If there was a major aircraft fault (FADEC corruption or some crazy anomaly) the FAA would’ve had an emergency AD out by now.
The engine failure drill starts at 400 AGL, they got to 630 feet. Probably they shut down the wrong engine. Or fuel contamination.
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- Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:00 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Dreamliner Down in India
- Replies: 252
- Views: 32413
- Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:08 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Fleet offers
- Replies: 51
- Views: 23682
Re: Fleet offers
And time on reserve can be great if you live on base and don’t really want to work too much. How often are these junior NB captains getting called out while on reserve? Discussing 787FO reserve position, NB reserve vs. WB reserve is a whole different ball game. And the junior NB captain is out of c...
- Wed Apr 09, 2025 8:08 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Fleet offers
- Replies: 51
- Views: 23682
Re: Fleet offers
And time on reserve can be great if you live on base and don’t really want to work too much.
- Wed Mar 12, 2025 1:43 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Emirates or Air Canada
- Replies: 90
- Views: 31815
Re: Emirates or Air Canada
If you are the new first officer of Air Canada, the Emirates is a good choice for you in the next 5 or 10 years. However, if you are a senior captain, consider it carefully. Even as a new first officer I’d strongly analyze the risks and benefits of such an endeavor. Keep in mind that you’re the fir...
- Fri Feb 28, 2025 5:41 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Recall of MEC Chair & Vice Chair
- Replies: 142
- Views: 52340
Re: Recall of MEC Chair & Vice Chair
What a BS process, why not put it through a vote for the entire membership to decide.
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:35 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Flat bid for Decemeber
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14686
Re: Flat bid for Decemeber
Hopefully there are no further delays for 787-10 and XLR orders. If we’re schedule to receive them starting Q1 2026 then Feb bid or 25-02 should have some of those positions.
New seniority numbers just came out, nothing too drastic. Averaging around a 100 retirees a year.
New seniority numbers just came out, nothing too drastic. Averaging around a 100 retirees a year.
- Thu Jan 09, 2025 11:33 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: What kind of seniority does it take to have good money & schedule at AC?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 15254
Re: What kind of seniority does it take to have good money & schedule at AC?
Also trying to emulate the schedules at Sunwing/Flair/Transat and to an extent Westjet simply doesn’t work. The network doesn’t allow for it, between YOW, YUL, LGA, EWR, BOS, ORD, YQT, YQB probably close to a 100 flights daily all under 2 hours from YYZ. The new duty regs also meant a hit to product...
- Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:18 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: So how actually is at the other side of the fence?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 12552
Re: So how actually is at the other side of the fence?
It is illegal to organize an avoid OT movement or other campaign to hurt the company. It was not illegal to strike September 17th. We had a moment to send a message. I guess we did...Just the wrong one... You can see the biggest benefactors of opportunistic OT, a good majority of them were junior m...
- Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:58 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: So how actually is at the other side of the fence?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 12552
Re: So how actually is at the other side of the fence?
It is illegal to organize an avoid OT movement or other campaign to hurt the company. It was not illegal to strike September 17th. We had a moment to send a message. I guess we did...Just the wrong one... You can see the biggest benefactors of opportunistic OT, a good majority of them were junior m...
- Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:48 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: What kind of seniority does it take to have good money & schedule at AC?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 15254
Re: What kind of seniority does it take to have good money & schedule at AC?
Want weekends off, holidays off, summer vacation, productive day turns, minimum monthly days. Here’s a ballpark, it varies depending on fleet and base.
NB FO - 8+ years of service
WB FO - 16+ years
NB CA - 18+ years
WB CA - 30+ years
NB FO - 8+ years of service
WB FO - 16+ years
NB CA - 18+ years
WB CA - 30+ years
- Wed Jan 01, 2025 4:50 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: So how actually is at the other side of the fence?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 12552
Re: So how actually is at the other side of the fence?
Instant gratification, that’s what some of the new hires are looking for. Great schedule, great pay from the onset. I’ve yet to meet anyone that has put in 5-10 years and are regretting they came to AC. And every pilot I’ve flown with that has 10+ years here and can’t wait to retire. It’s a shitty ...
- Wed Jan 01, 2025 10:00 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: So how actually is at the other side of the fence?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 12552
Re: So how actually is at the other side of the fence?
Instant gratification, that’s what some of the new hires are looking for. Great schedule, great pay from the onset.
I’ve yet to meet anyone that has put in 5-10 years and are regretting they came to AC.
I’ve yet to meet anyone that has put in 5-10 years and are regretting they came to AC.
