He's the reason for this whole mess and I know of no one, in maintenance wrenching, that has ever had anything good to say about him, me included. His business plan is to compete with Greyhound with airplanes at the expense of the employee's. Please qualify these statements? How is Greg's business ...

I am M2/E. I got an "E" license, then an M2. If I were to get an M1, I would no longer have the "E" on my license, which I believe is important. More important than the "M2"... There isn't (to my knowledge) a correspondence course for E. So to get the E rating you would have to go back to school. Th...

And what is their scale in hourly rate of pay?

Westjet's compensation policy is to pay industry median, right? Now, I'm pretty sure that more than a dartboard was used in the decision to set the current pay scale. If the wages are below that median for a regional airline then please, lets be constructive and post some comparators. If they are ou...

All jokes aside, do the cat a favour and don't get one. Cats are much too social to be left for days on end alone. Yes, they are a lot lower maintenance than dogs, and you could leave one for a bit if you absolutely had to, but they still need the attention. You need the flexibility anyways if your ...

AME's are professionals, then let's quit the personal attacks, insults, crude remarks as it is so juvenile. Well said. I believe this is a major pitfall for AMEs, not just on a forum but also within our companies. We need to raise the bar, and it has to be an initiative thats starts from the floor.

Well said Bombardierfixer.

lol. Funny. Keeping an open mind about a union? Please...... Wanna ruin a good thing, thats how you do it. As for being forced to take a pay cut? Nobody knows anything about where/when/how this regional thing is going to get off the ground for one, so how you've come to the conclusion that guys are ...

Hayden,

F*ck off d!ck.

Railroaded, absolutely not, being out played on the public chess board, without a doubt. May I suggest you read up on the events leading up to where we are today. It has nothing to do with the public and everything to do with company and government actions with regard to labour practices and law. T...

Worked on a DHC-6 in Africa registered as 3-XGAY.

hey SchiTTmunga you goof, :lol: IT IS A CONTRACT SHORT TERM POSITION AWAY FROM HOME!!!!!!! Spell it with the rest of your kindergarten class.....C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T. Not an F**KING career position, it is also paying less than the company they are contracting you to. Did you read the part where you cant...

To the Pilot's at Westjet: My example was not meant to be inflammatory and I am sorry if that's the effect its had. There is a lot of frustration/emotion involved it this for your AMEs and I can't say I'm surprised if your noticing when talking with some of us. There is no question, it would be very...

True North: This is a thread about AME compensation at Westjet. Firstly, you've tried to hijack the thread and make it about autopilot MELs, correcting us on what it says (which I find quite amusing since you've never read it). Now you've tried to stir up a little drama here an make it about pilot's...

True North wrote:Let me state one last time, since some of your reading and comprehension skills seem to a bit lacking; I have nothing but respect for the AME profession...

LOL! Apparently. Now that's some funny sh*t, right there! Priceless. Troll.

What's unreasonable to me is reading this on a public forum. Perhaps your right... Last thing I am going to say here, because I think I was taken the wrong way: True North, Its not an us vs them thing and that's not where I wanted to go. The example was meant to highlight a very valid point: The au...

Considering the job we do and the liability assumed, AMEs are underpaid in the industry. The Median philosophy is flawed in this regard. Its about fair compensation for the job . Do we need to wait for AME Unions to get a pay raise for us to? Because that's the way it currently works. The aircraft a...

Seriously, A lot of flight crews are in such a panic to leave it seems, is it so suprising that this could happen? I've been on one flight (disgracefull performance you two hawkair boys...) where they shut down, WENT BLACK and left a plane full of passengers on board! Pilots were the first two off! ...

Umair, what make you think you were disqualified because of your age and country of birth? Did they come out and say that, or is that an assumption on your part? When did you imigrate? Don't be to quick to "pull the race card". I have noticed that imigrants can sometimes have problems in the intervi...

Blow the dust off of your wallet and get a new transponder with mode "C". Its not just you flying around you know. Why should ATC babysit you because your too cheap to upgrade?

Take the metal end of a tape measure and deflect the compass 2 degrees. After you remove the tape the compass should come back to the original heading. Try this on each of the cardinal headings. If it doesn't return to the original heading, the jewel bearing is probably toast and the compass should ...

Probably the most common cause of "smoke in the Cockpit" problems are blower motors in re-cerc systems or in this case defog. DC motors have brushes. When the brushes wear out, they start arcing. That what causes the smell. Pull the motor and replace it/check the brushes. Oh, and don't trip CBs by s...

Actually, I think being short is an advantage. anyone who has tried to shoehorn into a Learjet would probably agree with me.

Maintenance guys out there, would you get into aviation again if you could do it over, and if you could would you bail out? I cant be the only one wondering this... All things considered including, but not limited to: 1: Pay 2: Hours 3: Training (or lack there of) 4: Accidents (Here's to the ones wh...

Congrats on your retirement.

Thanks for carrying the torch. Here is the hope that we, as the next gen are able to hold it high.