They don't have a spare crew to send out to Halifax to pick up the plane. You'd think the lessor could at least use the East Coast crews to ferry the airplane back to Alberta.

Wow, Thanks, Robby. I'm going off to sulk miserably now. Chill man, I enjoyed it, thought it was quite funny! I especially would've liked to show it to that flight instructor dude I got into a pissing match here about a week or two ago whose name I can't remember. He'll figure it out one of these d...

ehbuddy wrote:So has it been confirmed they have ceased operations or does the evidence indicate that they may have?

Not sure if it has been confirmed, but they certainly aren't flying out of YHZ. Curious if any East Coast Air pilots can clarify this.

The last post seemed more positive. Give the public good service and do lots of advertising. Keep the boys and girls employed. Things looking tough for the boys. They haven't been flying at all in the last week. Hopefully they can pull it out. While I'd like to see "the boys" employed, I think they...

Doin' Good wrote:For the pilots that have been called for the January GS, does anyone know when they interviewed?
Any PFO's yet?

A couple mates of mine just interviewed and one was hired.

Even if you are successful, it takes a LLLOOONNNGGG time for them to get back to you. Sometimes 2-3 months.

I remember their operation quite well. I was dating a well off lady and living in Toronto, and one of our dates, we did the helo tour of Niagara Falls. $pectacular experience. The guys flying the helos were quite nice, this was before I got into aviation and one gave me an excellent briefing on the ...

I don't think there are many countries in the world that do snow removal and deicing at airports better than we do here in Canada. Funny thing, about two weeks ago, I was talking to a lady who works on the accounting side of my job. She was telling me what we spent on deice fluid last year, and how ...

Do you have a deathwish? Flying old USSR equipment anywhere is dangerous. There's a reason why Aeroflot flies Boeings and Airbuses!

Here is another East Coast Air article, this one on the CBC website: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/11/30/pei-east-coast-airways-launch-584.html#socialcomments It is worth reading especially because of the comments attached to it. Here is just one of them, posted yesterday at 9:58 P...

So how was Day 1?? I don't know if they are operating yet. I passed through YHZ last week and did not notice any East Coast Air presence, airplanes, ground equipment, or even ticket counters. But I found this article online in the CB Post: http://www.capebretonpost.com/Business/2010-11-30/article-2...

ehbuddy wrote:Thanks for that info. I thought they started 2 days ago.

The delays do not instill confidence in the consumer.

No problem.

I think this guy says it best, regarding East Coast Airlines:

~Hollywood~ wrote:

It's like a bad car accident, I want to stop staring but just can't

Is this hiring for the company affiliated with Cargojet/Prince Edward Air?

Soooo...........how have the initial loads been thus far? Not very good. But that is because they haven't been flying (see article, pasted below) My advice to all East Coast Airlines job seekers is to hold off until the company gets certified and gets an operational track record. Give them 4-6 mont...

I thought this thread was total flame bait.

These are the two comments from the CB Post article. Couldn't say it any better than that:

Bruce

…..and the dog ate my homework.


not a hovercraft

now CTV reports all he said last night is a lie. I hope noone local ante’d up money to this guy. Wow does this stink more every day
Nov 2/2010

No matter how good your game plan is if you cannot execute the plays then the team loses. With the Christmas rush just around the corner I would bet most people will book on an established carrier. This will indeed have a big impact on expected revenues of this Upstart. The sad part is.........old ...

High Flyin wrote:Average government employee works 70,560hrs in 35 years....

How many duty hours did he put in to log those 42,000 hours? I'd suspect you could almost double it.

Sorry to hear that. Good luck to all involved. Hang in there - TOGETHER!

All's been pretty quiet on CanJet hiring news. I'm assuming they're bringing in Germans again for the winter season (and unfortunately not hiring any Canadians). Any intel? jtf Heard from an FA that they weren't going to be going with TUI and the Germans again, but that they would be taking in pilo...