What to know as Air Canada pilots eye possible bargaining this summer
this summer,” their union leadership said on Monday in a note to members seen by Reuters.
Air Canada pilots have previously said they are pressing for “historic” gains to narrow the earnings gap with higher-paid aviators at U.S. carriers. Their counterparts at Onex Corp’s WestJet Airlines reached a tentative agreement that would offer a 24 per cent hourly raise over four years, plus other pay and benefits.The estimated 4,500 pilots at Canada’s largest carrier have received a two per cent wage increase per year since reaching a deal in 2014.The union had a Monday deadline for using a type of escape clause that would allow for negotiations this year.
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