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4 hours ago, deicer said:
If it was one of the wing bogeys, no problem, that's happened before. Just gives you a bit of a tilt.
No problem? That's what someone who's never flown a situation like this would say.
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On 5/12/2023 at 2:48 PM, Specs said:
So if you all went to a concert but the main attraction died before the show you wouldn't want your $600.00 back?
A refund and compensation are not the same thing. These people are demanding compensation. In your example this would mean getting your $600 ticket price back and an additional $1500 or, perhaps more accurately, it would mean coming back the next night to watch a performer of equivalent stature and getting $1500 in compensation.
I guess the ruling does make some sense in comparing a death to an unexpected illness - in either case the crew member is unavailable (a little insensitive and heartless but, ok). The key factor is that it happened away from a crewbase. As J.O. says there is no possible way to have crews ready at every station and that's why the ruling unfair to the airline.
In any case, I say airlines should just roll with it - pay the claims and add the cost to the ticket. The net effect is that every passenger on every flight pays and every once in a while someone wins "compensation" for a delay. It's being forced to participate in a lottery with every ticket purchased. Even worse is that it's not zero-sum. This means that on average each passenger will pay more than they receive
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Some ideas are stupid and some ideas are really stupid. Here's one of the latter;
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/airwheel-the-rideable-boarding-luggage-e-scotter#/
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1 hour ago, Bobcaygeon said:
I wish it was that simple. The ripple effect causes every other employee group to demand larger pay raises as well. The recent PSAC TA will cost us taxpayers huge coin as it ripples through the federal, provincial, as municipal bureaucracy.
Sure but everyone is getting hit with inflation so what's the solution?
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5 hours ago, FA@AC said:
Although I might vote along the same lines myself, I’m not sure that I get it. From the horrible events of 911 until recently, we in Canada held our own while our US counterparts saw their pension plans torched and their wages slashed to levels below ours. ALPA represented most American pilots, and AFA represented most US FAs throughout this time.
I don't think which union represents the employee groups has anything at all to do with what happened to pensions - it's the laws that make the difference. In the USA pensions are given much less protection in the event of financial problems at the company.
5 hours ago, FA@AC said:Our American friends are now doing a lot better than we are in wages, but the lackluster Q1 results that the US carriers are showing might suggest that the huge wage increases they have negotiated aren’t sustainable over the long term.
Sustainable? The high price for jet fuel isn't sustainable but it just gets factored into the ticket price. Same thing for employee wages (pilot, FA and other).
I read somewhere else that a 25% raise for the pilots equates to about $1/flight hour. So a Toronto Vancouver costs $305 vs $300. Of course this depends on the route, the aircraft, etc but the point is that even a huge (and probably unrealistic) wage increase has a small effect on ticket prices. With a more realistic increase of, say, 10% we're talking about pennies.
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What the government, the passengers and Gabor don't realize (or do and won't admit) is that it's a zero sum game. Any compensation payout to one group of passengers is offset by a corresponding increase in ticket prices for all passengers. Or, to be honest, the payout will be lower than the increase in ticket price to allow for the overhead costs.
The way I describe it is this: Now all passengers will be forced to buy what is essentially a lottery ticket. If they are lucky enough to have a flight disruption they win a big compensation cheque but if they are unlucky enough to have their flight go smoothly they lose the extra $20 added to their ticket. Do you feel lucky? Well, do you punk?
I think the airlines should just roll with it. Figure out how much they would have paid last year if they had been under the new rules and add that amount, plus 50% to every ticket. Then, run ads saying, "We always pay compensation!" Pay compensation every time someone sneezes - just make sure it's covered by the "new" ticket price. Could be a real money-maker. Goes like the old adage - "when was the last time you ever saw an insurance company lose money?" Actually, that makes me think - I bet Lloyds of London would be happy to underwrite the whole thing.
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I recently did a flight on Porter's new Embraer. Great service, comfortable, friendly staff and free booze for those inclined. The only thing to complain about was the gate location; Terminal 3 satellite. Between the numerous moving walkways (one of which didn't) and the 6 escalators (yes, really - six!) needed for the trip from the gate to groundside it's a long-distance trek.
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Well, next thing you guys are going to tell me is that the Covid situation didn't happen 10 years ago!
OK, ok, I was wrong. Felt like it's been more than a year, feels like the whole Ukraine thing has been going on for years too.
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On 4/12/2023 at 7:59 AM, deicer said:
It's an old joke but still makes me laugh - The F4 is proof that, with big enough engines, you can make anything fly!
