If you don’t like the pay scale, don’t apply. Simple as that. If you can do better somewhere else then go do that and good for you. If you tried AC and were rejected, try again or move on and try something else. I don’t understand the sense of entitlement among pilots. No one owes you @#$! all in li...

So I work for a large Canadian airline flying a 705 jet. Thanks to way too many sensors it likes to give spurious flight control disagree faults (white status messages on EICAS) particularly after the start. This occurs because the sensors erroneously/momentarily defect a fault and the message won'...

So why is it in YYC, you are required to put your RAIC in the bin when going through NPS? We received a memo about complying with this. It’s about care and control and once seized, you will now have to try and get it back, point is they can make your life difficult. Here’s how “RAIC in the bin” cam...

So why is it in YYC, you are required to put your RAIC in the bin when going through NPS? We received a memo about complying with this. It’s about care and control and once seized, you will now have to try and get it back, point is they can make your life difficult. Here’s how “RAIC in the bin” cam...

And as far as the “restricted area” is concerned. The NPS facility is not a restricted area, the NPS allows you to enter the restricted area. This is why they can have you remove your RAIC.

You should re read that paragraph, it says expedited via nexus lane, family lane or taken to the front of the queue and from experience, clarifying it with a manager on duty, the queue is basically where the line starts not the front of the line. That being said, some CATSA workers are better than ...

The arrival and departure into YMM do not exit class E or enter glass G airspace. We are talking to ATC the entire time and on radar the entire time. If on an approach into an aerodrome that is in class G airspace you will always get the clearance "you are cleared out of controlled airspace via..." ...

BUT... where in our contract does it say a new hire can't bid an open position his seniority can hold? Altiplano look at paragraph 20.16.01 (old contract on PEFB) or 20.17.01 new one on ACPA web. Language is the same. New hires only get to submit a position preference during PIT (not the same as a ...

It is really hard to predict what will happen to a new hire schedule at mainline. Really it depends on when the next serious wave of hiring starts. For what its worth, when I started in the Spring of 2012 (mid to end of the last big wave) I went onto the EMJ YYZ and was holding a block as soon as my...

I would like to hear your point of view on how you feel someone making 109k/yr at Spirit as a 12 year fo will drive the industry down any more than an Air Canada 319/320 first officer making 102k/yr in their 12th year? Similarly when discussing 12th year captain salaries. 170k/yr salary as 320 Capt...

Here's a better article with more details http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/air-canada-pilots-ratify-10-year-contract/article21401537/ Air Canada’s pilots have ratified a 10-year contract that includes a large signing bonus, wage increases of more than 20 per cent over the life of th...

Why not go straight to the source rather than this forum? The fleet plan in the 2014 Q1 MD&A is the best source, go to page 21 where they discuss the fleet to learn about plans for Mainline, Rouge, tier 2 and 3, etc. Anything else you may read about on here that isn't shown on the MD&A fleet plan is...

Regarding criminal records / offence etc... The only question any Canadian employer is legally allowed to ask is "Have you been convicted of any criminal offence for which you have not been pardoned?". If you have been convicted AND pardoned, or charged then discharged or conditionally discharged th...

List for standby economy like all the other employees with an online system that shows how many open seats are left, how many standby are listed, and how many are senior to you and the cost. If at the gate you find out the plane is full you can ask for the jump. Only need advance notice for trans bo...

Why is this on the Air Canada forum? Shouldn't it be in general? So if you are asking specifically AC: My experience getting hired, they took copies of my logbooks, call all my former employers even the ones I didn't list as a reference. For the one employer who went out of business (and because he ...

From my own experience three things are important to get your interview and one during the interview. To get the interview they look at multi crew experience, size / weight / complexity of the aircraft you have flown, and education. During the interview its personality (can the other guy get along w...

The real issue was the combination of wind and ice on the taxiways and ramp, it was really bad. We landed just after midnight, waited on rwy 15L for 2 hours for a gate, then when cleared in it took us another 30min to taxi in. At one point around the intersection of twy T and B, we were stopped with...

Captains are pre-booked in J and F/O in Y when the pairings are built about a month in advance of the date of travel. In this case the seat is pre-sold to Air Canada flight ops and no longer available for sale to a customer. If at the time of the flight there are still unsold seats that were not pur...

A friend of mine is an engineer for a large consulting firm. Part of his contract is that whenever he flies anywhere he is to be booked in business class if available. The firm pays for this because they value the professionalism dedication he brings to the firm. I work as a pilot for Air Canada. Pa...

Containerized cargo apparently is not a big priority. This is just a guess but maybe its got something to do with this: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/air-canada-cargojet-explore-strategic-tie-up/article15521833/ They move ours domestically, we move theirs internationally? Like I...