I'm a canadian citizen, born and raised in Toronto but I haven't worked at YYZ for a few years now so forgive me if I'm out of touch. Shoot, except for the Private License, I don't even have a Transport Canada certificates yet. I'm all set to get a medical and write the FAACA and FAAIA exams for the converstions to be licensed in Canada. Been down south flying CRJ thanks to my american born spouse gettin' me the green card. But if I'm not mistaken, flying RJ's into Thunder Bay or London, ON or whatever is hardly Air Canada! You're talking about Air Canada "Jazz" aren't you? That's like comparing Comair to Delta. Both regional carriers are wholly owned subsidiaries, but completely separate companies. Except that Jazz does have some sort of flow thru if I'm not mistaken. And at least the Jazz guys don't have the competition like we do down here with all the regional pilots getting whip-sawed to death against one another, work rules are pathetic, and the trips being completely unproductive. With the current trend of international growth in aviation right now, I think Air Canada mainline is where it's at too. I'm sure WestJet is an awsome company. I have a buddy who is a dispatcher and has nothing but great things to say. But they are a domestic carrier, and the numbers are relatively flat in North America with only single digit 2% to 3% at best, compared to 7% to 10% growth internationally, over the next 5 to 6 years. Besides, it seems that whenever a company in Canada begins to get too big for their britches, they seem to have a funny way of disappearing in the great white north. Albeit great airlines, Ward Air or Canadian ring a bell? And at the end of the day there's only one left standing and that's the big red maple leaf baby!