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I'm positive that aircraft has been on the ground for more than a year as stated in the article. I think it's been there since Feb 2020, not Feb 2022. Lots of pilots, myself included, have made the statement back in 2020 that it should be confiscated and given to Ukranine - it only took the government 3 years to come to the same conclusion.
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Very odd to be doing training exercises in the real world without proper oversight. There should be an instructor or supervisor who knows everyone involved and can quickly intervene. The report says the civilian was handcuffed for 45 minutes. I would imagine that the very first thing he would have said was, "I'm a Delta pilot on a layover and my RAIC is clipped to my shirt in the closet." Why was he handcuffed for 45 minutes? Obviously the trainees thought this was somehow part of the scenario and there was no-one on site to say, "Delta pilot on a layover? That's not part of the script. OK, everyone, stop, we have a problem."
What I wonder about is how much the compensation payout will be? I'm betting on 6 figures at least.
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1 hour ago, Kargokings said:
Air-Crazy: Fascinating Stories Of Canadian Women In The Air
Air-Crazy, Too: More Fascinating Stories Of Canadian Women In The Air
Fascinating stories about crazy women? Sorry, got enough of my own - don't need to buy a book.
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37 minutes ago, Airband said:
I figured they would be identified and fired from the video. Personally, I'd like to see them criminally charged with property damage and on the hook for repaying all damages.
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3 hours ago, Vsplat said:
Wouldn't inoperability be a big plus too? I mean, if a Poseidon breaks away from home, parts and expertise would be easier to come by.
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Of course it would and it's exactly what we didn't do with the ships we're building.
We could have bought French frigates ready to go off the shelf and completely NATO compatible and we'd have them already for about half the price we're going to pay.
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12 hours ago, Maverick said:
Buy the off the shelf version that the Americans, the Ozzies, the Brits and the Indians have and call it a day.
Why buy a proven platform when we can hire some Liberal cronies to do consultations for 6 years to determine that it should really be a custom platform built in Quebec. In the end it cost 8X as much, be delayed for 17 years and won't be compatible with any NATO systems or hardware anyway.
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Yup, just checked - 737-800.
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Looks like a 737....
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3 minutes ago, Kip Powick said:
The distance is pretty near equal but the time can be quite different depending on the traffic. From/to YHU one has to choose a bridge and sometimes the bridge traffic can be a bind.
Pretty near equal I would think. Done it both ways YUL and YHU and never thought one was longer than the other.
Yeah, that's kinda what I thought. So, it's not like Toronto where having the Island operation is a great savings in travel over going to Pearson for anyone downtown. I guess there might be some savings in time at the airport flying out of YHU vs YUL and, of course for anyone living on the south side of the river it would be a big savings in travel.
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On 2/25/2023 at 12:11 AM, mrlupin said:
Porter looking at building a terminal at St-Hubert Airport...
Is it easier to get to YHU than YUL from downtown?
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1 hour ago, Kargokings said:
Here is a link to a free Sarcastic Font and it also has the benefit of being in cursive , so some folks will be unable to understand it.
Wednesday Script Font | Jimtype Studio | FontSpace
for example
Well, I read (and write) cursive but that is a very poor example. It's mostly just printed letters attached to each other; the s, r , t , f, l all incorrect as far as my grade 4 teacher would say.
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I think it's generally understood that the colour green denotes sarcasm.
You'd know that Kip if you got out and saw some more of the world! Haha!
Cargolux 747 Experiences Gear Problem
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Of course it's not as bad as it could be. That's not the point. I'm merely commenting on statement that it's "no problem". It certainly is a problem and a big one to boot. A couple of highly trained pilots were able to successfully land an aircraft with severe mechanical deficiencies. All too often the skill required to do this is tossed aside and trampled on - "no problem" rather than acknowledging the true reality of what happened.
I'm not trying to discredit you but simply pointing out the natural tendency of those who don't do the job to underestimate the skill and talent of those who do do the job.
I don't care if we're talking about accountants, short-order cooks or pilots - skill and talent should not be dismissed with a "no problem" when some complicated situation is managed to a successful conclusion.
I do understand that you are not casually dismissing the skill and talent of these pilots intentionally but I'm using your post to remind us that posting "no problem" in this context does exactly that (inadvertently).
BTW: "once again trying to discredit me with no basis in fact." Where's that coming from? I have, I believe, disagreed with you occasionally but certainly my opinion is less worthy than yours and characterizing it as trying to discredit you with no basis in fact is hardly fair.