Westjet pilots’ kinship files censure over recruitment for new low-cost airline

February 09, 2018
Business

The kinship that represents pilots with WestJet and WestJet Encore says it has filed an astray work use censure over a airline’s recruitment of pilots for Swoop, a new ultra-low-cost conduit slated to start drifting in June.

The Air Line Pilots Association, International, says it has practical to a Canada Industrial Relations Board for a “cease and desist” order.

It alleges WestJet Airlines Ltd. disregarded supplies of a Canada Labour Code by directly negotiating with pilots instead of a kinship over practice during Swoop, so changing and ignoring timeless manners and policies. WestJet declined to criticism on a work house filing.

During a discussion call on Tuesday, CEO Gregg Saretsky pronounced he wants to concede pilots from WestJet and WestJet Encore to find promotions to work during a new airline and that WestJet is negotiating with a kinship to say one seniority list for all of a pilots, so permitting them to pierce from one code to another but losing compensate and seniority rights.

Swoop is to launch with 3 aircraft in Jun and grow to 6 by Sep and 10 by a open of subsequent year, eventually reaching 30 to 40 aircraft on domestic and general flights.

The kinship says it has also asked a sovereign work apportion to designate a conciliation officer to assistance pierce along stalled negotiations with WestJet to interpretation terms of a initial contract. WestJet pilots voted to be represented by ALPA final year.