I'm going swim against the current here, I think this vote is an easy yes and I've been 50/50 over the years. The pandemic has been devastating to the industry and Canadian carriers are faced dealing with zero government assistance and some of the most restrictive passenger movement regulations. The...

Agreed, and I'd think most Canadians would agree that our Provincial Governments under all banners have worked diligently up to this point to coordinate with the multiple Heath and School districts to reopen schools across the country. The plans haven't and won't be perfect and they will no doubt be...

Thanks, I should have pulled the charts out before posting.

Alrighty, makes sense. So in the case of an airport where an FSS has an RCO (In this case a London FISE). I should contact the FISE for an advisory service, and then switch over to the MF frequency for traffic reporting? Edit: Ah wait. Im getting it now. The FISE is just enroute info. So I could ma...

Reap what ye sow :rolleyes: Lisa Rait, Jon Baird, TFWs, draconian duty days. Nope. I don’t miss him one bit. I agree the last Conservative Government seemed to run out of good ideas, but all I hear from the Liberals these days are bad ones. At this point I'd prefer a serious and accountable group o...

'97 Tercel wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:28 pm I always wanted to start a new page

Page 7 is tabloids and gossip right?

Looks like the deadline has been moved back to Dec 11th.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tran ... SKBN25S53S

Doesn't look like there will be any extra positions added to the bid coming up. The airline has stated they plan on restarting some rouge airbus operations this fall. The last bid didn't have any rouge airbus positions but there are still a large number of pilot qualified as the retraining over the...

Don't have a horse in this race but I want to pass along my best wishes to those facing a layoff. I'm sure empty platitudes from anonymous posters don't mean much when you're faced with such disappointment and difficult economic circumstances but I think everyone here is hoping this nightmare ends s...

All of us have taken cuts, but we've also been working less, most of us much, much less. If the Union Reps are working 110% of their pre-covid duties you could make the argument that they don't deserve to take a cut. That said, this fails the taste test as it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. At the...

Wouldn't the passengers arriving from international destinations be required to self isolate for two weeks on arrival regardless? Health officials in Montreal are so concerned about the spread of COVID19 that they're recommending that anyone who has been to a bar since July 1st get tested..but not i...

Alkaseltzer, Looking at the long list of friends and colleagues who are listed as surplus and furloughed is difficult even for those fortunate to have enough seniority to still be able to bid. I've talked with several pilots who are awaiting their 'call' over the past 2 months. It's a tough position...

The MAX8 burns the same fuel (2200 kg/hr) as an A319 which AC has configured with 48 fewer seats (120 vs 168). The A220 and 190 are both around 1800, (from what I'm told) as few AC pilots have ventured above FL290.

Clearly Avcanada has its finger on the pulse, this is from todays Washington Post. Mind you, I'm sure Jeff Bezos (who owns the Post) wouldn't mind this epidemic never ending. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/a-lower-covid-19-death-rate-is-nothing-to-celebrate/2020/07/07/ff89ffca-c045-11ea-890...

What happens to scheduling/staffing for October after the MOA expires? Sure doesn’t look like capacity recovery is happening for Q3/Q4, particularly US trans border and overseas. The airline continues to loose money in Q3/Q4. The airline is training to meet their projected flying for next summer. I...

Okay, so a few doctors are skeptical, but clearly the vast majority are not. It just takes a few more full or overflowing ICU situations to wake everybody up about the seriousness again. Again, it’s not about the mortality rate. It’s actually about how many sick people the hospitals can handle at o...

From the article:

close to 50 students and more than 30 staff tested positive for COVID-19

Not exactly no issues. Interesting article, it would be good to hear from what public health officials have to say about the results thus far and how the reopening of boarders across Europe goes.

Glad to see the DND add these aircraft. Compared to our peers, Canada has a small fleet of VIP transport due to the wash-rinse-repeat cycle of their utilization being used to grandstand by the opposition party. "XXXX party is out of touch with the values of hardworking Canadians look how much they'v...

BTD wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 5:51 pm In theory, what has been published plans out to summer 2022. If that holds, there shouldn’t be anymore. But we are in strange times.

The bid showed 795 surplus pilots so there could be more furloughs after September.

LOU 83, however, having had to look it up I see its not going to offer any protection because one of the clauses voiding its protection are blocks under 57 hours...and it ended in 2017. Sorry if I got your hopes up.