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- Sat May 30, 2020 10:38 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Will Westjet survive?
- Replies: 163
- Views: 72776
Re: Will Westjet survive?
Incorrect information Tailgunner. Current list of Companies which appears to be well diversified. Onex Corp is a Canada-based private equity company. Its segments include Electronics Manufacturing Services, including Celestica Inc. that provides electronics manufacturing services; Healthcare Imagin...
- Sat May 30, 2020 6:13 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Will Westjet survive?
- Replies: 163
- Views: 72776
Re: Will Westjet survive?
Brooks, Thirdly, WJ is a piece of ONEX’s portfolio. ONEX has other companies that are under the COVID squeeze. How’s the admissions at the movies, or the production companies? Spirit manufacturing has been hurting since the MAX fiasco.The aircraft leasing company is facing hard times for sure, as l...
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:25 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: WestJet takes out runway edge light on landing YYZ
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2416
Re: WestJet takes out runway edge light on landing YYZ
Not for doing the damage but failing to report it.Cliff Jumper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 4:44 amWhy stop there? Their spouse and children should be lynched as well.
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:48 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: WestJet takes out runway edge light on landing YYZ
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2416
WestJet takes out runway edge light on landing YYZ
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cedd5a0&opt=0 “A Westjet Boeing 737-800, registration C-FWSE performing flight WS-1229 from Orlando,FL (USA) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 165 passengers and 6 crew, landed on Toronto's runway 24R at 16:25L (20:25Z) when the aircraft drifted significantly to the left of ...
- Thu May 16, 2019 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
- Replies: 294
- Views: 53445
Re: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
It all started with an Unreliable Airspeed (which includes the false warning) then, once the flaps were up and in manual flight, the Stab Trim Runaway. Two emergencies, both with recognized procedures. The additional flying skills that would have helped would have been: autothrottle - off set 10 de...
- Thu May 16, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
- Replies: 294
- Views: 53445
Re: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
As part of the attempted recovery, did the pilots disengage the auto thrust and reduce the thrust to idle? Looking at the FDR, this likely would have killed them sooner. Reducing thrust would have lowered the airspeed. With the higher airspeed the more lift the wings create to offset the negative l...
Re: One list
They have a very fair point in rejecting the one list based on improper reduction language. Is it at all considered that the WJ pilots were the ones that favored in the first version of one list? Believe me when I tell you that WJ pilots did not do this as a slap in your face. Something serious was...
- Wed May 15, 2019 10:23 am
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Are things now better for WJ pilots?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4261
Re: Are things now better for WJ pilots?
I can sympathize with the desire for language with regards to backward mobility in the event of layoffs. However, now that the one list is no more, what exactly has that accomplished besides a deep divide among pilot groups? They voted no because they wanted backward mobility, which I understood th...
- Tue May 14, 2019 8:00 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WestJet to be sold in friendly deal to Onex Corp. for $5 billion
- Replies: 130
- Views: 29813
Re: WestJet to be sold in friendly deal to Onex Corp. for $5 billion
Some people are getting confused with the idea that a PE firm still needs to create value. They don’t. As they are the only shareholder, creating shareholder value is moot. The only variable is how to turn 5 billion from their purchase of WJ into 10 billion. There are lots of ways to do that and one...
- Mon May 13, 2019 12:24 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WestJet to be sold in friendly deal to Onex Corp. for $5 billion
- Replies: 130
- Views: 29813
Re: WestJet to be Acquired by Onex
imo Onex is unlikely to be selling much in the short term. I believe there is great opportunity for growth particularly in certain areas of the business. Their involvement in leasing aircraft will make aircraft acquisition easier for the group. Paying such big premium on the shares shows Onex belie...
- Mon May 13, 2019 11:52 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WestJet to be sold in friendly deal to Onex Corp. for $5 billion
- Replies: 130
- Views: 29813
Re: WestJet to be Acquired by Onex
It also makes no sense to sell parts of themselves to create more competition and problem for themselves down the road. Just because Air Canada did it, doesn't mean that "investment bankers" do too! WestJet is worth a lot more as a group than individual parts. Certain sell offs don’t create competi...
- Mon May 13, 2019 11:40 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WestJet to be sold in friendly deal to Onex Corp. for $5 billion
- Replies: 130
- Views: 29813
Re: WestJet to be Acquired by Onex
You gave yourself the support you were looking for. I said stripping, you said reorganizing. Same thing, just one of them is a management buzz word. But if you really want to do the research just look at the companies they bought and fixed up, they "reorganized" them as you would say, or as I would...
- Wed May 01, 2019 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
- Replies: 294
- Views: 53445
Re: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
I agree that there were lots of bells and whistles as there often are when something malfunctions...engine fire with lights flashing, horns blaring, confusion, startle factor, etc. But one has to fight through all of that and focus on the problem. That's why simulators are so good at practising tha...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:36 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
- Replies: 294
- Views: 53445
Re: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
I’m agree there are many things they could have done. I just disagree with the assessment that those responses are ‘basic flying skills’. And even your treating it like 2 simple emergencies, well that’s a total understatement because the preliminary report shows there was a lot more going on in the ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:36 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
- Replies: 294
- Views: 53445
Re: Boeing Systemic Problems Continue
Boeing's big mistake was assuming that professional, B737 type rated pilots could handle an MCAS runaway, which is identical in characteristics to the stab trim runaway that has been part of the B737 for the past 50 years. Boeing, every other aircraft manufacturer, every airline, every CAA and ever...
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: English Vs French on the Radio.
- Replies: 90
- Views: 14384
Re: English Vs French on the Radio.
Fortunately, Aviation is a very safe industry and just because there isn’t a causal relationship yet, doesn’t mean there won’t be in the future. The real question is, does understanding the language of other radio transmissions make aviation safer. The answer is obviously true. The near miss in Prov...
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:55 pm
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Encore contract negotiations
- Replies: 75
- Views: 21991
Re: Encore contract negotiations
The best path forward is having one door into WJ group and that is Encore FO after that, let people build their own path through Encore, Swoop, and WJ. Which would then be a true job market competitor with AC. And by that I mean that you can fly long haul, trans border, trans Atlantic or even regio...
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 5:50 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Record revenues vs 4 year flat pay
- Replies: 84
- Views: 23299
Re: Record revenues vs 4 year flat pay
Sooooo.....what did you say the starting pay was again? Hmmm and guys are flying the 777 on that flat pay eh? Tell me more. https://www.thestar.com/business/2019/04/12/air-canada-ceos-compensation-jumps-28-to-115-million-after-record-revenues.html :roll: :rolleyes: *Updated title to the more poigna...
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 5:39 pm
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Encore contract negotiations
- Replies: 75
- Views: 21991
Re: Encore contract negotiations
Encore One List without YOS is going to be the recipe for complete disaster in a couple of years. So I guess you’ll get to see the Air Ontario movie again. It makes it difficult for WJ to attract qualified candidates who sit at the bottom of the Encore mountain of seniority numbers. It doesn’t offer...
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: WestJet Encore
- Topic: Encore contract negotiations
- Replies: 75
- Views: 21991
Re: Encore contract negotiations
I think those comments are very emotional and honestly worth editing. Swoop and WestJet are one bargaining unit, Encore is not, simple. In time when wide body program is established opening new markets, Swoop is established guarding the back door, things may look very differently... There are lots ...