TravelPro is what my company provides and it is crap. I would not but any of it I had to lay down my own cash. Your lucky if it lasts 2 years. All my peaces are not awesome. There is better. I only use it cause it’s free. Interesting. I have 3 pieces of travelpro luggage that I’ve had for 5 years a...

We simply shouldn’t re-start airline operations beyond a minimum, therefore there’s no need to relax the rules or make exceptions during a pandemic. VFR traffic (with apology to Air Transat and Sunwing) is simply non-essential. Thanks to FaceTime, Skype, Cisco, and Zoom most work/visits can be easi...

The way I see it your current pay is being paid by the government, well ultimately by the Canadian tax payer via Sunwing. I'm pretty sure its not coming out of there pocket? These payments being put in place to enable you to manage while also allowing Sunwing to keep there workforce in place for th...

The way I understand it CERB is basically an EI replacement with similar rules with working. CEWS is a subsidy given to companies to pay their employees. My pay check show up every two weeks from Sunwing not the government of Canada. I don’t see working another job being a problem.

If you’re on CEWS your cheque’s are coming from your company. I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to work. I couldn’t find an official answer one way or another. I do know a lot of guys double dipping.

Absolutely not. If I’m not able to go back to my previous job when this is over I’ll be doing whatever I can to get back in the cockpit somewhere. There aren’t many jobs where you can make this much money for this little work. I prefer to not work for a living.

I’ll give it a go. Obviously we are in very uncertain times right now so I’ll base my info off of before the pandemic. What are some annoying things about your job? -long days -seniority system that can more or less put you in “golden handcuffs” once you get to a certain point in a company -the shit...

I don’t really see how reaching out to someone you know/knew for info is being a kiss ass. I’ve had plenty of people I haven’t talked to in years inquire about where I work. And a significant part of what got me in the door at my current job was help from a friend of a friend.

I would bet a lot of money there won’t be a merger. Sunwing airlines is simply a shuttle bus to service their hotels. I don’t see a scenario in a downturn where a merger does anything to help the hunters. I’m still reasonably confident Swg will survive as long as the borders open up this winter, but...

How rare are degrees? I feel like anyone under 30 would have one since most people want to have a backup career There are tons of us. I wonder how many hours is a degree worth? Assuming the only difference between two guys is the paper and the hours It seems the only place in Canada that cares abou...

gtappl wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 6:47 pm How rare are degrees? I feel like anyone under 30 would have one since most people want to have a backup career

There are tons of us.

Assuming travel insurance will cover them I think they’ll travel. Most people I know young, old and everything in between are itching to travel once it’s relatively safe again. I think it will take a few years to get back to 2019 levels but there will still be enough people looking to get away to ke...

You do realize that it takes 4 years to 'go get a trade ticket'. Indeed but at the end of the day I don't know anyone in the trades that hasn't made a far better living than most pilots. Who would leave a cash cow to aviation where you have little to no job security. Most of the tradesmen I know ca...

Where is that being floated?

If you turn down that really good non flying job let me know. I’ll take it!

This again? Why wouldn't you be able to? Everything has a risk, your kid could bust his leg on the trampoline, requiring emergency services. Was jumping on the trampoline necessary? No, but it's going to happen. Why is flying for fun any different? A lot of people don’t share your opinion. You shou...

You need an ops spec approval in a commercial operators manual to operate under reduced visibility operations. Or a kind ground that will not cador you for being silly and wanting to take your toys out on a bad day . But what kind of GA airplane wants to taxi in 25 kt winds , knowing you are going ...

I’ve done plenty of flights with a GPS u/s. We were filed xxx radial until able direct xxx. There isn’t a requirement to stay on an airway. Also, I believe if you are staying in radar coverage then vectors can be used as your back up way to navigate.

Another point is an interview at a major is far from a guarantee. There are plenty of jet captains flying Boeing’s and air buses who have never been able to get an interview at big red.

Aux1 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:15 pm

ant_321 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:18 pm Once again I ran the numbers myself and ended up getting more back with my own work. I now do my own taxes.

I wonder which would stand up to an audit...

It was a matter of claiming something under me or my wife. Made a difference of a couple hundred bucks.