- Sat Dec 28, 2024 5:08 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 21774
Re: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
The MEC Chair doesn't do the negotiating. To be fair - the dumbest, least informed and least engaged members are usually the loudest. Especially on an anonymous forum where there's no social cost to being an opinionated moron. Exactly Aerkavo...this F'n idiot thinks the MEC Chair doesn't do the neg...
- Fri Dec 20, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 21774
Re: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
Nice. And I’ll still go to WJ for the quality of life. Here’s some other gems: - 100% employer paid health benefits (ask pilots at Transat, Porter and Jazz what their health benefit deductions are monthly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Westjet had similar deductions) - a much better GDIP program - pro...
- Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 21774
Re: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
WJ contract > AC contract Westjet 787 Captain —- Year 12 $335.25/hr $311,783/year Westjet 737 Captain —- Year 12 $288.80/hr $268,584/year Air Canada 787 Captain —— Year 12 $389.96/hr $350,964/year Air Canada 737 Captain —- Year 12 $311.88/hr $280,692/year From PCC. And in reality 787 captains at AC...
- Fri Dec 20, 2024 4:20 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 21774
Re: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
WJ contract > AC contract Westjet 787 Captain —- Year 12 $335.25/hr $311,783/year Westjet 737 Captain —- Year 12 $288.80/hr $268,584/year Air Canada 787 Captain —— Year 12 $389.96/hr $350,964/year Air Canada 737 Captain —- Year 12 $311.88/hr $280,692/year From PCC. And in reality 787 captains at AC...
- Thu Dec 19, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 21774
Re: Did Air Canada pilots really take concessions in this negotiating climate?
WJ contract > AC contract Westjet 787 Captain —- Year 12 $335.25/hr $311,783/year Westjet 737 Captain —- Year 12 $288.80/hr $268,584/year Air Canada 787 Captain —— Year 12 $389.96/hr $350,964/year Air Canada 737 Captain —- Year 12 $311.88/hr $280,692/year From PCC. And in reality 787 captains at AC...
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Flat bid for Decemeber
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14686
Re: Flat bid for Decemeber
24-01 showed 5517 required.Canadianpilot2024 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:16 pm 5201 active pilots
5483 required
5496 from the previous bid required
282 pilots required in the next year, so 24 new hires per month?
Guess we’ll hit 6000 Dec 2026? Or when planes start coming in?
- Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Flat bid for Decemeber
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14686
Re: Flat bid for Decemeber
Bending to the will of the FA group finally catching up to AC. Consistent low ranking over the years, the common denominator being the onboard service. The FA group fought hard to get rid of the OBSM program, no surprises when they had the Casablanca incident. The only thing AC has working in its fa...
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Flat bid for Decemeber
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14686
Re: Flat bid for Decemeber
The company isn’t replacing the retiring pilots on the bid, this is not the normal practice. Fairly low DBMs on the WBs, along with a massive reserve coverage (52-787 captains YYZ) seems like their at or over capacity on the WB side.
The loads haven’t been stellar either. Not a good sign.
The loads haven’t been stellar either. Not a good sign.
- Sat Dec 07, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: A legacy airline in ULC Clothes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4736
Re: A legacy airline in ULC Clothes
ULCC’s are struggling big time, the company that started the model Southwest is lagging behind legacy carriers in the US. Their inability to adapt along with Boeing delays, the stock is down big time.
- Fri Nov 29, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Commuting
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8458
- Thu Nov 28, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Commuting
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8458
Re: Commuting
Some say it’s a different airline on the WB side. Rarely waiting on a gate, met by maintenance on arrival, rarely doing a walk-around, or awaiting on ramp-crew, more experienced senior back-end crew (that can be good or bad thing), None of these are true, except for the old ladies. Really!!! Not su...
- Thu Nov 28, 2024 1:24 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Commuting
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8458
Re: Commuting
The thing with NB captain is it might take a while to get a decent schedule. Like 6-10 years with the company. Guys 20 years in at ac are still working 16 days a month on a block on the NB’s. Things will most likely change when more WB’s come in, but regardless you’ll be working 16 days on a NB for...
- Tue Nov 26, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Moonlighting while at AC
- Replies: 72
- Views: 14370
Re: Moonlighting while at AC
In theory a 2012 AC DB might do worse, but with the over funded pension plan hopefully there will be room to goose them up. If I'm not mistaken all DB guys are seeing increases in the annual amount from the last negotiations [/quote] Last negotiation increase brought it to $198k it use to be $178k....