WestJet Encore pilots announce tentative deal in labour dispute with regional carrier

WestJet has started to cancel flights as talks with the pilots’ union remained at a “critical impasse,” the company said in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 18, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

The union representing WestJet Encore pilots says a tentative deal has been struck with their employer, days before the pilots had threatened to go on strike.Posted: Apr 15, 2024 11:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

In a statement released Monday afternoon by the Air Line Pilots Association, the head of the union's WestJet Encore contingent says the tentative agreement brings "wages and working conditions significantly more in line" with those of other regional pilots across the country.

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