Pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association at Air Canada are demanding that the airline pay them the same kind of substantial wages that their peers at the likes of American Airlines and Delta earn south of the border in the United States.
At present, the union claims its members at Air Canada are earning half of what pilots at big U.S. airlines are earning while flying the same routes on the same planes and carrying the same passengers.
Air Canada has been in contract negotiations with its pilots for more than 12 months, and although progress has been made in a number of areas, the two sides remain far apart on how much pilots should be paid.
“Management’s proposals continue to fall…