Category: WestJet Encore
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Read more: WestJet Group and ALPA agreement ratified by Encore Pilot Group
CALGARY, AB, June 14, 2024 /CNW/ – Today, the second collective bargaining agreement between WestJet and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the certified union representing Encore pilots was ratified. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement that reflects the instrumental value and contributions of our Encore pilots,” said Diederik Pen, President of WestJet Airlines and Group…
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Read more: WestJet Encore and ALPA reach tentative agreement avoiding lockout and disruption to Encore service
Agreement to be put forward for ratification vote CALGARY, AB, May 30, 2024 /CNW/ – WestJet today announced they have reached a tentative agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), representing WestJet Encore pilots, on the second collective bargaining agreement between the organizations. The agreement successfully averts a work stoppage and both parties await the second…
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Read more: WestJet issues advance lockout notification to its Encore Pilot union, ALPA
A work stoppage could occur as early as Saturday, June 1, 2024, at 6 p.m. MT, unless a deal is reached CALGARY, AB, May 29, 2024 /CNW/ – WestJet today has issued an advance lockout notice to the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), the union that represents WestJet Encore pilots. As a result of today’s lockout notice, a work…
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Read more: WestJet Encore Pilots File 72-Hour Strike Notice
Pilots Insist They Want a Fair Contract, Not a Strike CALGARY, ALB.—At 3:00 p.m. MT on May 29, WestJet Encore pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), issued a 72-hour strike notice to WestJet Encore management and the government. This started the clock on a 72-hour countdown to negotiate a fair and…
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Read more: The WestJet Group statement on Encore ratification results
CALGARY, AB, May 10, 2024 /CNW/ – The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the certified union representing WestJet Encore pilots, today announced that its membership did not ratify the tentative agreement, reached on April 8, 2024. The results of the ratification do not impact operations. “We are disappointed to learn that our WestJet Encore pilots have rejected an…
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Read more: WestJet Encore Pilot Leaders Approve Tentative Agreement for Pilot Ratification Vote
15 April 2024 CALGARY, ALB.—Capt. Carin Kenny, chair of the WestJet Encore Master Executive Council, issued the following statement after WestJet Encore pilot leaders, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), voted to approve a full tentative agreement with management. “After seven months of tough but respectful negotiating, we are pleased to announce…
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Read more: WestJet Encore Pilot Leaders Approve Agreement in Principle
Negotiations Continue to Reach a Full Tentative Agreement 8 April 2024 – CALGARY, AB—WestJet Encore pilot leaders from the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) have voted to approve an agreement in principle (AIP) with WestJet Encore management, following more than seven months of negotiations. Discussions are ongoing as the parties work to finalize contract…
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Read more: WestJet Encore Pilots Receive $1 Million Grant for Negotiations
26 February 2024 – Calgary, Alb.—After a vote by the Executive Board of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), the WestJet Encore pilot group received a $1 million grant from ALPA’s “war chest,” known as the Major Contingency Fund (MCF). This funding will go a long way in supporting the WestJet Encore pilots in…
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Read more: WestJet Encore Pilots File for Conciliation
16 January 2024 CALGARY, Alb.—The WestJet Encore pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), today filed a request for conciliation assistance with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service with regard to collective bargaining at their airline. The federal conciliation process allows the WestJet Encore pilot group the opportunity to seek government assistance…
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Read more: TSB deploys to Kelowna, British Columbia, to investigate a WestJet Encore aircraft inflight engine fire
EDMONTON, AB, March 3, 2023 /CNW/ – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying an investigator to Kelowna, British Columbia, to investigate an inflight engine fire that resulted in the diversion of a WestJet Encore De Havilland DHC-8-402 aircraft on 02 March 2023. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. The TSB is an independent agency that…
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