China_CAAC's Merged Threads

[ameryass2000]

I’m glad your keeping a positive attitude as you’re probably going to need it the next couple months, as it will be stressful for the OTS captains.

As the interm order says, you will only be able to hold a position that your seniority allows. I believe this is another reason why Kaplan gave WestJet till December 1st to comply. That should take care of any issues in the training department and give WestJet time to get its own guys up and running. This Kaplan seems like a really reasonable fellow that gets it.

As for as the money, I could really care less about what you guys are being paid...that’s a WestJet problem. The problem was always guys holding Captain positions out of seniority. That will be fixed in two months. Guys that tried to circumvent the system and jump the cue are being
back where they belong in the cue, it’s as good as we could have hoped for. Others wanted to see you guys removed completely. I’m ok with this.

Question though, out of the original 26, how many are left? I wonder how many will stay?

Cheers
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Is there any chance that these unscrupulous aviators could be sent to the right seat of a Dash? Presumably the seat they could hold according to their seniority in the whole list?
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[Alcoholism]

eyebrow guy. While I like your posting style... however, cargojet hasn't helped the industry at all. They were (still are?) the worst paying/working conditions for a cargo airline. Your C U Next Tuesday CEO helped the race to the bottom, with the aid of your pilot group. Low bidding the Purolator contract that ended with over 100 KFC pilots laid off, not allowing employee jumpseat travel on own aircraft, spineless union reps, GS - who must be almost an alcoholic like me... I mean really, your post is some really black kettle pot $hit. Sure the Westjetty guys weren't the best, but with ALPA, I believe they are on the right path, and hopefully in the future, as professional pilots, won't picking up snot rags in the back.

[3down&loct]

eyebrow guy. While I like your posting style... however, cargojet hasn't helped the industry at all. They were (still are?) the worst paying/working conditions for a cargo airline. Your C U Next Tuesday CEO helped the race to the bottom, with the aid of your pilot group. Low bidding the Purolator contract that ended with over 100 KFC pilots laid off, not allowing employee jumpseat travel on own aircraft, spineless union reps, GS - who must be almost an alcoholic like me... I mean really, your post is some really black kettle pot $hit. Sure the Westjetty guys weren't the best, but with ALPA, I believe they are on the right path, and hopefully in the future, as professional pilots, won't picking up snot rags in the back.

Ditto

[eyebrow737]

eyebrow guy. While I like your posting style... however, cargojet hasn't helped the industry at all. They were (still are?) the worst paying/working conditions for a cargo airline. Your C U Next Tuesday CEO helped the race to the bottom, with the aid of your pilot group. Low bidding the Purolator contract that ended with over 100 KFC pilots laid off, not allowing employee jumpseat travel on own aircraft, spineless union reps, GS - who must be almost an alcoholic like me... I mean really, your post is some really black kettle pot $hit. Sure the Westjetty guys weren't the best, but with ALPA, I believe they are on the right path, and hopefully in the future, as professional pilots, won't picking up snot rags in the back.

Couldn't agree with you more my friend. Bear in mind I left CJ 5 years ago for greener fields per se but I am still in touch with a few guys there.

I hear that the latest contract was a cluster and most got shafted by the Union and management under threats.

I can only hope that opening up the US would do wonders for aviation here.

As a whole I feel at AC we are also to blame for a lot of it by setting such a.low bar for FOs for starting pay. The rest of the industry seems to follow. Granted going from captain to FO and back again over and over has made me bitter but the whole system lacks competition that allows pilots to move freely choosing the best employer.

I'm back on the left and the pay isn't bad but I miss the freedom of direct entry of an expat and ensuring that employers are doing their best to entice talent. Something that is sorely missing here in Canada.

[Alcoholism]

A lot of us have been through the ups & downs, and it is frustrating in this industry. Like the saying goes, shit skies downhill... agreed, AC IMO is to blame for a good portion, especially with the lol10 year contract. With todays environment in the pilots favor, it is my hope WS will set the bar to be industry leading, as many union groups eyes are on them as there's a few contract coming up for renewal in the next few years or so. While the recent victory is small, it is one nonetheless.

[WeedPro2000]

While the recent victory is small, it is one nonetheless.

Yes. Small it is. Prior to ALPA's election, all Swoop flying was to be done only by pilots on the (now on life-support) WestJet Pilot Department List, composed only of WJ and Encore pilots, with terms to be negotiated. So I guess one could say we are back to where we were prior to May 2017. Sort of.

