Global National: June 29, 2024 | Flight cancellations grow as WestJet mechanics hit picket lines

[@MellieMelOG]

Just pay your workers, enough of CEOs and share holders reaping all the benefits AND gaslighting everyone else!!

[@shawnferrie6990]

What is enough pay? Give me one group who would be satisfied.

[@jamesbilodeau8188]

Lets not forget the goddamn politicians who run the damn show. Won't be one of those bastards left waiting for a flight!

[@Zola_6]

The rejected offer Under the proposed agreement, WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers would have been the highest paid in the country, with a 12.5 per cent wage increase in the first year of the agreement, and a compounded wage increase of 23 per cent over the term of the agreement. In addition, the agreement would: Protect work-life balance standards that are already exceptional by industry comparators Enforce strong commitments to job security Attract highly skilled professionals to WestJet’s Technical Operations team, to ensure adequate resourcing well into the future Additional context Using 2023 T4s as a source of truth, our AME’s make on average $109,000, with our top earners making between $150,000 and $170,000, approximately double the average annual salary in Canada

[@jamesbilodeau8188]

@@Zola_6 And they want more, disgusting

[@MellieMelOG]

@@Zola_6 I see you are getting your info directly from westjet

[@chooch9816]

And why I no longer fly WestJet… always one of their unions walking out. Unreliable airline, makes AC look like Qatar Airlines.

[@dnwwebb2370]

TIME FOR PM TO GO

[@Kevin_geekgineering]

good for union, airlines are profiting from every corner and paying back nothing, time to stop this

[@DavidHalverson]

Anticipating an uptick in the price of air fares to pay for the increased wages.

[@Zola_6]

The rejected offer Under the proposed agreement, WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers would have been the highest paid in the country, with a 12.5 per cent wage increase in the first year of the agreement, and a compounded wage increase of 23 per cent over the term of the agreement. In addition, the agreement would: Protect work-life balance standards that are already exceptional by industry comparators Enforce strong commitments to job security Attract highly skilled professionals to WestJet’s Technical Operations team, to ensure adequate resourcing well into the future Additional context Using 2023 T4s as a source of truth, our AME’s make on average $109,000, with our top earners making between $150,000 and $170,000, approximately double the average annual salary in Canada

[@JimMacintosh]

Pay your skilled labour. WestJet and its weird management team are a rudderless disaster.

[@Zola_6]

The rejected offer Under the proposed agreement, WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers would have been the highest paid in the country, with a 12.5 per cent wage increase in the first year of the agreement, and a compounded wage increase of 23 per cent over the term of the agreement. In addition, the agreement would: Protect work-life balance standards that are already exceptional by industry comparators Enforce strong commitments to job security Attract highly skilled professionals to WestJet’s Technical Operations team, to ensure adequate resourcing well into the future Additional context Using 2023 T4s as a source of truth, our AME’s make on average $109,000, with our top earners making between $150,000 and $170,000, approximately double the average annual salary in Canada

[@briandufoe3719]

No compensation ! Typical of WestJet.

[@enhancer8213]

this wasn't sudden; they were warned many times,

[@alljunk4824]

To think that under the previous West Jet leadership of Clive Beddoe, the company was one of the most admired, with dedicated employees, faithful customers, and decent profitable company. And now this since acquired by Kestrel Bidco Inc, a cowered president that avoids answering questions truthfully, has made the employees looking to unionized, etc. all in the name of squeezing more money and cutting costs. The only thing the AMEs want is salary comparable to what mechanics make in the USA and in Europe.

[@syberspy9]

They shouldn't have allowed the sale we all knew this is what happens when shareholders is all that matters

[@alljunk4824]

@@syberspy9 Well, "In December 2019, WestJet Airlines was acquired by Kestrel Bidco Inc., a subsidiary of Onex Corporation. This acquisition resulted in WestJet transitioning from a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "WJA" to a private company."

[@qiwang220]

A flight cancelation ??? Again???OMG!!!!!

[@letmedietomorrow]

Westjet doing everything they can short of actually sitting at the negotiation table.

[@DavidHalverson]

They can always fire the entire staff of engineers across their corporation and hire new engineers from the universities who will not be unionized. Unions are the cause of increase in prices for everything across Canada.

