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- Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: At least the Flight Attendants know what they are worth
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7002
Re: At least the Flight Attendants know what they are worth
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...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:29 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Air Canada pilots stand “UNITED”
- Replies: 101
- Views: 20492
Re: Air Canada pilots stand “UNITED”
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.
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:51 am
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: BEWARE $30,000 BOND FOR 3 YRS
- Replies: 127
- Views: 18114
Re: BEWARE $30,000 BOND FOR 3 YRS
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...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:20 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Air Canada Pilots Pull Out
- Replies: 89
- Views: 26230
Re: Air Canada Pilots Pull Out
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...
- Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:34 am
- Forum: Air Canada
- Topic: Delta Warns Air Canada
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5551
Re: Delta Warns Air Canada
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...
- Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:56 am
- Forum: WestJet
- Topic: WestJet Announcement.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16762
Re: WestJet Announcement.
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...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:19 pm
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Updated Purchase Price at $5 per share
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 ...
- Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:56 pm
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
[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...
- Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:28 am
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
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...
- Sun May 10, 2020 4:03 pm
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
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.
- Mon May 04, 2020 11:08 pm
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
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 ...
- Mon May 04, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
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 ...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:05 pm
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
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...
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:03 pm
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
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...
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 6:11 am
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
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...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 6:15 am
- Forum: Air Transat
- Topic: AC and TRZ Agree to Terminate Arrangement
- Replies: 1687
- Views: 267829
Re: Air Canada and Transat announce Increased Purchase Price to $18 per Share
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...
- Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:03 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Nature Air / Costa Rica
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2796
Re: Nature Air / Costa Rica
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...
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 4:39 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Westjet cabin incident, good thing it wasn't United or AC
- Replies: 85
- Views: 14316
Re: Westjet cabin incident, good thing it wasn't United or AC
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...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:09 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Government to Consider Random Alcohol testing for pilots
- Replies: 203
- Views: 26087
Re: Government to Consider Random Alcohol testing for pilots
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...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 7:28 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Government to Consider Random Alcohol testing for pilots
- Replies: 203
- Views: 26087
Re: Government to Consider Random Alcohol testing for pilots
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 ...