Not to mention we still do the job far better than Georgian or Sky Regional.
I wouldn't count on this, that's an attitude that leads to complacency. For Jazz's own benefit, they should treat the competition with respect. SKY has a competitive product in the embraer. Passengers prefer it. I don't think Jazz is going anywhere anytime soon. That being said, the type of flying can change as Air Canada sees fit. I know that we're doing a great job at SKY.
I'm not sure I would trust those numbers, I have heard neither has ACARS and therefore call in their times, pretty easy to be on time if you can say whatever you want for out and off times and yes I'm accusing them of lying and no I can't prove it.
Fair enough, I have no excuse, our performance is slipping and no doubt the shortage of experienced pilots is having an effect. Maybe this will trigger some competition and the pay will start to come back up. Jazz is upgrading pilots now in their 1st year, we are going to need more experienced pilots if this trend continues not to mention these pilots upgrading are also at Jazz with one foot out the door to AC, once the AC machine starts up again this fall, all I can say is I hope we are ahead of the curve or our numbers will slip further. Imho.
I rescind my lying accusation from earlier post, was given bad info.
20-40 new hires a month and lots of the experience leaving off the top to AC. It's a recipe for a decrease in the quality of service for sure. Still lotsa great people their who have been for a while BUT......
iflyroads wrote:Gate agents report the door closed or gate closed time as out times on the 1900 at GGN this is matched with what the pilot reports. The RJ has ACARS.
Not sure about sky.
It would be great if we could report gate closed times as time out. %99 of the time we are waiting on the ramp crew for bag numbers (so the door stays open and ACARS won't register brake drop) or for them to hook up the tug. Especially at AC bases with AC ground crews.... I can count on one hand the amount of times we've been late to push due to the flight crew. Most of the time we're sitting there twiddling our thumbs.
On time performance as a method of measuring success is ridiculous because it relies on too many outside factors that are out of our control as a flight crew.
It also doesn't help that AC schedules flights in international with 30-40 min turns. Add an inbound flight that had some "westjet delay vectors" or flow and now the outbound flight is late. Add an airstart due to INOP APU or a tow from domestic to international and everything gets even more fucked up.
Has anyone without a degree so much as had an in person interview with PML 2.0? Seems like everyone I've heard about getting hired has a degree. Is there any hope for us uneducated simpletons?
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Flying airplanes is easy, you just need to PAY ATTENTION. Finding a good job on the other hand takes experience, practice, and some serious talent.
Same here, I think you were hired about 2 months before me Rowdy. Lots of very talented people above me who have been waiting for a long time after doing the video interview.
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seniorpumpkin wrote:Has anyone without a degree so much as had an in person interview with PML 2.0? Seems like everyone I've heard about getting hired has a degree. Is there any hope for us uneducated simpletons?
Ive heard a few guys without university degrees getting emails for in person interview sometime in June.
Air Canada has probably processed everyone one on the "2nd PML" with university degrees and college program degrees so they are down to us "uneducated fools" ??
I am also in the pool of folks who have completed the video interview, but haven't heard anything since. I have an aviation college diploma from Conestoga College.
The wait is tough, but it is certainly nothing like some of the other folks in the OTS have gone through so I consider myself lucky.
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skypirate88 wrote:I am also in the pool of folks who have completed the video interview, but haven't heard anything since. I have an aviation college diploma from Conestoga College.
The wait is tough, but it is certainly nothing like some of the other folks in the OTS have gone through so I consider myself lucky.
I understand the PFO comes within 2 weeks. If you haven't heard no after 2 weeks, you're banked for the in person process.
Anyone experience anything different?
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skypirate88 wrote:I am also in the pool of folks who have completed the video interview, but haven't heard anything since. I have an aviation college diploma from Conestoga College.
The wait is tough, but it is certainly nothing like some of the other folks in the OTS have gone through so I consider myself lucky.
I understand the PFO comes within 2 weeks. If you haven't heard no after 2 weeks, you're banked for the in person process.
Anyone experience anything different?
I wasn't aware of that but nice to know if that is the case. I am not terribly concerned at this point. I am having a lot of fun where I sit at Jazz
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Black_Tusk wrote:I know someone through the whole process from PML 2.0. Aviation college diploma only and is waiting on a GS date.
From which college if you don't mind me asking? I'm wondering if they're now prioritizing diplomas from certain flight colleges?
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Probably Seneca, they are the best hands down. I heard they invented flying and there even is a rumour saying they taught birds how to do it!
They should have a flow through to Nasa.