A possibility is that the threat of a looming flight attendant strike during the busy winter southern holiday season in the media is having an impact on future bookings as people may be exercising other options in order to hedge their bets in case of a strike? Timing = leverage in negotiations. When...

Finally, A race to the top instead of the decades old race to the bottom. A concept we are finally starting to understand up here. Great job ALPA.

With all due respect to the Transat pilots here defending the use of bonds it has to be said that this is a massive strategic victory for management. I have said and always will that the existence of bonds are indicative of an underlying systemic problem in an organization, whether it be wawcon, lab...

Most people applying are doing so to get a seniority number to hedge their bets that flat pay will all but be eliminated on the next contract within the next year and/or a quick upgrade after a year. I would suspect that both bargaining parties are aware that applicants will fall off a cliff once pe...

Based on the weakness of the last MOA proposal that just was voted down overwhelmingly I would call BS that AC was advised by any US legacy carrier they were going to hire Canadian pilots anytime soon. Based on the perceived gains by Management and MEC there is no existential threat of a mass exodus...

Anecdotal evidence to support your own personal opinion is common these days but highly inaccurate and bias. Seeing a captain sleeping on a couch in a crew room to save a buck or a ruff neck in his monster truck towing a bunch of quads down the highway and using that to support an opinion is weak at...

Saying Transat’s aircraft Is part of the brand is like saying the logistics division of Walmart is part of its brand. The Transat brand is all about the destination and price and has very little to do about the seat you sit in to get you there. Economies of scale will determine what and how much of ...

[quote=727driver post_id=<a href="tel:1119917">1119917</a> time=<a href="tel:1592760513">1592760513</a> user_id=897] As far as the deal goes JME comments sound less confident about a done deal than he did two months ago and if he is so confident that TRZ could make a go of it on its own prior to th...

321LR will be less expensive to run across to Europe but if there are blocked seats for passenger distancing there will be limited opportunity to make up the difference in lost revenue with cargo. 330s and 777s will have a distinct economies of scale advantage as they can make up a bigger difference...

So let me get this straight. Your claim is that the airline industry recovery from the worst global economic recession since the Great Depression is going to be lead by discretionary international travel and discretionary spending. I’m sorry but that’s a bit of a stretch.

I thought you worked for Transat Fl320 because if you did you would know that the operation makes little if any profit on airfare only sales. It’s the tour or cruise package and hotel commissions that generates the profit for the company and has done so for the last 30 years. In case you missed the ...

2 interesting news stories .. Greece is preparing for the return of tourists and the second is fall/winter travel bookings have risen 38%. Things are starting to open and optimism is rising .. there is light at the end of the tunnel. On the last webcast Transat said they had people who were making ...

OMG 30 pages of back and forth. Enough already. Air Canada will do what’s best for Air Canada not Air Transat. Remember Air Canada’s initial strategy was to eliminate Transat as a competitor not buy it. That strategy only changed to prevent another competitor to acquire it and keeping its marketshar...

I have one question, whether AC carved out the flight ops or not, when ac takes over transat as a whole, aren’t they legally bound to all the collective agreements in place? Yes. The above speculation is much in the same vain as Gilles. Not based on labor law. People keep trying to go down the rabb...

CR has many options at his disposal and will use the one that has the greatest chance of success, will deliver the best value for investors and secure the corporation’s future success. I believe renegotiation of the terms of the agreement are highly likely if the deal proceeds forward. Right now bot...

160 I suggest you tone it down and be careful about casting disparaging remarks about drunk pilots and crashed airbus’. You guys have your share of genius aviators too that have managed to slip through the cracks or did your forget about the hero Capt Piche who ran out fuel because he couldn’t ident...

Nature Air used to really solid back when they ran twin otters. Few years back they switched to Let 410 soon after management change. Big mistake. Last year Bank repoed the Lets. They contracted out all flying to a third party contractor. Local charter outfit not really staffed for the extra work. P...

I totally agree with you rookie however this is a directive from TC cabin safety division. All the FA was doing was enforcing a stupid rule. If you paid attention to the cabin safety briefing you would have heard the standard "only earbud devices connected to the aircraft entertainment system is all...

With all due respect, security screening of air crew is a consequence of filling gaps in security and is more window dressing than anything else. Our liquids and gel exemption is proof of that. I even set off the alarm after a hand swab on one occasion . It was a non event, checked my RAIC noted the...

It appears the Emirates brainwashing machine is really good at their work. Convincing a Canadian expat that mandatory breathalyser testing before each flight is a perfectly acceptable way of managing the issue. While I understand there is a cultural difference in that part of world and the way laws ...

A recent technical bulletin was released by Airbus regarding uncommanded pitch over as a result of frozen or malfunction of the AOA indicator. By not turning of two of three ADIRS (air data computers) off even full stick back inputs would not recover control away from the Airbus. This is because the...

Well supercharged it is today reality of social media. Her perception is her reality. Just like people who hear about one Air Canada flight attendant or gate agent with a bad attitude leads someone to believe Air Canada service is bad. No one ever talks or makes conversation of the good service. It'...

Someone I know sent me this video today and asked me; is this the maturity level of pilots these days? She was shocked and said that she had always placed a great deal of trust and faith into the pilots that fly the planes she travels on. After seeing this video she is now concerned that those at th...

Is this possible with the scope language with ACPA? I thought anything >75 seats had to have main line drivers? The article says the 900 seats 90.

Established client base, extensive network of nationwide travel agencies, hotels, established travel products, marketing programs and infrastructure. Group Transat is not an airline, it is vertically inter grated tour operator. That's something you need to be in order to compete in the leisure marke...