Global National: June 29, 2024 | Flight cancellations grow as WestJet mechanics hit picket lines
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Published 2024-06-30
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All Comments (21)
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Just pay your workers, enough of CEOs and share holders reaping all the benefits AND gaslighting everyone else!!
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Westjet used to be a great airline. My family was booked on WS419 for the Volleyball Canada Nationals in Edmonton back in May. Toronto to Edmonton. The flight was delayed, delayed, delayed, then cancelled 12 hours after it was supposed to depart. Westjet flew us to Saskatoon at 10:30PM and we had to sleep in the airport overnight, then we got to Edmonton on a commuter prop jobby the next morning. We were out over $500.00 for hotel and car rental, plus we missed a day in Edmonton. When my wife filed a claim they said GFY. So we are flying to Calgary in September for a family event...on Porter. Westjet, you can GFY. We will never, ever, ever, ever fly on Westjet, ever again.
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TIME FOR PM TO GO
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No compensation ! Typical of WestJet.
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And why I no longer fly WestJet… always one of their unions walking out. Unreliable airline, makes AC look like Qatar Airlines.
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this wasn't sudden; they were warned many times,
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Pay your skilled labour. WestJet and its weird management team are a rudderless disaster.
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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.
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Westjet doing everything they can short of actually sitting at the negotiation table.
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good for union, airlines are profiting from every corner and paying back nothing, time to stop this
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People should know better then booking with WestJet, Zero service, zero respect for is passengers.
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Jagmeet’s greed for his pension means more than Canadians & their needs.
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Got stuck in LAX when WJ connection got cancelled. Cost $2K to get home to YYC on AC. Will never ever fly WJ again. :face-orange-frowning:
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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
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Work rights is very important.
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A flight cancelation ??? Again???OMG!!!!!
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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.
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Union is the biggest problem for the economy. There are many people having hard time finding a j professional job.
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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.
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Please stop using this countdown. Over used on youtube.
