Air Canada Pilot Union Leaders Approve Tentative Agreement for

4-year deal provides pay raises, improves work rules, and retirement benefits

The Air Canada Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), representing more than 5,400 Air Canada pilots, voted to approve a Tentative Agreement (TA) on modified terms for their Collective Agreement. If ratified, the TA will generate an approximate additional $1.9B of value for Air Canada pilots over the course of the agreement. Ratification requires approval by a majority of the voting membership, who will soon receive the Tentative Agreement for review.

"While it has been an exceptionally long road to this agreement, the consistent engagement and unified determination of our pilots have been the catalyst for achieving this contract," said First Officer Charlene Hudy, chair of the Air Canada ALPA MEC. "After several consecutive weeks of intense round-the-clock negotiations, progress was made on several key issues including compensation, retirement, and work rules. This agreement, if ratified by the pilot group, would officially put an end to our outdated and stale decade-old, ten-year framework."

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