So please answer how WJ is even close to AC? I have not done a thorough costing comparing these latest contracts, but did do a WJ CA1 vs ACPA contract comparison. I can give you a rough outline though. AC Top 737 CA: $311.89/hr * 900 hrs/yr guarantee = $280,701 WJ Top 737 CA: $297.46/hr * 930 hrs/y...

I don't work for WJ anymore. Haven't for some time. I work for Employment and Social Development Canada now. Didn't stop you from being an ALPA apologist on every other thread... Now you're distancing yourself. Are you sure you don't actually work for ALPA? "You can't lose any battle if you never f...

- Imagine being a 9 year WJ FO in YYZ who has been waiting patiently for an upgrade, and now you have to fly with a junior Sunwing Captain who was only hired in 2022? Imagine finding out he also getting paid as a Westjet Captain? Seems fair right? - Imagine finding out that guy who ended up at Sunw...

I got a buddy at WJ. He has some SWG guy gain 3 years on him. Another buddy saw someone gain a year. I have another buddy who's dad was at Alaska before he retired. He saw some Virgin guy gain 7 years on him. Some gained 8. That happens in every merger. EVERY ONE. Canadian North gained 3 years ACROS...

I have heard westjet wants to give multiple years of seniority added on to their pilots that started prior to the merger announcement date. Sounds like a good way to divide a pilot group. There was some thing floating around some chats saying that the Sunwing pilots wanted a few years of seniority ...

An honest question related to: LOL so you ain't doin shit. Riding on the coat tails of the hard fought contracts in the US. Why you even posting on a Canadian forum then? Pathetic. Of course I left...its a basic math exercise. Do you think I'm stupid? As a 3rd year FO I make more than any airline pi...

The Sunwing merger committee is likely to (if they haven't already) attempt to argue that they should slot in ahead of all Encore pilots with the reserved number. Including cadets? My assumption is yes. I am no expert on this matter, but I can't imagine them succeeding in putting WR at the BOTL. Ne...

dontcallmeshirley wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:23 pm The Sunwing merger committee is likely to (if they haven't already) attempt to argue that they should slot in ahead of all Encore pilots with the reserved number.

Including cadets?

Thanks but Sunwing & westjet merge is not for every SWG pilots. Lots of other options on Table. Everyone has its own pririority in life...family..life style..and it's not just about $$. Just my 2 cents comment. Totally legit, lifestyle is #1. But I am still curious what most SWG guys think they're ...

Hope its gonna be a fair " merge" . I think some westjet pilots still thinking they can Take all the benefits of the merge...and leave swg pilots behind But lets not forget its not westjet that is in command here..its a business company Onex who decided to merge 2 airlines ... What's your definitio...

safetyfirst123 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:55 am Sunwing has arguably the best narrow body flying in Canada, with productive turns (8 or 9 flights in a month) or nice beach layovers all winter.

Do none of the other airlines in Canada have high credit single days and beach layovers?

a380super wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:33 pm If I can't keep my left hand seat after the merge, I don't see any single reason to stay with WJ

Meh. Flair's hiring.

Since ketamine therapy is legal what is tc’s view if someone was to use it? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34503619/ It’s interesting for sure. It has the potential to reduce claim times and actually reduce safety risks by treating difficult mental health conditions and not to mention save lives ....

cdnavater wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:01 am No bump in who’s CBA, Sunwing?

WJ scope clause.

well in my opinion..... Everyone holds what there seniority number can hold period. Merge DOH is fine but NO ONE out of seniority! We did this already with swoop and we all know how that went. Likely it will be pretty close to this as precedent has been set with Swoop. Although SW pilots will be be...

So basically what you say is that 250hrs 2022 Sunwing recruit are going to bypass 2023 1500+hrs 2023 WestJet by simply being added to seniority list from DOH ? Almost certainly. Just like the 250hr fo hired at swg in June is senior to the 4000 hr fo hired at swg in July. That's not the same. At all...

I wish you all the best but have you considered the legalities?

https://decisions.tatc.gc.ca/tatc/tatc/ ... ocument.do

I've got a good one:

A billionaire, some old people in wheelchairs, and some kids who attended a residential school get into a homebuilt submarine to go visit a casino...

The pay works like this: For easy math let's say you made $100/hour OLD Hourly rate $100 + 20% WSP = $120 NEW [Hourly rate $100 + 15.5% raise + 9.1% from WSP] + 10% WSP = $138.6 $120 + 15.5% = 138.6 Everyone's pay increase for year one is 15.5% overall. A lot more for people who didn't do the full ...

What are your year over year returns in the rrsp or equivalent programs? The point of investing is to make money! It's not completed. CSP was a guaranteed way to more then DOUBLE your money. And have cash in hand at year end, I know your money is NOT doubling each year in your rrsp. You guys need t...

AC 777 is $308 Day / $340 Night plus Nav ($11) & Overseas ($12) WJ 737 is $280 & WJ 787 is $320 What's the hourly rate for the 787, A330, 767 freighter with all the nav pay etc? Honestly, I don't know. So no WJ pilots are not going to make more than AC 777 skippers on a rate that was negotiated in ...

airbussy wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 1:25 pm Within a year WJ will be well behind AC again.

I look forward to when AC will leapfrog us. I'm hoping Flair and Lynx will too. Pattern bargaining might finally be a thing

WJ pilots eating at food banks with their wages? Yeah I’ll take things that didn’t happen for 3 dollars. And if they did, I’m calling incredibly poor financial sense in their part. Also Swoop is gone by next year, not 4 years. Read the AIP properly or don’t both posting such drivel, it’s embarrassi...

Without seeing the details but from what is being said, it’s seems like a really good start towards bringing Canadian pilots to a much better standard of living, if only we paid less tax. Everyone going on about close the gap or North American standard, etc, that is how negotiations work! Union ask...

Can someone in the know please reconcile these two charts, presumably made by the same person. The first shows airline pay in Canada. https://www.safeflights.ca/uploads/WageCompareJan2022.jpeg We are told the WJ TA has no new money in it. Then we're shown the second chart which clearly shows a large...