[@Zola_6]

The rejected offer Under the proposed agreement, WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers would have been the highest paid in the country, with a 12.5 per cent wage increase in the first year of the agreement, and a compounded wage increase of 23 per cent over the term of the agreement. In addition, the agreement would: Protect work-life balance standards that are already exceptional by industry comparators Enforce strong commitments to job security Attract highly skilled professionals to WestJet’s Technical Operations team, to ensure adequate resourcing well into the future Additional context Using 2023 T4s as a source of truth, our AME’s make on average $109,000, with our top earners making between $150,000 and $170,000, approximately double the average annual salary in Canada

[@bcanuck]

@@DavidHalverson I think the government money printing and taxation was the cause of inflation. The unions are responding to the government caused inflation. Regardless it will be those without that will suffer from the greed of both parties.

[@bosvarkutube]

A category four hurricane is hitting the leeward islands this morning, where people are stranded because they could not get out. I personally had to drive arduous and risky 12 hour journey because my flight was canceled. To the WestJet engineers : thank you for putting peoples lives at risk you idiots

[@Willchannel90]

Work rights is very important.

[@briandufoe3719]

People should know better then booking with WestJet, Zero service, zero respect for is passengers.

[@margyeoman3564]

Ouch! I have one of their tickets. I hope the strike crosses my dates .

[@briandufoe3719]

@@margyeoman3564 WestJet could learn a lot from Asian airlines about service,period. Good luck !

[@elaineqin4877]

Union is the biggest problem for the economy. There are many people having hard time finding a j professional job.

[@JY20014]

​@nightfall_gamer No doubt that most of the engineers are very capable. My issue is their entitlement to deviously strike at the worst time possible for passengers. Westjet employees used to be part share owners. How idiotic are they to jeopardize their own company by enraging your customers? They went on strike just one year ago again before May long weekend. I don't know why companies require unions rather than employ people directly. If you don't like your conditions you have the freedom to work for someone else.

[@Zola_6]

They are American based Union also 🙈

[@edr.2642]

Goodluck getting any compensation from Airlines. We are frequent flyers and NEVER got any compensation before. You will have more luck with your credit card company. Trust me.

[@rhondamartel5838]

Jagmeet’s greed for his pension means more than Canadians & their needs.

[@garyhaggquist740]

Poilievre is the one who's been gorging at the public trough for 20 yrs - becoming a multi- millionaire (with a multi-million dollar real state portfolio) - off the backs of CDN taxpayers. Conservatives want to force an early election - while the NDP is focused on continuing to force the the government to get a long list of results for CDNs.

[@sandraleishman878]

Please stop using this countdown. Over used on youtube.

[@Bragg-WRC123]

Got stuck in LAX when WJ connection got cancelled. Cost $2K to get home to YYC on AC. Will never ever fly WJ again.

[@dangunton]

Good for them. As much as I fly and could be affected by this, they do deserve well more than they’re making. I make more building fences and decks seasonally. I doubt my most stressful days compare to an average day for anyone in their position. If you are complaining, I hope you can appreciate your worth and stand by it like these folk are doing. They’ve been the subjects to this whole Boeing fiasco too and you should be happy because this will be how new safety standards are set, and ones that are needed.

[@bob-qz9ey]

I'm a 76-yr-old former Union Member of 50-yrs, sayin' the fault lies with Government, who could easily have gained strong support for a provision that Company must inform the Public for a "legalized" lockout, compelling Unions not to dilly-dally; to even accept inevitable 'Arbitration'. Pity the Ticketholders.

[@AnwerHashimSamnani]

May Love Peace Prevail In The World....

[@brenthill3241]

I would have like more info from the workers point of view with respect to their contract complaints and less about Trudeau's political woes.

[@Zola_6]

The rejected offer Under the proposed agreement, WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers would have been the highest paid in the country, with a 12.5 per cent wage increase in the first year of the agreement, and a compounded wage increase of 23 per cent over the term of the agreement. In addition, the agreement would: Protect work-life balance standards that are already exceptional by industry comparators Enforce strong commitments to job security Attract highly skilled professionals to WestJet’s Technical Operations team, to ensure adequate resourcing well into the future Additional context Using 2023 T4s as a source of truth, our AME’s make on average $109,000, with our top earners making between $150,000 and $170,000, approximately double the average annual salary in Canada

[@Kathy007s]

Westjet has such a long history of flight disruptions and cancellations, that it is not safe booking any flight with this company. As they have incompetent CEOs (likely with huge salaries), they deserve to bankrupt or to be sold to another company that will perform this service seriously and fairly to their customers.

