Travel to and from the YYC Calgary International Airport was thrown into a bit of a tailspin on Thursday after WestJet cancelled flights ahead of Friday’s expected work stoppage relating to the pilots' strike.
, 111 of the airline’s flights were cancelled on Thursday – 31 per cent of their flights that day.
“It sounds like they’re trying to make it painless for sure, as far as cancellation and stuff like that,” he said. “Might have to book an Air Canada flight to get home.” Air Passenger Rights president Gabor Lukacs said under the Air Passenger Protections Regulations, airlines must offer alternative travel arrangements if a flight is cancelled using a “reasonable route” on the next available flight within 48 hours of the original departure time.
Bernard Lewall, who heads the union’s WestJet contingent, has said the workers’ issues revolve around pay, job security and scheduling, and says pilots are earning roughly half of what some of their U.S. counterparts make.More than 1,800 pilots at WestJet and its Swoop subsidiary are poised to walk off the job as of 5 a.m. eastern on Friday after the union issued a strike notice Monday night.
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