interesting posts. human nature is what it is, and the outcome is no more than a crapshoot. after all of the tests and all, it only comes down to one thing. if the guy on the other side on the table likes you, yer in. if he does not, yer done. experience, no experience, good, bad, marginally qualifi...

Two things that are in the back of the hiring boards mind are a candidate’s ability to get through the initial course, and later on, their ability to get through a command upgrade. As a result, in no particular order: Multi crew PIC time. Transport category 705 time especially in larger aircraft. U...

Two things that are in the back of the hiring boards mind are a candidate’s ability to get through the initial course, and later on, their ability to get through a command upgrade. As a result, in no particular order: Multi crew PIC time. Transport category 705 time especially in larger aircraft. U...

once the company gets past all of the minority inclusion stuff, they have to hire certain age groups at certain times to keep the system going. or else they end up with staffing problems.

nothing to do with who you are. everything to do with keeping the system running.

the last thing i would want to entertain is a suicidal pilot. the last thing india wants is the news of a suicidal pilot. so it's all about politics, blame boeing in this case.

pretty sure they are combing though their staff in the back room so this does not happen again.

the grass is always greener elsewhere, now isn't it. been through the grinder, as stated before, not because I wanted to be there. had to. and retired. any ac guy of my age group is far better off now, you have to look at the big picture. maybe not the happiest place to work, over time, the payout i...

28, in a company that will never close down, living in canada, a payscale that will eventually put you in the top 5% in a few years. or more. and you want to go to the sandbox. many have done it not because they wanted to, because they had to. and they did not get all that rich. you do not realize h...

Donald wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 7:22 pm

confusedalot wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 4:47 pm sooo........

the gear collapse has everything to do with language issues?

fully bilingual guy born in montreal here. mostly english.

If that's what you understood from this thread, perhaps your English comprehension isn't as good as you think it is.

ya got dat wrong. big time

talk about going way in the past, which would now be ancient history. there was a well educated Easter European well educated lady family friend who would tell me just about the same thing. I smoke, I drink, I flew planes...........rather large ones at that. by all counts from the experts, I should...

talk about going way in the past, which would now be ancient history. there was a well educated Easter European well educated lady family friend who would tell me just about the same thing. I smoke, I drink, I flew planes...........rather large ones at that. by all counts from the experts, I should ...

no problems with retiring at any age you want. some go real fast, some keep going until they can't keep their medical anymore.

personal choice I guess.

not that the new google ai thing is reliable, but, google says that it is wrong.

practical knowledge of people I know also says it is wrong. know alot of guys far older than me, and they are still on the planet.

so it is not a sample of just one.

with all respect, that is completely wrong. 66 and retired from the charter/foreign airline crap. with no big pension. I know a guy through extended family who did AC and recruited from the cartierville flying club in the sixties with 200 hours. the guy is like 90. with the fat gold plated pension. ...

sooo........ the gear collapse has everything to do with language issues? fully bilingual guy born in montreal here. mostly english. suppose if turkish airlines had a collapse, it is because of language. no, I am not turkish, there are jobs open at the TSB from time to time. suggest you apply for on...

And if you want to join the military, and you apply with no skills and you get the job, the government will pay for your skills. @#$! those privates! Military folks don't deserve anything either!! Let's milk the working class :lol: got it. flight attendants are military class. got it. you hate the ...

if you want to be management, you can always go to university and get a bachelor of commerce. if you want to be a mechanic, you can do a three year course in a community college. If you want to be a pilot, you do the pilot training thing.if you want to be a flight attendant, you apply with no skill...

if you want to be management, you can always go to university and get a bachelor of commerce. if you want to be a mechanic, you can do a three year course in a community college. If you want to be a pilot, you do the pilot training thing.if you want to be a flight attendant, you apply with no skills...

The problem with the RCAF is the insanely onerous requirements and training programs that simply aren’t required and definitely no longer necessary in the modern world. Especially given that lack of personnel threatens their very existence. A Navajo flying into a northern reserve probably gets shot...

at the end of the day, it's a crapshoot. maybe it will work, maybe il won't.

keep your finances on track, and play the game if you want to.

there is no logic in this game.

I’ve been saying for years, if the RCAF wanted to staff pilots better, they’d open the Reserves to airline pilots for non-fighter roles. AFAIK, in order to be a Reserve pilot, you have to have been an active duty pilot. For Herks, C-17s, CC-330s…. None of that is necessary. Those are airliners, bas...

This sounds like the same justification for the pilot TA - “Top WB CA will be making $400k+………” What about the new-hire pilots making $80k? Or that the average pilot T4 will be just 65% of top WB pilot T4? Quoting the highest paid employee within the group (top 5%) is typically a management talking...

How many are making 100K? You could probably put them all in a single business class cabin, and tbh per diems aren’t pay. $20 a day sounds nice till you spend that on a single shity airport sandwich the top ones were making 80K with a normal schedule, with the new contract, they will be near or at ...

I’d argue the opposite happened, pilots have a lot invested so they are less likely to rock the boat. Most FAs could easily make the same money doing another job so the junior people are especially likely to just walk if they don’t get what they want not too sure about that. few other jobs that nee...

The issue is the company wants high turnover. They don't want lifers with 10+ years seniority who will fight for wawcon. They want fresh high school grads or fresh off the boat immigrants who still think it's a glamourous job. It's also abundantly clear they dgaf about customer service. So it doesn...

for those in the know, is all of this based on some sort of nato exchange program, or are they actually thinking about hiring non canadians off of the street.

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