Mitch Cronin Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I don't know that I have any right to this kind of reeeeaalllly slick, reeeaallyy cool runnin's style livin', but I'm sittin' here just about bursting with that feeling that's like "Holy S#it! I gotta tell someone!!!!!...: I found out this morning I'm finally getting another aircraft endorsement course - probably will be my last - Starting the triple-seven course on Sept. 10.... and then later today we bought me a new (used) car... an Infinity G35!! Such a sweet, luxurious package, with two hundred and eighty horses to the rear wheels!!!! .....ahhhhhh....sigh... life is soooooooo goood! http://images.trader.ca/autotrader/12/33/4...6.jpg.fpx?large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagger Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I don't know that I have any right to this kind of reeeeaalllly slick, reeeaallyy cool runnin's style livin', but I'm sittin' here just about bursting with that feeling that's like "Holy S#it! I gotta tell someone!!!!!...: I found out this morning I'm finally getting another aircraft endorsement course - probably will be my last - Starting the triple-seven course on Sept. 10.... and then later today we bought me a new (used) car... an Infinity G35!! Such a sweet, luxurious package, with two hundred and eighty horses to the rear wheels!!!! .....ahhhhhh....sigh... life is soooooooo goood! http://images.trader.ca/autotrader/12/33/4...6.jpg.fpx?large Life's good for the Cronins, all right. I guess you'll still be making payments in 2009, nudge, nudge. And why wouldn't you get the course on the 787? You can't afford early retirement, not with a teenage girl whose wedding you will have to fund (and no cheap watered-down house booze, only the good stuff, you hear?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 ....now hang on a bit... she's only 16! ...the 787 won't be here until we're all a lot crispier.... I guess I have to acknowledge there's a chance, but as it is, though this will be my first course at AC, it's my 7th endorsement... I'm running out of room on this old organic hard drive! ... somewhere there's gotta be a limit! ..and btw... by 2009 we'll have this little car paid well enough to relax. ...ain't no car payments gonna influence my vote! btw - straight goods you're welcome to feed to your various contacts... in our world (maintenance), if we don't get back some serious coin, along with some major improvements to all language - stats, sick time, shift diff., holiday time...etc.... it'll be hard to find anyone who gives a damn whether the company lives or dies. We know our worth, and if we're finally bargaining on our own, count on having to pay us damned close to what we are worth! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Re the value of the AME. The sad thing or not (depending on which side of the fence you are sitting on) is that this will be determined by the marketplace. Are your licences transportable to the US or other countries or are you locked into getting whatever salary is deemed suitable by the Canadian Market Place? How do those at AC do vs AC Jazz, Westjet, Air Transat, KFC, Air North etc? Is there a shortage of AMEs? Just curious as although without AMEs the airline could not operate, they have not been valued in the same fashion as the pilots since the early 70s. Their tie to the non licenced trades at Air Canada is as wrong as would be grouping the pilots with the Flight Attendants (pilots would be outvoted at every turn). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagger Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 if we're finally bargaining on our own, count on having to pay us damned close to what we are worth! Are you going over to ACTS? Otherwise, I see Deicer and his ramp gang humping your leg like a horny poodle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 Hey, there's already another poodle in here, isn't there?.... and Ice man wouldn't go for me... I'm too ugly. We'll see Dagger... I don't see any crystal balls anywhere nearby.... we're awake though. I think I'm done with that torch Rattler... I carried it for a while... burned some calories in efforts to spread the flame... By now, I'm just hoping someone younger will hold onto it long enough to see it shine. ... a fella could burn out hitting his head against a wall for too long. ... that's not for me. Like I said, life is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaEH Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Nice car I was talking about getting one after I get rid of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I think I'm done with that torch Rattler... I carried it for a while... burned some calories in efforts to spread the flame... By now, I'm just hoping someone younger will hold onto it long enough to see it shine. ... a fella could burn out hitting his head against a wall for too long. ... that's not for me. Like I said, life is good! Mitch: Glad for you that life is good and I hope it continues that way, I know if you have any control over it, that it will. Enjoy........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Re the value of the AME. The sad thing or not (depending on which side of the fence you are sitting on) is that this will be determined by the marketplace. Are your licences transportable to the US or other countries or are you locked into getting whatever salary is deemed suitable by the Canadian Market Place? How do those at AC do vs AC Jazz, Westjet, Air Transat, KFC, Air North etc? Is there a shortage of AMEs? The AME is an ICAO type II licence. Very transportable. And Transat Engineers are now paid more than Air Canada AME's. Jazz pays a lot less, because of the "two tier" wages brought in by the CAW. (I think that will change in 2009.) Sunwing guys make more than us. Westjet does only if they make good profit-sharing, which they always do. KFC isn't very nice. Is there a shortage of AME's? I think there is starting to be one. There are certainly more jobs available now then ever before in the history of Canadian Aviation. I think that's true for Pilots, too. I know that there are operators in the West and North who are now having trouble recruiting experienced AME's for $70,000. Wages are going UP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 Transat Engineers are now paid more than Air Canada AME's. [...]Sunwing guys make more than us. Westjet does only if they make good profit-sharing, which they always do. That's interesting... I wonder how the folks at SkyService do? I keep hearing of a "pending shortage" in all sorts of tech trades, and specifically in aircraft maintenance... the only hints of that that I've seen is just a general lack of younger guys on the floor at work. We all seem to be getting either grey or bald. (or both). