Air Canada T.AC

History will repeat?

[Veecee1]

Air Canada wins in contract arbitration with pilots

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The Canadian Press

Posted: July 30, 2012

Last Updated: July 31, 2012

AIR CANADA

CEO Calin Rovinescu says the new collective agreement will give Air Canada the flexibility it needs to compete.

(Graham Hughes/Canadian Press)

A federal arbitrator has sided with Air Canada in its labour dispute with the union representing its pilots.

Douglas Stanley selected Air Canada's final offer — a five-year collective agreement effective until April 2016 — following negotiations with the Air Canada Pilots Association that took place over a 19-month period
 

This from same 2012 CBC article:
 

The airline was poised to lock out the pilots earlier this year, but the move was short-circuited by the federal government, which passed legislation blocking either side from initiating job action and imposing a new contract.

[jjwilson]

Any shareholder gleefully rubbing their hands together over the prospect of forced arbitration is missing the mark.  Do you want your investment to be profitable?  I do and that's not the way to get there. The forced arbitration of 2012 of a large part of the reason why the pilots are unhappy now and doing it again will defintely not make it better. The article quoted mentions that

[JuIieRichards]

What we do know is that JJ is not a current shareholder at AC.. another troll and pretender. Oh yea.. he knows how to run things smoothly.. oh yea.. give us a break fella

[jjwilson]

"What we do know is that JJ is not a current shareholder at AC.. another troll and pretender. Oh yea.. he knows how to run things smoothly.. oh yea.. give us a break fella" Always the way on these forums;  say something negative and get labelled as a troll, say something positive and get labelled as a pumper. I am a shareholder and have been, on and off, since 2005.  Don'