Aviation in this country is such a small industry that it's going to be a tough day for a lot of people. The immediacy of how quickly someone can be in your life and then just gone, no matter how distant of a colleague they were are or how long it may have been since you went to flight school or wor...

Does anyone know if you are seat locked if you get RP in PIT? Can you bid NB FO within 2 years? There's always lots of confusion about position freezes. Positions are grouped. Widebody C, Narrowbody C, WB FO, NB FO, and RP. If you bid to a lower group you are frozen for 36 months in that position, ...

In the recorded message from Mark G he mentions that the initial 8 are replacements for the older 330’s. Which is surprising since the aircraft has a lot longer range. I do know that the older 330’s has had a 20,000 hour extension which is about five years on average. The airline is looking at ASM ...

I'd assumed this is about the Germanwings pilot whose personal medical records weren't available to the regulator. I'm sure after that tragedy every Government regulator asked themselves how they can prevent that from happening in their jurisdiction. I can't speak to the ethical or legal considerati...

Same post 800 times now, despite the efforts of multiple posters. Also, i could pretty much guarantee that the starting salaries would absolutely be enough for everyone if they they were in the range of 130-150k. I bet youd have almost no complaints. Interestingly enough, that would still be a small...

I Know Felix is trolling, but this was covered when he was in diapers. Jetz provides a great product with reliable service on dedicated aircraft but its expansion into carrying US based franchises drew the ire of Delta airlines. The agreement reached limited AC to more or less "stay in its own lane"...

Sports charters can be a nice change of pace from sked flying, it's been a few years since I've looked at the mainline 320 flying so things might have changed. Most of the regular season flying is published in the pairing for line pilots to bid on. As mentioned a lot of the NHL stuff is repositionin...

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Pilot hiring for the remainder of 2025 will be mostly from Jazz. 2026 is projected to be around 200 hires. Most of the vacancies on 25-05 look to be in the 319 FO position and the company doesn't seem to be offering any of these spots to PIT classes, which makes sense as the fleet will be winding do...

- Defying Section 107. - Turning unpaid work into a national cause. - Pulling more public support than any aviation worker in history. - Building unity that’s never been stronger. And you call that “no result”? LMAO FanBlade — you’ve lost the plot. No wonder you disappeared for a while. Guess reali...

Last week: Based on your own math 25 $ wage at the average of 78 credit a month, would be a yearly salary of about 24 thousand a year... and for Present wages for a year 10 FA at AC based on your $63 and hour remark, would be about 59 thousand a year. Considering that's 10 years seniority at the lar...

There's a lot of different ways to look at this deal, and it's a failure in every way. I assume the Minister was in the room threatening fines when this deal was reached, nonetheless, CUPE had the company dead-to-rights and the resulting TA looks inferior to the pilot deal. FA's can vote no and voic...

ThePoors…. Not bad, 30 min response time. Uncommonly, with the exception of the first and last sentence, I actually agree with everything you just posted.👍 Everyone is going to have their own opinion on when ALPA had peak leverage, but can we agree that it's better to be able to vote on a contract ...

Hangry, I disagree for the reasons yycflyguy stated. I took a look though the July blocks. YUL 330 seem to be the worst, the junior reserve pilot was 16 positions from the bottom to avoid the 17-18 day blocks of YYC, BOG, and CMN layovers. A couple of the junior block holders have ART bringing them ...

Applied in Jan Interviewed in Feb Got a call in April PIT in mid May Good for you! I suspect there won't be more hiring for years. What makes you think that? There's 80 aircraft being delivered in the next 4 years with hundreds of retirements. Might be a pause for a month or two but I don't doubt t...

Ouch...looks like record profits for the airline but a record low for profit sharing after giving it away. Would have been max bonus payout based on the EBITA...how much is everyone giving up now? Getting a pay raise on concessions...yikes Don't tell other ALPA carriers about this bold strategy. Yo...

Seems that a strategy in the last bid for some NB CA (not at the bottom) to now bid WB FO at 10+ YOS. There is nothing new under the sun in that respect, since at least the A340 days NB Captains have bid to senior WB FO spots when their seniority on the larger equipment allows them to work 9-12 day...

A friend's son got into AC in June 2022 when he was 26, and came from the corporate world. He became a CA on the 320 in April 2024 at 28. Incredibly quick upgrade but what kind of QOL would this young guy have right now? Somebody has to cover reserve on weekends, fly red-eyes, layover in Edmonton, ...

I'm not sure what you're asking in your last sentence. PIT classes draw seniority numbers and bid positions in that order with a few exceptions. The positions offered are based on vacancies on the bid and training course availability. Expect to see all narrow body FO spots and RP positions offered, ...

I don't believe AC lowered their minimum requirement below 2000TT in the post pandemic hiring wave. To answer your question, nearly all of AC's hires have 705 experience and you will not likely be a competitive candidate without it even as you surpass 2000 hours. The airline has stated they plan on ...

FlatPayKing wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 5:53 pm
Overall days off would be priority

You should not upgrade to any Captain position below 20% on the list if working less than 16 days per month is your priority, 50% if you'd like a block with weekends off or 70% if you bid reserve and would like weekends off.

Reading the threads, it is clear AC pilots can't negotiate any decent new hire pay nor quality of life improvements. It sounds like a ponzi scheme where you need to put some time in and have a bunch of pilots below you before it becomes a decent gig. I would define good gig as enough money (min $20...

There is not a single FO i've talked to that does not have a resume out now. Pretty sad. I can think of at least one. I’d challenge you to sell me on going to AC right now instead of staying on the E2 at porter. My seniority is great, it’s the type of flying I want, the pay won’t be that far off fr...

There are pilots with decades at the airline working Christmas and every holiday because they chose to bid to the bottom of the list. Something to remember when you're bidding up to higher paying positions. Seniority = Quality of life. You can spend your entire career away on Christmas morning or mi...

There are 7 positions released from duty: -Chair -Vice Chair -Secretary -Treasurer -Exec Admin -Safety Comm Chair -Negots Chair I agree 90 hours is too much, however 70 of those hours are paid by the company. Some people enjoy this type of work, I couldn't think of anything worse than working from h...