A pilot’s quest to remain at the top

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andre1958
3:50 PM on March 12, 2011
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I know a little bit about aviation. I am not sure how I would like to hear on pre-flights, ''This is the captain speaking, I am 65 but do not fear, everyone tells me that I do not look that old''.

There is probably a good reason why that rule is in place. I know, some will say that 60 years old people (some anyway) are still able to do things. I agree. If he wants to keep working, he should be teaching, not flying.


posterboy
8:17 PM on March 11, 2011
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I bet he didnt have a problem with the guys before him getting pushed into retirement, allowing him to move up
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Battling Ignorance
8:35 PM on March 11, 2011
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The article & the pilot involved seem to have missed two things.
Retirement at age 60 was negotiated & written into the contract decades ago. This greedy pilot knew that retirement was at 60 from the day he was hired.
The reason he is now #1, (and been in the top 10 for years) was because everyone else ahead of him retired at 60, allowing him to move up.
Now that everyone else got out of his way it seems he wants the rules changed...it was fine you retire d & let me be #1, but now that I'm here I think the rules should change so I can stay here...to hell with all the rest of you.
You will be despised on the flight line for the greed & arrogance.
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gb_eh
7:56 PM on March 11, 2011
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Hey.. you have a negotiated contract between your union and the company... stop your moaning and go to Turkey...
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nice_try
9:55 PM on March 11, 2011
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For 39 years Mike has enjoyed watching about 50-100 pilots retire ahead of him, allowing him to move up the list. Do you think this guy ever said a word about it? Of course not....that's why he's #1...and he let's everyone at the airline know his number. Now, 50 days before retirement, he's found religion.
What a tool this guy is.
And by the way...a good dye job can make a guy look younger, but that bent stoop, a bad back, and cracking bones are a dead giveaway.
Enjoy Turkey.
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British Canadian
11:20 PM on March 11, 2011
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If he is looking for sympathy - sorry - no dice.

10 grand a month! Probably health and dental. Definitely cheap airfare.

My god son, your wife should slap you.
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Ms Auga
10:04 PM on March 11, 2011
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The ONLY reason he is #1, is because hundreds of pilots before him were forced to retire. Now it's your turn. If you want to keep flying, and spend a huge part of your time away from your wife, instead of using your pension and enjoying your free time with her, then I personally think you have a bigger issue that needs to be addressed.
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Thames
10:16 PM on March 11, 2011
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Or maybe he should buy a Cessna and take his wife flying. Good points.
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enormity
10:59 PM on March 11, 2011
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Brent Jang seems to omit some of the most important points. This Captain has created, through his 39 years of votting within a collective union, a system which pays him around $230,000 a year, and at least 400 of his junior peers less than $70,000 a year. His pension will be greater than those 400 pilots wages. Instead of comming up with any sensible ideas of how to fix this pay disparity, this gentleman along with his 150 top paid friends have decided that their human rights are being violated within the system which they built. The CHRT is now involved to assist these poor soles remain where they are (based solely on seniority) while those 400 junior pilots can suck it up and remain at $70,000 a year until those above him die off of natural causes, I guess. Funny how these top paid over 60 gentlemen will require a babysitter under the age of 60 to fly with them, at half their wage or less.
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9:32 PM on March 11, 2011
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i smile
5:54 AM on March 12, 2011
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Give it up.You had a job you loved, and you get a fantastic pension. Now, it is time to find a conscience, and give the young people a chance. Speaking of that, the way things are today, the people who can retire, and are financially able to, do the young, the highest unemployed among us,a favour. To not step aside, the young think is extremely selfish, and no question, they are absolutely right!
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69rooster
11:31 PM on March 11, 2011
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I wonder did this Mike Ennis speak up when older, more senior pilots retired ahead of him, thereby allowing Mr. Ennis to get to be at the top of the seniority list, or did he quietly sit by and wait until he was in the top 10%?
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nice_try
12:08 AM on March 12, 2011
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Top 10%?
My God, this guy might have maintained a shred of respect amongst his peers if he started his crusade when he was #300.
No, no, no....this clown waited until he was in the op half of the top 1%.
And I can guarantee you that he knows where every penny went. His cheapness is insulting to actual cheap people.
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Thames
8:30 PM on March 11, 2011
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Wow, and I thought civil servants had a culture of entitlement. I'm not sure who is worse, the 60 year old who wants to hang on to his right to make almost a quarter million a year choosing his destination, or the younger one, trying to push the older guy out. Unbelievable. Note to Air Canada Share Holders. Pay your pilots by the hour. Better yet, sell your shares.
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pseudocynic
12:48 PM on March 12, 2011
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Are you sure you want the pilot of the plane you're on to be fresh from McDonalds? I'd rather have the pilot earning a quarter million than some marketing executive making 7 figures. There's a reason why Air Canada hasn't had a fatal accident since 1983, pilots are the last thing that you want go cheap on.
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