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 We all seem to be getting either grey or bald. (or both). Some of us wear "progressive" bifocals! And some of us should, but won't! Anyway, seems like you had a really nice summer. The G35 is a sweet ride! I'm sure you will like working the 777. Personally, I can't get excited by it. The technology is just "old-school". I will be first in line for the 787 course though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I'm sure you will like working the 777. Personally, I can't get excited by it. The technology is just "old-school". Gees, I figure since you now actually had something in common with an aircraft, you would be very exited!!!! Mitch, nice wheels, is this your first Asian car? Once you drive it for a while, you will never go back to a North American make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 is this your first Asian car? Once you drive it for a while, you will never go back to a North American make Howdy Robert, Right on. We've still got one of the 5 Toyota's we've had over the years. They make great cars! (we almost bought an ES300 - just before this G35 seduced us.) Conehead? "old school"?!? ... I guess to an embryo specialist it might be eh?... I'm becoming a bit like a relic I guess... I can still picture how some of the monkey motion works in the bowels of a DC-10. I'm just comfortable with the magic in the Airbus family, and find the gee-wizardry of the likes of Embraer and the new Boeing stuff fascinating... It's not old-school to me! I'm looking forward to going to school again... even an old one. Cheers all... Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAS Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Anyone starting a pool on when he gets the first speeding ticket in the G35? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Howdy Robert, Right on. We've still got one of the 5 Toyota's we've had over the years. They make great cars! (we almost bought an ES300 - just before this G35 seduced us.) Cheers all... Mitch Don't I know it!!! I am still driving my 96 626 Cronos, it still runs like a champ and no rust at all, plus we just bought a 2007 Matrix, this car is great, huge amount of room, both leg and head room and it is great on gas at over 45 to the gallon and it has the hatch back we were looking for as my better half requires it for her business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Anyone starting a pool on when he gets the first speeding ticket in the G35? I was thinking it will be on the 407 as he is trying to get to school on time one morning early in September! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 No takers? Anyway, a further note on the wages; yesterday I was chatting with a Licenced AME who works at Georgian, on the 1900's. He had just convinced his boss to give him a pay-raise, and is now up to $19 per hour. Can you believe that??? The guy is also a Licenced auto mechanic, and tells me he can command $28 minimum at any auto shop. I find it ironic that the guy who owns Georgian Airline also owns a GM dealership, and pays his auto mechanics a lot more than he pays his aircraft mechanics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 No takers? Anyway, a further note on the wages; yesterday I was chatting with a Licenced AME who works at Georgian, on the 1900's. He had just convinced his boss to give him a pay-raise, and is now up to $19 per hour. Can you believe that??? The guy is also a Licenced auto mechanic, and tells me he can command $28 minimum at any auto shop. I find it ironic that the guy who owns Georgian Airline also owns a GM dealership, and pays his auto mechanics a lot more than he pays his aircraft mechanics! I think one of the reasons he can is folks like your acquaintance who despite holding licences to work in either area choses to work in the lower paying position. You have to wonder what would happen if your acquaintance moved to the automotive side instead, would the aviation side then have to pay more or ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 Holy....! Wow!.... ...Oh, - My, - Goodness!!! This thing goes from nothing to Holy-snappin'-sphincter's! fast in naught-point-nothing flat!!! I've already seen that tickets are not what I need to be worried about! ....Survival would be a reasonable goal! ..... I need to enjoy the luxury with cruise control locked in at decently granny like settings! .....whew! Man! Yessir, life IS good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MURRAY Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 An Infiniti G35 has nothing, zero, nada, on a '56 strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I've never had a G35 wound out, but the last time I heard someone play a '56 Strat (Gilmour), it was a little flat at the top end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 An Infiniti G35 has nothing, zero, nada, on a '56 strat. You may be correct, but a 56 strat can nevr it its wildest dream mimic the sound of a 70 GTO Judge convertible with a 455 HO idleing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 ....the sound of a 70 GTO Judge convertible with a 455 HO idleing Mine was a '69. It was traded in when the first kid came along. The baby seat did not look correct in a convertible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MURRAY Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 A '56 strat backed by a team of Soldano 100's (The strat being properly shielded, of course) would put the GTO to shame. And I'm a huge GTO fan. Tube Screamer is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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