Best Aviation Job In Canada
 

Anyone care to comment on what they think is the best aviation job in Canada at the moment and why?

Please don't turn this into an Ex-pat vs. Canadian Resident debate like the last time a similar question was asked.
We all know that working over-seas typically offers larger salaries but I'm asking on behalf of the Canadians who can't or won't leave the country.

Go AIR FORCE!! Fly fun airplanes upside down and get paid for it!:p

A-scale CX Captain, YVR base.

Why? $$$$$$$$ (that's C$) + 17-19 days off a month, 42 days vacation a year. Nuf said.

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Da bess job in haviation his defin-at-ly HOUTSIDE hov Canada! :}
Dat's ha fackt! An' it's because da haviation business in Canada his f:mad:!
...an by dat HI don' mean dat it's dat good in Quebec, neder.
Ow you say, "hits offshore, baby!"
Place like dat "Fragrant 'Arbour" or da "Sanbox", dese days. Dat's da place Hi guess...
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Troff - your talents deserve a much wider audience! Get all your stuff onto a Podcast a.s.a.p.!:D

In Quebec , the French do not pronounce the letter 'H'. For example Hot
Dog is pronounced Ot Dog and

Hudson Hardware is pronounced Udson Ardware.

They also insert an 'H' where there is none, by saying Hany (instead Of
Any)and Hall (instead of All).

This explanation is for non-Canadians.

One day in a French immersion class for 1st graders, the teacher was
asking her class to describe the use of Ozonol.

Little Mary got up and explained that she had fallen while roller
skating and scratched her knee. She went home and her mother cleaned the cut and put a bandage with Ozonol on her knee and it was all better.

The teacher was so proud and then asked other children if they had any
explanation of the word.

Little Pierre raised his hand and started to explain. 'Well Teacher, da
udder nite, me an my fodder are watching da Montreeal and Tampa Ockey
Game. An den my mudder start to do da vaccum. Den, my fodder, yell at
my mudder, ai, ai, ai, ai, Tabarnack Louise, put dat dam ting haway now
or I'll stick it up your harse, .....Ose an all.'

T-Bird4, you're about 15 years too late to start to make that wish a reality! You have til the end of the year to be hired on "B" scale and as of 2008, it will be on "C" scale pay.

CX is well behind the times but should catch up a little after too late!:}

I can also tell you that with the exception of the first two years...you will make more money at WJ than CX over the span of 12-14 years.:uhoh:

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Tanks for da lesson 'on 'ow Hi shud speak but Hi ham trying to 'elp da anglo guy to understan' me bedder.
Dat's 'ow we 'av it in St. Cecile de la Rubber Boot, hup by Shawinigan, eh?
Enyway, I tink dat da sandox his da place were all da guy oo are fed up wit aving a company go "under", paying too much tax, shovelling snow and drinking dat orrable Tim Orton coffee tink is da bess' place to go, den da "Fragrant 'Arbour" as dey call it, after dat.
A! Ow come no Air Canada prima-donna type 'an WesJet bring-your-lunch-to-work-wit-you type say dat dere job is da "cat's ass" in Canada? Dat hexpression don' make no sense to me but my wife say dat day would no what it mean.
So? Were are day? Me, I don' understan' why dat would be a good place to work. CD flight attandants like your grandmodder ("Dispatch, Air Canada XXX requesting 12 more wheelchairs... for the cabin crew") or 'appy joke ("Hi everyone, my name is Shirley and with us today in the flight deck is my ex-husband Bob and my fiancee Peter... uhhh, it should be an interesting day") an' toilet paper race during delay... sheech!
An dat Joke by da flight attendant, I really erd dat again an again wit my own ear on a 5 leg flight to YVR...
Too bad da day of place like Canadian, Worldways an Nationair 'are gone, even if dat crook Obadia was running da place, it was good time.
Dat was when sex was fun an' motorcycle racing was dangerous. Ow time have change, eh?
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I love it Troffy!

