BE20 Driver wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:14 pm
Too many skippers going to China?
No skippers are going to China. Captains here make pretty good money considering the 1.5 hourly rate above 90 hours and the 2.0 rated above 100 hours in combination with the deployment intensives. Day pairing are very productive so you have lots of time off to pick up over time on your days off at a rate of 2.0.
We have a lot of pilots leaving for AC. I hear about 5 per month. Mostly FO's and a few young captains although I haven't heard of any captains who have left
We also have lots of FO's who don't meet the upgrade matrix of 5,000 total time and 2,000tt on jet aircraft of over 100,000lbs. Rumor has it there is a big upgrade announcement in the new year and they might have to go down the list pretty far.
It would be pretty difficult to keep all the day of work together specially if you're junior.
There are quite a few commuters though, so it works for them.
A way to make the commute less painful is to deploy.
For instance if you are based in YYZ and you live in YWG, chances are you can be award the YWG base for the winter.
Or even if your deployed base isn't your home base, at least, you have your crash pad and your car paid plus 1500$ a month.
13. RATES OF PAY
13.1 Newly Hired FCMs
13.1.1 Newly hired FCMs, for the purposes of seniority, vacation and salary, will be deemed hired on the first day they successfully complete the PPC. The waiting period for Benefits will begin the day the FCM enters the training program.
13.1.2 Newly hired FCMs will be required to sign a training bond.
One thing I like about where I'm at now is that there is no reserve system. I never have liked sitting around for the phone to ring.
30 hours a month of actual stick time isn't a lot of time.
Just curious though, how long would it take a guy to get off of reserve and hold a block?
Spirit wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:12 pm
Do you have to go to Europe in the summer or is that optional? Can you get laid off and come back the following winter instead?
You can be forced for up to 90 days but with the way things are going now I wouldn't worry too much about it. There are always more than enough people who want to go to Europe. There were a few LOA's offered this past summer. I'm not sure if I would count on getting the whole summer though. There is still a fair bit of flying done at the Canadian bases but obviously not near as much as the winter months.
No call backs yet, and I am assuming none til the new year.
I suppose the next best question is; Does anyone have an idea when ground school starts in Jan and Feb? I would imagine calls would start 2-weeks prior.
I believe they interviewed first two weeks of December and get back to people for January course about 2-3 weeks out from ground school date. When that class starts is beyond me.
Is Sunwing going to contact those interviewed in early December to let them know if they were successful or not? So far they have only contacted those selected for the January ground school.
Thanks!
There may be a delay for new hires as it was just announced there will be some F/O's upgrading to Captain shortly. They may need the groundschool instructors and SIM slots to get the upgrades completed before they resume hiring for F/O's.
I was aware of the upgrades for YYZ and YUL, but I was not aware that they would fill the new hire sim slots with upgrades. Thanks for the intel. It is greatly appreciated for those of us playing the waiting game.
