RELATED - The mechanics strike at WestJet may be over but experts say it may take more than a week for things to get back to normal for travelers. Katherine Dornian reports.A Winnipeg family’s Disneyland vacation turned into a 3,000-kilometre trek across the continent after their flight was impacted by the WestJet mechanics strike.she was in Anaheim, Calif., preparing for a flight home Sunday, when it was suddenly cancelled — just 12 hours before takeoff.
“Then at 9:45, another email came that said, ‘Oh, sorry, there’s a change in your flight schedule, and at this time we’re unable to offer any further flight options.'”Justin Trudeau to miss this year’s Calgary Stampede, his office says “We had to crunch some numbers, and thought, it’s probably cheaper to rent a car and drive all the way home.”
“If we were in a situation where we needed that money to have to book another flight or to find alternate travel home, we would still be out of pocket, out of money, not able to arrange another plan.