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SQ · Post by SQ » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:46 pm

hello
As Westjet bases are calgary & Toronto if I'm not wrong, do some of you guis working for this airline live in i.e. montreal and join the hub in Van or TO ?
is that a comon thing and easy to do ?
thanks for your answers or expoeriences........

prop2jet · Post by **prop2jet** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:49 pm

I didn't think there was a "Port" in YYZ. Anyone???

2low · Post by **2low** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:01 pm

KAG · Post by **KAG** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:48 am

do you think there could be a YOP port down the road?

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:48 am

Is the port in YHZ actually fully open and operational now?

Machiavelli · Post by **Machiavelli** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:50 pm

No.

Port flying for YEG, YWG and YHZ start in March 2007.

McDoo the Irish Navigator · Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:02 pm

The YHZ port is open now. I have a YHZ port pairing this month.

Machiavelli · Post by **Machiavelli** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:31 pm

McDoo is right. The first memo about the new ports says that those ports will be open "commencing in the Febuary 2007 bid period" which I misread to mean March flying. My bad.

So yes, YEG, YWG, and YHZ ports started in Febuary 2007.

SQ · Post by SQ » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:30 pm

hey thanks a lot guis for your chat but the question is
do some of westjet pilot live in a place which is not his base and how he deals with that .
thank you for reading before posting

skyhigh · Post by **skyhigh** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:35 pm

I believe that 2low already answered your question.

Red1 · Post by **Red1** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:23 pm

scopiton, there are lots of people who commute from places where there are no ports, some even commute from places where West Jet doesn't even serve. So depending on where you want to live you can join the increasing number of commuters.

WJ700 · Post by **WJ700** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:03 am

To answer how you deal with it. It depends where you live. Vancouver Island you can use the floatplanes like Baxter and Harbour Air. Gulf Islands you can use Salt Spring Air. Whistler you can use HeliJet. Northern BC commuters drive to Prince George or take Hawk Air. Somewhere like the interior of BC you have Kelowna, and you can use WJ, AC, or Jazz now. If you're in the US, there are a bunch of carriers like United. You are still responsible to get yourself to your base of Calgary, or your PORT if you sign on to one, for the start of your flight.
AC and Jazz are free to get to work. On WestJet you have to pay $2.50 plus tax. If you use the AC or Jazz jumpseats, our pilots have been bringing Timmy's or something nice for the AC and Jazz pilots, since we can't give them a free jumpseat reciprocation (YET).

KAG · Post by **KAG** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:47 pm

and by YOP I mean is there any rumor/interest of a YOW port?
How do the guys commuting fro YHZ find it?

WJ700 · Post by **WJ700** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:06 pm

KAG wrote:and by YOP I mean is there any rumor/interest of a YOW port?
How do the guys commuting fro YHZ find it?

I was wondering why you'd want WestJet in Rainbow Lake.....

KAG · Post by **KAG** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:37 pm

WJ700 wrote:
KAG wrote:and by YOP I mean is there any rumor/interest of a YOW port?
How do the guys commuting fro YHZ find it?
I was wondering why you'd want WestJet in Rainbow Lake.....

well it is one of northern ONT's garden destinations...

pilot to dispatch · Post by **pilot to dispatch** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:31 pm

what does the $2.50 + tax cover?

WJ700 · Post by **WJ700** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:44 pm

pilot to dispatch wrote:what does the $2.50 + tax cover?

the price of an employee stand-by seat on WestJet.

. . · Post by **. .** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:42 pm

KAG wrote:
WJ700 wrote:
KAG wrote:and by YOP I mean is there any rumor/interest of a YOW port?
How do the guys commuting fro YHZ find it?
I was wondering why you'd want WestJet in Rainbow Lake.....
well it is one of northern ONT's garden destinations...

Rainbow lake isn't in Northern ontario. It's in Northern Alberta.

Perhaps you were thinking of the ever senic Garden River and it's infamous "this is indian land" Spray painted bridge?

WJ700 · Post by **WJ700** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:21 am

endless wrote:
KAG wrote:
WJ700 wrote: I was wondering why you'd want WestJet in Rainbow Lake.....
well it is one of northern ONT's garden destinations...
Rainbow lake isn't in Northern ontario. It's in Northern Alberta.

Perhaps you were thinking of the ever senic Garden River and it's infamous "this is indian land" Spray painted bridge?

Ahh, but they have a Garden River in northern AB. Sound like the same scenery though.

3Green · Post by **3Green** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:24 am

Ahem, I think the "is" has some paint on it and now reads "this was indian land". No?

Four1oh · Post by **Four1oh** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:08 pm

Just had a chat with a YWG port pilot, and he was raving about how awesome his port schedule was. Sounds like a winner!

tonysoprano · Post by **tonysoprano** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:59 am

oooh, this is so exciting....

JohnnyHotRocks · Post by **JohnnyHotRocks** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:49 am

....ah...I remember that night....some of Sault College's finest work..."this WAS indian land"