The risk of travel chaos is starting to look like a sure thing as Canadians make plans to take to the skies this Victoria Day long weekend.
“We are ready to take legal strike action — or be locked out at that point — but we are still hoping to reach a deal,” Capt. Chris Tholl, a WestJet pilot, told CTV National News. “We are some of the lowest paid in North America, if not the world, and that has to change,” Capt. Bernard Lewall, WestJet ALPA Master Executive Council chair, told CTV National News.
Pearson Airport, which ranked among the worst in the world for delayed flights in 2022, has hired 10,000 new employees ahead of the busy summer travel season. Air Canada continues to operate at 90 per cent of its pre-pandemic schedule, but said in a statement it has “more people on staff than in summer 2019 and this should further help with resiliency.”But industry experts warn hiring may not be enough to stop us from seeing a repeat of last year’s travel delays, with so many variables from ambitious scheduling to a shortage of air traffic controllers adding to the factors that could lead to delays.
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