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Agreement averts potential disruptions at the start of the travel season, provides double-digit wage increases in first year of four-year deal

WestJet pilots on Monday issued a 72-hour strike notice to the airline’s management and the federal government, starting a final countdown for walkouts as contract talks drag on.

Alexis von Hoensbroech called WestJet’s most recent offer to the strike-poised pilots’ union ‘very reasonable but also very generous,’ but said the two sides remain very far apart.

WestJet Airlines has suggested that the union representing Canadian pilots expects wages in this country to be on ...

WestJet is cancelling some flights at Toronto Pearson International Airport due to a potential pilot strike ahead of the May long weekend.

"Nothing (WestJet) has put forward so far has would come even remotely close to ratifying," said the president of the ALPA.

"Nothing (WestJet) has put forward so far has would come even remotely close to ratifying," said the president of the ALPA.

Global News obtained a memo sent by WestJet's vice-president of flight operations hours after the Air Line Pilots Association issued a 72-hour strike notice Monday evening.

Alexis von Hoensbroech called WestJet's most recent offer to the strike-poised pilots' union 'very reasonable but also very generous,' but said the two sides remain very far apart.

Hope was best known as a reporter and anchor at BCTV (now Global) until she retired at age 59 after an Alzheimers disease diagnosis.