Description: The chief executive officer of Air Canada is pleading with the airline’s pilots to accept a collective agreement the airline says is required to create a low-cost carrier.

Source: The Globe and Mail

Date: 05/08/2011

Link:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/air-canada-head-pitches-pact-to-pilots/article2014479/

Related links:

• Earlier story
• Air Canada
• Air Canada Pilots Association

Questions for discussion:

• Why would this new contract be good for Air Canada? List as many reasons as you can think of.
• Why might this new contract be good for union members? List as many reasons as you can think of.
• Why might this new contract not be good for union members? List as many reasons as you can think of.
• If you were a union member, how would you vote?
• What do you think will be the long term impact of this contract on the Canadian airline industry?