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No surprise since TC was looking to purchase lift rather than operate their own aircraft. I'm sure if Jazz had the capability off hand things would have been different.

We can weld a couple of 705's together

WestJet Airlines Ltd. (WJA-T14.530.352.47%) has signed a deal to fly charter flights for Thomas Cook Canada Inc., just days after the leisure travel firm discontinued its contract with Jazz Aviation LP.

Calgary-based WestJet said Wednesday that the new pact will allow the carrier to provide extra seat capacity for passengers who book on Thomas Cook’s Sunquest Vacations unit next winter.

Oh ok stinkenapple, if you want to walk around with teal colored glasses on thats not my problem. Guess we'll see in a 5 or so months.
Lets look at the obvious for a sec, the Western program worked for both parties, TC needs something to do for the surplus of 57s during our winter or park them. TC couldn't fill the 57s but combined with WJ they will. Unless WJ load factors were low out east for the vacation market where are they going to get the added capcity?

The rumour mill is 3 G-reg 757's crewed by TC UK for winter 2012/2013.

This could also lead to summer capacity for transatlantic.

Quid pro quo?

It wouldn't surprise me. From my understanding having 1 aircraft is no longer acceptable (see Hawaii APU troubles.)

Personally, I couldn't care less how many wet leases we have. If we can't do it with our own planes, we need to do it with someone else's. Once it makes financial sense to get our own second type, we better be doing the flying, but not before. The company's financial health is more important than any short term gain for a select few of us.

Bede wrote,
Personally, I couldn't care less how many wet leases we have. If we can't do it with our own planes, we need to do it with someone else's. Once it makes financial sense to get our own second type, we better be doing the flying, but not before. The company's financial health is more important than any short term gain for a select few of us.

So, with WestJet becoming part of the problem and not the solution, you're ok with that as long as your profit share cheque rolls in. You must support SunWing as well then....Friggin pilots, we're all a bunch of self serving eogotist

Well I guess that's the difference between our mentality. You would sacrifice your employers profitability for the short term gain and I am willing to give up a little for long term gain. This attitude is not limited to this issue- it permeates everything within our organizations and is the reason why our organizations have such divergent long term outlooks.

I'm sure all the Sunwing pilots said the same thing when the foreign pilot issue crept in, now there's an unfair cost advantage and it's driving down yields for all tour operators. Sunwing's CEO recently said there was an over capacity in this segment, but did'nt shoulder any blame for that.
WestJet started with one 57, this year came a TC wetlease that was so cost effective, it warranted getting out of 3 remaining years of a contract, now you'll have 2 or more next year.
Nope, not part of the problem as far as I can see, Bede maybe you can help me out.
Why is it ok to lower the bar in the name of profit?
I guess you'll be willing to take a paycut down the road, you know so your company can make a profit.

Oh and as far as our mentality goes, we gave a lot to help our company try and diversify,
unfortunatley WalJet undercut us.