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...

nobody23 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:21 am Mayday for a rejected takeoff due to cockpit instrumentation??

A Mayday for an RTO for any reason is not an uncommon company policy.

CpnCrunch wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:36 pm

Dry Guy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:18 pm
Exactly. Lots of new instrument rated FOs cannot hold straight and level in actual IMC.

When/why are you hand flying in IMC?

There are plenty of clapped out 703/704 machines flying around without autopilot. I have over 3000hrs hand bombing a 1900 and a lot of that was IMC.

There is no such airline as Sunwing, this is WestJet through and through. Did WJ not have the capability to assist with the latest SW disaster in order to get pax where they wanted to go? I believe they did do some flights. One of the major issues in the most recent mess was the lack of ground crew...

Daniel Cooper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 1:20 pm You can always charter other aircraft to move your paying passengers.

They did. Two of which went mechanical before they ever moved a passenger.

In 2014 I flew Sunwing from YQR-VRA. Sched departure time was around 1900 in YQR, and the plane went mechanical. After several hours of a rolling delay they eventually flew in a replacement aircraft from YEG, with a YYC based flight crew (presumably on overnight reserve) which arrived in YQR at 010...

The Captain was an experienced sim instructor but only flew the line part-time. The FO was relatively new and had recently required additional sim training for "landing issues". The Captain was on the radios, the FO was flying. Nothing concrete, but just some perspective. Aren't there restrictions ...