[@Cheetor89]

It's time for the PM to step down. Also the US citizens must be crazy for their choices for their next President. Both Presidential candidates have massive egos, one is a criminal and the other one is just to dam old and can't remember what he said 1 minutes ago.

[@commonsensecraziness7595]

Sean O'Shea still fabricating his own stories or is this one real? No one knows. I don't see a shoving match.

[@AuralioCabal]

Time for JTrudeau to go back to his profession he trained for ,Drama Teacher.😮

[@TeacherJennifer-q3z]

Most worse airline that I ever experienced!!!!!!!!

[@ijji4615]

these "engines" all have crooked and cracked shafts.

[@Tha66]

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[@johnpersad5557]

Congratulations Elon!🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳💖💖💖💖💘💘💘💘💘🍯🍯🍯

[@geoffsale5866]

Guys sound like Klause Schwab

[@dnwwebb2370]

Y CANADA DID NOT SEND BAD PEOPLE HOME PEOPLE

[@keikairin2038]

All those striking folks are foreign. Can we get some local workers please? Our people need jobs too. We promise not to hold our OWN country hostage every 5 minutes.

[@1kwhalley]

@keikairin2038 How do you know they're foreign? What is a "local worker"? Who is "our people"?

[@keikairin2038]

@@1kwhalley I did background checks on a variety of folks actively members of unions at the airport. These people did not come into Canada legally. Our people are the Canadian citizens born in this country who are going jobless so these people can keep exploiting this country and our businesses. Shame on you. LOCAL workers were supposed to be BORN in our community. Not racist foreign criminals.

[@steveharrigan7811]

@@1kwhalley People with at least 3 generations here, and do not depend on government hand-outs, would be "our people".....People who came here 5 yrs ago are not "our people", just to be clear........And no, I dont want f*cking fries with that......

[@Zola_6]

@@1kwhalleyit’s an American based Union And they rejected this The rejected offer Under the proposed agreement, WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers would have been the highest paid in the country, with a 12.5 per cent wage increase in the first year of the agreement, and a compounded wage increase of 23 per cent over the term of the agreement. In addition, the agreement would: Protect work-life balance standards that are already exceptional by industry comparators Enforce strong commitments to job security Attract highly skilled professionals to WestJet’s Technical Operations team, to ensure adequate resourcing well into the future Additional context Using 2023 T4s as a source of truth, our AME’s make on average $109,000, with our top earners making between $150,000 and $170,000, approximately double the average annual salary in Canada

[@bcanuck]

The corporations (most are behind the mass migration into our country) were hoping for cheap labor on their airlines or what have you. Now they are seeing the folly of their destructive plans. They really have destroyed this once beautiful country and it's people.

[@BDee3126]

Thank goodness I'll be at home sleeping and doing nothing this long weekend in this post nation state.

[@ainschuntayleuhn1147]

I like WestJet, it’s Boeing that Scares me!

[@commonsensecraziness7595]

Yep. WestJet never sent an assassin to kill a whistleblower.

[@dy6682]

Westjet and it’s employees- another national disgrace and the public suffers . Passengers should be able to sue any union messing around with the public .

[@JimMacintosh]

It’s not the union, it’s WestJet. This was completely avoidable but WestJet refuses to keep up with the times and inflation and pay its skilled labour property. You do not want cheap maintenance on an aircraft.

[@JY20014]

Agreed. Unfortunately most essential or critical public services are plagued with unions. What is there to do?

[@Zola_6]

The rejected offer Under the proposed agreement, WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers would have been the highest paid in the country, with a 12.5 per cent wage increase in the first year of the agreement, and a compounded wage increase of 23 per cent over the term of the agreement. In addition, the agreement would: Protect work-life balance standards that are already exceptional by industry comparators Enforce strong commitments to job security Attract highly skilled professionals to WestJet’s Technical Operations team, to ensure adequate resourcing well into the future Additional context Using 2023 T4s as a source of truth, our AME’s make on average $109,000, with our top earners making between $150,000 and $170,000, approximately double the average annual salary in Canada

[@JimMacintosh]

@@Zola_6”Double the average annual salary in Canada” That is a stupid argument. Professions/skillsets/responsibility are not equal. You wouldn’t want your surgeon only making double the pathetic average salary in Canada. Nor would you want that for those responsible for working on $100,000,000+ aircraft.

