| | | Haybales22 said "But after the 22 I think the strike starts. This is freaking me out because I’m flying Brandon to Calgary and back middle of June, and our tickets have already been paid for, literally the week before the strike was announced. " |
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Officially there’s no strike and both sides are trying to agree on a new deal. The pilots could choose to strike based on how they feel negotiations are going and that could be as soon as the 19th. They’ve said that because of the long weekend the soonest would be the 22nd. They might never strike at all, but if they do there would be 72 hours (3 days) notice. I’d place hope in the fact that both sides see how damaging this could be to all of them and their customers, continue talking and come to a deal.
But either way, the Brandon to Calgary flight is Westjet Encore which if I interpret the tweets in the original post correctly means our flight wouldn’t be effected unless you’ve booked a connection that flips you over to a regular WJ plane for your next flight. I’d assume (hope?) that in that situation if WJ isn’t able to deliver on one of your connections they’d refund the whole booking... which could be small consolation to people that have made other advance plans for their trip that aren’t refundable and in most cases probably not covered by credit card insurance.
What I’m curious about is if the government is considering stepping in. There was almost a stoppage at Air Canada a half dozen years ago and the prev government didn’t let it happen because of potential effects on the economy by being without our largest airline at peak travel time. WJ today is roughly half the size of AC, so does that same rationale apply?