Tooo funny! Once I saw a resume from a Quebecer written like your post! It was soo funny!

"I can fly dat Dash 8 dere pretty-good...and dont be surprised if I do dat like dat again! "

My take..its not the jobs in Canada that suck...its the Gov't taking half your paycheck that does.

Can anybody write like a pompous white gloved brit at Cathay?

cpdude,

The question is "What is the best aviation job in Canada?" Not "what job do you want to have?"

And I highly doubt your comparison with WJ.

WJ Salary

I guess I assumed you would be looking at this point in time and not considering a contract which hasn't been offered in over 15 years.

Here are the numbers for a new-hire post Jan 08 (C Scale) at CX VS a new-hire at WJ. I used only salary without share options or profit share and for CX used today's conversion rate into CDN dollars.

Year 1 CX - 49,632/yr, WJ - 40,000/yr,
Year 3 CX - 62,268/yr, WJ - 78,720/yr,
Year 5 CX - 85,272/yr, WJ - 126,720/yr,
Year 10 CX- 107,616/yr, WJ - 153,600/yr,
Year 15 CX- 151,632/yr, WJ - 153,600/yr

This is a realistic comparison with CX time to command being 13 years and WJ at 5 years.

Also, WJ has great tasting kool-aid where CX's is very sour!:bored:

Now, is that "heavy" iron really that important to you?

cp..

I didn't start the thread. I was only replying to a simple question.

How is it that since yr 6 Canadian base I'm making more than C$140K? Why don't you compare Canadian base $ to your Westjet $ then there is no conversion required.

Oh no problem TBird...

If we do see a direct entry FO I don't think it will be in Canada. The unified salary as you know doesn't matter if you join Pax or Freighter and currently only USA bases as a F/O are available.

I do concede for those that have a Canadian base on A scale they have a pretty good gig!:ok:

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Dat $153,600 pay for da 10-15 year Wes' Jet guy... Is dat befor da tax 'hor is dat what 'e is coming 'ome wit? An does dat include da profit share? Wat's line 153 say on da T-4? Da tax man mus' take 35-50% on dat for sure!
An is dere a lunch, like, a per-diem for da food for dem enroute hor is it out of da pocket? One time I 'ad a jump seat wit dem an da guy was nice to share wit me 'is lunch... a big bag of carrot! Tabernac! Dat's awl 'e 'av!
Me, I like da caviar for da app at FL350 an' above...:E
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Best Aviation job in Canada???
 

I would say that it has to be Borek... flying the hog in all corners of Canada and the world over... flying doesn't get any better than that!
6to8

The best flying job would be teaching flying in a Piper J3 flying off a grass airfield. :ok:

Tbird....

For the record my third year t4 as a WJ F/O was 102k
Compare that to Cx.

WJAP

WJAPilot,
You got the wrong guy. I wasn't the one having a p***ing match about who makes more. That was brought up by cpdude. I doubted his numbers and as you and I have both shown he was very incorrect.
The best job in Canada is the one you want or have. It's all a matter of perspective - personally it's about lifestyle. Lots of days off, lots of vacation, living on the west coast, decent $$, all that for just 6 sectors a month.

If you still want to compare, we can, but you ain't gonna like it.

Eh tabernac! Arret avec le grand "Quebecer speaking henglish crap"! Tu veux moi de commencer avec Ontario esti?

TBird,

Is every discussion with someone who has a different point of view a "p***ing match" to you?

This only continued because you said "I highly doubt your comparison with WJ".

Also, you exhibit the qualities of selective reading in regard to my numbers.
WJApilot has only shown you that I was right! His numbers includes the maximum available when using all of your options available to maximize ones salary.

As for perspective...can't agree more that lifestyle, days off etc have an intrinsic value but we were discussing monetary value.

But hey, thanks for clearing all this up!:}