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Interesting week for airlines in Canada

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 3:00 am
by Slick Goodlin
WestJet gets sold, Encore guys are all pissed that their promised single pilot list got sunk the next day for completely unrelated reasons, then AC decides they want TransAt.  I wonder what the folks running the show have up their sleeves for all this?

At ground level, there’s a bit of pilot pandemonium as rampant wild speculation takes hold but I’m optimistic.  I figure no matter how you slice it all the airlines are understaffed and I can’t get bumped any lower than the bottom so the ride is mine to enjoy.

What do y’all think?

Re: Interesting week for airlines in Canada

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 3:19 am
by ScudRunner-d95
For Westjet I think in the long term it will be a good thing to be private, This will help them execute their goal at becoming a big deal internationally.

Air Canada, I only see this move acquiring Transat as a strategic move against ONEX acquiring them.

Re: Interesting week for airlines in Canada

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 10:59 pm
by Slick Goodlin
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Air Canada, I only see this move acquiring Transat as a strategic move against ONEX acquiring them.
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I have no doubt at all about that.  I wonder if they even know what to do with TransAt other than receive the airplanes they wanted?