Jazz will hire at the rate of pilot attrition less any reduced flying requirements. Same for AC.

For those not paying attention, the music is now slowing down.

tonysoprano wrote: Never seen anyone use the eye scanner. Do we even have those?

NEXUS

ATW - FYI. News release via CNW Telbec, Montreal 514-878-2520 Attention Business/Financial Editors: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. to sell 13 million units of Jazz Air Income Fund for total net proceeds of $ 96.85 million MONTREAL, Jan. 16 /CNW Telbec/ - ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. (ACE) today announced ...

Four1oh wrote: The shizzle would be hitting the nizzle if that happened so often at WJ.

The 'shizzle' never hits the 'nizzle' at AC

And with the way things are now, bidding the left seat after one or two years in is doable if you don't mind some reserve. This still implies that every single new-hire will have this opportunity which is obviously not the case. Having said that, first year narrowbody Capt opportunities could only ...

I may be wrong but................... has anybody ever seen WJA have to wait for a ramp crew? Makes no sense to save hundreds of pounds of fuel through efficient descent planning and single engine taxi-in just to watch kerosene evaporate metres from your parking spot

aroundthewing wrote:

rudder wrote:AC/ACE no longer own nor control Jazz

Are you sure about that?

The last 9% will be sold before the kids are out of school this summer.....

There is no doubt that AC will use the 'pilot wars' as a bargaining tool to maintain downward pressure on the pilot contract. The big difference this time is that AC/ACE no longer own nor control Jazz. Further, absent a sustainable invocation of 'force majeure' by AC, the CPA contract is closed unde...

Brick Head wrote:

tonysoprano wrote:Heard a rumor management has asked ACPA to extend the present contract to 2010. Anybody else hear it?

.... the Jazz CPA is up for renegotiation.

No it is not. However, the triennial rate setting exercise is underway. Not the same thing.

Jazz flies where AC tells it to fly. AC does not want into YTZ either - they just want Porter to go away (from rudder) So I guess it won't bother AC JAZZ that Porter is planning a new terminal at the island airport. Maybe spending all that money on the infrastructure and new planes will bankrupt th...

Brick Head wrote:L18.07 If there is a total sale or divestiture of any Air Canada Connector Airline, then the pilots of that carrier will be removed from the Combined Seniority List of Air Canada Connector Airlines, subject to the Laws of Canada.

Reads pretty clear - the clock is running........

What happens to the AC/ACR LOU when ACE divest the final 9% of Jazz in spring 2008?

dashx wrote:

Jazz (oops Air Canada Jazz) still has a burning desire to get back into City Centre Airport lets not forget that.

Wrong.

Jazz flies where AC tells it to fly. AC does not want into YTZ either - they just want Porter to go away.

You won't believe how this story ends

Our perdiums are on PAR with Jazz, .... A 'meal period' based system will almost always compensate higher over most pairings than a 'trip hour' based system unless the hourly rate applied is significantly higher than the meal period daily total divided by 24 (i.e. Air Transat @ $3.48 per trip hour/...

If you read the articles closely, you will see the parties that are claiming that they will be largely unaffected are representatives for AC and WJ themselves, not the analysts. I do not doubt that it will be a softer landing in Canada. But make no mistake - the boom is over. There is quite a contra...

US majors are all shutting down hirng, reducing domestic capacity by double digits, and somehow AC will be immune to all of this? Sure - just like after 9/11.

piggy wrote: The pay at jazz in the rgt seat is disgusting.

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=110478

ok, maybe it's been asked before, but I don't remember. Will Jazz pilots picket with AC pilots when it comes time, or will they be flying their asses off? If history is the teacher, the answer is clear. During the last AC pilot strike, the connector line pilots did not fly a single flight on a stru...

There is alternative domestic service on most routes and certainly 100% of the destinations that AC serves within Canada. Similarly, there are alternatives to AC to arrive at transborder and international destinations. It is Jazz that is the sole service provider using AC code to many medium and sma...

Letter from retired USAirways Captain - I wonder would USAPA be able to spend $500,000 just to save the careers of 2 pilots? Fellow US Airways pilots: For those of you who don’t remember me, let me introduce myself. My name is XXX XXXXX, and I spent over 20 years of my airline pilot career as an ALP...