Lost in Saigon
I beg to differ with you, I worked at Inter Canadien and none of the pilots were offered a position with CRA, let alone Canadian. I applied to CRA I was current on the ATR and I had to practically beg for an Interview, they said that if I was successful it would be for a position in YYZ , no problem so far. Then the kick in the head came oh yes you would start at the first year salary, have to complete 6 months probation, and get this no company or travel benefits for 6 months. This was probably 1-1 1/2 months before we were shut down.
At the time they were in an expansion phase hiring off the street mostly for the F-28. With a flow through to Canadian. Go figure.
This was the offer by a company that owned 100% of Inter Canadien. We were told this was perfectly legal and we had no rights to any merge or preferrential treatment.
Anyways that's long ago and I'm probably better off now enjoying my current employment, living where I want to be and earning a real decent wage.
Cheers,