The increase outstrips major gains won last year by pilots at the three biggest U.S. airlines, where pay bumps ranged between 34 and 40 per cent — though they started from a higher baseline.
MONTREAL — Air Canada pilots have given the green light to a tentative agreement with the airline, dashing fears of a future strike and overcoming concerns about entry-level pay and quality-of-life provisions.
Despite the eye-popping top-line figure, the one-third of ballots cast against the agreement reveal ongoing divides over issues such as scheduling, quality of life and a large pay gap between newer employees and more experienced flight crews. The tentative contract, hammered out on Sept. 14 in a late-night session at a hotel near Toronto's Pearson airport after more than a year of negotiations, averted a strike that would have seen some 670 flight cancellations and 110,000 passengers affected daily.
The contract goes into effect immediately, retroactive to September 2023 and expiring on Sept. 29, 2027. Some employees had been pushing to fully scrap the so-called “fixed rate” provision, where earnings stay flat regardless of the type of aircraft flown. The freshly inked deal would merely cut the four-year period of lower pay to two years, according to a copy of the contract obtained by The Canadian Press.
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