Transition9er2 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:48 am
Are you in a financial position to get through your first few years if your spouse does NOT have a decent paying job.

I don't think that is possible. Your old pension becomes a LIRA and only grows if invested similar to an RRSP account.

A lot can be done about the noise. Simply attributing it to “big city” “downtown” is not satisfactory. Much has been written about the issue already. Weather people care is another. Writing people off who have a desire for positive community change shows lack of understanding. Many large and small c...

Wow

Trudeau is not coming back. As far as all the whining and moral posturing on Covid and vaccines it is pretty pathetic. If you can't see through the smoke screen then you will get whatever it is that is coming down. And yes I have had close family members pass away throughout this crisis and had to ...

Exposing 4.5million people to go to a loud air show in an already obnoxiously loud city is not nothing.
Most developed counties have identified noise as a huge detriment to quality of life of their communities.

Noise isn’t simply an irritation or an interruption to peaceful moments. Loud sounds stress the body and can lead to a host of serious health problems, like high blood pressure, heart attacks, and strokes. Research shows that noise pollution in the U.S. is more severe in communities with lower socio...

If you consider 2.5-3.5 years fast. Most people would say so, considering it's at a major airline. Captain status pay begins at "Activation Date", which is set at 9 months after the Bid Award of position. Training usually begins 9mo-12mo after award, but sometimes less, sometimes more depending on w...

altiplano & laserstrike.. chill out..maybe have a cry.. everything will work out.

This is a tight margin business. I'm quite surprised the airline can afford this whole situation dragging on and on.

My suspicion is that the writing is already on the wall for this type to leave AC sooner rather than later.

Yeah that's the problem I'm coming up against. The annoying thing is that I certainly can afford the repayments, I'm paying more now in rent, it's just that to qualify they use a much higher rate than you actually get once you have the mortgage. Thanks for the info though. If you think simply compa...

Wed Mar 13, 2019 1305 EST - Canada Bans Boeing 737 Max Flights, Citing New Satellite Data

Thats a lot of grounded narrow bodies for AC now.

pianokeys wrote: ↑Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:58 am
Worried you may have to fly the MAX? Me too. Bid to the C Series, that fixes all, and you still get a tray table.

LOL... "C Series, that fixes all" ... I doubt that.

2017 shows $75k.
25% year 1, 75% year 2 on flat pay on narrow body.
Flew a bit of overtime every other month. Could have easily done another 10k.
Sorted out pension in fall 2017 contract agreement was a huge relief for the long term.

Awesome awesome job, simply put.

Shell games and ricky business. Building a business plan on the supposed idea that customers are being unnecessarily gouged is arguable at best, considering some of the highest load factors the various Canadian airlines have ever seen. This has to be one of the weakest business ventures that has com...

Where are the layovers for the various RP positions (777/787/767) based out of the various bases? Any other info would be appreciated.

Does anyone know about the dates & class size (this is a long-shot.. types of vacancies) of the upcoming ground schools at AC?

By the looks of it so far, this thing has 1 in 10 chance of ratification.

If that were true, there'd be no chance of ratification by over 1400 pilots. Mostly because there's be no future for the remaining 900 pilots unaffected by the Migration Agreement. Furthermore, current pay scales would just remain the same and the same problem to AC & Jazz would exist in 4-5 years.

I think the above post accurately summarizes things unfolding in the near future.
Beyond that, I wouldn't expect any real information for at least another week and a half. APLA does things a little differently than ACPA.

No no no no no no no..

Jazz has cut it's dividend in half so it can save up and buy AC... which has bought AT.

Duhhh

Given the pay, working conditions and buy in, I think they'll still have no trouble finding willing volunteers. Very simply because there are a lot of worse jobs that pay the same or worse. People find all sorts of creative ways to live on 20K in Canada. Especially when they have zero student loan d...

Still no mainline WJ posting, just Encore.

Shall we assume it'll only be flow through from now on?

Still no pilot posting. Here's to patiently waiting.

Will the wait be all summer?

Ah. The future of the middle class is looking so bright. Hot dogs for everyone.

Nice short video of the touchdown on youtube here..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb9vcpbSX0k

Well done crew!