Porter Airlines: Direct Entry Captain - Embraer E2

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Porter Airlines: Direct Entry Captain - Embraer E2

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At Porter Airlines, a rewarding career as a pilot awaits with one of the world’s best airlines. Proudly wear the distinctive Porter uniform while operating a fleet of Embraer E195-E2 jets. Enjoy industry leading compensation in a fun fast-paced environment.

Porter is young at heart. Our pilots enjoy their work, rather than counting the days until retirement. Our crews value the time they spend with each other and focus on maintaining a family atmosphere.

Our pilots are leaders who work collaboratively with other team members to achieve organizational goals and meet our Flying Refined service standards. We value our environment of communicating openly, honestly, and respectfully with each other.

Safety is Porter’s #1 priority. Our team members take pride in operating every flight safely, while pilots go above and beyond, holding themselves to the highest personal and professional standards.

If you have a passion to succeed, and would like to be part of the next chapter of our award winning brand, apply to become one of our valued team members today!

Click here to apply: https://porter.rivs.com/67-44-22/


QUALIFICATIONS:

Airline Transport Pilot License (Transport Canada)
Minimum 4500 hours total time
500 hours Pilot In Command on transport category jet aircraft or 1,000 hours Pilot In Command, heavy turboprop in excess of 44,000lbs MGTOW
Preference will be given to those with time on type variant E170 and with 705 operation experience
Previous CARs 705 training and checking experience is an asset
Aviation College or University Degree is an asset
Pilots that do not meet the minimum requirements may be considered based on experience and other factors
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

LOCATION: Toronto (Toronto Pearson International Airport - YYZ) *Additional Locations TBC
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You're going to have to bump that left seat starting pay up to get people!!!
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Porter Talent wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:41 am
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
No thanks
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northernpilot2 wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:25 pm [quote="Porter Talent" post_id=<a href="tel:1226593">1226593</a> time=<a href="tel:1673372511">1673372511</a> user_id=63620]

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
No thanks
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…it’s because the US still, even now, requires all non US citizens to be vax’d before entry. US flights expected to start this summer.
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Timetoflyagain wrote: Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:12 pm
northernpilot2 wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:25 pm [quote="Porter Talent" post_id=<a href="tel:1226593">1226593</a> time=<a href="tel:1673372511">1673372511</a> user_id=63620]

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
No thanks
…it’s because the US still, even now, requires all non US citizens to be vax’d before entry. US flights expected to start this summer.
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A. Porter already does US flights.
B. Crew are exempt from vax requirements.

It should not matter whether or not you have taken the Covid therapeutic commonly referred to as a vaccine.
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Correct. Operating flight crew have always been vax exempt.
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77W wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:13 pm You're going to have to bump that left seat starting pay up to get people!!!
Is it that bad?
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F You and your mandatory experimental therapeutic shot.
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Let me guess...they won't find enough people (aka don't pay enough) and plead the need for foreign workers.
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Tis’ the Canadian way.
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'97 Tercel wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:40 am Let me guess...they won't find enough people (aka don't pay enough) and plead the need for foreign workers.
And no union there to stop it a la Sunwing.
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'97 Tercel wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:40 am Let me guess...they won't find enough people (aka don't pay enough) and plead the need for foreign workers.
Considering there has been numerous opportunities for that to occur and hasn’t been done, it’s safe to say it won’t.

This form is amazing. A company starts a new operation up, announces everything during the worst economic downturn in history, brings in a pay scale that was above a bunch of players in the market which was not bashed at all.

Two weeks after Flair and Sunwing sign a deal, Porter is getting lambasted for their payscale. Damn, give it time, you know to focus on the launch and then get the HR shit in order. Reality is, they don’t have a pilot issue at current and when they do they will have to bump the pay, benefits, etc just like everyone else.
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Worst economic downturn in history? Com'on you think that? This is the largest wealth transfer in history. We know what you are saying is not true because inflation is running wild and the workforce has been strong all through the past 3 years. Anyone who wanted to work has had work. S&P is up over 10 percent today from the pre pandemic high. It's literally like nothing has happened, except government and corporations have taken the wealth of the middle class away, and continues to implement policies to make it more difficult to grow wealth. "You will own nothing and you will be happy"

Convince plebes they will all die, make mandatory vaccines, suppress wages and let inflation run wild.

Companies are making out like bandits.

This was just a social shake up and wealth redistribution to screw the middle class and younger generations. They will do it again when they convince all the millennials they need to drive tesla to save the planet from catastrophe.

Don't fall for this bullshit. Airline's can afford to pay pilots more than Amazon warehouse employees.
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flyinhigh wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:47 am
'97 Tercel wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:40 am Let me guess...they won't find enough people (aka don't pay enough) and plead the need for foreign workers.
Considering there has been numerous opportunities for that to occur and hasn’t been done, it’s safe to say it won’t.

This form is amazing. A company starts a new operation up, announces everything during the worst economic downturn in history, brings in a pay scale that was above a bunch of players in the market which was not bashed at all.

Two weeks after Flair and Sunwing sign a deal, Porter is getting lambasted for their payscale. Damn, give it time, you know to focus on the launch and then get the HR shit in order. Reality is, they don’t have a pilot issue at current and when they do they will have to bump the pay, benefits, etc just like everyone else.

they don’t have a pilot issue? yes they do. a major issue. not only are they losing guys after a few months consistently to Air Canada, they’ve bought 50 confirmed jets in a market where EVERY airline is currently short crews. they have a MAJOR fucking issue. they will not staff 50 jets, plus the Q’s. and they have options for 50 more.

