I think the rumours of Rouge's death have been greatly exaggerated.

Wow it's caused by resonance. Some engineer is getting fired.

Is it Westjetty to drop a dime on your colleagues at your ULCC division?

I'm curious if most laid of Air Transat are actively trying to pursue new jobs or are waiting for this buyout to happen? It's fun to speculate on what might happen but if it stops someone from advancing their career in the meantime it be harmful to them. If the dream of being merged into the ACPA se...

All flour and baking powder has been sold out here for weeks.

I got an email from them yesterday. In reply to one I sent in January.

Careful tintin I got called a degenerate for suggesting that.

TFTMB heavy wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:52 am

If the lists are merged during these layoffs, all TS pilots senior to AC pilots that are still working would remain laid off.

Interesting. Thanks for the correction.

Has a seniority list merger ever happened during a layoff period? What happens then? I would say any pilot on layoff before the seniority list merger will remain on layoff. Even if pilots junior to them are merged into the list. ie. AC pilots will remain laid off while TS pilots are employed. Any a...

Perhaps the competition bureau will announce a delay in the report due to their workers being at home due to virus.

There may be a silver lining in that layoff notice for Transat pilots. If their management truly believes the deal with AC is going through at the price negotiated there is no reason to continue operating the company while losing money hand over fist. Better to sit back and wait for your $750 millio...

Air Transat has laid off all it's flight attendants but not the pilots (so far).

My captain and i are still sure that we did NOT hear the EMB call "reject". Apparently they made the call at the same time as another radio call and it got blocked. A major safety issue with ATC communications. Hmmmm...i wonder if it was me calling "taking position and holding on runway 06L." I hav...

genetic jack hammer wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:20 pm

My captain and i are still sure that we did NOT hear the EMB call "reject".

Apparently they made the call at the same time as another radio call and it got blocked. A major safety issue with ATC communications.

Flat pay should be flat. If it is X amount when you are busy it should still be X amount when you're not. That's a risk you take when you set up something like flat salary.

Curiousflyer wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:10 am

management certainly could break the contract and lay off whoever they want

If they did that every pilot in the company would walk. Let's not get out of hand with these theories. It's easy to let fear get out of hand.

Interesting press release.

Furthermore, the acquisition of Transat A.T. Inc. is subject to regulatory approvals and certain customary conditions, and there are no assurances that the acquisition will be completed as described in Air Canada's 2019 MD&A or at all.

Don't be rude to iflyroads. Their posts are the only insight into hiring for a lot of people. It's good to hear interviews are still taking place. Though given how long some people are waiting between interview and hiring it might it could be interviews for after the pandemic passes or even next year.

Ironic that many of these airplanes would be parked now anyways. The pressure to get them back in the air has certainly been reduced.

You work for Norwegian right? I wish you the best of luck in these troubled times.

montado wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 11, 2020 6:47 pm

Westjet has announced hiring freeze. Onex instantly regrets owing this airline. Also offering packages for pilots to leave I hear.

How does AC get out of the Transat deal? Can they just pay some penalty and walk away?

Justin pretty much has to copycat doesn't he, or he looks wreckless.

They were supposed to get 13 more, right? So they cancelled 11 and are still taking 2?

If they don't get out of this I expect CR's legacy will be this right move at the wrong time.

4 classes so far: Jan 06: 36 Jan 27: 39 Feb 17: 48 Mar 02: 40 approx (still underway no information yet) Another large class will commence at the end of March. Last equipment bid indicated 936 vacancies however this bid was cancelled so that number may decrease/increase depending on what is happeni...