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by goingnowherefast
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:19 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: How was in the past
Replies: 16
Views: 5314

Re: How was in the past

Even today it's amazing how one can turn down those once coveted jobs. Human nature is intriguing. A lot of jobs have the annoying characteristic that once you qualify for them, they lose their appeal... Jazz was a very different company 10 years ago. People went there looking for it to be their ca...
by goingnowherefast
Sun Jan 07, 2024 1:47 am
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: ALPA files ULP against Jazz/AC
Replies: 8
Views: 8419

Re: ALPA files ULP against Jazz/AC

They care so little that they went through the time and effort of filing a ULP. :rolleyes: They're doing their best to spit shine the turd that Jazz has become. If anyone can do a better job than the current Jazz MEC, feel free to get involved. That's not sarcasm, please do. Jazz is a mess and it lo...
by goingnowherefast
Sat Jan 06, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Alaska airlines grounds 737-MAX-9 fleet
Replies: 6
Views: 2411

Re: Alaska airlines grounds 737-MAX-9 fleet

Don't build a shit airplane. It won't get the bad press if it's not deserved. The 737 was a great airplane in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and even into the 10s. Basically once the McDonnell Douglas, bean counter mentality infected Boeing to bring us the MAX and abysmal quality control, it ruined the...
by goingnowherefast
Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Porter Airlines
Topic: Porter/Air Transat merger prediction
Replies: 19
Views: 5670

Re: Porter/Air Transat merger prediction

Porter will procure TS as follows. Once all the Emb fleet is here AND St Hubert is built, Porter will sell both the YOW hanger and Terminal and make a butt load, pay most the EMB fleet off outright, than turn around and IPO. With minimal debt from the sale of both Hangar and Terminal the IPO will b...
by goingnowherefast
Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: Should I go to Jazz?
Replies: 43
Views: 22119

Re: Should I go to Jazz?

Stand ups are rare outside of Jazz. They do happen, but not to the same extent as Jazz. Most companies acknowledge that they're fatiguing and unproductive (2 regional legs in 2 calendar days is crew utilization at it's worst). Yes a junior person will get the less desirable pairings, but it won't be...
by goingnowherefast
Thu Dec 14, 2023 10:05 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: What's with all the geeks on the street at Pearson
Replies: 38
Views: 29995

Re: What's with all the geeks on the street at Pearson

Lanyards aren't anonymous to management. Stay under the radar while on probation.

Secret ballots are...well, secret to everyone. Nobody can make anyone's life difficult based on how that individual votes.
by goingnowherefast
Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:45 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Canada given C grade in flight safety oversight, confidential UN agency report finds
Replies: 35
Views: 8855

Re: Canada given C grade in flight safety oversight, confidential UN agency report finds

I'm not at all surprised that our safety grade took a nose-dive. I've seen so many issues this past year with weather stations being down, radar stations down, and restricted ATC service causing Class A airspace closure and congestion below 18000'. I've had trouble at times choosing alternates beca...
by goingnowherefast
Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: CC150 Polaris scrapped
Replies: 10
Views: 3142

Re: CC150 Polaris scrapped

While scrapping it is not surprising now that the 330's are coming on line - I question the need to scrap it in Guam. Looks like it just needs a rudder and vertical fin. You would think they would replace that and sell/ferry it to a scrap dealer. Can't be that expensive to replace those. And then t...
by goingnowherefast
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: CC150 Polaris scrapped
Replies: 10
Views: 3142

Re: CC150 Polaris scrapped

"In 2019...plane was put out of commission for nearly a year-and-a-half after it rolled away and collided with a hangar wall at CFB Trenton, causing $11 million in damage to its nose and an engine." You'd think chocks would be on the top of everyone's mind. It's not like they got pushed out of the w...
by goingnowherefast
Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:40 am
Forum: Air Canada
Topic: Is this what a Union feels like?
Replies: 24
Views: 6481

Re: Is this what a Union feels like?