Flair can’t hire fast enough. Sunwing is so understaffed they’re canceling entire cities for the season. Westjet is apparently short 600 pilots but are keeping it under wraps during negotiations. All of cargo is short. And AC has been running short of pilots on every equipment bid now since 1876.

The only airline in this country not crazy short pilots is Transat because they’re still bleeding money and despite what they publish, they’re scared shitless internally and are operating very cautiously.

Porter might be a great place to work, but there’s no magic remedy to this pilot shortage. Even offering more money, they’ll still have a major issue with training and staffing. Especially training…how many sims do they have in canada for 50 jets? how many qualified instructors do they have for 50 jets? exactly.

in 2023, filling the seats in the back of the airplane isn’t the issue anymore. it’s filling the two up front.
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This is a basic supply and demand problem. If you need EXPERIENCED crew then you must make it worth their while. $100-130 is not going to get the lifers in the north talking. $200k+ and a decent schedule, well then you are going to see applications with 5000+TT ATPLs applying. It is really that simple.
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Porter pilot group desperately needs to unionize before it's too late. The shittiness is snowballing: pay freeze during covid, no YOS on the jet, seat lock on the Q. Problem is most of them are either complacent lifers or scared new hires. Seems to be a general culture of company bootlicking as well - "because we're special and unique." And I know for a fact company reps are constantly playing up that unions are bad mmkay.

I guarantee it won't be long before the Q operation and jet operation are divorced in some shape or form. They will become seperate entities, and anyone dumb enough to be left on the Q will be getting the shaft a la Encore.

And the guy saying they don't have a pilot issue LOL... They don't have enough to staff the jets, they don't have enough to upgrade on the Q, they don't have enough trainers, they are bleeding double digits monthly to AC.
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music.is.the.answer wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 7:22 pm
flyinhigh wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:47 am
'97 Tercel wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:40 am Let me guess...they won't find enough people (aka don't pay enough) and plead the need for foreign workers.
Considering there has been numerous opportunities for that to occur and hasn’t been done, it’s safe to say it won’t.

This form is amazing. A company starts a new operation up, announces everything during the worst economic downturn in history, brings in a pay scale that was above a bunch of players in the market which was not bashed at all.

Two weeks after Flair and Sunwing sign a deal, Porter is getting lambasted for their payscale. Damn, give it time, you know to focus on the launch and then get the HR shit in order. Reality is, they don’t have a pilot issue at current and when they do they will have to bump the pay, benefits, etc just like everyone else.

they don’t have a pilot issue? yes they do. a major issue. not only are they losing guys after a few months consistently to Air Canada, they’ve bought 50 confirmed jets in a market where EVERY airline is currently short crews. they have a MAJOR fucking issue. they will not staff 50 jets, plus the Q’s. and they have options for 50 more.

Flair can’t hire fast enough. Sunwing is so understaffed they’re canceling entire cities for the season. Westjet is apparently short 600 pilots but are keeping it under wraps during negotiations. All of cargo is short. And AC has been running short of pilots on every equipment bid now since 1876.

The only airline in this country not crazy short pilots is Transat because they’re still bleeding money and despite what they publish, they’re scared shitless internally and are operating very cautiously.

Porter might be a great place to work, but there’s no magic remedy to this pilot shortage. Even offering more money, they’ll still have a major issue with training and staffing. Especially training…how many sims do they have in canada for 50 jets? how many qualified instructors do they have for 50 jets? exactly.

in 2023, filling the seats in the back of the airplane isn’t the issue anymore. it’s filling the two up front.

Great explanation of the situation.

Your last sentence hit the nail on the head.
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flyinhigh wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:47 am
'97 Tercel wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:40 am Let me guess...they won't find enough people (aka don't pay enough) and plead the need for foreign workers.
Considering there has been numerous opportunities for that to occur and hasn’t been done, it’s safe to say it won’t.

This form is amazing. A company starts a new operation up, announces everything during the worst economic downturn in history, brings in a pay scale that was above a bunch of players in the market which was not bashed at all.

Two weeks after Flair and Sunwing sign a deal, Porter is getting lambasted for their payscale. Damn, give it time, you know to focus on the launch and then get the HR shit in order. Reality is, they don’t have a pilot issue at current and when they do they will have to bump the pay, benefits, etc just like everyone else.
You sure are flyin high :lol:
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flying4dollars wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:45 pm
flyinhigh wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:47 am
'97 Tercel wrote: Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:40 am Let me guess...they won't find enough people (aka don't pay enough) and plead the need for foreign workers.
Considering there has been numerous opportunities for that to occur and hasn’t been done, it’s safe to say it won’t.

This form is amazing. A company starts a new operation up, announces everything during the worst economic downturn in history, brings in a pay scale that was above a bunch of players in the market which was not bashed at all.

Two weeks after Flair and Sunwing sign a deal, Porter is getting lambasted for their payscale. Damn, give it time, you know to focus on the launch and then get the HR shit in order. Reality is, they don’t have a pilot issue at current and when they do they will have to bump the pay, benefits, etc just like everyone else.
You sure are flyin high :lol:
Here, highlighted /italicized one other word for you to complete the sentence. Might be a tough time on the Q, but the EMB is fine right now.
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flyinhigh wrote: Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:04 ambut the EMB is fine right now.
Seriously? Of course its fine right now. They have two of them and only made their first flight last week. A bit early to declare that no??
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