Of course they are doing great. If you accept a payscale that low someone will employ your services for a period of time. I hope that you recognize that it is way below industry standard and begin negotiating for higher pay over the next 5 years. Someone is making a great deal of money on your backs...

The loads are very good. You may not see many people at one time because we ony have one aircraft on the ground at one time. AC will have 15 and Westjet maybe 5. You will see longer queues when we have 10 plus aircraft. These arguments can go on ad nauseum but none of us flying those Q400s are too w...

Couldn't agree more. I had an interview with this company and they couldn't have been more professional. They want you to speak some French so that you will be able to communicate with the many francophones in thier company. What is wrong with this? It is a yul based company after all. I was very im...

I was sitting at 210 lbs and 5'11'' last year. Down to 198 lbs and still 5'11". I cut the beer consumption by half and increased the wine by 20%. Probably not the best strategy but I did lose lbs. I am not much for fast food but I sure like good cheese. That will be the next vice to be reduced. I ha...

This is great news for Air Canada and the Canadian Airline industry as a whole. I don't work for AC but as a pilot in this country I am proud to see that we still shine. I know that pilots aren't the only part of this story. Good job to everyone involved. I do think that we are well trained here in ...

Why is it that when someone on this forum questions the viability of being able to live on 37K a year in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, or wherever, they get so much attitude. 37K a year is a very small amount of money and the fact that you may be at 70K in 3 years doesn't make it any easier to feed you...

24 Graduated Undergrad and entered working world, wasn't so keen on that so I became a pilot. 25 Saved money to fly. Lots of money!!! 26 Soloed and PPL 27 TC CPL multi IFR IATRA 28 FAA CPL multi IFR plus Instructor qualifications. First flying job as instructor at large US flight school. 29 TC class...

What the hell is the matter with you people. I am so embarrassed for you!

Boy, some of you guys really hate the CBC. I like it and I would even consider myself on the right wing of the political spectrum. I am both a big Harper fan (from Quebec) and a big CBC fan. They do provide some great programming. In the US they have NPR which is funded both by the taxpayer and by p...

Porter Air is going to make use of an existing facility to provide the central core of our largest city with a fantastic travel alternative. Only in Canada would this become a bad news story. They are going to generate 800 million dollars in revenue every year and relieve road congestion on the Gard...

The Bear for sure. It is a 704 airline job with great travel benefits. Kevin Beddome is a great guy to work for and you will be treated with respect by both co-workers and the flying public. The metroliner is a great airplane as far as being a challenge to fly. No pager going off at 2 am and you are...

The interview is essentially a human resources interview. Very similar to Jazz and AC from what I hear. I have only done a Porter interview however. They ask questions about you and your background and then some "what if" scenarios about difficult flying situations. Then they ask you if you have any...

I agree that there is no shortage of pilots in Canada. However, I think that in countries like India and China there is a very acute shortage. It is only only to get worse. Even in the UK where Easyjet is having difficulty finding people with more than 1000 hours to sit right seat on a B737NG. We ha...

No, they send you a package, with the job offer.
It has about nine pages of information. Very comprehensive. This is a letter that you do want to get.
I figured because of the size of it that it was not a PFO letter.
Another grand adventure begins.
Good luck to all!

Great company with great working conditions. The best Tier 3 pay in the country. And now a new paint job. I love it here.
The airplanes may not be big but the people here are some of the happiest and best to work with in aviation. A good contract goes a long way!!

I bought my ANR DCs in California in 2000. They have been superb, but not cheap. Almost $1000Cdn. The quality of construction is second to none. They aren't as streamlined as the Bose but they have proven there worth. The clip at the side which holds the band on broke last year. I sent them to DCs s...

Don't work on the ramp LH498. If you don't want to you won't do anyone any good. I have never had to work the ramp. There is nothing wrong with it, especially if it gets you on a turbine aircraft faster. I saw some guys bypass me who worked the ramp, but now I have much more PIC. It is somewhat a ge...

Publicly funding flight training is nonsense in a country like Canada. First of all, do you really require 3 years to figure out how to get a CPL and put 200 hours in the logbook. All at taxpayers expense. In the states, students would achieve the same thing in 6 months. Granted they have better wea...

The best degree is the one that both advances your interests professionally and the one that encourages you to study a subject about which you want to know more. I highly recommend attending university. You will be exposed to an incredible amount of learning, if you take the time and apply the effor...

I think that this new pay scale will beneift everyone. It raises the bar for airline pay in Canada. I say, good on ya boys. Enjoy!
How will the virtual bases work. Can you live in, say, Montreal and work for WJ?

I joined up last year and never once applied for a job. But it was still worth the money. It opened my mind to many new possibilities in aviation. It is geared toward people with over 3000 hours and jet time for overseas jobs or those with 1500 total and 100 multi for American regional jobs. I would...

The story also reported that all US registered aircraft require a TCAS. Well that is not true. I worked as a flight instructor in the US for 3 years and never encountered a C150 or Piper seminole with TCAS. They need to be more careful about how they word things. It always amazes me that Joe Q publi...

I hope that the marketplace sorts this out. Pilots are enjoying a bonanza of opportunity right now. WE have a skill set which takes a minimum of 4-5 years before we could realistically take command of a turbine powered aircraft. Most of us have some post secondary education, and most of that is very...

They don't pay enough. This much is true. But they are 2 of the best stepping stones to skip up to AC/WJ etc.. They offer excellent training and they will groom you for large jet flying. I took a job with Bearskin and I will never regret that decision. These types of tier 3 companies will get you wh...

Wow! Some of us actually worked hard for four years to gain a Bachelor of Science degree. I don't remember dance or art class being part of the curriculum. The military actually prefers when their flying officers pursue continuing education. What a concept: self improvement and further education. Fl...