Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers' union reach tentative deal
WestJet and the union representing its maintenance engineers reached a tentative agreement late Sunday, averting a work stoppage that could have started disrupting flights as early as Tuesday afternoon.
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![WestJet has started to cancel flights as talks with the pilots’ union remained at a “critical impasse,” the company said in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 18, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh The wing and front portion of a passenger plane with the name WesJet is seen outside of a hangar with the WestJet name as well.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7166706.1712588935!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/westjet-pilots-20230518.jpg)
WestJet and the union representing its maintenance engineers reached a tentative agreement late Sunday, averting a work stoppage that could have started disrupting flights as early as Tuesday afternoon.