AC Hiring
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From: H.K
AC Hiring
For all CDN CX pilots with experience. (2000 hours flying preferably 1000 hours Jet) The latest bid is out at AC and they are looking for 450 pilots with a better pension than COS 99 and benefits of a major airline. e.g.
-Full medical top up benefits for whole family and also covers you in retirement
-ID travel proper rates, e.g. YYZ-YUL-YYZ $65CDN return
- 5 J class FOC per year for Capts
- Seniority Based PBS system where you control your schedule for your whole career
-Once you join you bid all aircraft type transfers and positions to control what type and position you would prefer.
This is an airline where you know you can have a career.
-Full medical top up benefits for whole family and also covers you in retirement
-ID travel proper rates, e.g. YYZ-YUL-YYZ $65CDN return
- 5 J class FOC per year for Capts
- Seniority Based PBS system where you control your schedule for your whole career
-Once you join you bid all aircraft type transfers and positions to control what type and position you would prefer.
This is an airline where you know you can have a career.
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From: Hong Kong
What?
Hire only experienced pilots....with 2000 hours?!
That's an interesting concept. Don't they realize that if they hire non-pilots with zero hours, and train them to the absolute minimum standard required by law, they could then pay them peanuts and save a fortune....and still claim that safety is their top priority.
They could also hedge billions of dollars of fuel at very low fuel prices...say, $85 a barrel...and save a sack of cash.
Seniority based rosters, pensions, proper ID travel...these frills cost money and weigh down the balance sheet.
Such amateurs, there is so much we could teach them about how to make money.
That airline won't last...
Hire only experienced pilots....with 2000 hours?!
That's an interesting concept. Don't they realize that if they hire non-pilots with zero hours, and train them to the absolute minimum standard required by law, they could then pay them peanuts and save a fortune....and still claim that safety is their top priority.
They could also hedge billions of dollars of fuel at very low fuel prices...say, $85 a barrel...and save a sack of cash.
Seniority based rosters, pensions, proper ID travel...these frills cost money and weigh down the balance sheet.
Such amateurs, there is so much we could teach them about how to make money.
That airline won't last...
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From: Brisvegas
Well if by AC you mean Air Canada then you must be well ahead of the game because there are no vacancies for pilots shown on their website.
https://aircanada.taleo.net/careerse...d=36140181102#
https://aircanada.taleo.net/careerse...d=36140181102#
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From: Earth
AC definitely has a better branding strategy than CX. Also the 787 is a better aircraft than the A350.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxkAV7bk764
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLskBTrhGek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxkAV7bk764
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLskBTrhGek
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From: VHHH Ocean 2D
Also the 787 is a better aircraft than the A350
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From: Earth
Sorry should have clarified, the 787 technologically is a superior aircraft compared to the A350. But you're right the A350 is a lot more comfortable than the 787 if both have 9 abreast seating.
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From: with the ex-CX pond scum (a zoologist was once head of Flight Ops)
Jeeze Louise, now an Air Canada thread has morphed into A versus B, lets bring in Trump and the Nazis and get it over with.
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From: Polar Route
As for seating, 9 across 787 is no worse than 10 across 777 which is essentially the new industry standard in economy. 10 across A350 is essentially impossible except for the likes of Air Asia. Perhaps that is why Airbus finds itself at a seat cost disadvantage once again, even with their most modern & advanced design.
PS - What thread more appropriate than the AC thread. The same airline using both 10 across 777 (often referred to by employees as the "slave ship") and 9 across 787s?
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From: Hong Kong
... but isn't the A350 a newer and therefore more modern design? One would think that the A350 would utilize at least as much, if not more, high tech as the 787.
As for seating, 9 across 787 is no worse than 10 across 777 which is essentially the new industry standard in economy. 10 across A350 is essentially impossible except for the likes of Air Asia. Perhaps that is why Airbus finds itself at a seat cost disadvantage once again, even with their most modern & advanced design.
PS - What thread more appropriate than the AC thread. The same airline using both 10 across 777 (often referred to by employees as the "slave ship") and 9 across 787s?
As for seating, 9 across 787 is no worse than 10 across 777 which is essentially the new industry standard in economy. 10 across A350 is essentially impossible except for the likes of Air Asia. Perhaps that is why Airbus finds itself at a seat cost disadvantage once again, even with their most modern & advanced design.
PS - What thread more appropriate than the AC thread. The same airline using both 10 across 777 (often referred to by employees as the "slave ship") and 9 across 787s?
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From: Hong Kong
you still wake up and take a big dump every morning do you not air profit? Yes there are big issues, but cx is only a job, when are you people going to wake up to this fact. Life doesn't stop because of an announcement by cx.
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From: Polar Route
Obviously, just look at the total 787 vs 350 orders or deliveries. The A350 is clearly favored. Moron!