Canjet airlines just laid off 68 Boeing 737NG type rated pilots.
First Air recently laid off several jet pilots.
Canadian North recently laid off several jet pilots.
Kelowna Flightcraft recently laid off several jet pilots.
The pilots of all four of these airlines are unionized under ALPA.
Why can't these qualified Canadian pilots get first shot at Canadian jobs at Canadian airlines in Canada ?
Why exactly does Sunwing need several more years to adapt ? Adapt to what ?
This is like Norwegian hiring pilots in Thailand. Except Norwegian at least requires an EASA licence. Imagine if Irish registered, UK based Norwegian, hired non European pilots with non EU licenses. That is what Sunwing does in Canada.
Why ?
Last edited by Gilles Hudicourt; 10th May 2015 at 21:32.