AC one. If past experience with the other 3 groups is any indication - I feel we are next for another strike in the spring. ...
by planenuts
Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:35 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Dreamliner Down in India
Replies: 294
Views: 43529

Re: Dreamliner Down in India

So by your reasoning the FDR can’t tell what position any switch is in, only the result down stream based on the current in the circuit? No. That isn’t how it works. I was wrong then. Thought it was obvious when the circuit comes alive the FDR captures it as RUN and also when it is CUTOFF, whether ...
by planenuts
Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:47 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Dreamliner Down in India
Replies: 294
Views: 43529

Re: Dreamliner Down in India

If the core got abruptly colder/slower the EEC would sense relight in order and automation then cuts fuel for the ventilation process preceding ignition/RUN. Sounds to me like no pilot switching is therefore required for that; being the same circuit the FDR would then have to be capturing this as t...
by planenuts
Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:40 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: AR program Did I read that right?
Replies: 98
Views: 18033

Re: AR program Did I read that right?

Similar thing is happening to the Sunwing mechanics right now. Their union is also grieving it.
by planenuts
Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:33 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Stolen/Hijack Victoria Flying Club 172 lands in YVR
Replies: 37
Views: 4400

Re: Stolen/Hijack Victoria Flying Club 172 lands in YVR

There was only person onboard. The hijacking news is fake. I dont know how or why you would say that when you clearly don't know what happened. The guy was with a flight instructor....they taxied out to the end of the runway and when they reached the hold short line - the guy pulled a knife and thr...
by planenuts
Mon Jul 14, 2025 3:17 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: WestJet passengers evacuate on slides after engine fire at Vancouver airport
Replies: 2
Views: 1260

Re: WestJet passengers evacuate on slides after engine fire at Vancouver airport

Stupid really.
The yard apes probably panicked..... jumping up and down probably told the captain his engine was on fire, so he blows the bottles and pops the slides. A little residual oil in the tailpipe burned for a few secs and now the plane is out of service for days. :roll:
by planenuts
Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:17 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Dreamliner Down in India
Replies: 294
Views: 43529

Re: Dreamliner Down in India

Boeing, GE, and Air India all knew what happened the moment it happened. All this data is telemetry - it's constantly being transmitted. I can pull up any one of our 787's right now and tell you exactly what state it's in. Every flight control, pressure, temp, flow, switch, etc.... They probably kne...
by planenuts
Tue Jul 01, 2025 4:21 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: H
Replies: 2
Views: 949

Re: AME won’t sign my log book need some advice on what to do next.

Hello, I have been working as an AME M apprentice for about 4 years working towards getting my M1. I finished close to 70% of tasks and decided to ask the chief AME to look at it for signatures. I got about 50-60% of applicable tasks signed but he refused to sign the rest because he wants me to do ...
by planenuts
Mon Apr 14, 2025 12:06 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: apprenticeship
Replies: 13
Views: 10764

Re: KF or HeavyAero for apprenticeship

Kudos to you for wanting to be more rounded as an AME. I don't know anything about Heavyaero - except that its a lot of Airlines. Flightcraft I have worked with and they do heavy airline but also have the Convairs (and soon ATR's) doing line stuff. I would think you would learn more there. One of th...
by planenuts
Sun Apr 06, 2025 11:14 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Any planned hiring this year?
Replies: 43
Views: 16349

Re: Any planned hiring this year?

DP dropped by our latest class grad and was socializing with us when one asked about a rumor of 20 Dreamliners coming....to which he stated Whoa whoa....its not 20 its more like 10. He said that an announcement could be made in the fall on that. Take that as you want. Boeing wants to increase 787 p...
by planenuts
Sat Apr 05, 2025 6:01 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Any planned hiring this year?
Replies: 43
Views: 16349

Re: Any planned hiring this year?

I’m sure someone can provide the exact number, but I think even the best year I’ve seen (in 10 years here) was around 80 upgrades. So with 1000 FOs it’s not hard to do the math to know what to expect. Especially with the widebody ‘trial’ looking like it won’t be grown anymore. Add into that the AR ...
by planenuts
Fri Mar 21, 2025 2:44 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: YYZ RJ landing Accident
Replies: 264
Views: 87291

Re: YYZ RJ landing Accident

I’m also curious what the certification standard is for the aircraft’s gear. From the report: "The MLG shock struts on this aircraft are designed to absorb the energy of a 720 fpm (12 fps) descent velocity at the maximum landing weight." The FAA certification standard is 10fps. When doing a search ...

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