Riding in the back? Have at it. You're not counted as an additional crew member unless you're riding in the FD or bunk at my airline, and in that case no alcohol can be consumed while in the FD . Even then, "crew member" is really only for W&B and maybe the gen dec on an international flight because...

I feel that "Gender X" is identity appropriation. It's far too similar to "Generation X", "Gen X", etc, and unfairly associates/confuses with my age identity. There are 23 other letters to choose from, plus infinite numbers, or just plain old something else. Gen X came first. Those incels better pic...

Do you fly the B737max? You mention the AP was engaged in an incident? That terminates mcas input, are you sure? Have you ever handled a trim runaway on a B737max either in the sim or real life? Lot's of control force there. LOTS. Manual trim is impossible after you hit the trim cutoff. Unless you a...

Thanks for the correction altiplano I though it was 20. A few years ago when the RP course was a lot shorter the amount of training wasn’t very much. But now an RP course is basically a full FO course. So I’m also surprised the company doesn’t do away with it. No problem. When the RP position was c...

17.75 days of reserve per month. Not 20. You get 12 days + 6 hours off. One thing with being an RP on reserve though - all the trips are 3+ days, so when you are approaching guaranteed days off you know the last 2 days of reserve unless you want to go fly, you're done. Crew sched used to release com...

Its our fault... We have to stand up to these old farts who keep saying they had to clean their boss's shoe and wipe their ass for five years before they were lucky enough to get right seat on a caravan. :smt014 Times have changed. Janitors make more money than us. Its time to start a campaign for ...

A more accurate comparison would be, Lufthansa owned, Swiss. You have Mainline, Swiss International and Regional, Swiss European. Up until 2016, Swiss International operated Airbus 340s & 320s, and Swiss European operated RJs. When the Mainline Swiss International pilots told management there was no...

Here it is:
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Whatever you do, don't lie about it. IIRC, around 13 or 14 years ago... Westjet had a situation with a guy that lied about his ATPL and then didn't get it from TC for some reason, but he got hired, and checked out... no ATPL, type rating issues, etc. It was pretty fracking difficult to get hired at ...

If they knew it was a cigarette, but no one owned up to it, a cigarette diversion isn't appropriate IMO. If they just suspected a cigarette, but weren't certain, so they diverted, okay... as you say unknown smoke source... absolutely diversion appropriate... but why then did they just blast off aga...

If they knew it was a cigarette, but no one owned up to it, a cigarette diversion isn't appropriate IMO. If they just suspected a cigarette, but weren't certain, so they diverted, okay... as you say unknown smoke source... absolutely diversion appropriate... but why then did they just blast off agai...

What does the buckle say on an Air France Airbus?

Oh. I thought it was cigarettes.

Really? A diversion for someone smoking cigarettes?

Crew wearing O2 masks? and a diversion?

This either isn't cigarettes smoke or the crew is making some strange decisions...

very junior ML WB FO is one of the worse jobs we have. Everybody's different. I get worn out just thinking about doing more than one sector a day. How many do you do in a typical NB pairing? Agreed everyone is different. So is junior ML WB CA just as bad? Same sort of sched, right? Fact is that it'...

Basically as I understand it, flat pay is much lower than any other WBFO. You can only get off flat pay early by bidding to captain ~2 years currently, and with course rights you can't get back to WBFO. Sure you can get back to WBFO depending on what Course Rights you spent. You are given 6 Course ...

Can someone please explain this for those of us not in the know? Is WB FO a lousy job? Or are you at the botl, and have a crappy schedule? Why would it be so bad on flat pay? Four years from now you and your peers will go to formula, and everyone's equal again, no? :? :?: WB FO, even junior isn't b...

What would happen - and I mean actually happen - if we bought nothing? And what could happen if we spent the money on something else? And what could that something else be? Wars are ultimately won by economies. The industrial might of the US in WWII is what won the war in both Europe and the Pacifi...

I'd walk in to the office of whoever is responsible today with an ultimatum for the school to satisfy their responsibility to you, in an accelerated manner, immediately or I'd take legal action against the school. Bottom line, you are getting what you paid for if they are refusing you to go flying. ...

Sure, AC is better for pay and upgrade time but there has been a mad rush for the two years NB upgrades and that is not going to last. They are supposed to hire several hundred pilots next year, I doubt there are several hundred captain positions opening up in two years for them as well. I wouldn't...

No sense making it easy on a competitor. Certainly tightens screws on ONEX's corporate structure and forces some transparency. Also if there is foreign capital over the limit at ONEX this forces some hard decisions about who gets booted from the deal. Maybe a forced share sell off and potential rest...

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Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:03 am

Requirements seem pretty steep

You think 3000 hours total and 1000 jet is steep for an RJ Captain?

The times we are in...

Air Canada has filed a challenge with federal regulators to Onex Corp.’s takeover of WestJet Airlines Ltd., arguing that the deal could give foreign investors majority ownership of the Calgary-based airline, in violation of Ottawa’s rules. Onex, a Toronto-based private-equity firm, announced a frie...

AC is challenging the ONEX-Westjet deal at the CTA over the lack of transparency in ONEX's holding company ownership and Schwartz's own voting share succession. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-air-canada-files-challenge-with-canad...

Domestic early starts we always get a breakfast, and as I said, if I want one, I can always get a meal or snack... but I prefer getting paid vs. the old system of not being paid when flying through meal times.