Still people are tired of the bitching... especially from an airline that was about to go bankrupt. You’re kidding, right? The all-bases group chat is a nonstop stream of complaints about absolutely everything. Apparently that’s fine when it’s coming from legacy WestJet pilots, but everyone else is...

Sunwing wasn't going anywhere. Like you - I'm sick of hearing it from whiners who understand nothing about it and refuse to even learn....... 2 billion in assets and $100 million profit each year. yea she was fine. Unlike Westjet.....Even the CEO was talking about it's debt load...I'll bet most of ...

There’s no doubt you can make money in the sandbox. You will work your ass off for it though. My friend went there recently and he said he’s spending at least twice as much time on the road than he ever had in his career up to this point. I thought I wanted the ex pat life when I was young and dumb ...

Ghost Rider wrote: ↑Mon Nov 24, 2025 10:23 am What would happen if I told the final approach controller that I was unable to maintain 170 to the FAF
The reason I ask is that my airline has new procedures, and if I hold that speed, I will be unstable and have to perform a go-around.

What procedure would make 170 to the FAF impossible?

Holy @#$!, was the three houses and a boat not enough? You're forgetting about the 1+ ex wives on payroll Is it not possible to imagine maybe through circumstances maybe they actually can’t afford to retire. I know a guy working past 65 because he was scammed through an investment opportunity, lost...

Tbayer2021 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 9:48 pm Westjet/onex will purchase transat. You heard it here first.

I’ll finally get to fly an airbus!

Donald wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:19 am "We need trucks on M"

"Say again?"

"We need trucks on A"

"The emergency trucks you say?"

"Affirm"

One magic word could have saved that confusion. The Americans aversion to it always baffles me.

One of the few messages from the WestJet MEC I can get behind.

AC hiring has always been interesting. Prior to the hiring spree, some of the best pilots who ticked all the boxes that I know couldn’t get a job while at the same time 2 of the biggest idiots I know got hired. One guy was an un-upgradable high time FO. We’re talking 5000hrs plus on a 1900, terrible...

What seniority list are you looking at that gives you retirement data at Westjet? I am looking at the seniority list right now and there is no mention of retirement data. There was an unofficial spread sheet floating around with the years to retirement on it. I’m assuming it leaked out from the mer...

That English sounds fine to me. I had to listed a second time before I even noticed the accent. The “send crash and fire rescue” call that he stumbled over a little is a WestJetism I don’t like. Make a mayday call and the trucks will start rolling.

Out east pilots are also working full blocks in the mid 80's from anecdotal evidence asking around. Double time for overtime has been offered for many Toronto based pairings lately. It is evident that this rebalancing was to knock junior Sunwing captains from their seats to allow Westjet FO's to bi...

What if your toronto based, but you live in Montreal. Or Vancouver based but you live in Calgary? Should they still get a pay raise? It would depend soley on where you're based. If you're based in YYZ but you want to commute from Fort Whogivesashit in the Yukon then that's up to you. The point is i...

I don’t think it will be that many. I only know of a couple who have actually left. I’m sure there will be a trickle to AC and probably more and more as people get sick of commuting after the reduction bid.

Fellas, fellas, it’s obviously just a coincidence that they remove that one word “group” in the last revision just before the integration and didn’t even mention it in the revision record, nor was it mentioned in the bid or anywhere else that you needed 1000hrs at WJ post integration to upgrade. Of...

Looks like they got it right this time. You can look up the flight track online.

We are. And the contract says “A Pilot shall be paid based on their Length of Service as a Pilot with the Company” And WJ argues that before being with the company, Sunwing pilots were not with the company. Same argument has been made with Encore, which is why their pay resets when they join WJ. Th...

Hi KD.

At WJ the upgrades are not based on a socialized system. No they aren’t but there’s nobody passing on upgrades cause they’ll get a crappy schedule by being junior. At AC you get guys passing on upgrades cause they’ll like having a better schedule while the guys that take the upgrade know that they’...

The collective agreement provides for 200 Credits per bid period of F/R for the MEC Exec. How does 4 x 85 add up? I understand if we are in a time of Negots or whatever, but aside from the internal issues, things seem to be somewhat non-urgent at the moment. I think they've been on full F/R since a...

I don’t have a dog in the fight but just curious. How many pilots are on full release only doing union work at Jazz? Maybe the guy is doing good work but I wouldn’t be happy if someone was spending that much of my money either. I don’t see any reason why anyone would need to basically live in a hote...

It’s going to be a non issue for most of the “cadets” anyway. Most of them wrote their ATPL exams as part of their college programs.

My understanding is that they've been given 12 months from their start date to get it. It's only temporary. You cannot go from 250 hours to ATPL in 12 months. In point of fact, it is unlikely after even 24 months if you are simply operating as a Part 705 FO. It’s been a few years since any 250 hour...

This is insane, first why do the auto throttles not disengage as soon as someone overrides them by manually adjusting them, I would have thought this. Admittedly, I don’t have experience with auto throttle. Second, the two hands for the flair drives me nucking futs, from either seat I can manage to...

The issue is that ATC will send another plane barreling down the runway right up your chuff if they aren't paying attention. The mayday call is to get their attention in any country you may find yourself in. This is incredibly important. I cannot talk to ATC in South America the way I talk to US an...