Air Canada released Q4 and FY2023 financial results on Friday, showing a record full-year operational revenues of $21.8 billion. But the union representing the carrier’s pilots says it isn’t compensating pilots as well as it should, leading to hundreds wanting to leave.
The Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) — the largest airline pilot union in the world, represents more than 77,000 pilots at 43 US and Canadian airlines — explained that it’s negotiating a new pilot contract with the airline after the last one expired in September 2023. It was nearly a decade old.
Contractual negotiations have been ongoing for seven months, and the results could drastically impact the airline’s service as we know it.
ALPA noted that for 70 per cent of the carrier’s pilots, leaving or staying with the airline will depend on the outcome of contract negotiations. They could go to other airlines or “leave the profession entirely” amid a…
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