[@bcanuck]

@@JimMacintosh Please don't compare mechanics to surgeons. They are being offered $109,000 to $170,000 dollars to turn a screwdriver. Sounds more than fair to me.

[@charlesward9486]

Nice title they gave themselves, "maintenance engineers"! That funny when they're nothing more than mechanics, and should be fired mechanics after this strike!

[@shawnferrie6990]

Blaming West Jet for their Mechanics decision to hold passengers hostage is like blaming Trudeau for doing what Canadians elected, re elected and then re elected him again to do.

[@SoBiased]

Do Increase the travel fee and problem solved

[@stevengibson4566]

Hey Trump is old too, so he's age matters in the election too

[@steveharrigan7811]

It has little to do with age, its all about mental acuity....Trump is an energy powerhouse, speaks for hours un-scripted, no teleprompter, to massive crowds, and has actual plans for the economy, and the border, along with everything else.....Joe Biden can barely read a teleprompter, and even then, he gets lost....Speaks to small gatherings of paid supporters...Jill Biden had him up on a stage afterward, praising him like a dog....It was beyond un-comfortable, just really weird....

[@Kevin_geekgineering]

finally someone got the balls to fine filthy oil industry

[@syberspy9]

Filthy oil? Lol you know nothing... One of the safest, most efficient, and regulated industries in this country... I work in solar and wind and oil & gas and you clearly know nothing....

[@bcanuck]

Almost everything in our society requires oil for production and distribution. The food we eat would be the most important.

[@wayneboyd4372]

Engineers??? LOL It's like calling a cashier a grocery consultant LOL

[@JY20014]

True the title is misused for self promotion.

[@bobinabuddy]

Smith has to go, no dental….no CPP OAS……who is she to speak for those that rely on these federal benefits

[@syberspy9]

She's doing what we want, stop giving handouts to liberals. You want something go out and earn it stop asking for my tax dollars for what you want

[@margyeoman3564]

We can give provincial benefits in Alta. In fact we have some supports in those areas don't we?

[@JimMacintosh]

Smith is the best Premier in the Country. Move to a woke province if you don’t like it here, you have plenty of choices.

[@commonsensecraziness7595]

Albertans quality for OAS at 65 just like everywhere else. What are you smoking? An exit from the CPP doesn't mean you lose anything. The people that say it will are literally pulling it out of nowhere and fearmongering.

[@haroldk724]

There are Plenty of People looking for Work....I guess these who on Strike do not need the jobs Anymore so people who want to Work....Here you perfect Timing

[@commonsensecraziness7595]

Are you a medieval lord or something? If the peasants don't work, we'll just starve them off the land, is that it?

[@Zola_6]

The rejected offer Under the proposed agreement, WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers would have been the highest paid in the country, with a 12.5 per cent wage increase in the first year of the agreement, and a compounded wage increase of 23 per cent over the term of the agreement. In addition, the agreement would: Protect work-life balance standards that are already exceptional by industry comparators Enforce strong commitments to job security Attract highly skilled professionals to WestJet’s Technical Operations team, to ensure adequate resourcing well into the future Additional context Using 2023 T4s as a source of truth, our AME’s make on average $109,000, with our top earners making between $150,000 and $170,000, approximately double the average annual salary in Canada

[@ductdang]

Union should not have done strike because binding arbitration already in play. The union just wanted to disrupt, using customers ….

[@MellieMelOG]

Nope, look again, legal strike.

[@ductdang]

@@MellieMelOG legal maybe, but unnecessary since there is no longer a bargaining table.

[@MellieMelOG]

@@ductdangnecessary if the company needs to be squeezed - no pain, no gain

[@JY20014]

​@@MellieMelOGSay that again if your flight gets cancelled. Work somewhere with better pay then. Entitlement is everywhere. I know some engineering companies in US pay more but can I not show up to work because my raise request was declined? 😂 I would like to see how these unionites survive in the real world without the protection of their union mommy and daddy.

[@commonsensecraziness7595]

@@JY20014 [Work somewhere with better pay then.] The airline industry is largely an oligopoly and can't get better wages without striking. How is it that you so spectacularly fail at basic economics?

[@paulgram3967]

Down with Trudeau and POLIEVRE,,