[Donald]

it is my hope WS will set the bar to be industry leading

Many of us hoped for the same thing when Encore started.

[Mach1]

With todays environment in the pilots favor, it is my hope WS will set the bar to be industry leading...

The company also loves to use that phrase, "Industry Leading." Unfortunately, they just never clarify which direction they are Leading the Industry.

[KAG]

While the recent victory is small, it is one nonetheless.

Yes. Small it is. Prior to ALPA's election, all Swoop flying was to be done only by pilots on the (now on life-support) WestJet Pilot Department List, composed only of WJ and Encore pilots, with terms to be negotiated. So I guess one could say we are back to where we were prior to May 2017. Sort of.

Yes john we had the flying - for appalling wages. At least now we have a pretty solid shot at drastically improving that, especially given the common employer. So I'd say without knowing the conditions its already a solid win, and I'll bet you vastly improved wawcon.
As for the encore pilots, please stop using that as a front for your real reason you fight alpa - your huge T4 driven by you husseling the current system. Now I admit the "one list" may get screwed, but that's not alpa, that'll be from a minority group of pilots contesting it. alpa doesnt care how we run our list. So itll be pilots, then courts that decide the fate of the one list, assuming it's even challenged. ALPA isnt the end all, be all, neither was the wjpa. I'm very glad we had alpa helping to guide us through swoop and our new agreement. Guess we'll see shortly how truly successful they were, and how correct (or incorrect) you are.

[altiplano]

Prior to ALPA's election, all Swoop flying was to be done only by pilots on the (now on life-support) WestJet Pilot Department List, composed only of WJ and Encore pilots, with terms to be negotiated. So I guess one could say we are back to where we were prior to May 2017. Sort of.

A bit revisionist? I seem to recall it was to be open to WJ pilots with B-scale terms unilaterally imposed by your management? What was the rate? Ballpark of $100/hour for Captains and less contribution on your ESOP?

[cloak]

Recently Jetlines had to change aircraft type because it couldn't secure enough NGs. Securing and retaining human resources is even more important. With the looming pilot shortage, top among them would be experienced pilots. As in most cases the real enemy is the breakdown of relationships and that's where the attention should go, not attacking people, and with the impending joint venture and expansion at hand, retaining experienced pilots is most important for WestJet. That would be a real victory!

Long term, won't be surprizing at all to see airlines give credit for previous 705 airline experience, and while seniority is based on date of hire, pay and vacation should be based on experience. In case of Air Canada for instance, even if new pilots start as FOs, they should start at the appropriate level and the pay levels could even be adjusted a bit to reflect experience, but one should not have to keep starting at the bottom. This will definitely attract more talent.

[daedalusx]

Recently Jetlines had to change aircraft type because it couldn't secure enough NGs. Securing and retaining human resources is even more important. With the looming pilot shortage, top among them would be experienced pilots. As in most cases the real enemy is the breakdown of relationships and that's where the attention should go, not attacking people, and with the impending joint venture and expansion at hand, retaining experienced pilots is most important for WestJet. That would be a real victory!

Long term, won't be surprizing at all to see airlines give credit for previous 705 airline experience, and while seniority is based on date of hire, pay and vacation should be based on experience. In case of Air Canada for instance, even if new pilots start as FOs, they should start at the appropriate level and the pay levels could even be adjusted a bit to reflect experience, but one should not have to keep starting at the bottom. This will definitely attract more talent.

That's a pipe dream.
Air Canada has no problem filling ground schools with 'talent'. They can still afford to hand pick their candidates and they will never ever pay an experienced high quality talented pilot year 1 FO at 777 CA wages when the Seneca kid on the Jazz PML program will still pass his ride and line check at the bottom of the barrel wage.
Is the 777 expat capt a much better, safer pilot than the 1500hr wonder Seneca grad ? Absolutely. But as long as all you need to be right seat on a 705 AC is 250hr and a written iatra you will never ever have a problem filling a Jazz/Encore/AC GS. It's a fairly easy to understand supply/demand curve - You'd think the negotiations committee union geniuses would work on fixing that rather than lobby for more PICUS which only serves as a way to get quicker and cheaper 705 captains. Get rid of PICUS and prohibit the cadets from buying their ATPLs by running 152s in circles is the day that Jazz/Sunwing/etc will have a problem finding qualified Capt - is the day that pay will get hire to attract experienced pilots ... Again... Very very basic stuff here.

Seems like no one remembers the glorious days of 18000$FO/36000$CA a yr Embraer/RJ pilots at the American regionals in the late 2000s until Congress got involved after Colgan...

