Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 ... for 80k per year... any takers ? Wake the frig up folks, because this is where we are ALL headed in Canada. Sure... the 320 is a fun airplane to fly... but after a while it is, after all... just an airplane...and I have earned more than 80K flying a Dash-8 10 years ago.... as an FO ! Keep pulling us down folks... to the lowest "Canadian" common denomonator... but I will do my best to stay out of this quicksand... and leave the country... hell, my Dad did it with (socialist) Denmark, thats the only reason I'm here now ! I'll also take my spending, experience and taxes with me... guess who'll be left to make up the difference ? Am I bitter ? .... you bet Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V1V2Vgo Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Have a Nice Trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hawkeye Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 ((("...and I have earned more than 80K flying a Dash-8 10 years ago.... as an FO !"))) Can you tell me where & with Co. Given the current conditions, maybe I would like to go there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 ...contract work with Albanian Airlines.... ahhh the places we will go to keep a job in this world.... ... are you willing to move to Albania ? ... do you even know where it is ? ... I didn't either when I was layed off 10 years ago from our "government" airline... Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kal Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Now that is funny. Especially coming from one of the guys who set it all up. You do create your own reality Pete,,, It's a fact. Make me laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 ...I know I will as long as I don't have to listen to the likes of you ! Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Hudson Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Pete; Say hi to your Dad for me. He was the best. Don Hudson donandfran_hudson@telus.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peanuts Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Yeah, heck I would love to know where as well. At the AC Connectors I know that the F/O's most definitly DID NOT make 80K per year. Where on earth did you get that info? La la Land ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 set it all up ??? ... you don't think that this is ALL my personal fault do you? ... if you do, you're just a "little too far out there" ... I'm just a very small cog in the big machine... I have little to no influence on anyting... but, I do have the ability to react... not much more though... Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peanuts Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 You have had ot pretty cushiony all your few years of your flying career haven't you ? Well perhaps Albania will finally make you see the real world. Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Hi Don ! Times they are a'changing ! My Dad left Denmark 34 years ago with 2 kids in tow to find a better life in aviation because things weren't working out that well in those days in our "home country" ... now the reverse is becoming a reality... weird eh ? ( spoken like the true Canadian I am !). Now those 2 kids are looking at some broader horizons as well... can you blame us ? Best wishes to you as well Don... my Dad has high regards for you and I will say hello to him from you when I talk to him tommorrow. Best regards, Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 ... how well did you read my post ? ... I was in Albania 10 years ago... past tense... Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kal Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Oh Sorry Thought you were the pete jensen of 243 fame. My apologies Kal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Hudson Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Hi Pete; Yeah. Times are changing indeed. Your Dad and I had wonderful time in HKG, but went via Anchorage...ask him about it. The only term I can think of to describe the reversal you're seeing is "ironic", and much of life is ironic anyway. We just didn't know until now. kindest, Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Hi Kal I am of the "243" fame as you mentioned... which left me left me as a "cog OUTSIDE of the machine" ! ... it was a HELPLESS (read CALPA) situation for us "243ers" back in those days... but how long are we going to keep digging up this mud ? .. 10..20..300 years ? Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 I asked him about Anchorage... but he did did seem sketchy on deatils... hmmm.... ... yes... ironic it is... Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kal Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Pull the string pete. You'll find that tht event inevitably led to this event. How long it goes forward is anyone's guess. G'nite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Jensen Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 ...few years ?? ...15 with AC and 4 with GX ?? (and none of them cushiony (did you mean "cushy") with all the sh!t we've been through.. ...few years ?? Pete Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozerboy Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Hey Peanuts and others. Pete has got a legitimate point here. It is friggin ridiculous to be paid 80 grand a year to Captain an A320. But instead of pilots realizing this, the ones that aren't flying that aircraft will do anything and EVERYTHING in an attempt to take or secure that flying for themselves. This industry is sickening. The bar has been lowered once again substantially and some of the comments raised here by connector pilots has to make ones' head shake in wonderment. INstead of striving for a legitimate and honourable wage for highly skilled people who have invested years of "internship" and training, I see pilots wringing their hands in glee to know that they have possibly taken flying away from higher paying counterparts. It is the typical Canadian way... I am not happy until everyone is making the same wage. Where does it stop? Will Jazz start charging pilots for the honour to fly their aircraft next?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozerboy Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Pete, i want to second what Don said about your Dad...a real class act. I hope that retirement is treating him well, he deserves not to be dealing with the crap at AC that we are. Dozerboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V1V2Vgo Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Hey Pete, Oh, I see, you are not actually leaving, just wanted to vent in a public forum. Sheeeesh, take a guy at his word, and now you are an immediate judge of my character. By the way, it's DENOMINATOR. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mtc. Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 You want to go??? Go,just no more woe is me stories, we all have our own and nobody wants/needs to hear how this country has done you so wrong..... What airline will you be using when you leave Canada???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V1V2Vgo Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Mtc Splendid post, sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest floatrr Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 On the other hand, the ones "that arent doing the flying..." want to be recognized as equals. Is that to much to ask? Why do you think the bar keeps getting lower? My opinion is completely that the corporations whipsaw one pilot group against the other. And that is why one group may be seemingly doing "anything" to secure the flying. Would this be happening if we were on the same page? I think not. Good day to you dozerboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bugsy G Darren Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 If your unhappy here, these guys are hiring!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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