Just curious if anyone has any info on the current pilot staffing levels?
Did they recall all the furloughed pilots?
Hire any new ones?

I was part of them. Got told that we would get priority when the hiring starts again. Medical and psych eval will have to be redone. I personally haven't been told that I would have to redo the interview but know a couple pilots who got told they will have to do it again. Should we take it as a PFO...

Hello folks. I'm one of the lucky ones scheduled for the March 23rd PIT.
A lot of rumors floating around, but no official word yet here.
Not a pleasant time. We'll see if they postpone the PIT or cancel the employment letters completely. Official payroll date is the 18th.

Best of luck to all.

Encore flies the Jet Aircraft STARs at some airport (like YYC) but not all airports.

Still on the turboprop arrivals in YYZ, BOS..

I could be wrong, but I think the matrix is a condition of the Suncor contract.

You don't even work at encore and you are giving advice or info on the pay? Sounds legit. Why you so mad bro? To the OP you are looking at 100g gross pay first year all in. I used to work there so... yeah...legit. As for 100k... no way unless you do line indoc + pick up quite a bit of overtime whic...

Yes indeed, last class was 100% from Encore, but that was a "goodwill gesture" from management announced shortly after the one list went void. Time will tell, but it's not sustainable for the company to flow 100% from Encore. Out of the 120 YYZ Capt spots at Encore, under 70 are currently filled. F...

Yes indeed, last class was 100% from Encore, but that was a "goodwill gesture" from management announced shortly after the one list went void. Time will tell, but it's not sustainable for the company to flow 100% from Encore. Out of the 120 YYZ Capt spots at Encore, under 70 are currently filled. Fl...

ahkhamza, Encore is not the fastest path to WJ mainline, if you look at the newer OTS hires at mainline. The only people who have to wait 5 years are the Encore fellas. I know of many getting in at WJ mainline without any 705 time Encore has been an excellent stepping stone to AC these past few year...

Surplus of candidates? For real?
Run away folks. Go to Jazz.

Only good thing right now is that Encore is a good path to AC

Hiring outlook = go look somewhere else guys. There will be plenty of availability at Encore, but the one list is gone, and so is the morale.
May as well be a separate company. Oh wait.. it always was.

"Affected SWOOP pilots shall be awarded a position at Swoop at the Hamilton base, commensurate with their position on the WestJet Pilot Seniority List. Such individuals shall be pay protected until such time as they can bid into a position equal to the one from which they have been displaced." No, l...

Overnights for Toronto base: YUL YOW YQB YXU YQT YQM YFC YHZ YQY YYT YDF, (YSB until October) There's also occasional overnights west of Thunder Bay, they seem to change every month. Those destinations are usually covered by YYC crews. Layovers length varies from min rest to the occasional 30 hour l...