#westjet airlines

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A mother is still reeling after her daughter's wheelchair was broken on a flight, and says her child had to crawl out of the plane on her stomach and didn't have access to a wheelchair on her trip. "The whole thing was very frustrating," said Sarah Turnbull, who has been struggling to get answers from WestJet since the incident in early October. Since then, her daughter Blake — who has spina bifida and is paraplegic — has been without her own pediatric wheelchair. "They weren't kind, they were derogatory, they broke our mobility devices, and there's been no support." Turnbull said the problem began when she, her daughter, her son, her mother who is also an intermittent wheelchair user, and her father arrived in Toronto.

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[fairandfatalasfair]

By September of 2023 initial meetings took place between WestJet and AMFA where the union’s negotiating committee identified major concerns with the workplace and ultimately some of the reasons they decided to unionize. They identified that the company did not respect seniority, the irregularities in pay scale and some work privileges were eliminated without notice or rationale.

Many of the union’s proposals were “boilerplate” and quickly agreed to tentatively, however there were serious concerns and discussions around staffing still being below pre-COVID levels causing “levels of fatigue that are detrimental to aviation safety.” These concerns continued into December, when further charges were filed against WestJet for staffing concerns and significant changes to the positions inspecting the aircraft.

Throughout bargaining WestJet has been in the driver’s seat getting closer and closer to a labour dispute. It was the company that put the parties on course for a lockout or strike by filing for mediation with the CIRB. It was also the company that alluded to outsourcing the jobs during the collective bargaining process. ...

Following multiple negotiation dates, the employer decided to further the adversarial approach and delivered a 72-hour lockout notice to the negotiation committee and would commence if the parties did not reach a deal by May 7th. A tentative deal was in fact reached by May 5, 2024, which avoided any work stoppage at that time. Throughout the month of May employees reviewed and discussed the tentative agreement which resulted in an overwhelming rejection of 97.25% of employees stating no with a 99% participation rate.

The union took this direction from their membership seriously. They began immediately providing a survey to their membership to get clear direction from them on what they would need for a fair collective agreement. A 97.25% rejection sends a clear message to an employer that they have missed the mark, this is also incredibly important when looking at the participation rate. These employees are involved in their union and are affected deeply by the negotiations of their first collective agreement.

“Members were particularly bitter with the bad faith at the negotiating table.  For months at a time, WestJet refused to respond to Union proposals.  Frequently, WestJet rejected our proposals without an explanation or with the disdainful rationale that AMEs were not entitled to the same benefits or work rules as pilots.  The airline violated the status quo mandated by the Canada Labour Code by outsourcing maintenance work and reducing benefits. WestJet’s lack of respect for its AMEs [Aircraft Maintenance Engineers] contributed mightily to the contract rejection.” Bret Oestreich – AMFA National President

The employer’s response? Cancel scheduled bargaining dates and request the Canadian government to impose a collective agreement on the workplace rather than negotiate a deal between the parties. ... The CIRB has ultimately made the right decision to force the employer to continue with collective bargaining as intended.

[notedchampagne]

out of curiosity, whats the best/worst airline youve ever been on? you can vent in tags i just want to know the spice

[sommerlanding]

[lunasplanes]

Post for March 17th 2023

this post is going to probably have a wider variety of aircraft than the ones I normally have because this is going to use aircraft from the last few months.

USAF KC-135 reg. 57-1487, operating under the callsign COPPER6 at the time of the photo. The airframe has been in service with the US Air Force for 35 years.

ABX Air 767-200(F) reg. N740AX. This airframe is 41 years old, having originally served with Delta Airlines before being purchased by ABX air and subsequently delivered in March of 2006.

Southwest Airlines 737-800 reg, N8620H "Tennessee One" landing at PHX. It has served exclusively served with Southwest and is 9 years old.

China Airlines A350-900 reg. B-18901 landing at PHX. This airframe is 6 years old and has served exclusively with China Airlines. At the time of this photo it was operating as CAL36.

American Airlines 787-9 reg. N834AA taking off from PHX to OGG. this airframe is 5 years old and has served exclusively with American Airlines. At the time of the photo it was operating under the flight number AA432.

Delta Airlines 757-300 reg. N859NW landing at PHX. This airframe is 20 years old and became a part of Delta's fleet when they acquired Northwest Airlines in 2008. at the time of this photo it was operating under the flight number DAL1114.

WestJet 737--800 reg C-FUCS and Lynx air 737-8 MAX next to each other as one departs and the other arrives, they are the two canadian airlines that operate regular services to PHX.

An EA-18 'Growler' flying out of PHX. While I'm not entirely sure why there's a navy aircraft in Arizona, my guess is that it's here for the next week in preparation for the Thunder and Lightning over Arizona Airshow next weekend.

This is my first post really putting effort into this blog so feel free to give me any advice or requests for planes you'd like to see (within reason as only so much flies here).

[screaming-into-the-void]

Did you know flight attendants in Canada work for an average of 35 hours for free every month?

Because airlines don’t pay flight attendants for duties like assisting passengers with boarding, pre-flight safety checks, deplaning, and other delays, flight attendants spend nearly a full workweek every month working for free.

This makes it incredibly hard for most flight attendants to make ends meet in their first 5-10 years. Most of us have second or third jobs to stay afloat and it's completely unsustainable.

NDP MP Taylor Bachrach has sponsored an official House of Commons petition to fix the Canada Labour Code and make sure that when flight attendants - or any other workers - are at work, in uniform, performing work duties, they're being paid.

The petition closes on July 6th, and we can use all the signatures that we can get. I dont have a massive following on here, but if you can, please click on the link and add yours!

[rabbitcruiser]

At Idlewild Field in New York City, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) was dedicated on July 31, 1948.

[juno-trip-service]

[aprilflowers2040]

What in the late-stage Capitalism is this horse shit?!

[carryeryhare]

WestJet Airlines Pet Policy

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A recent WestJet passenger is speaking out about a recent experience involving travelling with a wheelchair. Melanie Carlbeck lives with spina bifida but that hasn’t stopped her and her sister from seeing the world together. They’ve been to Rome, London, Egypt, New York, Barcelona and elsewhere. The sisters recently flew on WestJet to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to visit their brother. However, Melanie’s wheelchair never made it on board. She said the airline offered her another wheelchair but it was completely unsuitable and old. “I couldn’t get in and out of bed,” She said. “My brother had to come in and lift me in and out of bed. Managing in a washroom was really hard. We had to make a number of improvisations. “It was very hard.”

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[baldthoughts]

WestJet Absorbs Swoop, Southwest Extends Schedule, World's Best Street Food

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[disneyphile]

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WestJet Boeing 737-8CT

[alanisgirl2023]

We can book our international summer travel flights to some foreign countries. We can either go to Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia or even Oceania.

[peterpecksen]

Back to Canada....for now

First off, I would like to apologize to those of you who received a notification of a post only to find it inaccessible. Amateur error on my behalf, my apologizes. So here we are, safely back in the wintery grasp of our home and native land, Canada. Very happy to be here mainly for the fact that after 3 years of delays due to COVID, illness, and travel I finally am scheduled to get a hernia…