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by Gear Jerker
Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: window blows out on alaska airlines / emergency landing
Replies: 25
Views: 6973

Re: window blows out on alaska airlines / emergency landing

I’ve been doing some reading that BA’s focus on meeting DEI targets, to the exclusion of proper management hiring and oversight is the cause of some of their problems. I believe it. No different than at Harvard except Harvard’s disgrace isn’t likely to kill anyone. Its infected the FAA. Today, the ...
by Gear Jerker
Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: window blows out on alaska airlines / emergency landing
Replies: 25
Views: 6973

Re: window blows out on alaska airlines / emergency landing

RIP to this brave soul's pension. Copy and pasted from: https://leehamnews.com/2024/01/15/unplanned-removal-installation-inspection-procedure-at-boeing/#comment-509962 ^ poster name: throwawayboeingN704AL " Current Boeing employee here – I will save you waiting two years for the NTSB report to come ...
by Gear Jerker
Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:31 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Next Ground School?
Replies: 22
Views: 4366

Re: Next Ground School?

With no airline experience and no maximum hours on the job posting I thought applying would be appropriate. I’m not understanding the “Something doesn’t add up”. I think the implication is, the something that doesn’t add up is, what’s wrong with your application? With that kind of time you can find...
by Gear Jerker
Sat Sep 23, 2023 1:41 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Airline Demand.
Replies: 29
Views: 3135

Re: Airline Demand.

Interesting time for sure. I can echo what others have said about flights being fuller than I can remember going into the shoulder season; not to mention how busy the entire summer was. Pent up demand? Continuation of previous growth estimates inline with population and economic growth? Combination ...
by Gear Jerker
Fri Aug 18, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Comox WestJet + RCAF
Replies: 27
Views: 4258

Re: Comox WestJet + RCAF

All unconfirmed rumour mill: - taxi package came out after the incident. - crew queried ground multiple times prior to taxiing that route - a military wing walker was in place Questions about vantage point from flight deck to wingtip: You can see the wingtips, but depth perception can be difficult i...
by Gear Jerker
Tue Mar 07, 2023 12:42 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Be Ready
Replies: 198
Views: 27650

Re: Be Ready

In the same call: - Proudly promoted the MAX order as the largest in Canada; a growth story. - Discussed increases in executive compensation plainly, observing that there is market competition for talent that must be factored in. - States that they'd rather fly less planes than pay pilots more (mark...
by Gear Jerker
Tue Mar 07, 2023 8:35 am
Forum: WestJet
Topic: Smaller Westjet vs Pay Pilots
Replies: 95
Views: 21771

Re: Smaller Westjet vs Pay Pilots

Westjet pilots will fold like every other time, they'll go to arbitration and lose what they've achieved. Canadian pilots are scared, we are not the Americans, we are just nice Canadians. There'll be no strike, and the company is piling up money for the lockout. How long they'll be on lockout depen...
by Gear Jerker
Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Global Warming ?
Replies: 21
Views: 3217

Re: Global Warming ?

I always find that argument perplexing. Humans are part of nature not outside of it so by definition anything we do is a natural process, one wouldn't say a beaver building a dam to alter its environment is unnatural so why when humans do it, is it unnatural? I suspect it is just our species arroga...
by Gear Jerker
Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:23 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Lynx
Replies: 18
Views: 6783

Re: Lynx

Yikes. My guess is that none of the ULCC's in Canada (Lynx, Swoop, Flair, Jetlines) have had a profitable quarter. If that's the case, there's a competition of who has the lowest cash burn rate/who can stay solvent for the longest, before consolidation occurs and they can increase prices without sig...
by Gear Jerker
Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Bluetooth/noise cancelling headset
Replies: 1
Views: 448

Bluetooth/noise cancelling headset

Hey everyone, Just going to be lazy and ask for help from the collective knowledge out there: My current setup is the QC25 and uflymike. Works fine, getting a little tired/in need of refurbishment. I'd like to upgrade to the QC35 or 45 so I can use it for deadheading without wires and with a recharg...
by Gear Jerker
Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Global Warming ?
Replies: 21
Views: 3217

Re: Global Warming ?

