With all the certification and production delays that the 787 has been experiencing Air Canada has been informed that delivery will be delayed from Feb 2010 to Jan 2012. Hiring will be based on retirements (around 40 for the next 6 months) which is a far cry from the 600 that have been hired since August of 2005.

Duster,

Are you sure of those WJ wages? I've got a friend there who quoted me about $108 for a first year Capt including stock and option pay. Sounds like you might be adding a little fluff to me.

Of course, you could be quoting the best year and not the average, right?