Air Canada FAs on strike

[Richman]

Back to the main topic, I know many think that Canada, the other commonwealth countries or many places in Europe are super labor friendly, but they’re really not.

Superficially they look better because the government covers a few items, but where the rubber meets the road on pay and quality of life items, yea, it can be a bad deal. The entirely of the industry outside the US, with a few exceptions, is a pretty raw deal.

Canada can be pretty bad. You don’t want to be in binding arbitration under any circumstances. It’s where really, really bad deals go to gestate. Alaska found that out a few years ago.

 

[Maurus]

I’d say easily 90% of my seniority list couldn’t miss two paychecks.

Honestly you probably aren't wrong. I flew with a CA making over 400k living paycheck to paycheck purely by choice. I honestly have no idea how that happens. Even with divorces and kids.

 

[Skåning]

Honestly you probably aren't wrong. I flew with a CA making over 400k living paycheck to paycheck purely by choice. I honestly have no idea how that happens. Even with divorces and kids.

Wouldn’t it be wild if they taught basic financial literacy in school.

 

[ASpilot2be]

Wouldn’t it be wild if they taught basic financial literacy in school.

I would have failed.

 

[JordanD]

Probably next door to the guys constantly complaining about our commuter policy that do two-legs to a base because he didn’t want to give the wife the bad news that commuting from rural Cacalacky isn’t sustainable.

That policy is kind of doo-doo though.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

I’d say easily 90% of my seniority list couldn’t miss two paychecks.

I believe it.



I know a CA at our shop needs 90 hrs / month just to break even. Unfortunately, the single biggest upset for a man in his 30s and 40s (outside medical emergency/cancer): Divorce. Ex-wife, 3 kids. Settlement, Alimony, child support. Now married to a new gal. She’s got 3 kids of her own from her previous marriage. He’s basically supporting 6 kids now. The new wife’s toys/requirements/needs, etc.

Ouch.

 

[BEEF SUPREME]

FO: I fly 100 hrs a month

Me: Good lord why?

FO: check out this photo of my Porsche

Me: So you need to fly 100 hrs a month every month to pay for that?

FO: Yeah that’s why I fly so many red eyes.

I basically saw this as a top signal. It’s in. It’s only downhill from here…

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

That pay though

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

100 hrs? That’s chicken feed!



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