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Re: Air Transat Ferry flights

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Gilles,

Maybe here is the answer to your question:
https://osmaviation.com/ferry-flights/ ... 20Aviation
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Re: Air Transat Ferry flights

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Wow, who would have thought bringing a 321 to Europe is akin to a NASA space launch.
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Re: Air Transat Ferry flights

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FL320 wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:28 pm Gilles,

Maybe here is the answer to your question:
https://osmaviation.com/ferry-flights/ ... 20Aviation
Our collective agreement says only Air Transat pilots can fly Air Transat aircraft.

Our Ops Manual says the same.

Having this company do these ferry flights would require an LOU with our Union and a Waiver from Transport Canada. I can only assume they had both.....
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Re: Air Transat Ferry flights

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Daniel Cooper wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:35 pm Wow, who would have thought bringing a 321 to Europe is akin to a NASA space launch.
The funny part was when the pilots got to their hotel room it was closed. So typical of companies to put so much effort into checking, confirming, and tracking things for the airplane but not giving a crap about what happens to the pilots after they land. Eventually I started calling hotels myself to confirm my room and to make sure I could check-in after hours and if I couldn't I wouldn't go.
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Re: Air Transat Ferry flights

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Gilles Hudicourt wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:13 pm
FL320 wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:28 pm Gilles,

Maybe here is the answer to your question:
https://osmaviation.com/ferry-flights/ ... 20Aviation
Our collective agreement says only Air Transat pilots can fly Air Transat aircraft.

Our Ops Manual says the same.

Having this company do these ferry flights would require an LOU with our Union and a Waiver from Transport Canada. I can only assume they had both.....
According to the website......"The two highly experienced Canadian pilots, contracted by OSM for the task at hand, are well-versed in ferry-flights, cross-atlantic flights and other intercontinental operations."

Maybe the two pilots were Air Transat pilots and therefore, depending on the precise wording of the contract...the contract was followed.
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Re: Air Transat Ferry flights

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Gilles,

who flew C-GTQF this week? I saw a IG post with it leaving the hangar.
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Re: Air Transat Ferry flights

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I do not know but unlike those two ferry flights to Europe, which flew under their registration, this one flew with a TS flight number. Over 200 of us were called back to work.
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Re: Air Transat Ferry flights

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That's great news. I was talking to another A330 captain, via email, and he had been recalled as well.

Take care.
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