Unless you are working or have worked at WestJet over the past few years, you have no idea how significant the gains were in the recent contract. Money was a relatively small part of it. Good point. My bad Westjet did an amazing job killing the cancer Swoop Those pilots really did show incredible s...
by goingnowherefast
Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:30 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Article on Porter's expansion and pilot supply in general
Replies: 48
Views: 7407

Re: Article on Porter's expansion and pilot supply in general

The article acknowledges that there aren't enough pilots for every airline to grow and succeed. The loser is the one who nickel and dimes their pilots and pisses them off. Porter management acknowledged this in that article and says they're doing what they can do make sure it doesn't happen to them....
by goingnowherefast
Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:51 am
Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
Topic: "We want our pilots to be entirely free from any financial consideration when they take a safety-related decisionWestjet
Replies: 18
Views: 3378

Re: "We want our pilots to be entirely free from any financial consideration when they take a safety-related decisionWes

I have had to argue with Ops quite a bit. Apparently they were trained not to trust pilots...probably about the only training they received. Fortunately not WJ or any major airline, but it still does happen in the "705 lite" world today. I've also had to explain to a CP why I made a decision, but ce...
by goingnowherefast
Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: Porter Airlines
Topic: CFO's resignation
Replies: 35
Views: 6932

Re: CFO's resignation

Somebody else offered him more money?

30 turboprops expanding to a fleet of 130 mostly jets is maybe out of his element and expertise?

Not always negative.
by goingnowherefast
Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Using Radios effectively for situational awareness.
Replies: 8
Views: 788

Re: Using Radios effectively for situational awareness.

Most under stated comment in this whole thread! How is one to learn where other traffic is when all that happens is talking. Radios is 90% listening. The number of times I encounter someone who makes a 126.7 broadcast, then immediately switch to another frequency. I'm busy trying to sort out the con...
by goingnowherefast
Sat Aug 26, 2023 4:30 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Keewatin PC-24
Replies: 23
Views: 3783

Re: Keewatin PC-24

I watched a PC-12 take off with icicles hanging off the aileron. Pilot broke off SOME of them before hoping in and starting up. As they taxiied out or sight in the snow storm, I assumed they were headed back to their ramp. Quite surprised (for 2 reasons) when I saw them airborne a few minutes later....
by goingnowherefast
Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:32 am
Forum: Jazz Aviation LP - Air Canada Express
Topic: So Jazz pilots will go from the lowest paid to the lowest paid?
Replies: 46
Views: 7157

Re: So Jazz pilots will go from the lowest paid to the lowest paid?

A rising tide floats all boats. If not directly than certainly indirectly. WJ raised their rates and that puts pressure on AC. That ALSO puts pressure on all the regional and northern 705 operators that WJ and AC hire from. So the northern 705s up their pay trying to keep Pilots. Now very few are in...
by goingnowherefast
Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Comox WestJet + RCAF
Replies: 27
Views: 4258

Re: Comox WestJet + RCAF

The picture shows the stopped 737 nosewheels straddling the yellow taxi line. I think the RCAF is probably going to own this one because they parked the CC130 inside the maneuvering area for the civil terminal ramp. “I was on the centreline, so it was not my fault.” :roll: I have never driven a 737...
by goingnowherefast
Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: Porter Airlines
Topic: New Payscale
Replies: 49
Views: 18805

Re: New Payscale

What's the minimum/maximum number of days worked?

Credits/month? Are pairings generally productive?

What are grey days?
by goingnowherefast
Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: Porter Airlines
Topic: New Payscale
Replies: 49
Views: 18805

Re: New Payscale

What is the schedule like on that pay? Rotational schedules in 703/704 world (14/14 or 7/7) usually mean working 12 out of every every 28 days or about 13-14 days per calendar month. Granted Porter pilots aren't deicing their own King Air in North Fort Lake, but schedule is an important part of the ...
by goingnowherefast
Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: Porter Airlines
Topic: Approx Net Pay - First Year Q400 Captain
Replies: 23
Views: 2852

Re: Approx Net Pay - First Year Q400 Captain

Makes sense for a Encore/Jazz captain with a couple years up the pay scale to want a similar pay level in another job flying a similar airplane on similar routes. Whether the airline (Porter in this case) can offer it is a different question. It would sure be nice if we could all get industry years ...

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