We hear lots about the failures, political intervention, skewed requirements, and so so forth. I'm actually just happy to see anything actually get ordered and delivered. The C-27 to me seems like more of a 'mini-Herc' in the sense that it maybe more of a tactical airlift design than a SAR aircraft....

Remaining separate isn't possible. Merging the companies, employee groups and negotiating Collective Agreements wont happen overnight. There are a wide range of opinions on both APLA and ACPA, and say what you will about the ACPA collective agreement, Article 1, Scope is clear and simple. I'm not go...

June, July and August are the high water marks for the airline, the objective is to have all hands on deck for the peak season. Accordingly conversion courses are planned to be completed prior to the summer. With all the pilots on the property flying the line there is more simulator space available ...

When rouge was created in 2010-2011 pay tables for the 767 were cut and pasted from Transat and the A319’s from WestJet. Air Canada was loosing money and market share. In the past 8-9 year both pilot groups have made small improvements in their contracts. I know this is the internet, but for a secon...

A deal has been reached pending Transat Shareholder and Regulator approval.

https://aircanada.mediaroom.com/2019-06 ... -Companies

The objective of any training, initial upgrade or otherwise, would be to have a pilot re-enter the line flying with the right amount of confidence to safely operate day to day while being equipped with the proper toolbox to handle anything out of the norm. Transitioning from right-seat to left-seat ...

The failure rate is no where near 80%. You don't fail your upgrade if your Command Simulator sessions aren't successful, you continue line indoc and attempt the command simulator sessions again after additional training. A candidates entire upgrade performance is an evaluation through the simulator,...

Problem is AC needs to renew its NB fleet, Volkswagon was forced to buyback its defective TDI cars, but owners were easily able to go pick up new cars. At a minimum Air Canada is stuck with its current 24 737-8's for the foreseeable future. Airbus and Boeing have a comfortable duopoly in the market ...

Because he will go from an awesome schedule to a shitty one, again it may be hard to see because it’s not the same goals in life but some people are ok making less money for a good schedule. I think this is a good discussion to have between two groups that are potentially merging within the next fe...

What age are Transat's 330s? All over the map. Some less than 5 years old, some really old ones. Not to mention the Azores bird is still in the fleet. Just imagine! All you AC folks could have the opportunity to fly a piece of history! 😬😉 If they play their cards right there will be a few pilots wh...

Question. I just took a look at Rouge’s 767 fleet. A couple are 16 and 19 years old, the rest are between 23 and 29 years old. So the babies in the fleet likely have upwards of 80,000 hours, the others 120,000 hours plus. They cannot be sustained for more than a few more years. Air Transat’s 310s a...

nd The AC/Cdn merger left everyone with a bad taste in their mouth because it was the forced marriage of two failing businesses that watched their combined market share dwindle. It's noteworthy that no pilots who lived through it have commented here, they've moved on, it was nearly two decades ago. ...

Wow that escalated quickly! I’m excited about the AC purchase, I believe it has a lot of potential. Rouge has helped AC become competitive on a cost basis with TS and made this acquisition possible. The missing element has been what Transat brings to the table; the tour company, relationships with h...

I agree with Rudder, Westjet is a bargain at $5B. It's share price has been undervalued due to instability and with foreign ownership limits increasing to 49% there is lots of potential to unlock value. I believe that WJ has more value as a whole than the sum of its parts, do you think there is bill...

With a Market Cap of 2.1B Westjet was under valued, seems like a smart purchase. Congrats to everyone holding shares. I'm sure there will be many more questions than answers but I'm curious to see how this affects the airlines long term plans (ie Swoop and International expansion). Westjet has alway...

Okay so GGN finally flowing to mainline... Do you know if GS will continue during summer or like Jazz they’ll resume in September ? Ground schools are planned to run though the summer. The only ***asterix I would include with respect the the GGN pilots is that they were part of a short lived flow t...

Interesting potential routes. Which of those is the union stopping the airline from operating? Maintaining ETOPs qualifications on a relatively large fleet of aircraft that primarily does domestic operations is difficult. Ordering an entire fleet of ETOP capable aircraft when only a few are required...

Air Canada doesn't need to attract the 'most' qualified pilots to be honest, airlines have no interest in raising pay to poach each others Captains. AC isn't recruiting DEC's. Pilots hired in late 2016/early 2017 may go down as the most fortunate group in Canadian aviation history, but even they wil...

Just for a second take a moment to consider that L39Guy might actually be a 787 Captain (and Engineer, who owns his own firm and who flies his own L39 for fun) who wanted to share his observations from his life time of experience in the Canadian aviation industry. Even though I don't know L39guy per...

<Rant on> I refuse to accept the present pay conditions at AC or any company that pegs it's dollar to theirs, which is why I've stuck to my holding pattern where my pay has always continued to increase. I have NEVER taken a paycut for metal. I just think it's funny and ironic the compensation durin...

Thanks for starting this thread, I've enjoyed reading it, hopefully you can share some pictures and stories from your experience. The puppy-mill I attended for flight training wouldn't rent out their aircraft for days/weeks to facilitate these types of trips. Some of the best trips of my flying care...

What a obscenely antiquated airplane to still be rolling off the production line. Eric, I know you're familiar with both Airbus and Boeing products. However, for anyone who wonders about the differences between the two. The same scenarios in an Airbus identified as follows: Master Warning & Upper EC...

Disclosure: I'm a card carrying anti-tax, pro-pipeline conservative. I think this plan has merit. As far as the how 'green' are electric vehicles? These aircraft would be charged by BC's hydro-electic dams, they are the automatically the cleanest powered aircraft ever. They are powered by precipitat...

Raymond Hall, that was one of the better interviews I've heard about the Boeing 737 MAX, or as the host tweeted Boeing 737 Super Max. I don't agree with feeding the media frenzy. Boeing is in the business of selling airplanes, that isn't some conspiracy, neither is industry working with regulators t...

If you're going to be speaking as an expert witness about an aircraft you have no expertise on you should probably know the name of said aircraft.

Boeing 737 MAX 8, not 800 Max.