If Charles Lindbergh were alive today, he would undoubtedly get a flow into YVR.

The comment regarding more commuters (and childcare) isn’t entirely true. There will simply be “new” commuters as previous pilots that chose to commute will be going back to a base that is also their domicile (not commuting for an FO spot) Most of the new commuters will be older and their kids are o...

FL030 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:22 pm Speaking of which, you got to wonder if Air Canada isn't thinking about picking up West Jet too while their at it.

AC couldn’t afford us LOL. You think Onex will let WJ go for pennies on the dollar?

On the call today it was stated that AC has access to just over $6 Billion.

They gave a few different #s for cash burn but $20 Million was the median.

6 billion/ 20 million per day = 300 days of cash to operate.

Are new hires on a Target Benefit style pension? DC Pension? DB pension?

I heard recently that everyone is back on the DB. Any truth to this?

Who wants to be forced to take a job at Encore (if laid off)? That’s a prime opportunity to pick up a lucrative contract or go back to the bush for a season or travel.

If the next iteration of the one list forces me to fly a Q, I’ll vote no to that.

What a mess

Nicely stated Mr North. Let's not forget that WJ pilots wanted one list when they gave consent for the creation of Encore. More recently while surveying for the contract negots, the question of one-list was posed again (with 90% support). I wonder who those 10% were? What has changed since then? Not...

You’re a pilot, not a CEO (or C anything for that matter)

Get over it, go fly a plane somewhere.

Congrats to Tech Ops. I wish the pilots could’ve voted 93% in favour of something (aside from a strike mandate)

Dave P is the REAL deal!

If you are considering WJA, follow his advice.

cloak wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:11 pm It appears that there are some who are not happy to be at WestJet, and those who aspire to be in it...perhaps if they were to switch spots, both problems would be solved and everyone will live happy lives!

+1 to that

Be happy people

Why do you think Capts get paid more?

Thanks for the correction Bob. It will be difficult to maintain 50%

I am not surprised to hear of WJA pilots applying elsewhere, as you said, many think the grass is greener on the other side. Some will find success, others will wish they had stayed. Eg The 4 WJ FO that is hired Jan 2019 will do well at AT, the same 4 year FO that is hire #100 at AT will wish he/she...

[quote=neophyte post_id=<a href="tel:1064405">1064405</a> time=<a href="tel:1546444842">1546444842</a> user_id=5033] Any pilot hiring problem will manifest itself at WJE and WJ Link well before WJA. That's already here... Guys are dropping like flies and there's hardly any one to replace them with....

WJA doesn’t have a pilot retention/hiring problem yet. Time will tell if that that changes in the coming months. Any pilot hiring problem will manifest itself at WJE and WJ Link well before WJA. WJ is well known for keeping costs as low as possible on all levels. This latest contract, like all previ...

“So why should I apply to WJ? All I see is some weirdo on the top of the seniority list getting angry at the rest of his coworkers for wanting to improve their working conditions.“ Why should WE be trying to convince YOU to join WJA? If you are interested in joining team teal - APPLY. If you think y...

That’s the way it’s going HughJass, pretty normal.

I think we even have a senior 737 CA going 87 FO.

Another interesting tidbit is that all 787 pilots will be YYC based (regardless of where the plane, flying, or FAs are based)

Too bad for the 1900. It’s been ripping around the taxiways in YYZ for years.

I wonder who will take the throne for the fastest taxi now?

Pilots have a bad name?

I’m not a businessman BUT... are there not other ways to protect ones marketshare other than starting up a new airline with lower costs? How about fighting for market share using your current economics of scale? How about not letting the competition gain a foothold on the market and allow them to ex...

"All aircraft operated by WestJet, WestJet Encore, its subsidiaries, affiliates and/or any entity in which WestJet has effective and/or operational control must be flown by pilots as listed in the WPDL."


I would like to thank the now defunct WJPA for this agreement verbage

AVCANADA was around back then.

"This is chess, not checkers"

I usually just export my sked from flica as a .vcs file. I then import it into my google calendar then sync, voila!

I don't change my sked too much so I have little need for updating my sked/calendar on a daily or weekly basis.

Good luck, and welcome to the family.

Neo

I am not a business type but I am of the impression that growth at WJ mainline is winding down for the time being. For example, when the winter schedule was released there were no new destinations, just increased frequency and a few new city pairings. In the past there used to be talk of low hanging...