[DrSpaceman]

I agree getting rid of picus would go a long way. Also would be great to have a 1500h rule for 705. Did wonders south of the border for working conditions!

[cloak]

That's a pipe dream.
Air Canada has no problem filling ground schools with 'talent'. They can still afford to hand pick their candidates and they will never ever pay an experienced high quality talented pilot year 1 FO at 777 CA wages when the Seneca kid on the Jazz PML program will still pass his ride and line check at the bottom of the barrel wage.
Is the 777 expat capt a much better, safer pilot than the 1500hr wonder Seneca grad ? Absolutely. But as long as all you need to be right seat on a 705 AC is 250hr and a written iatra you will never ever have a problem filling a Jazz/Encore/AC GS. It's a fairly easy to understand supply/demand curve - You'd think the negotiations committee union geniuses would work on fixing that rather than lobby for more PICUS which only serves as a way to get quicker and cheaper 705 captains. Get rid of PICUS and prohibit the cadets from buying their ATPLs by running 152s in circles is the day that Jazz/Sunwing/etc will have a problem finding qualified Capt - is the day that pay will get hire to attract experienced pilots ... Again... Very very basic stuff here.

Seems like no one remembers the glorious days of 18000$FO/36000$CA a yr Embraer/RJ pilots at the American regionals in the late 2000s until Congress got involved after Colgan...

That was my point too that those conditions in the U.S changed by market forces. ACPA for instance vaunted support for ALPA's fight with WestJet, meanwhile agreed to these low wages at Air Canada for 10 years! If it wants to improve the working conditions of pilots in Canada it needs to look no farther than its own home! This is why unions are not as effective as the market forces that now for instance U.S major carriers starting FO salary is in the low 80s and reaches a 100 very quickly, and the airlines are still making record money. That is also where airlines are beginning to give credit for previous airline experience and hire pilots at their experience level, not at year one. That was driven by market forces not by unions, and the same will happen in Canada by market forces and Air Canada too will have to pay the appropriate wages.

[x-wind]

Is changing the regulations market forces?

It was the minimum requirements being raise first that started the wage increases in the US. The unions lobby for those increases and to maintain them. Who else would have advocted for those changes cloak? How many non union shops are there at those places that pay well in the states?

[mbav8r]

Although this is not the outcome wished upon Tbaylx and his ilk, two things jump out as justice served.
The pay being locked in, means he won’t benefit from any gains made in the forthcoming agreement, stuck at the abysmal pay he signed on for is deserved, the other, he won’t be getting 37 PIC to take to a Chinese or wherever contract.
I have to admit, I thought they were going to get ahead because my faith in arbitrators has been soured over the years, they always seem to side with the corporations, perhaps they did.
Also, it seems to have shut him up

[munzil]

, he won’t be getting 37 PIC to take to a Chinese or wherever

Maybe he didn't want to go to Chinese. Maybe he wanted to go to Japanese or South Korean.. maybe even a first world country that isnt hobbled by unions and has fair wages and benefits like new zealandese or Australian?

[cloak]

Although this is not the outcome wished upon Tbaylx and his ilk...

Yet for someone who is so magnanimous, you still had to take a shot, well done!
If one's spouse has an affair, it's too tempting to blame the other individual, yet the real reason is the break-up of the relationship with one's spouse.
In these threads the attacks usually come from Encore and Jazz guys which is quite ironic! But if you are a WestJet pilot, focus on the relationship!

[mbav8r]

, he won’t be getting 37 PIC to take to a Chinese or wherever

Maybe he didn't want to go to Chinese. Maybe he wanted to go to Japanese or South Korean.. maybe even a first world country that isnt hobbled by unions and has fair wages and benefits like new zealandese or Australian?

[mbav8r]

Although this is not the outcome wished upon Tbaylx and his ilk...

Yet for someone who is so magnanimous, you still had to take a shot, well done!
If one's spouse has an affair, it's too tempting to blame the other individual, yet the real reason is the break-up of the relationship with one's spouse.
In these threads the attacks usually come from Encore and Jazz guys which is quite ironic! But if you are a WestJet pilot, focus on the relationship!

Since when have I ever presented myself as magnanimous?
Ever heard it takes two to tango, Tbaylx was well aware the relationship was in trouble and took advantage of the situation, both parties are guilty. Still hoping the company gets its due for violating an agreement.
FYI, I am a Jazz guy and I’m not sure what you’re referring too, ironic?