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- Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Most important Ruling in Canadian aviation history:
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8807
Re: Most important Ruling in Canadian aviation history:
All you whining broken records who keep spouting off about this subject are in serious need of a reality check. Pilots WORLWIDE are now working to 65. Why should Canada or the ‘Chosen Ones’ at AC be any different? Ask any Lufthansa, British Airways or American Airlines pilot how this has changed the...
- Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:23 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: The hiring engine is getting fired up!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8963
Re: The hiring engine is getting fired up!
Good news for all those back home in Canada. I am sure WJ will continue hiring as well.
Over here in Europe there are large rumblings of recruitment all around. British Airways is advertising for pilots as of Oct 1st.
Movement again!!!
Over here in Europe there are large rumblings of recruitment all around. British Airways is advertising for pilots as of Oct 1st.
Movement again!!!
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:58 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: AC Staffing Comparisons
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1994
Re: AC Staffing Comparisons
Let’s not also forget that Swiss is in fact a new carrier. It rose out of the ashes of Swissair less than a decade ago. Options, options and more options. I am sure that if you look at the numbers at Brussels Airlines vs Sabena and the old Olympic Airlines vs the new Olympic it would show a similar ...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Virgin America to Enter Canadian Market
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1372
Re: Virgin America to Enter Canadian Market
Given Air Canada's aggressive objections to Emirates flying in to Canada, will they protest against Virgin America doing the same?
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:15 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Air Canada A321 at Toronto on Feb 22nd 2010, landed without
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3091
Re: Air Canada A321 at Toronto on Feb 22nd 2010, landed without
Those that give you are hard time for confirming a clearance is not doing anyone, let alone themselves any favours. This is clearly childish and unprofessional behaviour. I had a controller at LHR actually thank me for confirming a cleared level on departure. In his words he wished more people would...
- Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:17 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: capt Hal haynes talk about 60 age retirement law
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2620
Re: capt Hal haynes talk about 60 age retirement law
Industry where? Canada?Jaques Strappe wrote:a lot of what we do does have influence on the rest of the industry
And?
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:27 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: No more Age 60 forced Retirement at Air Canada ???
- Replies: 408
- Views: 24942
Re: No more Age 60 forced Retirement at Air Canada ???
Nice one Tony. You again ignore the facts and head straight to the fiction section. You should be working for FOX News. Our carrier simply asked ANY employee to take a week or two off through the winter (you know this one in the middle of the biggest downturn post war). The key word here is asked. T...
- Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: No more Age 60 forced Retirement at Air Canada ???
- Replies: 408
- Views: 24942
Re: No more Age 60 forced Retirement at Air Canada ???
Without a question one of the best, if not the best posts I have read on this forum. Bravo. (Turbo Beaver) You guys have bigger fish to fry than your colleagues. These big fish are called airline management. Take the advice of turbo beaver and look where the real threat to your careers is coming fro...
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:48 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: Lets start some more rumours
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6111
Re: Lets start some more rumours
If I was WJ, I would lend it to AC at a rate of say 16-18% per annum and ask to use half the embryo fleet as collateral.
Either way they come out a winner.
Either way they come out a winner.
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:15 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: A Posting on PPrune I thought was Interesting...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4516
Re: A Posting on PPrune I thought was Interesting...
Lapse, Anyone that assumes any carrier will survive the mother of all recessions is fooling themselves. The simple fact is that those going into recession with large capital reserves and a workable business plan are more likely to survive. BA ended the year with $2.5 billon (CAD) in reserves. I am g...
- Thu May 28, 2009 7:04 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: A Posting on PPrune I thought was Interesting...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4516
Re: A Posting on PPrune I thought was Interesting...
These are carriers that were making £900ish ($1.7) billion a year ago.
Big drop, but my money says those with the big stacks of cash do ok during the down times.
Your point?
Big drop, but my money says those with the big stacks of cash do ok during the down times.
Your point?
- Sun May 10, 2009 5:54 am
- Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
- Topic: Hope Mr. analyst is wrong again
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6592
Re: Hope Mr. analyst is wrong again
Lufthansa has been more than 'Kicking the tires' of a few operations in the last couple of years and is up to their eye balls in debt that came along with their acquisitions. The German economy is shrinking much faster than predicted and my money says the safe german business practices that built Lu...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:28 pm
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: WestJet eyes smaller planes
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4638
Re: WestJet eyes smaller planes
Denial is a powerful, if not entertaining thing.
- Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:30 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Grim Prospects
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1267
Re: Grim Prospects
The cut backs by the American carriers last year was a good move. The real saviour though was the rapid drop in oil price as many did not have the credit to hedge their fuel. Had it stayed over $100 a can, our CEO reckons 2 major US airlines (among others) would have been gone at this point. We are ...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:53 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Emirates Announces Large Scale Growth Plans for 2009
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1580
Re: Emirates Announces Large Scale Growth Plans for 2009
I believe typically foreign carriers have never succeeded flying passengers from one nation to another through their home nation when they were not that nations carrier. Am I wrong about this? I think you will find that there are carriers in Europe and Asia that have successfully made money doing e...
- Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:24 pm
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: LHR to get third rwy
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1193
Re: LHR to get third rwy
Gents, The new runway which is 20 years overdue will be north of the field and parallel to the others. It will also include Terminal 6. It is slated to be done by 2020 but the government wants it done by 2015. The Conservatives say they will axe it if they are elected in 2 years. Either way it is st...
- Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:12 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: WestJet and Southwest Airlines Ink Code-sharing Agreement
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1975
Re: WestJet and Southwest Airlines Ink Code-sharing Agreement
Guys, Tony, I suggest you have a look at load factor vs YIELD etc and then factor in COSTS to see why this is heading the way it is. With a whopping nearing 3000 posts between the two of you, many are negative towards WJ and their 'Apparent Success'. I have got better things to do than point them al...
- Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:49 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: WestJet and Southwest Airlines Ink Code-sharing Agreement
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1975
Re: WestJet and Southwest Airlines Ink Code-sharing Agreement
Tony, First off ease up on the whisky, and settle down you big idiot. YYCflywhatever was taking shots at WJ (like you do) and I was merely pointing out that they are just doing fine. In fact they are performing better than most expected. This is FACT. They are rapidly eating away at North American m...
- Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: WestJet and Southwest Airlines Ink Code-sharing Agreement
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1975
Re: WestJet and Southwest Airlines Ink Code-sharing Agreement
WJ can call their customers whatever the hell they want to be honest as they are clearly a world leader in how to run an airline. This is being recognised not only in North America but all over the world. Teaming up with the other 'Cowboys' seems to be a winning combination as well, as they happen t...
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:56 am
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: WestJet and Mokulele announce partnership
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2299
Re: WestJet and Mokulele announce partnership
Tony, I am just saying that AC will not exist as it does now in say 5 years. It is safe to say that many carriers will not and that may include my own. Do I think the British/Canadian governments would let their flag carriers fold? The answer is yes. Only a fool would think that they would have the ...