3. Eat less meat, its by far the biggest expense in our groceries. $100 At superstore, in the meat counter where they keep the wieners. 1.5 kilo of beef wieners, 15 bucks. Right beside it, 1.5 kilo chicken wieners, 6 bucks. Cheaper than dog food, I buy them for dog treats, cost far less than what y...

Well wouldn't you know it, Mr. Sugar was listening and heard your pleads. Hope you've got a fresh 767 type, and enjoy Iqualuit. Let me translate that add slightly. If you have the 767 type on the license with a current ppc, and are high enough on the seniority list at AC to be eligible for the earl...

I flew two live grizzly cubs out of the bush once. Did they ever stink. I had regular customers back in the early 80's, flew them almost every weekend for two years, out to the cabin friday afternoon, back to big smoke sunday afternoon. They had a parrot, and the only place it would sit quietly in ...

photofly wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:59 am

But the price of the crude is set in $US.

The price you see quoted on the New York futures market is set in us dollars. The price delivered from the wellhead in Canada is set in Canadian dollars.

photofly wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:54 pm

CAD vs USD has cratered, too.

so the oil comes out of the ground in Alberta, refined in Edmonton, then shipped to Canadian airports. USD doesn't play in this supply chain...

And when you get there, will Delta still exist ??

What’s stopping AC from going into the public market and buying shares at market price? Purchase agreements of this type typically prohibit open market purchases after the deal is made public. If they were to start buying at this depressed price then there is a strong case for charges of insider tr...

So let me get this straight; the vulnerable should lock their doors like you say and the young and fit that can handle a cold should carry on, keeping the world turning while spreading the virus at the same time?? At least their precious career won't get disrupted. The curve may be slightly slanted...

palebird wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:49 pm

Typical Bombardier product.

Didn't the engine come from Pratt ?

I wonder if that malaria drug that is being used to treat some patients would have a prophylactic benefit for flight crews ? Especially medical crews ? Some anti - malarial meds have some real serious side effects . Those are generic drugs so it should be a cheap fix , not 100 percent so far . I am...

Nothing is going back to normal. Trudeau has officially killed the economy and it is not coming back anytime soon. Wow, I didn't realize Trudeau was so powerful. Apparently he has shut down Asia, Europe, South America and the USA in addition to screwing Canada. I always thought Prime Minister of Ca...

Get back in your lane, or maybe go back to website design. You better get into the unemployment line, because that's going to be your lane for a while me thinks. what an ignorant thing to say. Are you happy pilots may be laid off? I see, it's fine for him to start telling folks 'in your lane' but f...

altiplano wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:19 pm

Get back in your lane, or maybe go back to website design.

You better get into the unemployment line, because that's going to be your lane for a while me thinks.

yycinformer wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:48 pm

intents and purposes

Stupid auto correct doesn't always do what we want. Post fixed...

Flair Actually, this award has to go to Air Canada. If one wants to get technical, folks aren't actually hired yet, but the course for next week has been cancelled. So there's a group of boys and girls that got the offer from Air Canada, quit jobs, some may have rooted up a family and moved, only t...

Agreed, I expect LBWs, RTBs, VSP & ERPs first, maybe voluntary LOAs. The Long term cost of layoffs for retraining alone would be more expensive than the savings in salaries etc. Tricky situation to know how long this will last. Layoffs wont trigger training events if they follow the lead of Princes...

derateNO wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:48 am

They can get right fucked.

That's what top half of the list has been doing to the bottom half of the list at airlines for the last 50 years....

Thanks for the update. Some people from the class before me at Jazz got called for March ground schools at AC. I thought I would be in line for the April one. Funny how life works out sometimes. Lucky you. I think for the next few months, midway up the list at Jazz will be a much cozier place than ...

How long until layoffs begin? Travel industry is getting destroyed in the markets. Princess Cruises suspending operations for 60 days https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/03/12/princess-cruises-suspending-all-operations-for-60-days-due-to-virus/ How many cruise ship passengers does that add up to, who...

The Trump announcement (cancel all flights to/from Europe - except the UK) is going to kick the shit out of the industry. Markets are at limit down circuit breakers again after open. This reaction is less about the travel ban, and more about the confusion of the announcement. Commander in Chief got...

sarg wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:25 pm

Don't know about AC but Warren Buffet is betting that Delta is under valued right now.

No comparing the two stocks. Warren Buffet bought Delta because it pays roughly 4% dividend return. Air Canada doesn't pay a dividend, so it's just a speculative play.

rookiepilot wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:58 pm

Where do you think it leads?

Dunno. Oil futures 28 and change right now, dropping like a stone. I’ve read predictions of 20 dollars by end of the week.

Gonna be a rough day for Alberta politicians tomorrow me thinks, that much easy to predict.

The oil price crash is OPEC falling apart and nothing to do with corona virus hype. The interesting thing to watch, price drop is Saudi armaco and they are giving a bigger discount to North America shipments than elsewhere. It’s essentially a big fu to American producers and telling them that Saudi ...

That fuel burn reduction can’t be ignored financially. Well maybe it can. Oil opens at 32.75 and 20 dollar oil predictions after Saudi Armaco drops the price for crude. OPEC and Russia not seeing eye to eye these days and opec no longer able to manipulate oil prices up. Some older engines may not l...