I remember hearing about this in the planning stage. I would have been surprised with any other result. Madness. Sad for him and those who cared about him.

Thanks. I largely agree with you however I would say “incompetent pilots” are removed. I hope this MAX thing turns into a wake-up call for the entire industry, particularly with the declining experience levels that are occurring. I don’t agree with removing pilots completely. We only hear about pil...

In retrospect, perhaps there should be dual input. I suppose its easy to second guess engineers and test pilots after these accidents and say "I told you so". Engineering and design involves choices and compromises based upon cost, ease of implementation, weight, complexity, etc. Boeing made a mist...

Watch what you wish for. The EU regs aren’t much better then Canada. And it takes way more time to figure out. Shorter days also lead to more days worked and less days off. What do you think needs changing? I think all we need is lowering duty day length with increased sectors and limiting night ti...

When C3 went under I was stranded in YYZ and based in YVR. We were staying at what is now the Double Tree by Hilton Toronto Airport. As the senior, now unemployed, aircrew member I sort of ended up organizing getting our many YVR crewmembers home. As seats on other airlines could be found, the CEO,...

That's an interesting control method. Foot on the trim wheel. Perhaps they should use the crash axe? Giant wrecking bar? I can't understand how anybody thought that was okay to cerfity. No wonder the thing is grounded. The next 737 generation will require a hammer to bash the yoke around because it...

Maybe. We'll see.

I didn't invent it and I'm not married to it, but if I was forced to bet, this is where I'd put my money. A top TS Capt has way more than 15 years. The airline is 32 years old. So if there are any 30+ year TS Captains I imagine they deserve fairly high seniority after a merge. Tell me what you think...

thesimplelife wrote: ↑

Sat May 18, 2019 2:05 pm

Relative seniority works when you're merging two groups of similar size, not with a 3000+ group with 600. I don't see it happening.

In this one instance only, size doesn't matter.

DOH won't happen. BOTL won't happen. Relative seniority. You'll hold your approximate percentile. Read your history. CIRB will decide for you if you can't and the result will be Relative Seniority. That's what happened with AC/CA and also with C3/Royal/Canjet. No dog in the race, but I would like to...

LOC-I not CFIT. UFIT maybe.

Some hotels require a credit card for incidentals (room service, movies & internet access) and some don't. Depends on the contract with the hotel. You should never provide a credit card to hotels for incidentals on layover. When C3 and Royal went down, and crews were stranded for several days befor...

Sorry pianokeys, but you just seem a bit ignorant of how the industry works outside of Canada. Training bonds are commonplace at all kinds of carriers, both inside and out of Canada, on all types of equipment. If you don't think the shit wages for the 1st four years at AC or the starting wages at W...

What am I missing? Understanding on how the industry works. The simple fact is there is not a pilot shortage. And even if there was one, that doesnt mean wages will increase. That basic, folklore-like thinking about economics isnt so. Just because there isnt people to do a job doesnt mean that wage...

In fact in does matter as these long cleaning hours spent by the crews are taken away from flight preparation so its a bloody safety issue, its a latent threat that is yet to say its name. Bingo. I have way more important things to do from a safety and efficiency perspective. Pilots have or should ...

This shit airline caters to the millennium travelers who have no clue what air travel used to be like. The shit airline that is also ALPA banned, #denyNAI . They contribute to the dilution of pilots and the industry as a whole. Good riddance. How does supply and demand work in your world? In genera...

I still have my 7 year old QC15 UFly mike that my dog chewed. They keep working. If it died tomorrow, I'd replace with the newest QC and UFly combo. Light, comfortable, good quality.

DrSpaceman wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:50 pm

Sunwing's not the problem. It's YYZ swissport.

Swissport's problem is Sunwing's problem.

The answer to this poll is PASCO, but the real answer should be Air Canada OTS or PML, Westjet Mainline, Air Transat, Sunwing, Sky Regional, Morningstar, or the like. Why move sideways to DEC or move backwards to Encore/Jazz FO when you can move forward? The 704 operator is officially on the endang...

Why 702/703/704?? Your dreaming if these types of operations are making huge amounts of money. Why not 705 operators like AC or WJ re-invest in the ground roots and stop stealing pilots. Nobody is stealing pilots. They aren't property, they are people. If a pilot makes a choice to go another employ...

Do you not understand how marginal tax rates work? You're not paying 53% of your income in taxes; if you make over $202800, then anything you make over $202800 will be taxed at that rate. Everything you earn below that will be taxed at the lower amounts. If you made exactly $202800 your average rat...

Here is what my wife emailed in yesterday. I've also just sent her the link to this thread with the contact info that BE20 driver noted. I told her to get the rest of the inlaws and outlaws onside as well and to get them to write in also. Perhaps that will make a difference although JT and his Sunn...

There are no foreing pilots flying airplanes that are operated on the TS OC. So yes, fiction there is. This post reflects a common sentiment that has been repeatedly expressed by both Gilles and other pilots on this forum... foreign pilots operating in Canada under wet lease arrangements are okay b...

Yes Sunwing reciprocates.

I'm not sure about AT. They should. You'd think they would have a law.

Thanks for the link longtimer! So, the wet leases are not long term versus investment. If I start my charter ad hoc company, and I bid on the wet leases that are currently ran yearly by the Canadian leisure airlines, would I be competing with the foreign wet leases or would my Canadian company be i...