Bede wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:45 am Completely backwards. Flair and Lynx are merging and then they're buying Air Canada. AC pilots going BOTL.

Adam Oke wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:58 pm Currently, we do not have PICUS.

Thanks!

Does this program exist at Flair?

2nd Year 737 FO Last few months average out to ~$7,700 per month take home (not including REIP as I came from Encore). I very rarely pick up Open Time but do occasionally and also have a pairing finish after 2am the next day which triggers 4 credits of Premium, but most months in that average do no...

Hi all, just wondering if a fellow Westjet FO could provide some insight on take home pay after deductions? I know the new CBA was geared towards taking away less in deductions. I’ve heard per diems are roughly $800 per month, but could anyone tell me what the take home of 38.75 credits is every tw...

What about those currently on property? What's the new "A-scale"

My goodness, show me on the doll where the scary Airsprint hurt you?! I wasn’t going to respond to this because arguing on a forum is like wrestling with a pig in their favourite environment, but in case anyone may be interested in a future with Airsprint I can’t help but make a few comments. “Belo...

Any update to the YYC/YEG 737 WAWCON? There is an ad out on PCC for FO's

Many pilots live 1+ hours from the airport and are able to hold reserve at WestJet. Realistically, if you're packed and ready to go, you can be as far as 1.5 hour drive from the airport, assuming 30 minutes to find parking, get through security and to the gate. Definitely. I guess I was wondering m...

Interested to hear if any of you are living in Canmore or other close to YYC mountain destinations? Is this do-able on reserve as a new hire? Long call? Short call? How many days on the pairings? Ultimately, how often do you end up needing to do the 1 hour + drive, and is it worth it to live in the ...

Base and seats should be protected at a minimum. Relative base seniority should then be negotiated. Just my opinion and it's like an a*hole, everyone has one. An arbitrator should not disadvantage one group over another, lest they risk losing their own license. Why seats though? As long as pay is p...

As someone on the outside here's what I think is fair. There will be a date decided when the WS/WG deal was effective. Anyone hired at WG after that date will be BOTL. Everyone hired before that date will be date of hire with 3 protections: - Pilots are base protected for x number of years - Pilots ...

No bond at Canadian North. Thanks for the update. ALPA no bonds: Canadian North WestJet & Encore Air Canada & Jazz Flair ALPA bonds: Transat - $30,000 PAL - $26,000 Perimeter Bearskin, Wasaya, Calm, Keewatin Unknown: Flightcraft Pascan Lynx ALPA should adopt a national standard against training bon...

Sure, its pretty straight forward. Up to a 5 month deployment Nov-April Based in Gold Coast (YBCG/OOL) Housing is provided (final details on what housing looks like is being negotiated - likely single or double bedroom apartment style) Transportation is provided - likely rental cars Monthly Per Die...

Flawed logic. If we only needed 23 aircraft in the slow season then we wouldn't carry 27 aircraft year round, we'd likely keep it at 25 and try and increase utilization a bit. Of course, we're going to be able to avoid the burden of extra costs in the low season, that's the whole point. The whole c...

can anyone else share how schedule and QOL is with the new contract. days worked etc.

For the reduced and zero block, is that always available? Would it be reasonable to get 2 months unpaid off every year

Software sales in the US has really good earning potential. There's always the choice to try that and fly for fun.

At some airlines, yes. But, for example, 20 YOS might get you close to the top of right seat 777, it would only get you barely half way in the left seat. There will always be a quality of lifestyle change going from F/O to CA. (Unless you were going F/O 777 to CA A220). Plus take a look at marginal...

Sure helps when the right seat can get you over 250K

Looking to buy time or into a partnership in an airplane in the lower mainland. Looking for either something fast with retractable gear (Bonanza, Comanche, Glasair) or a taildragger (super cub, citabria, etc)

In Canada you need to be 21 years old to hold an ATPL (Airline Transport License). So in theory, a 21 year old that started at a young age can be a captain of a multi-million dollar aircraft. My understanding is that Europe and Canada have very different aviation industries as far as job progression...

Any pilot who wants to work in the US needs a visa sponsorship (H1B,Green Card, and to a lesser extent a student F1) or already has the right to work in the US. You can look up which companies have sponsored visas or green cards fairly easily doing a quick search online, there are databases. Delta,...

Take home is $2000-2200 month after taxes and deductions Perdiums $1000-1300 Stop with the perdiem...it's money already spent. Unless you claim it on taxes....drop it. This is ridiculous. When literally 30% of the money going into your account is per diem, it counts. Most FO's making ~3K/month are ...

I've graduated from a pretty reputable aviation college program in summer 2020 with my Multi IFR and written IATRA, back when the pandemic was at its peak and it was literally impossible to find a pilot job. I'm continuously sending my resume literally to every possible option I see ,but I get no r...

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