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Lynx pilots formally joined ALPA on June 3 after submitting for illustration by the union in Might.
“Our objective is to achieve a good contract that acknowledges our pilots’ vital position in rising the corporate efficiently,” Capt. Randall Hulkenberg, performing grasp govt council for Lynx pilots, mentioned in a press launch. “As administration works to make our airline a alternative for passengers, we want a contract that gives enhancements to job safety, work-life stability, and compensation to make Lynx Air a alternative for pilots too.”
Merren McArthur, CEO and president of Lynx Air, mentioned in an emailed assertion they like to work immediately with their workers however respect their pilots’ proper to arrange.
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“We are going to proceed to construct upon our open and clear relationship with our pilots and can work with ALPA management to ship on our imaginative and prescient to encourage extra Canadians to fly,” she mentioned.
This follows on the footsteps of ALPA negotiating a Canadian sector-setting cope with WestJet earlier this month, avoiding the primary strike within the Calgary airline’s historical past.
Air Canada pilots additionally joined ALPA in Might and despatched discover to discount to administration on June 13.
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