Canadian regional pay -- prepare to cringe

[labbats]

http://airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/canadian/air_canada_jazz.html

Realize that the Canadian dollar is now worth MORE than ours and look at the pay scales for a DH8 pilot as well as per diem. Amazing!

 

[DrewBlows]

Really want to cringe:

Air Canada

Requirements:
-Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status
-Canadian commercial pilot license
-1000 hrs. fixed wing
-Completion of schooling to the university entrance level

 

[Propsync]

Good on them. Can't remember if they went throuh BK, but I do remember the merger with Canadian. Guess the 'Live to fight another day' mantra doesn't happen up north.

 

[siucavflight]

Why would I cringe?
These people have to live in the socialists republic of Canada. Do you know how much of that pay will be going towards taxes?

 

[G2T]

Do you know how much of that pay will be going towards taxes?

Not just the taxes, everything seems more expensive in Canada. The price of beer alone justifies the higher pay.

 

[CaptO'Brien]

Just looking at the pay doesnt tell the entire story in Canada. Do you ever wonder why you see so many Canadians at the regionals in the States? (Including myself). To get onto Jazz isnt easy and you have to come into it with previous turbine time which you most likely got up north somewhere tossing bags, doing your own flight planning, scraping ice off the wings, fueling, etc all while being paid $20/hr and staying in ratty hotels in the middle of nowhere! Oh and as previously mentioned that $20/hr is taxed and the cost of food up north isnt cheap.

There is one school "seneca college" that sends a couple grads directly into Jazz but they arent able to upgrade until they have 250PIC (ICAO) not to mention Jazz upgrade times are extremely long at Jazz to begin with...Oh and dont forget they have to sign a contract.

So for someone like myself to come down and fly for the regionals in the states is a much better oppourtunity because by the time the people I have graduated with can even consider Jazz I will already be making captain pay and getting taxed less!

As for Air Canada mins they are posted at 1000TT but realistically arent even close to that. Everybody who gets into aviation in Canada has an end goal of going to Air Canada...so there is alot of competition. Going back to Canada with some jet/glass cockpit time should help me out but definately wont get me on at 1000TT.

 

[labbats]

Interesting stuff O'Brien. Best of luck to you down here.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Canada rocks, you yanks are just jealous.

 

[siucavflight]

Canadian girls are hot, YYZ YOW an YUL are great overnights. I would never want to live there though.

 

[rudder]

Can't remember if they went throuh BK...

Yes they did. Those are the post-bankruptcy pay rates.