542 open spots on current equipment bid.
AC is currently hiring roughly 30 every 3 weeks right now.
Many are from AC's regional feeder airlines with most of the others from military/Air Transat/Westjet backgrounds.
New hire pay is less than ideal for the first few years if you remain in an RP/FO seat.
Seats on offer at joining are:
FO EMJ/320/737/767
RP 787/777
Junior EMJ190 Captain is about 1 year.
Junior 320 or 737 Captain is about 3 year.
New hires have a new pension scheme which seems promising.
Overall decent benefits, disability, life insurance, stock matching, profit share trigger linked to executive payouts, etc.
You will earn a good pay cheque at AC, after your first couple years, esp. if you go Captain early... but we certainly lag US pay levels, and I suspect many other large network carriers... and we pay Canadian taxes...
Not sure what
"- 5 J class FOC per year for Capts"
posted above means...
but I don't think we have that...
Pilots/families get 3 high priority J passes per year, but they are not POS space... still ultimately standby, but top of the list more or less.
Scheduling is PBS but it has its problems... unproductive pairings primarily on narrowbody fleets leave most at work for 15 days a month... Junior pilots on widebodies are working 18-20 days.
I've read the application window isn't open - maybe everyone we're hiring has an application in from before. Or maybe you need to create your profile and then apply... I don't know, but good luck. If you looking to come home, things haven't ever been moving this fast...