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Originally Posted by Slava
Doesn't this fight essentially come down to the pilots saying they want to be paid like Delta and WJ saying "well, great, but we're more like Southwest"?
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Nah, Southwest pays their pilots competitively in the US market as well.
It isn't a low-cost vs full service thing, it's a Canada vs USA thing. There are plenty of jobs that pay less in Canada, and the majority of pilots aren't able to move to the US and fly anyway. But Westjet is a full service carrier now so it isn't unreasonable to expect them to pay like one. The problem is the AC contract is really old, so neither side has a good reference point for what is fair in the current market.
I think like many things they'll end up somewhere between the two sides, but I hope they get there quickly for the sake of people flying in the next little bit.