No flight restriction for cargo. We are still permitted to fly U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean. Apparently we are considered an essential service like the trucking industry. So far nearly full schedule except overseas. What will happen when this is all over and if the economy tanks is another good guess.genetic jack hammer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:45 am Any word on cargo operators...Cargojet, Morningstar, etc? Thx
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Sky Regional Airlines just announced voluntary layoffs. I can only assume once the voluntary layoffs are done mandatory layoffs starting from the bottom of seniority up will begin. These layoffs are expected from 90 days and obviously this is an estimate. The source is an internal email. Expect Jazz to follow suit with an update.
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Are other EIC operators affected as well? What about their Bearskin operations?
As an AvCanada discussion grows longer:
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
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Float operators not immune either. Atleo in tofino shut down (temp) and wilderness seaplanes in port hardy is damn near. Layoffs for both obviously
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I see that now but what are the pilots going to do? Fly positioning and test flights with no FAs? They aren’t going to sit at home and collect pay forever.Oxi wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 11:30 pmBecause its not the pilotsZaibatsu wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:13 pm Air Canada
https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/03/19 ... -covid-19/
Doesn’t say pilots but how could it not with those numbers.
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Do you have any idea how many flight attendants A/C has? There will be plenty of F/A’s left to do the flying. No need to fly around empty. Think before you post.
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No, I have no idea.
But you don’t need to know with words like this:
That represents about half of the 10,000 crew members currently employed at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -1.5504051all 1,549 of its members who work for the airline's Rouge subsidiary
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So if you knew there would be approx 5000 F/A’s left why would you post this?
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Well with an 80% schedule cut, despite all the cost and complexity of the training/retraining/equipment move costs for your most valuable and expensive employee group, at some point you reach that number, where it does in fact save money to do some layoffs. I have no idea what it is and won't speculate. But I would be very impressed, and surprised if there aren't, at a minimum reduced blocks at AC.
Look, it's f***in Patrick Swayze and Reveen!
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Air Canada's war chest is to save Air Canada .. not the pilots. Layoffs will come .. inevitable.
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Air Transat has laid off all it's flight attendants but not the pilots (so far).
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Do you have a source?Daniel Cooper wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:04 pm Air Transat has laid off all it's flight attendants but not the pilots (so far).
Sky just released out of 284 pilots they only will keep 127. Ouch.....
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A summary from the other posts and other sources as an overview
Layoffs:
Sunwing
Porter
Thunder
Wasaya
PasCo
Pascan
Moncton Flight College - Moncton and Fredericton closed
PASCO
Perimeter
Sky Regional
Atleo
Wilderness Seaplanes
Air Sprint
Fast Air
Permanent closures:
Compass
As an AvCanada discussion grows longer:
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
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From a private flyer, to all you in the industry affected, I sincerely hope this shutdown is short and sharp, and people quickly return to travelling again as they isolate this virus and find solutions.
There are a lot of very smart people working 24/7 on solutions on the treatment side and vaccine side as well.
I do believe we will get this under control, from my study of past outbreaks.
There are a lot of very smart people working 24/7 on solutions on the treatment side and vaccine side as well.
I do believe we will get this under control, from my study of past outbreaks.
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All Transat pilots from April 19th onward.
Daniel Gustin
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Where did you hear Perimeter was doing layoffs? Couple guys there I've talked to haven't heard anything about it.