What humans have done, and will continue to do, is interrupt the natural processes by rapidly dumping carbon in the atmosphere, which causes the planet to warm. I always find that argument perplexing. Humans are part of nature not outside of it so by definition anything we do is a natural process, ...
by Gear Jerker
Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:20 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Global Warming ?
Replies: 21
Views: 3217

Re: Global Warming ?

As a "for instance", thermohaline circulation (think of jetstreams in the oceans; rivers of relatively high temperature, high salinity water which flow from the equator to the poles, then cool, sink, and flow back to the equator) is a significant driver of regional climates, as it is a large global ...
by Gear Jerker
Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:23 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: How long to get YYC base
Replies: 50
Views: 9260

Re: How long to get YYC base

To be very clear, we don't know all details of the company's plans yet, nor do we know if they will succeed in execution. ^ Disclaimer out of the way now... IF the Max purchase is for expansion and not replacement, and IF the Sunwing merger increases business and there's a fair settlement in terms o...
by Gear Jerker
Mon Oct 31, 2022 6:12 pm
Forum: WestJet Encore
Topic: Attendance Police
Replies: 3
Views: 2123

Re: Attendance Police

Yikes. Are people actually calling in sick more? Or is the effect of people calling in sick just bigger due to staffing issues? My educated guess is that it's both. As the give a f*** factor (the group towards the company, and the company towards the group) goes down, bookoffs go up, and as they ar...
by Gear Jerker
Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: WestJet
Topic: WestJet New Direction
Replies: 35
Views: 12037

Re: WestJet New Direction

I'm not as pessimistic, but definitely watching closely. It's true that the company has been beating the cost reduction drum pretty hard lately, but I'm not aware of them saying they're actually trying to compete with Flair (100% off base fare, for instance) on the WJ side, and if I'm not mistaken S...
by Gear Jerker
Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:55 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: China Eastern 737 down
Replies: 61
Views: 15684

Re: China Eastern 737 down

I've seen a few posts on PPrune that suggest there are always 3 pilots in the flight deck of Chinese majors; can anybody confirm or deny this? If so, the Silkair/Germanwings cause strikes me as more unlikely.

Fingers crossed for good news about CVR/FDR memory soon.
by Gear Jerker
Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:38 pm
Forum: WestJet Encore
Topic: Encore interview request
Replies: 194
Views: 49777

Re: Encore interview request

To clarify some of the comments about flow: Prior to Covid, hundreds of Pilots flowed from Encore to WestJet, and that is very much the stated plan going forward. All pilots on the WPSL will be recalled by this summer, meaning that any additional pilots needed will come from a combination of flow an...
by Gear Jerker
Tue Nov 16, 2021 3:45 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Encore Hiring 250 hrs
Replies: 84
Views: 26927

Re: Encore Hiring 250 hrs

Big ups to Dave P, for being here year after year to give his real world, down to earth replies about WJ. We all respect him, but for me, a 705 airline actively recruiting 250 hour pilots is a move with one purpose and one purpose only. To keep wages and working conditions low. The more competitive...
by Gear Jerker
Sun May 23, 2021 6:01 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Will the shortage return?
Replies: 30
Views: 6065

Re: Will the shortage return?

Has there been a fundamental change in travel demand? My crystal ball, which is informed by a variety of analyst reports and forecasts, suggests that certain markets will recover rapidly to pre pandemic levels once restrictions are lifted and government rhetoric changes - for instance, North America...
by Gear Jerker
Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:47 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: WestJet cancels orders for 15 Boeing 737 Max planes as industry struggles, southwest about to order 100 plus.
Replies: 7
Views: 2128

Re: WestJet cancels orders for 15 Boeing 737 Max planes as industry struggles, southwest about to order 100 plus.

Hey guys, I'll just jump in and say this: I agree with the overall sentiment that the federal government has not only failed to support the aviation sector, but in a way which is distinct from the rest of the G7. No capital assistance to a distressed sector which is an important component of the nat...

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