Porter Airlines

[vrefplus5]

They sound real enough !

www.flyporter.com

[Lear45XR]

YTZ

Nice work +5!

Anyone knows if this is valid : [email protected]

LR45

[rigpiggy]

yep! interviews this week

[highflyer22]

Has anyone got any information about Porter Airlines. The newspapers say they haven't applied for licences yet, but I hear they are starting courses in June. Would it be worth it to leave a job I had now to go there. What are their chances of survival. The job sounds like a good one, but it's not much good if it ends in 3 months, 3 years, or doesn't get off the ground at all. Any hard info or opinions out there?

[J.O.]

Originally Posted by highflyer22

Would it be worth it to leave a job I had now to go there. What are their chances of survival?

The answer to your question may lie in your current situation. Are you feeling like you've reached the peak of opportunities in your current job? Would moving to Porter be a pay increase? Are you experienced enough to get a direct entry into the left seat? If the answer to all of those questions is "yes", then maybe you should give it a go. Just remember, they do not yet have a license, and they are stepping into a political minefield. For me personally, I wouldn't even think about it, especially with the mayor on a campaign to kill the whole idea before it begins, but then again, I can't say yes to any of the questions I asked above, so my perspective is defintely skewed to saying "no". For those who are hoping it's a success, I really do hope I am wrong about their future prospects. I know several of their managers, and they're a good group.

[WRC]

Nothing is for sure, but I will say the Deluces know the airline business, having worked for them in the past.

[TRU]

They have applied for the licenses and are just playing the waiting game with TC. Typical.

Captain's salary $72K, FO's $40K. Taking delivery of 4 Q400's and then subsequent deleveries to follow at a later date.

I believe last week was the last for interviews. Probably the next round of interviews will be near years end, when the next set of deleveries are set to happen.

[aerogull]

$72K for Captains
$45K for F/O's

10 scheduled days off a month + 3 to 5 "gray" days

[TRU]

In my interview I was told $40K for FO's.

[MarkD]

I really hope this airline survives long enough to shove it right up Sparrow and his CommunityAir mates ar$es.

[faireydelta]

I had my interview April 17th and was told it would be about 2 weeks before I'd hear anything. Has anyone here been contacted yet?
The interview was very laid back and the people seemed very nice. They interviewed for two weeks straight so they must have talked to quite a few people. Their 1st course is in June, but start date is in fall, so it sounds like they talked to so many in order to set up a "pool"...simply surmising since they said they'd stay at 4 A/C til sometime in 2008. Point being, I don't expect them to interview again soon...just my guess, not based on anything I am privy to.

[TRU]

I had my interview last week and was told we should be hearing from them by the end of this week.

No more planes till 2008? I thought they said they would be adding a couple more by the beginning of 2007, when they start to service cities cross border.

[faireydelta]

My mistake, I meant 2007. That's the info I got anyway. Good luck to you.

[TRU]

Thanks. Good luck to you as well.

[Beattle]

Lots of upgrades being done to CYTZ. New ferry terminal, which is coming along nicely. By kicking out Jazz, and moving tenants to other hangers to make room for them, they are planning for a long stay, which, with no compitition might work for them. The only hassle they may have, are the people that live by the airport (the ones who didn't want the bridge) and them complaining about the noise (which isn't very much, as I have seen the Q doing some circuit work on 26). Course, the way I see it, if I moved into a condo knowing there was an island with an airport on it, I would expect to hear planes. I think they will be there for awhile.

I look forward to the day I hop on the new ferry, walk to the end of it, and know it will only take me 30 seconds to get to the other side then the very long 60 seconds it takes now. Its all about saving time.

Just thought I would add my two pesos.

[brucelee]

Is the bridge still being considered?

[MarkD]

Apparently Harper's crew are going to run the rule over TPA - not sure how any good's going to come of that but we'll see.

[bzh]

how can you run a fully loaded Q400 (up to 60000 lbs)on a year round service out of that runway?, they better have good brakes or they'll be in for a swim.....

According to the bombardier website, the Q400's specifications include figures for "airfield performance" -- a measure required by U.S. regulators. For a 70-passenger Q400 with enough fuel to fly its maximum distance, the runway required for takeoff is 1,402 metres, with 1,287 metres required for landing.

the runway is 1220m even with lower fuel it doesn't leave mutch margin for error..........

[TRU]

Gee, I guess they never looked at the performance graphs. Somebody better phone Deluce and let him know!

[brucelee]

Is there still an ILS at YTZ? I would assume so.
Don't count the Deluce's out. They wouldn't be doing this if there was no money in it.