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Thank you for all the intel, that’s pretty valuable. I guess I’ll wait to see what this new contract brings but I’ll definitely keep it in the back of my mind. I fully expect it to be busy during the summer. Fires don’t care about your schedule so it’s 100% understandable. I appreciate the long resp...

Any news on what Conair is like nowadays for pilots? Schedule, pay, base, benefits? Overall moral? Would someone with thousands of hours on a Q400 (and above 5K total) be able to go straight on it? Or would he require to go on the birddogs first? Also, if zero hours on amphib but willing to get the ...

Wow, Air Canada is really scraping the bottom for experience, all the while pilots with double or three times the experience at jazz have been waiting over 6 months. Talk about a flawed system. Count yourselves lucky and be patient with the process, as you could have applied over a year ago and sti...

PAG and Calm Air must be sweating right now.

That means that an Encore Q400 first year FO is making around $85 more per year in base salary than an Air Canada 777 first officer. Good for him. In his fifth year, that 777 F/O will make about $180K/yr. How’s that Encore F/O doing? In his 12th year, that 777 F/O will make about $263K/yr. (85 hrs ...

Rooster69 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:38 am WJ has a cargo division?

Yes. They just converted a few 37s

The only time a J class passenger will be bumped is for a deadheading crew member. It should not be happening as these seats should have been reserved by operation. Unfortunately, Air Canada being…well…Air Canada… has been failing at planning properly and had some issues lately forcing them to bump ...

A true professional will allow the passenger to hold his J class sheet and take hie seat in the back you guys fly all the time a paying pastor who reserved J in advance is may be traveling to three times a year max and does it for the experience and you’re mocking that person you guys really are sh...

I love that everybody thinks I don’t know what I’m talking about. I know anything speculation underestimating me if amazing keep it up. i’ve been flying since 92 15000 hours later i see a change in the pilots, all entitled little bitches we were never like that dude, I’m a captain too so don’t even...

Typical WestJet though, they are willing to do anything to avoid fixing the actual problem. They used to laugh at Flair and now their pilots are going there. Instead of actually trying to keep their pilots by providing industry standard WAWCON, they remove a reciprocal jumpseat agreement which liter...

it BETTER be about the shareholders ! Call up all the management of the equities in your TFSA and RRSP and tell them you want less returns on your investments. You're just a greedy 1%er. Canada should have a flat income. Whatever your profession, all income should be the same. Or at the least a gua...

Seriously? How much lower are they willing to go?

WB FOs would be on reserve for a while. Often people do their time on other aircraft and then when they have enough seniority and can make enough cash being a WB FO they move onto these positions. Getting a WB in PIT is nice if you want to fly big planes and get international experience but unfortun...

Look at the picture I attached (not the one from MH). And I personally know 2 of them, you can take my word for it but one of them was actually a nationally elected ACPA (P4C) guy until recently. Must be your memory then… That’s okay, mine isn’t what it used to be either, I woke up this morning not ...

Ok I'm calling the bluff on this one. WHEN in the history of Canadian aviation has one pilot group stepped up in support of another in a strike, let alone from a competing airline. The management teams know this, count on this and revel in the knowledge of. PLEASE, PLEASE someone prove me wrong, PL...

There is no bond anymore. Pros: - Pay is pretty good. - Plane is great. - Schedule release (when on time) is earlier than most 705s. - Great group of people including the chief pilot(s)/training. Approachable and down to earth. - You’ll (EXTREMELY) rarely wait for a gate and you have nothing to do o...

I started there as a KA FO in 1998 with 3000 hours at $19000.00 which, in today's dollars, is around $33000.00. Yes, that's a bit of an improvement. What was a cost of home back then? I did adjust for inflation. Also, today a 500 hour pilot gets the job, not a 3000 hour pilot. Unfortunately officia...

With the eastern base closing, encore doesnt really go into large international routes anymore. We may start off in one but then we operate into small\medium airports, tbay, Brandon, grand prairie, fmak, kelowna, penticton kamloops, nanaimo, etc etc. These are high yield routes.. when the Q flys th...

There is no requirement for the company o come back for MOA #2 and having experience with them, they will most likely say f*** it and wait until the negotiations. The raises offered are nowhere near enough to keep people on site and/or attract anybody. That died with the « one list ». The only FOs E...

The real question is why are airlines struggling to find pilots to crew their aircraft at the first place? ... Saying they don't have crew, doesn't always mean pilot. All it takes is one FA to book off last minute and now you don't have enough crew. You are absolutely correct. A tad narrow minded o...

The real question is why are airlines struggling to find pilots to crew their aircraft at the first place? Trust me, we hate hearing those stories and most of us want to help you in this situation. Unfortunately most airlines have been treated their crews so bad expecting them to go above and beyond...

The company is asking for nothing (that I know of) in return whereas the AC MOA had multiple requests attached to it including one that literally would have given away all bargaining leverage to the pilots. This MOA presented to the Encore pilots is free cash. What would they give up by saying yes?...

How can this be a split opinion. It’s an MOA, not a negotiation, the pilot group would get a raise without being asked anything in return. How is that not a 100% yes is beyond me. If it’s enough, people won’t leave and that means everyone is happy. If it’s not enough, take the raise and quit like e...

How can this be a split opinion. It’s an MOA, not a negotiation, the pilot group would get a raise without being asked anything in return. How is that not a 100% yes is beyond me. If it’s enough, people won’t leave and that means everyone is happy. If it’s not enough, take the raise and quit like ev...