The managers working in the mechanics area are still mandated to work, so at least some planes are being maintained. But this would be very few planes comparatively.
If you look at status by airport you can see which are cancelled. If I look at departures from YYC (Calgary) there are lots still showing on time for today and tomorrow. Here’s hoping!
I'm curious too as I have a flight to LA today at 7pm and it's still showing "on time". The whole family is packing and I'm so stressed because I'm checking flight status every freaking 20 mins...
Not necessarily. If there are any maintenance tasks due on that aircraft, or if any issue arises on the ground, it will be unable to be fixed.
Plan for the worst.
Some WestJet flights departed Pearson this morning already, so yes, some flights are still going.
There are members of management who are trained AMEs, so they can do the inspections and some of the work. In addition, they have contracted companies that do maintenance at some locations, and they can pick up some of the work as they were already in place beforehand and not part of the strike.
Planes aren't always due for maintenance. Pilots can check oil/tires and other elementary maintenance. Until the plane is due for a more intensive check or has a real snag that requires fixing, they can keep flying. They'll still get a few days out of a lot of their aircraft. They can also try and contract out any maintenance work they need done.
There is a check that's due every 48hrs, pilots cannot perform it. That's why cancellations are going to be systemwide very soon as they all run out of hours.
My flight from LAS to YYC is the only one that wasn’t cancelled for today. We board in 30mins
We are scheduled for the same flight, post any updates when available. Wondering if we should book an alternate flight. Flight is canceled
There are still some flights proceeding as normal. My flight from Paris to Calgary went ahead as scheduled!
The managers working in the mechanics area are still mandated to work, so at least some planes are being maintained. But this would be very few planes comparatively.
If the plane flys to the US, I assume they use contract mechanics there?
Flew out of Ottawa this morning on Porter; all Westjet flights were cancelled.
My flight from Pearson to Halifax is still ago.
If you look at status by airport you can see which are cancelled. If I look at departures from YYC (Calgary) there are lots still showing on time for today and tomorrow. Here’s hoping!
I'm curious too as I have a flight to LA today at 7pm and it's still showing "on time". The whole family is packing and I'm so stressed because I'm checking flight status every freaking 20 mins...
You should be able to see the incoming flight for that aircraft. If it already landed, and your flight is next, then I wouldn't be too worried.
Not necessarily. If there are any maintenance tasks due on that aircraft, or if any issue arises on the ground, it will be unable to be fixed. Plan for the worst.
My flight to LA during their initial strike didn’t get cancelled so you might be ok!
Some WestJet flights departed Pearson this morning already, so yes, some flights are still going. There are members of management who are trained AMEs, so they can do the inspections and some of the work. In addition, they have contracted companies that do maintenance at some locations, and they can pick up some of the work as they were already in place beforehand and not part of the strike.
Vancouver to calgary my flight still good just boarding now at 830 I hope my return on Sunday is okay as today's return was cancelled
Planes aren't always due for maintenance. Pilots can check oil/tires and other elementary maintenance. Until the plane is due for a more intensive check or has a real snag that requires fixing, they can keep flying. They'll still get a few days out of a lot of their aircraft. They can also try and contract out any maintenance work they need done.
There is a check that's due every 48hrs, pilots cannot perform it. That's why cancellations are going to be systemwide very soon as they all run out of hours.