“It is very worrying to have our CEO asking us to go against provincial and federal health guidance.'
An Air Canada employee at a quiet check-in counter at Toronto Pearson International Airport, on April 1, 2020.
The request was made in an internal email sent to staff Thursday and obtained by HuffPost Canada, while public health officials continue to advise Canadians against all non-essential travel. an open letter “Employees are all encouraged to share the letter in their own social channels along with the hashtag #timetotravel,” the email said. In a video, CEO Calin Rovinescu asked employees to spread the message by contacting government officials and people they know and posting to social media. Air Canada employee
“It is very worrying to have our CEO asking us to go against provincial and federal health guidance,” the employee said. “[The pandemic] has been devastating for our industry, absolutely. But at the cost of lives of people that we love? This is a far more important thing to protect.”
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