Greg. Relax. The world doesn't function according to your rules.

cloak = demeter = china? I shouldn't be here, but I must correct the record. It is my suspicion that demeter and cloak are NOT the same people, and neither one of them are me. While I'm here, I want to address Greg G.'s post above where he said: "...your post is putting all the blame on the pilots ...

Captain Haddock , you will be happy to know that the jackhammering is complete. I have exhausted my research on the topic. I am comfortable with my understanding on the subject and and content that I achieved my primary goal, which was to make some aware that their rights under labour law may have ...

Slid off before take-off, so presumably this happened at something close to taxi speed? RWY 15/33 is still NOTAM'd closed due to disabled aircraft . It's considered impolite to refer to an aircraft's disability in a way that makes it seem a negative characteristic. The current preferred terminology...

Apparently Ian is a guy who recently moved back to Thunder Bay, where he used to live when he flew MU2's, and now commutes to YYZ.

That and he recently was trashing me on a layover lol.

Cheers, Ian.

However, it also indicated that if the plaintiffs proved that the union had acted to sacrifice the jobs of certain members in an attempt to increase the size of the bargaining unit and thereby increase its own strength, a breach of the union's duty of fair representation "would probably be shown", ...

Holy crap, You're responding to a post. While your at it, how about you answer one of the numerous questions that have been posted to you. Look no further than those of Bede's. Oh dear gawd Shallow, i mean swallow. 1) Are you dyslectic? Serious question, you have so many handles on this site it rid...

When I see threads like this all I can think is "welcome to the real world" Why is it that most pilots and likely age reflected as well think a union will magically launch everyone into nirvana. It's a long and slow drawn out process. Depending on economy there might even be concessions at some poi...

Yeah, doesn't mean you have to use it. We're late almost every day so costing on the Q goes out the window we're allowed to try to make up time in cruise if the fuel works. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/jazz-aviation-lp-ranks-among-north-americas-top-five-on-time-performing-regional-airline...

I find it odd that my WJ colleagues on the ALPA mailing list haven’t received a Happy New Year message from the new Canada Board President, who assumed office January 1. I know he’s probably business learning the ropes, but surely the message software isn’t that complicated. What’s adding to the sen...

With the February 1, 2018 MEC Alert (above) regarding the seniority list, and Kaplan’s June 8, 2018 Order placing Swoop pilots and new hires onto the WPSL by date of hire, all pilots could be forgiven in thinking that ALPA had followed its established seniority policy and ordered the entire seniorit...

In composing my synopsis of the theory that ALPA violated the DFR of some WJ pilots, I have attempted to defend the opposite side of the argument. That requires finding that there was "some labour relations purpose" for ignoring established ALPA policy. As I have previously posted in this thread, th...

A bit old, this reference from the 1982 McGill Law Journal, but I think the quoted passages add some colour to the discussion of the duty that a union owes its members. A duty, I suggest, that ALPA has not achieved in regards to some of its members in the WJ bargaining unit. ALPA_DFR_Superseniority_...

Or maybe it's time to just leave this forum once and for all since the moderators don't seem to give a shit. Do what you're doing on literally any other forum gets you IP banned. This site is falling apart and has been for the last few years. Lightchop , you can use the rules to your benefit as wel...

Much like United States; changing its president, vice president and secretary of state does not change the entire country! I missed this comment lol. Well played. And yes, the MEC Chairman was recalled, the Vice-Chairman left for better buffets and symposiums, and the Secretary resigned, all within...

Oh dear gawd Shallow, i mean swallow. 1) Are you dyslectic? Serious question, you have so many handles on this site it ridiculous to try and keep up on... I have never been diagnosed as being dyslectic, nor has anyone ever (apart from you) accused me of being dyslectic. I am a fan of the dialectic,...

Or maybe it's time to just leave this forum once and for all since the moderators don't seem to give a shit. Do what you're doing on literally any other forum gets you IP banned. This site is falling apart and has been for the last few years. Lightchop , you can use the rules to your benefit as wel...

I am putting together a final synopsis of the DFR/Breach of Contract issue and composing in the style of what I feel would resemble a complaint filed with the CIRB, laying out the history of the situation and the relief sought and the evidence and case law supporting the "claimants" position. As I w...

Alcoholism wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:29 pm No, but they are going to operate the 787 soon to arrive from YQM to 30 destinations.

Sometimes you've been funny. Often, even.

What's gone wrong lately?

So you have another handle that you used twice to try and back up your statements. This is getting embarrassing, I am truly feeling bad for you. I suggest you go meet a nice lady friend. Wine and dine her, and talk about other things than just WestJet or aviation. FYI, I don't read your useless dri...

And for Swoop pilots, any ability they had to file a DFR complaint against ALPA as a result of the Kaplan Award announced on September 30, 2018 that saw them lose their status, would have extinguished on December 29, 2018 at midnight.

Seniority bidding is easy to accomplish, and you likely understand it: the company offers individual pairings, trips, or bid lines (full monthly schedules), and pilots bid on these in order of seniority, subject to the usual restrictions, vacation, training etc. Socialized bidding is an attempt to s...

On August 24, 2017, the MEC said, "We have also received comments about why we have not revealed raw survey data results from the negotiating survey. As you may understand, at this juncture, keeping this data private is considered a best-practice in bargaining across our industry. The Negotiating Co...

Whether I do or don't qualify doesn't really affect my desire to work somewhere. Let's say for argument's sake that I've got 500 hours. Why should I look into Encore and consider applying in the future? Let's say I've got 6000 hours and 705 command time. Why should I apply DEC at Encore or WJ 737 F...

Careful! ALPA carried out polling and pre-negotiations surveys in 2017/2018, but there was generally no release of the results of these surveys, and no indication that ALPA would not be negotiating a seniority list uniformly ordered by DOH. Although the MEC communicated on December 21, 2018 that the...