Jazz can suck it. It’s not like he took a Kingair PPC from a mom and pop shop and went to work for the competition next door after 3 months. If Jazz paid their FOs more than starving wages then they wouldn’t have people leaving. Look at the SWG payscale, unlike Jazz, it’s a career destination and n...

I'm happy to let other countries enforce their own laws, including those applicable to Canadian companies operating in their jurisdictions. I don't see any need for the Canadian government to competitively disadvantage Canadian businesses by enforcing the laws of another country, any more than I ex...

I agree with your point that bribery is the norm in some other countries, and that we shouldn't disadvantage Canadian companies from competing on a level playing field. You both realize that in any of these places bribery and corruption are illegal as well right? Saying that we shouldn't disadvanta...

I agree with your point that bribery is the norm in some other countries, and that we shouldn't disadvantage Canadian companies from competing on a level playing field. You both realize that in any of these places bribery and corruption are illegal as well right? Saying that we shouldn't disadvanta...

C-GGGQ wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 18, 2019 1:24 pm

that's depressing... Welcome to the premier 737 type rating unit in Canada

It is all depressing. Competition here means 'how can we pay less salaries and charge more'

Why wouldn't you use the crew portal ? Yellow pass / Renewal. Foreign crew. Some places they won't let you go through unless your RAIC was issued there. For a federal organization they certainly aren't consistent. I've found some are great and friendly while others despise crew with a passion.

Now compare that to the US operators.... According to a number of users here we are not allowed to compare against the states. We can only compare against Air Canada which is allowed to set their own prices for pilots irregardless of market forces because they will never be short of pilots applying...

mixturerich wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 07, 2019 3:56 am

JohnnyHotRocks wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:15 pm

You guys get too angry when someone disagrees

Well when someone calls all the Jazz pilots “scared,” it’s offensive and downright disrespectful.

mixturerich wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:44 pm

I think some people were scared, sure, but mostly people were just smart...

ergo
[The smart ones by coincidence did what I agree with... because I am smart to start out with]

you gotta love conversations on the internet.

Rowdy - is on the right track The Jazz & "Canada is the best" koolaid is strong here. I would leave this 99% arctic tundra in a heart beat for what they have down there. Better pay & way more buying power with the money you have. But it's "apple and oranges". So no need to look...umm...Koolaid Umm,...

daedalusx wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:24 am

The story why he got fired is much more hilarious.

oh go on then

truedude wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:06 pm

Inverted2 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:26 pm

daedalusx wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:20 pm

Yea. The ‘pillow’ guy

Pretty sure he left GGN long time a go.

Ha, I flew with this guy. What a train wreck. He was pushed from GGN. Last I heard he was flying in Burma. I heard about the pillow. What happened with locking an FO out?

marakii wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:22 pm

WF9F wrote:Hearing rumors of a retention bonus for Porter pilots, any details??

Are their minimums still at 1500 hours " real expectations" ?

If you have 1500 hrs skip flying a noisy clothes washer and go fly a heavy for Cargojet. Their minimums are now also 1500.

No one is answering it because no one wants to engage the idiot who somehow thinks he is intelligent by repeating the same bloody thing over again. You show your lack of experience and understanding everytime you post. Then tell me how I'm wrong once and for all, and I'll stop commenting. Explain t...

Bottom line for me is that facts are presented in a realistic manner with supporting data and analysis to back an argument, as opposed to opinion being represented as fact, without anything to back it up. This is a good description of where the US population has descended to in critical thinking sk...

Feel free to play around with the proportions of different employee groups and their associated salaries to come to your own conclusions. WestJet and Air Canada pilots are two of the most rewards pilot groups in Canada. They make up less than 6000 of the total 20000 or so (my guess based upon past ...

Feel free to play around with the proportions of different employee groups and their associated salaries to come to your own conclusions. I am well aware of WestJet pilot income and yes, I would agree with your figures. I also know this year they were picketing outside headquarters threatening to s...

Government of Canada data is normalised to a rate for a normal working week so 40*52*hourly_rate, so is ~$85K for all types of pilot (Commercial, fixed wing, helicopter, flight school, etc) going by the info they provide. As I said we could all go on and on about all the details of the data provide...

ddd

I retired from WestJet earlier this year, so I’m not an employee now, but I have a lot of familiarity with turn management. I’m not sure what your background is in Operations Research when applied to turn management, but I managed that team at WestJet for a couple of years. Cleaners coming on board...

I retired from WestJet earlier this year, so I’m not an employee now, but I have a lot of familiarity with turn management. I’m not sure what your background is in Operations Research when applied to turn management, but I managed that team at WestJet for a couple of years. Cleaners coming on board...

Long time ago when pilots were plenty and the jobs were few, the education was the tie breaker between 2 or more similar applicants. Today it is irrelevant. AC hires, 2000 hrs pilots with a degree over 5-6000 hour pilots without a degree and likely have a few type ratings. Those type ratings are pr...

When airlines or anyone requires or says a degree is an asset it has nothing to do with what you learned or the fact that you have a degree. It just proves you have the ability to learn. In the past it was about "hands and feet" now, no so much. Actual piloting skills are taking a back seat to auto...