safetyfirst123 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2026 7:19 am to me it looks like Westjet is overstaffed in the summer and understaffed in the winter. Interesting.

Ya, who could have imagined...

It will be YUL due to lack of connections to any other point in our network. It’s too hard to get extra crew there if they need more resources. Agreed. There are less than 10 daily flights out of YUL, and only 4 domestic flights (2 to YYC and 2 to YYZ). YUL is a small base too. If we were to close ...

It will be YUL due to lack of connections to any other point in our network. It’s too hard to get extra crew there if they need more resources. Agreed. There are less than 10 daily flights out of YUL, and only 4 domestic flights (2 to YYC and 2 to YYZ). YUL is a small base too. If we were to close ...

It's high time now. We need Upgrade. We need Upgrade. I’d be less concerned with the AR pilots getting out of your way, really that’s what this posts amounts too, but maybe be more concerned with downgrades and potential layoffs coming all of our way! I’m curious, if it’s in fact true that the AR p...

I guess DEC are SOL then. Being hired for a position then being demoted so someone else takes your position wouldn’t hold water in many industries, but this is aviation and this is ALPA. The position they were hired to doesn't exist anymore. Those senior pilots aren't taking "their" position. SECTI...

Collective Agreements are public record. You can't purport to make a side deal and expect enforcement. You will lose. https://negotech.service.canada.ca/eng/agreements/15/1533202a.pdf 15-10.05. In the event of a bid where a PSB has both additional Vacancies and a requirement for Position reductions...

At Encore, the job postings read “direct entry Captain” for these positions, which means applicants applied for a specific position of captain, it doesn’t get decided after hiring. I’m sure most DEC at Encore wouldn’t have applied to the job if it wasn’t direct entry. I don’t know how things work at...

If he was hired as DEC, he’s already out of seniority by design. Not sure how he could be downgraded since he didn’t get hired as a FO as the first place.

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...

Maybe have a look at that Westjet operation, if you want to talk about competence. How's that reduction bid looking now? Why was the operation "right sized" in the first place? How about the "we are overstaffed since the merger" crap that some still believe? Pilots will bitch about this or that, bu...

It would have been interesting to see Westjet's winter program this year without the Sunwing flying. Another point is that Westjet loves to claim that they were the only major airline not to get government loans during COVID. That is true, but they were negotiating for loans during that time, so it...

Sunwing airlines was never intended to make money. It was all about costing the vacation company less money. In the best of times it never made a cent. It was ran as an expense. Think hotel shuttle bus. It would be pretty easy to prove your hotel shuttle bus isn’t making any money. That doesn’t mea...

I’m curious, what evidence was presented to convince an arbitrator if the above numbers are accurate? Where did you get those numbers, actual financial reports? Sunwing airlines was never intended to make money. It was all about costing the vacation company less money. In the best of times it never...

Still people are tired of the bitching... especially from an airline that was about to go bankrupt. Also, the grass ain't greener elsewhere. That's just the reality of Canadian Aviation. I guess you need more year round experience in Canada to see how much the whole industry is behind here (rum and...

MaxAuto wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 3:40 pm WestJet is directionless.

Oh, it has a direction. Because employees in general, and pilots in particular, don’t like that direction, doesn’t make WestJet directionless

Canadianpilot2024 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 24, 2025 10:25 am What is the lastest with the last job posting at WJ?

Are they still calling people? Or has the plan changed with the +65 rule you guys have at WJ?

No good news from today’s pilot call, no hiring is forecasted for 2026.

Last estimate for 2026 is 56 OTS and 50 Encore
From the last pilot call

The 1000hrs on WJ aircraft requirement has been in place for a number of years. Ask any encore pilot who stayed at encore for a lengthy period of time and then came to WJ and tried to upgrade before they met the same requirement. That being said, I'm not sure why it is in place for SWG FOs who are ...

When a wj first officer upgrades after x years of service he goes directly to x years on the capt payscale. Swg capt are put on the captain payscale according to the number of years as a captain. So a wj fo upgrading today after 10 years of company will be on the 10 year capt payscale. A Swg captai...

Battered pilot syndrome. Don’t forget your blue gloves on your next pairing :lol: :lol: :lol: Yeah dude, every major airline is doing it wrong. Classic coolaid w/ #1 blue dye I’m not sure what the grooming policy is these days, I haven’t groomed a plane in years. I don’t know why you are grooming p...

How many major airlines in the USA and Europe have socialized bidding ? Seniority bidding allows crews to decide if they want the lifestyle or the upgrade which is a win/win. And yes don’t forget to groom the plane on your commute flight home like a good little goyim. You seem very bitter and resen...

This my opinion. If you are 35 or younger, you are probably better off going to WestJet. Even if you end up waiting 10 years for an upgrade, you still have potentially 20 years left in that left seat. And remember, if you upgrade at year 10, you go straight to year 10 captain scale. And while you w...

A reduction bid or a full rebid are the only ways to get everybody back on seniority order. Without that bid, some Captains from Sunwing would be out of seniority. A rebid was expected on the 1 year anniversary of the arbitration, it doesn’t come as a surprise. SWG workforce was heavily based East, ...

MaxAuto wrote: ↑Sat Jun 07, 2025 8:11 am

Zanzibar wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 11:08 pm I haven’t heard any 400 new hire talk

Apparently that's what was told to current transition class.

Going from 60 in 2024, 0 in 2025, to suddenly 400 in 2026 sounds optimistic.

Everyone is hiring. Porter is running classes now, AC is running classes now, Encore has planes parked due to lack of crews Westjet is running transition classes from Sunwing but that will only be for 3 more months. Rumour mill has been printing that WestJet will not be hiring for the rest of the y...