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Canadian Pilot Compensation Intelligence

Know Your Worth.

FlightCrewPay provides transparent, collective-agreement–sourced compensation data for Canadian airline pilots. Compare pay across carriers, model your career earnings, and make informed decisions — at every stage of the left seat.

Explore Tools About the Data
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National carriers modelled
CA
Source: collective agreements
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Tax calculations included
DB
Pension retirement modelling

Tools

Flight Crew Calculators

Every tool is built from source collective agreement data. No estimates, no industry surveys — just the actual rates your contract specifies.

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National Carriers Pay Calculator
Model gross and net compensation for WestJet, Air Canada, Air Transat, Flair, and Canadian North. Inputs include seat, years of service, block hours, per diem, and provincial tax. Side-by-side comparison across all five carriers.
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Pension & Retirement Estimator
Model your airline pension by projecting career progression through seat, fleet, and carrier. See how your defined benefit accrual builds across your flying career and what it translates to at retirement — based on your actual collective agreement.
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Coming Soon
Regional Carriers Pay Calculator
Jazz Aviation, PAL Airlines, Pacific Coastal, Central Mountain Air, Bearskin/Perimeter, and WestJet Encore. Same methodology as the national calculator — built for pilots at the regional level or planning their move up.
In Development
Coming Soon
Cargo Carriers Pay Calculator
Cargojet, Purolator Air, Morningstar Air Express, and Canadian North. Cargo compensation structures differ significantly from passenger carriers — this calculator models them accurately.
In Development
Planned
Seniority & Upgrade Planner
Project your upgrade timeline to Captain, wide-body, or preferred base based on fleet size, attrition rates, and your current seniority number. Built first for WestJet, expanding to other carriers.
Coming Later
Coming Soon
Trip Pay Estimator
Build a pairing and calculate total trip value including block pay, per diem, layover rates, and deadhead credit. Useful for bidding analysis and understanding the true value of a trip.
In Development
Planned
Contract Comparison AI
Ask natural-language questions across multiple collective agreements. "How does WestJet's sick leave compare to Air Canada?" and get a sourced, cited answer. Built on verified CA text.
Coming Later

Coverage

Carrier Data Coverage

All compensation data is sourced directly from ratified collective agreements, updated when new contracts are signed.

WestJet (B737/B787)
Air Canada (Narrow/Wide)
Air Transat
Flair Airlines
Canadian North
Jazz Aviation — Planned
WestJet Encore — Planned
PAL Airlines — Planned
Pacific Coastal — Planned
Central Mountain Air — Planned
Cargojet — Planned
Morningstar Air — Planned

Methodology

How the Data Works

FlightCrewPay is built and maintained by an active Canadian airline pilot. Every compensation figure is sourced from ratified collective agreements — not industry surveys, not estimates, not self-reported data.

When a new contract is signed, the relevant rate tables, per diem schedules, and pension structures are updated. The methodology is consistent across carriers so comparisons are apples-to-apples.

Tax calculations use current federal and Alberta provincial rates. Net pay estimates account for CPP, EI, and pension contributions where applicable.

  • Pay rates from ratified collective agreements
  • Per diem sourced from CA — domestic and international
  • Block hour assumptions based on typical line construction
  • Federal + Alberta provincial tax applied
  • CPP, EI, and pension deductions included
  • DB pension value not included in net pay (noted separately)
  • No advertiser influence — data is independent
  • Corrections welcomed via community forum

Community

More Coming

FlightCrewPay is growing. Two community features are in the pipeline — built specifically for Canadian flight crew.

PilotMind AI
Upload your company SOPs, COM, QRH, Collective Agreement, and other work documents. Link to shared references like CARs and TC AIM. Train a custom AI on your materials and ask questions — getting instant, sourced answers like a digital chief pilot. Your personal aviation knowledge base, always ready.
In Beta
Contract AI Assistant
Ask plain-language questions across multiple Canadian collective agreements and get sourced answers. Useful for union reps, negotiating committees, and pilots trying to understand their entitlements without reading 400 pages of legalese.
In Planning