Calgary/CMEDIA: Amid continuing talks between WestJet pilots and their employer the Air Line Pilots (APA) Association, which represents some 1,600 flight crew at WestJet and subsidiary Swoop, reportedly warns that a walkout could come as early as Tuesday.
A 72-hour strike notice is poised to file, says APA just after midnight.
Over the past year and a half, approximately 340 pilots had left WestJet mostly to other airlines resulting in three times more pilot hires than resignations at its mainline operation this year, says WestJet.
Although WestJet pilots are reportedly among the best paid in Canada, The airlines said that a contract on par with some U.S. pilot groups would be financially unworkable and put the company’s future at risk.
Labour shortages continue to plague the aviation industry as the sector begins to take off again after the pandemic collapse and travel turmoil over the past year.
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