Just adding some additional points, those crazy loadplans are required because for some strange reason the 600 tends to be tail heavy. You have to have massive weight in the front pits or load all the people at the front of the plane which stupid and I mean stupid CSA's overide the computer. I've se...

Close family member is a senior pilot in YYC for Jazz. Himself and several senior pilots always bid reserve. The trend is for senior pilots to be bid reserve in YYC unless they want a specific pairing or routing.

Also the 80% load factor for February, is to say the least a 'temporary thing'. More seats were sold on WJ due to massive advertising and seat discounting to celebrate WJ's birthday.

I believe March's numbers will be a more realistic story of WJ's executive's decisions.

Rumor on the street is that one of the founding members is still pretty twisted about his 'sudden departure' from WJ......

Remember :

Westjet hires for attitude trains for skill.......

I worked for Westjet. And yes, my eyes were opened to reality. I quit after 5 years.

When you walk into Clive's office with all the smoke (yes, he chains smokes in is office at the hangar) and talk to him - he talks like a man with one thing on his mind - POWER WITH WORLD DOMINATION.

Maybe Clive should get the award for having a business plan involving throwing four national carriers into bankruptcy and a little bit of corporate spying and final a Hitler ideology about power (get rid of anyone in the executive that opposes you, eg. Tim). Got my vote for Business Man of the Year....

I would guess yes. And for many, that would be the third time, since they switched over from ANOTHER system in late 2004. Honestly if there is any department of WJ that has it's head further up their collective asses than HR, I cannot fathom which it could be. And no, I will not call it the "People...

Don't forget those Dash 8 Jazz pilots transitioning over to the RJ???

I know there are a couple of Dash 8 openings in YYC because so many moved over.

how long is the flight to Hawaii on the 37? westbound?? do you guys fly with your lifevest on? heheheh Somedays on WJ it takes them over 12 hours to get to Hawaii. Sometimes they even have to twice because they get scared and come home to the mainland. Fly somebody who knows what their doing when t...

AC has changed their statement of claim has more information has been released to them via Clive's hard drive.

WJ can do the same but hasn't.

Remember: Information is power!!!

The funeral home is Southland Funeral Centre in Taber. They are taking condolences at http://www.southlandfuneral.com

Rita Kinniburgh is his wife and she lives in Calgary. She is a Jazz flight attendant. You can send condolences to chief pilot, Mitch Cady at YYC.

He was a Dash 8 Captain. Funeral is in Taber at 1pm on Monday, December 19th. Craig was a true gentleman. He loved working for Canadian/Air Canada Jazz regardless of what happened. He loved flying and always smiled even when the RVR read 0 and the going was bad. Everybody in YYC base knew him and wa...

In case you don't already know it, it is my sad duty to inform you that our colleague and friend Craig Kinniburgh passed away suddenly last night (Dec 13) Arrangements regarding funeral etc to follow.

one is a member of Pact and the other is a member of ALPA

PACT, PACT is powerless!!

Could ask you the same question, forbes???

Ken McKenzie is Director/Manager of Regulatory Affairs. He's looking after our ETOPS approval and LiveTV approvals for example

Regardless of what color your plane is, we should never criticize each other's motives in helping others in need.

I'm sorry Canada EH, I feel you were in the wrong. When it comes to human suffering, it's the wrong time to bash the competition.

His marriage has been over for a few years now. Sorry but that's old news.

I have to agree with Flightlevels. I thought it was positive article.

But just a quick question:

Why do you think Beddoe is 'luke-warm' to raising the foreign investment levels? I think if managed closely it would be a real asset for WJ.

Just wondering....

The majority of the employees don't have special agreements like the pilots. They depend on the goodwill of management.

Pilots get 18% and the rest of the staff got nothing this year (not even a cost of living increase).

How does that help employee morale? How is this fair?

I think this topic is proof that there is 'trolls' on the message board for both companies taking 'cheap shots' at each other when it isn't warranted. Instead we should be applauded both companies for helping out! END OF STORY. In Blastor's defense, he didn't post once on this topic showing that som...

Flapsforty wrote:Grammer boy,

I think the full emp. numbers are closer to 3700.

Cheers

I looked at my prospectus for Westjet stock for this year and it said 5500 employees.

Also keep in mind all the additional 'middle' management we have hired and I think the employee per aircraft ratio goes up.