Is it still cheaper for an AC pilot to commute/travel on WS than on AC? Or has AC revised their fees for employee pass travel?

In my humble opinion, the best and easiest solution is to abolish seniority based schedule bidding and progress to socialized bidding. You will not have this “problem” if the most senior captain works the same schedule as the most junior FO. The current system has made it too sweet to leave if given...

....I’ll be turning on the WestJet application soon. We will start WJ interviewing likely in November. Dave Welcome back DaveP, Just for clarification, were you referring to mainline hiring? The recent good news of a defined flow through from Encore indicates that the first Encore pilots will be el...

where exactly do you flow through: -when mainline is not expanding as fast as it used to -when WJ may actually shrink as it offloads some routes to Encore (unless it gets bigger equipment) -when there are many capts in their mid 30s (25 years or so before they retire) -when lot of them won't retire...

I should also point out that at the end of 2012, 13 737-700 were planned to be delivered during the 2014/15 timeframe. One would suppose that the number is now 8 aircraft. Still exciting.

Q1 News, CALGARY, May 7, 2013 /CNW/ - WestJet (TSX: WJA) today announced its first quarter results for 2013. The airline reported record net earnings of $91.1 million , or $0.68 per diluted share, up from the net earnings of $68.3 million, or $0.49 per diluted share reported in the first quarter of ...

wjhr wrote:The WJ posting is down but will be up soon again. This purges the pool from old or interviewed applicants etc. the encore listing has been re-posted yesterday. Westjets will follow likely when Davep gets back from holidays.

This is very good news! Thank you

The recent negativity on this forum has done well to squash any positive news at Westjet, particularly with hiring. With WJHR promoting Westjet’s values of honesty and openness, I thought we can best use their knowledge to answer questions regarding the exciting hiring that’s occurring at Westjet fo...