I'd say it depends. There are times where we may be very busy dealing with a problem and don't really want to be bothered but vast majority of the time I don't have a problem with visitors. If there has been a time before the flight that I didn't want to be bothered I always extended an invitation t...

ALPA dues are 1.95% (or close to anyways). The health plan at Jazz is very expensive. I'd wager that's it the bulk of the deductions. There is also pension and potentially ESOP deductions as well.

Similar thing happened to me through YOW. Scanned my bag and took the butter knife I'd been carrying around for a month but the fork was fine. They also scolded us for not taking out our iPads. We were an entire operating crew.

And conveniently 15 million was the number Transat was on the hook for if they walked away from AC

I'm not particularly versed in the policy at Jazz since I never used it, but if I recall as long as you list for 2 flights prior to you scheduled pairing start you are safe. If you miss both there is no disciplinary action for not being able to get to your base to start the pairing. Perhaps someone ...

Pretty obvious choice in my opinion. Jazz has a base there, and if you didn't get it in your new hire class I suspect it wouldn't be long before you could transfer. Jazz also has a commuting policy which if followed will keep you out of trouble. There are also multiple options to get in and out of Y...

How does the flat pay actually work? Does it mean no overtime pay or anything at all for 4 years? No, it just means the pay is the same for all equipment. Overtime available varies fleet by fleet but is paid on top of annual salary. First year mainline salary is flat to 75 hours, then is paid at ab...

How does the flat pay actually work? Does it mean no overtime pay or anything at all for 4 years? No, it just means the pay is the same for all equipment. Overtime available varies fleet by fleet but is paid on top of annual salary. First year mainline salary is flat to 75 hours, then is paid at ab...

At one point I planned to hang my hat at Jazz. I was a YYZ based Q captain near the bottom of the list. After about 1.5 years sitting in the hiring process with AC I had given up on going and stopped worrying about it. Then to my surprise I got an interview invite and eventually a course offer. Taki...

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Summer is the slow tourist season. Wet lease AT planes until the max's are flyjng again? It's plausible.

Air Canada is definitely leasing machines from Transat. They will do some VYR-YUL and YUL-CUN flying I believe. It was announced not long ago.

Purely a WAG, but I suspect there will be a bit of a slow down as the fleet and crews get shuffled around. With that in mind, eventually the plane will be back flying and our crewing deficit and fin acceptance will necessitate continued hiring. The plan before all this was classes of 30-40 every 2-3...

David Clark has a new noise cancelling over ear headset meant to compete with the Bose. It is on same frame as their professional on ear set. I've heard positive things about it. It's the DC One-X

Sounds like we aren't planning a hiring break over the summer at AC. In fact, a course every 2 weeks of around 40 over the summer has been discussed.

Flying nights for extended periods is very tough. I did it for over 4 years and thought I was doing fine. It wasn't until I took a layoff that I realized how tired I actually was. The fatigue accumulates slowly enough that it becomes your new normal mode of operation. You really need to live the nig...

Jazz without question. Long term stability with the new CPA, good work rules, base and aircraft variety and a pretty solid road to AC of that's where you want to be.

Picking up 1 day of OT a month goes a long way for you guys! 129.98 X 1.5 (OT) X 4.5 (min day) = 877.16 1 a month will get you a greasy $10500 extra a year! No imagine if you did 2, or not min credits, etc etc. Popping in for an extra day of work a month is not hard, and you definitely cannot compl...

You should never take the FIRST deal given to you. Basic negotiations. Go back and ask for more and get more. Our union guys are afraid to stand up to AC. Jazz paid ALPA dues this whole time. The MEC at Jazz cannot represent GGN best interest. This is not a merger. We are only offering them employm...

I've done several out of CNC3, although it's been a few years. It's really quite easy. Leave the circuit, and request flight following from the appropriate centre freq. Tell them you're headed for a city tour. They'll likely give you a heading and altitude to fly that'll keep you clear of any troubl...

I can't help with the tech question. As far as hiring is concerned, yes, the plan is to continue running courses. The last bid (which was forward looking 12 months) showed 400+ vacancies. I've also heard unsubstantiated rumours of an additional 300 or so needed to accomodate for the incoming duty re...

For the Jazz guys in waiting, the December PIT was about half full of Jazz hires. The total class size was over 30.

Anyone care to enlighten those of us that are on the outside looking in?

Looks like the YYZ 77 and 87 spots went unfilled. Very interesting times around here.

I'm will go out on a limb and guess that Jazz has the same ban policy guidance as AC. If that is the case, flying the ILS on 09 in YFC they would only be good down to 3/4 or 4000 RVR. This is company imposed guidance I believe as one of the preventative measures that came out of the YHZ accident.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves now John. I believe that document you found does not have anything to do with the LOU between Wasaya and Jazz. I believe that one simply allows credit to be given to pilots who join Wasaya if they had previous industry experience. As for the Jazz LOU, it allows for a...

They should merge, but if course then how could AC undercut one another using each other? If they do, AC will guaranteed start looking for other companies to do the flying for less, just to keep costs down at chorus. Maybe, but they have cost certainty until 2025 with chorus. I'd be surprised to se...