It will be interesting to see if the insurance company honours any claims. Also, possible liability issues for several parties.

Just curious where you're getting the 35 A220s number? Order was 60 total with options for another 5. We are well into the 40s delivered. Last I heard there are 18 deliveries pending and that would be it. This is a critically important point. A lot of young people hired that will permanently be ahe...

Kudos to management if they got work for 15 Jetz. That's quite a coup. Many of the 319’s are probably owned aircraft (no lease/no debt). Therefore, no meaningful financial consequence to low utilization rates. Perhaps AC commercial has a strategy to expand charter ops (typically associated with ext...

Cypresshill wrote: ↑Wed Jan 28, 2026 1:59 pm The MEC Executive is out as of yesterday.

https://www.alpa.org/press-room/2026/01 ... oming-term

That's what I have heard. My guess is management wants to exert some leverage for upcoming negotiations. However, wages and working conditions are supposed to be frozen until the first TA is ratified.. I would argue that moving someone to another base is an unnegotiated change to working conditions...

Still a pilot problem... there aren't enough out there. From an AC management email to employees: "Yesterday, we announced our intent to expand the commercial agreement under which PAL Airlines operates regional flights for Air Canada Express, helping us to protect and grow service in Eastern Canad...

Airlines that can only proffer positions in Canada’s most expensive cities are either going to have to recalibrate starting pay or offer US style commuting perq’s. Perhaps some employers now sense that there is a lull in the seller’s market dynamic for pilots. More relevant is what the market price ...

It isn't just about odds of success, it is about lack of other options. We can't will another option into existences. You have to play the cards you have, not wish you have better cards, or hope better ones show up tomorrow. These are the cards we have. Literally the only cards. So we either play t...

Assumption on retirement only is flawed. From my point of view, I would say 5-7 years to have a left seat open is realistic. The assumption on growth being hampered by lacking airplanes is true. As of now, latest quarterly report from the corp shows a gain in 2026 of 2 x 787-10 (to be seen), 5 x 73...

Name one thing that anyone here has posted that is even remotely possible if the other party won't engage. You can't negotiate with a company that refuses to want to negotiate. You can't bargain with another pilot group that really has nothing to lose or win by doing anything. The only thing here h...

This is objective not subjective…. 0-2 from the CIRB on the ULP filing. And it wasn’t even close. What’s left? Grievance to arbitration where the arbitrator is limited to a resolution that only binds the parties to the CBA (although the arbitrator could order Jazz to deal with AC to enforce flow pro...

It’s not accurate but Its from assuming no growth and ~125 mandatory retirements a year for the next 12 years. So you look at the seniority of the junior pilot in a position and calculate how long it will take you to reach that seniority with 125 retirements per year. About 5810 pilots on property ...

“A house divided upon itself cannot stand”. I wonder who is actually spending time representing the Jazz pilots? Personal agendas. Personality conflicts. Politics. None of this has anything to do with fulfilling the mission statement of the JAZ MEC. You could throw them all out - start from scratch ...

You wont know what metal youll fly until end of week 2 of GS. 2-3 year upgrades are gone. Youre looking 11-13 years at the current moment. 11-13 years can hold 767 CA or very bottom of 330 CA. Some previous 2-3 year NB CA upgrades are being reversed due to bumping from Rouge reductions (LCC319). Th...

In the fall of 2013, a new Manager Flight Standards at SWG implemented a revised SOP that was (mostly) the Boeing SOP for the 737. Lots of pushback and complaints but eventually it settled in. Changes that were identified by line pilots as deficient were reviewed and if necessary - modified. Pilots ...

Only 10 years to go in that contract. Don’t worry, you’ll get em next time. 9 years but who’s counting, lol. Fact is we made fairly decent gains despite being in this long term contract, the companies have decided that they would prefer to decrease the fleet to 80 fins than try to compete for pilot...

Three observations can flow from this: 1. Factoring in gross pay less employee payroll deduction obligations then applying that net pay to living cost - a pilot in most jurisdictions of the US (possible exceptions being NYC and CA) will have purchasing power almost double a pilot in Canada (particul...

Had an acquaintance send their year end payroll summary for 2025.

Take home pay? NB CA. Zero overtime. US$262,000. Does not live in a no-tax state.

p.s. add $74,000 in employer contributions to 401K (retirement).

Food for thought: the average Canadian pre-tax family income (based on 3 people) is $97,170. Makes you wonder how they manage to make it work, doesn’t it? Just so it is apples-to-apples: let’s use the same income metric for the Greater Vancouver area, Greater Toronto area, and greater Montreal area...

LMAO...I dont think even ACPA "pattern bargained" off Air Transat. They at least at one point were close to United. It was only after the 10 years deal did the organization succumb to the "we can't compare ourselves to the US" syndrome. Right on cue. What you have to understand is that Canadian lab...

Company puts 9% to your 1%, did I read that correctly? Yes Just a quick observation. 10% aggregate contribution towards retirement will not normally generate the requisite nest egg. And as most are aware, top up opportunities using RRSP may be limited due to annual contribution limits. I presume th...

My Transat friends, whatever you do, please do not settle for a "vendor-dependant" contract. Not sure what a “vendor dependant” contract means. I too hope for a successful outcome for the TS pilots, but I don’t see a whole lot of leverage . TRZ is not a financially healthy enterprise. Cash flow pro...

It may be an apples vs oranges comparison. Yes, it sounds like meaningful gains were made by the TS pilots in bargaining. Important to see the totality of their CBA (WAWCON/pension/benefits/premiums) to validly compare to the AC CBA. However, reaching the new agreement does not cure or bring an end ...

Management won't let the company go out of business. Neither will the government. And in reality, neither will ALPA. They have negotiating supports and financial experts to estimate how hard they can push, and what they can expect (among other things). ALPA want what's best for the pilots. Pushing ...

My Transat friends, whatever you do, please do not settle for a "vendor-dependant" contract. Not sure what a “vendor dependant” contract means. I too hope for a successful outcome for the TS pilots, but I don’t see a whole lot of leverage. TRZ is not a financially healthy enterprise. Cash flow prob...