Air Canada pilots are kickstarting the bargaining process with their employer, days after their fellow union members at WestJet ratified a new collective agreement.
Christopher ReynoldsPeople look on as an Air Canada plane takes off at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Sunday, June 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
The decision comes two weeks after the pilots' group invoked a clause to end its 10-year collective agreement a year early and launch negotiations for a new one. The current deal will remain in force until Sept. 29 and its provisions will still apply after that date. Experts say the deal sets a new standard in Canadian aviation that will put pilots closer to U.S. pay levels and raise costs for airlines still recovering from hundreds of millions of dollars in losses during the pandemic.
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