A WestJet Encore Dash-8 Q400 turboprop aircraft.
WestJet president Diederik Pen says the new agreement comes as a "relief" for all parties as well as for travellers.The Air Line Pilots Association says the tentative deal, which its membership is set to vote on next month, will help with pilot retention, working conditions and work-life balance. WestJet Encore and its pilots reached a deal Thursday after two weeks of negotiations, steering clear of a potential strike this week.
In a phone interview minutes after the two sides shook hands at a hotel near the Calgary airport, WestJet president Diederik Pen said the new agreement comes as a "relief" for all parties as well as for travellers, some 6,000 of whom would have been affected for each day of a strike. "You need to find something where I have the affordability and the long-term stability, and they have their career and some of their lifestyle.The union said the tentative deal will help with pilot retention, working conditions and work-life balance. Carin Kenny, who heads the union's WestJet Encore contingent, said she was "very pleased" with the agreement, which members are set to vote on next month.
The new would-be deal steers clear of the turbulence wrought by 11th-hour agreements of the sort reached a year ago between WestJet and the union representing pilots at its mainline operation and the now shuttered discount subsidiary Swoop. The late-night deal came only after the carriers had cancelled more than 130 flights in anticipation of a possible work stoppage.
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