Resignations + retirements. 5 retirements in June/July, + upcoming AR arbitration might affect the numbers.

This is mostly attrition counter-hiring

Any assertions that DA was an unsafe pilot are untrue. He is a good pilot, and I know of at least 2 instances where he "didn't leave a crewmember behind". As for what KP is saying, it's true. We don't see it because we are professionals separated from the rest of the world by a door, but the manager...

Personally, after the recent revelation that a single company in India was responsible for over 100,000 fraudulent licences and certificates in various domains, often used for emigration purposes, I pray our police system will use the obvious expertise they now have in differentiating between A and ...

They didn't hire many in 1998, no?

Do you read your fastreads? Respond to the surveys?

World economy through globalization.

Everyone else's recession becomes your problem as well.

Until our economy decouples from the world through trade and budgetary surpluses, we are equally screwed.

Nobody for Canada to increase trade with, except the United States.

It will be YUL due to lack of connections to any other point in our network. It’s too hard to get extra crew there if they need more resources. Agreed. There are less than 10 daily flights out of YUL, and only 4 domestic flights (2 to YYC and 2 to YYZ). YUL is a small base too. If we were to close ...

Nothing scarier than seeing a couple of 'roided up Federales with AR-15s on shoulder slings enter the aircraft at destination coming to get you. Whips up a jackass into shape REAL FAST

I mean... what king of narcistic guy has his own name plastered on the side of a plane?

And a government owned one at that...

10% of company goes AR in next 3 years. I can see mgmt really wanting to get rid of it in this economic environment.

Fuel, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, furnace oil, bunker fuel, plastic, nitrogen-rich fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, helium, refrigerants. Secondary cause: everything else, especially items built cheaply in Asia, products that come from hydrocarbon-intensive industries like mining, shipping, metallurgy, ...

What does MAGA, an American phenomenon, have to do with Canadian aviation?

https://x.com/i/status/2035926457394876837

Looks like tower gave fire truck clearance to cross in front.

Leadership by vibes?

Just in the last 48 hours, in retaliation for Israel bombing the South Fars gas field in Iran, LNG installations in Qatar and the UAE, and oil refineries in Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, KSA, Kuwait and Israel have been hit. Estimates range from 2 to 5 years to get all those critical pieces of infrastructure...

My, how things have changed in 72 hours.

All part of the plan to replace us through the Century Initiative

There are a reported 6 G600/650s registered in Canada. So yeah, there is a market.

As I alluded to above, if you want to blame Boomers for your troubles, we are in the PRIME BOOMER TO MILLENIAL WEALTH TRANSFER INDUSTRY. Either boomers are unreasonable people who hoard wealth and go on vacations and cruises instead of giving it to their kids, putting us in a great position, or boom...

Possibly 1 case in future 5-10 years of crews pushing to an accident/incident because of this incentive, vs probably thousands of cases until then when a FCM/FA decides to make a few bills for flying 15 minutes into unforeseen instead of pulling the plug on the whole aircraft down in Cuba. The cost ...

Because WS didn't want to "run the risk of FULLY taking on the route network", the ex-swg flights are all still "charters" and thus can't be booked. Only way is for employees to book on WJ code flights and then "show up early and ask if able to switch". Supposedly a fix is coming in the new year. ma...

Bunch of boomers retiring and going "what are we gonna do with all this time and money?"

Typical pre-contract negotiation tactic, carrot in the fall "3 classes in 2026" followed by stick in winter "no hiring in 2026".

Check out https://lmiamap.org/ for a map of all companies around Canada that prefer to not hire canadian.

Got a chance to fly the plane with the 28in pitch recently. Prior to boarding I went to try out the seat.

Let's just say if I ever have to sit in those rows, the passenger in front of me will be getting a free lower back massage from my knees.

I'm 6'4". Yikes.