Thomas Cook Canada to immerge this spring!

[c150driver]

the guys and gals who bid to swap over to fly the big iron will be paid the same as they were making on the CRJs, which is the same as they make on the Dash 8s. Status pay.

That will surely make them the lowest paid 757 pilots in the world....bravo!

Of course we all want bigger planes

At what cost? This is the problem in Canadian aviation....always chasing the equipment rather than the pay/lifestyle....and so we continue the race to the bottom....once again, bravo!
Count me out!

[doo]

Is there reciprocity?
With SSV and C3 and the likes C reg went to the UK in the summer and G reg to Canada in the winter, what can Jazz offer TC? or is it a yr round gig?

[blues deville]

From 1988-2001, Canada 3000 pilots only flew C-reg'd aircraft in the UK with Air 2000/First Choice and one season with Flying Colors. They never brought in UK pilots to fly aircraft in Canada during the winter months.

When Royal signed a deal with Signature (1996?) they had UK pilots flying in Canada and Royal pilots spent time in the UK during the summer season. SSV continued this seasonal exchange with AirTours/MyTravel and also with First Choice when SSV inherited the Signature flying after C3 failed in 2001.

I have been told that Jazz does not intend to import pilots from the UK during the winter season.

bd

[Torque2]

So what will happen to the Jazz pilots in the summer when the 757's go back to TCX? Will there be a surplus of Boeing pilots in Jazz?

And how's the process of getting approval going?

[blues deville]

My guess is that some of the TCX 757s will be returned to the UK and the ones remaining in Canada will operate Thomas Cook's trans-Atlantic program. How Jazz untilizes their 757 APLA member pilots during the slower summer season has always been a challege for Canadian carriers who get involved with a UK operation.

bd

[fatbus]

Summer vacation for all 757 pilots!!!







But it sounds good

[blues deville]

How do the current winter monthly flight hours compare with the summer flying at Jazz?

When does Jazz normally allow crews to take vacations?

bd

[brize]

Right now it is incredibly tough to get vacation during the summer months. As well, there is currently a busier schedule of flying in the summer months than there is in the winter months for Air Canada.