With the constant increase in AIF's and charging it to everyone they can, it is no wonder certain airports are starting to look like art galleries with cascading waterfalls.. I had the exact opposite impression regarding the A irport I mprovement F ees... Where is all this money being spent when yo...

One of my Transat colleagues jumpseated on Air France for free by using his Canadian RAIC not too long ago. It was on a flight from Paris to Asia. he listed himself right at the checkin counter, no MyIDtravel required... So it DOES happen! See this is what I am talking about. I don’t understand how...

Petition signed!

Olivier, check your PM!

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One of my Transat colleagues jumpseated on Air France for free by using his Canadian RAIC not too long ago. It was on a flight from Paris to Asia. he listed himself right at the checkin counter, no MyIDtravel required...

So it DOES happen!

Recalls announced for September & October Westjet & Swoop Group: Westjet Airlines- 138 Swoop Airlines- 87 Encore Regional- 0 Jazz is recalling pilots hired summer 2019 already. Encore is closer to early 2018 I believe. Just in case you thought your situation was bad... Transat is recalling pilots h...

Sad to read the passing of Wayne at such a young age. He was a good guy, a good boss. Always available in case you needed him. I'll remember him answering the phone in the middle of the night for a silly question I had once again in my Keewatin days... My thoughts to his wife, family and friends! T.

You do realize that “sticking it” re: “setting the parking brake” or “disrupting flights” for the passengers is NOT a productive manner to go about enacting meaningful change? Right?!? And what has been productive so far...? The many articles in the newspaper, the interviews on tv (that i have both...

At this point nearly every carrier in Canada has begun to weigh the pros and cons of CCAA/ And we are all seating at home watching the boat sink... It is time to go -again- to Ottawa and occupy days and nights the lawn in front of the parlement. It is time to go to the major airports, occupy and di...

Like many who are furloughed in this industry, I've been receiving emails from my union for months now which have stated that a bailout package is imminent, and yet we've seen no sign that a deal is any closer to being reached. As to the following statement from the Deputy PM's Office that a bailou...

Canadian govnmt soon to announce its approval

They also said they would quickly help the airline sector... This was back in October! I guess we don't have the same definition of the words "soon" and "quick"...

To be added to the government QRH...

So does the federal government...!

This is encouraging...!

Sorry to hear that. I remember they started hiring last fall(if I remember correctly). How many did they end up hiring before Covid hit the industry? Not sure how many they hired last fall... However what i do know is that the last guy on the seniority list (except for a few management ppl who rema...

Another delay in the EU decision... Wondering what kinds of concessions have been offered... Air Canada seeks to address EU concerns on Transat purchase Reuters - Mise à jour : il y a 5 heures BRUSSELS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Air Canada has offered concessions related to its proposed acquisition of Cana...

The quarantine for all people entering Canada and entry restrictions for foreigners has been extended to Sept 30. Another nail in Canadian aviation, aerospace and hospitality industry..... That’s enough!!! They are acting as if they want to stand by until the pandemic is over... What’s the plan? 0 ...

From the link above... To date, the Government of Canada is not aware of any cases attributed to passenger-to-passenger transmission on a flight to or from Canada. Yet they decided to shut down an entire industry... Why don't they simply test everybody who enters the country/province? Some countries...

For those of you who understand french, here is an interview of Jean Marc Eustache at "RDI Economie". Fairly positive but could it be really different? All is "good" even in the eye of the storm...

Enjoy!

T.

Shared blocks? Year long sabbaticals? LOL... Get to work. Oh and don't forget the reduced blocks...! 😉 Don't worry, I work hard when it's my turn and I truly love it! But my main focus is not my life at work nor my T4...! So according to your answer, should I assume those perks do not exist at AC/R...

I don't believe that Transat Pilots have won the lottery with the merger. While Air Canada pilot are paid more, they also work more. TS pilots average 400 hours/year while AC's fly 600 to 700(rouge). Totally agree on that one...! The Transat lifestyle is pretty hard to beat in my opinion. It's hard...

CZBBYYZPilot wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 6:43 pm A bit off topic, but does anyone know how the hiring at TS is going in the meantime? I heard fall classes were moved up to summer, but I don't know if it actually happened. What kind of numbers are we talking?

Looks like 2 GS in september. One starting on the 9th, the other one on the 23rd.