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Though this has nothing to do with the pilots (though a bunch of them called in sick and caused some significant delays today)...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...a.html?cmp=rss

Aveos Fleet Performance Inc., which maintains many of Air Canada's aircraft, shut down its plants on Sunday, locking out about 2,400 workers and telling them not to return to work.
The majority of the affected employees — about 1,800 — are based in Montreal, while 350 are in Winnipeg and 250 are in Vancouver, says the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Aveos posted a sign on the door of its Winnipeg plant on Sunday, stating, "We regret to advise you that effective immediately, Aveos Fleet Performance Inc. has ceased the operation of airframe maintenance."
Employees found outside the facility told CBC News they were told by management on Sunday afternoon that the facility was closing immediately. They were instructed to leave the building and not return to work on Monday.
Union officials in Vancouver confirmed that employees at the Aveos plant there were told to go home and leave all their equipment and personal items behind.
Lorne Hammerberg, president of the union local in Winnipeg, told CBC News he fears total job losses at Aveos, as there had been no talk of restructuring the company.
Aveos was Air Canada's maintenance division until it became an independent company in October 2007. It has been doing all of the heavy equipment maintenance for the airline's Airbus and Embraer fleet, Hammerberg said.
Hammerberg said union officials had heard no indication that a total shutdown was in the works.
The union does not know what the latest development could mean for Air Canada's maintenance program, he said.

I presume this isn't good...