Positions and upgrades at airlines in Canada are dictated by seniority only. You can show up from overseas or a different airline in Canada with years of WB experience and if narrow body FO is all that's available, thats what you'll get. 787 is a highly desired position at WJ, therefore it will be ...

If you'd prefer longer pairings, you could consider something like cargo jet. They're hamilton based, so a few minutes closer and I believe they have pairings up to 11 days.

How many hours do you have Total time? If you get on with a regional, you will work a max of 18 days a month. This is reserve or a block, and can be reduced with seniority. While on reserve you will need to be able to report to the gate within x hours. That would be best answered by others but I bel...

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Thanks for all the awesome info, if others can chime in from other airlines I'm sure we're all curious.

it would be awesome to be able to see work rules, vacation, other QOL as well because as we know $$ isn't everything.

.. It's not all math and career earnings.. - The most tax efficient earning is exactly your average career earnings. So rather than 80KFO and 320K CA, you're keeping more net making 200K over two years. Of course this isn't possible as a pilot but your calculations do not account for this. On the l...

Obviously the TA isn't "world class" but let's switch to the opportunity presented here and not jump to conclusions. I'm on the outside of negotiations here but as far as I know there has not been any official word from the MEC. The government interfered in multiple negotiations recently. The minist...

By your logic we should all just be high paid government flunkies and it would be a better world. Government jobs don't produce anything, they only take from Canadians. Governments and bureaucracy drain wealth from a country. Teachers, Parks Canada, Nurses, Fire, Police, Coast Guard, 911 Dispatch, ...

LD5437_NB1566.pdf Thanks! Am I understanding this correctly? Is it basically the board saying that they do not have the authority to review the ministers directions or even to assess their validity. I must be missing something because as far as I knew, the CIRB's entire purpose was to be a check an...

Wasn't it the Ontario teachers who stayed on strike after being ordered back to work? 2022, if I'm remembering correctly. Not teachers, it was the other, much lower paid education workers in Ontario. Doug Ford tabled a bill threatening to fine each worker $4000/day they illegally strike and $500,00...

Thanks, good information, I’m definitely interested in EV, I even have a 240v wired and ready to go in my garage, it’s the longer trips I like to take that is the hang up, day to day, I’m sure it would work. I’m Just hung up on the range of gas vehicles and available gas stations, until that improv...

Thanks everyone for the insights!

It's really the winter overnights that I was worried about and it sounds like it's really not that much of an issue.

I am a corporate pilot exploring the possibility of a future airline career. Can any airline guys at AC,WS or AT, or otherwise shed insight on the feasibility of taking an EV to company parking lots? I would have a 150km round trip commute max, so I am most worried about leaving the car outside for ...

Some big and small considerations The big ones: From my exp corporate operators will tend to tell you that you work "x" days a month on average, usually this doesn't mean that 31-x days you can commit to dinner plans, go camping or have a beer. What is your requirement for hard days off and what is ...

It reads that the 25 night PIC XC can be part of picus. can anyone confirm?

Hi FlyingFreighter. Sorry for no reply as I didn't actually notice your post until today. With regards to our ads, there has definitely been some movement as there is with any 704 operator out there. However, additionally, we have added several tails and are trying bolster our roster in order to en...

You've also expressed satisfaction with the new WJ contract - which represents a massive failure to bring any meaningful change under extremely favourable conditions. Mainly the disgustingly low pay increase...which was immediately surpassed by Porter thepoors, We are the legacy airline. It is unhe...

Ok, but 105k is far below what you'll get almost anywhere else as a capt, even at a 703 now.... though you don't have to sit in res airports for half the day. Alright, so someone slogs through what will likely be anywhere from 1-4 years of flat pay, we don't know yet, but had a good schedule. In th...

I just can't imagine myself or anyone else who actually has any critical thinking, leaving their current job for this- unless their unhappy in their stepping-stone 703 or 705 regional, of which it could be an improvement. You draw NB in initial and you've got a terrible life with horrific pay until...

Why did ALPA propose mediation and not attempt a strike sooner? If the company isn't cooperative, won't mediation just delay things further? I'm on the outside of this negotiation but it's showing good faith, patience and a professional attitude. If rushed into a strike position, there is always th...

As an outsider here. Carson has increased pay to $115K to fly a metro day cargo in yyc Porter is hiring for another 35 tails Medevac CA now pays similar if not more If this TA gets voted down and encore folds, there are other jobs. Even Westjet will need to fill for increased lift on the old encore ...

Got it. How about the reduced block and vacation? Overall what I'm trying to gauge is how easily I could snowbird for 2-4 months a year. Any of the bases for the nicer weather YYZ,YVR,YYC and then for 2-4 months go to the southern states or Mexico over winter. The ability to leave Canada during the...

Is there still the $850/month supplement or is that gone? Can someone confirm my numbers? Is this enough in the current environment? 2% annually with inflation? FO: $65K - $73K CA: $100K - $135K It looks like some nice clean up language but with 18 days worked, there's only so much they can do. Cars...

Zero blocks have never before been offered or used - have offered LOA’s but this is a different program. May the first time for zero block. Not sure as the results are not released until the May schedule is. Not sure what the popularity is since it hasn’t been used before. As for who gets a zero bl...

Zero blocks are only on the company desire and reduced blocks are offered through normal bids but these are extras to those. So it isn’t something that is always available. Thanks for the insight. One of the most attractive parts and benefits of WS over AC is the ability to take lots of time off (u...