Canjet terminations

[Kickingpost]

I think it should be known that almost EVERY person at Canjet has been let go. There are only going to be 8 pilots, 4 F/a's, and a handful of support staff left to run what is left of Canjet. Over 150 F/a's, 95 pilots, and most of the ground staff, have been let go. There are alot of good people out there looking for work and I wish them the best of luck.

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Was this all of a sudden, or was this known by the employees beforehand? AC is hiring, so hopefully those who want to go that route can do so.Good luck to all.Used to work with lots of those guys at Air Atlantic:ok:

[GreatCircle]

Sec3 makes a good point...about 8 weeks ago weren't Canjet advertising flight deck positions...??

I read somewhere staff were looking forward to new routes, and there was even talk of fleet expansion...:rolleyes:

Not so much hard nose enterpreneurial actions - more like blatant lying, as the plans were obviously well under way to call it all off. Suspect the under-currents were felt, as we all know Canjet flight-deck were all looking to get out...

Anyone from WS reading this - you guys are recruiting 73 type rated - right ? Anyone willing to say if those from Canjet will get preferential interviews ?

[spencer101]

Sounds a little like another airline we all know about:uhoh:

[GreatCircle]

IMP Group are simply a bunch of ruthless and incompetent fools. Lets hope the very worst for dad and his idiot offspring who ran Canjet with as much competence as a badger with a rat up its arse.




From CBC News...

"Pilots and other employees of CanJet are accusing the airline of violating the Canadian Labour Code in the wake of this week's downsizing announcement.
After parent company IMP Group Ltd. announced that it was getting out of the scheduled airline business on Tuesday, it was learned that over 450 people would lose their jobs.
But representatives with the Air Line Pilots Association met Thursday with the 94 CanJet pilots affected by the announcement to discuss how the process was handled.
Capt. Dan Adamus, the vice-president in Canada for ALPA, claimed that among other violations, the airline failed to give a formal layoff notice to the union.
Instead, he said, the company attempted to negotiate with each employee individually, providing them a document to sign by Sept. 12 which would authorize their resignation and the acceptance of a severance package.
"CanJet management has blatantly disobeyed Canadian labour law," said Adamus.
"Their latest action to seek to coerce pilots into terminating their own employment is merely the most recent violation of the the law," he said.
The union also claimed the company has asked federal Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn to give it an exemption from labour laws which would prevent them from being involved in restructuring talks.
It was announced Tuesday that CanJet would restructure as a charter operator, with Sept. 10 the last day of scheduled travel.
The price of fuel and other rising costs such as airport fees were cited as reasons that CanJet couldn't remain competitive in the market. The company has not commented publicly on the union's comments.
An IMP Group letter indicated that 376 people in Halifax and another 80 in Toronto would lose their jobs as a result of the restructuring. In addition to the group of pilots, the list included 122 flight attendants.
After the staff reductions, there are currently 50 employees remaining on the job at Canjet, including 11 pilots"