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A LETTER FROM THE AIR CANADA MEC:

Air Canada pilots are invested in our customers, our company, and our country. 

In May 2023, we—the pilots at Canada’s largest airline—voted to fold our union into the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), growing ALPA’s membership to more than 74,000 pilots in Canada and the United States. Soon after the merger, we invoked an escape clause that allowed the Air Canada ALPA pilots to end our 10-year framework with Air Canada one year early. Our pilot group entered the bargaining process in June 2023, with our Collective Agreement expiring on September 29, 2023.

We are fully invested in our company, our customers, and our country. We’re proud of our profession and take our job of transporting passengers safely to their destinations very seriously. We’re ready to negotiate and expect Air Canada to recognize our professionalism and our contributions to the growing success of a world-class airline.

We have initiated discussions with Air Canada to achieve a contract that closes the growing gaps in wages and quality of life between pilots in the United States and Canada. We strive to attract future aviators to join our ranks. We want Air Canada to be a world-class airline that achieves consistent, safe, and reliable service for our passengers and our country. Air Canada pilots are united and dedicated to achieving the world-class contract that world-class pilots deserve.

We look forward to successful negotiations. The bargaining process is an opportunity to make positive changes for our pilot group, but we hold no illusions that this will be an easy process. Attaining our first labour agreement in almost a decade will require intense focus and commitment—our guiding goal is to contribute positively to a strong, sustainable aviation industry in Canada.

We value the respect accorded to our profession by the travelling public. Air Canada pilots strive each day to uphold high standards as we deliver our passengers, fellow crewmembers, and aircraft safely to their destinations.



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  • AUGUST 22, 2024

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  • JUNE 17, 2024

  • Air Canada Pilots File for Federal Conciliation in Contract Negotiations with Air Canada

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  • MARCH 29, 2024

  • Pilots Respond to Air Canada’s 2023 Annual Report Financial Highlights

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  • FEBRUARY 16, 2024

  • Air Canada Pilots Respond to Airline’s Record Q4/2023 Financial Results

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2023 PRESS RELEASES

  • OCTOBER 30, 2023

  • Air Canada Pilots Hold Informational Picket in Montreal in Response to Airline’s Q3 Results

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  • OCTOBER 27, 2023

  • Advisory: Air Canada Pilots Against Route Cuts Hold Informational Picket in Calgary

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  • OCTOBER 26, 2023

  • Advisory:
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  • SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

  • Air Canada Pilots Hold Informational Picket as Contract Expires

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  • SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

  • Air Canada Pilots Demand Fair Contract at Informational Picket

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  • AUGUST 28, 2023

  • Air Canada Pilots to Sponsor Charity Giveaway During Canada’s Largest Ribfest

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RECENT NEWS

SEP 13, 2024 | Trudeau says government will not intervene in Air Canada dispute with pilots

SEP 13, 2024 | Air Canada pay the main sticking point as pilots prepare to walk off the job

SEP 9, 2024 | Air Canada could begin suspending flights soon as strike deadline nears

AUG 30, 2024 | As strike looms, Canada unwilling to wade into Air Canada pilot dispute, source says

AUG 28, 2024 | How much do Air Canada pilots make? After a 10-year contract, union wants better wages

AUG 28, 2024 | Air Canada pilots stage demonstrations at major Canadian airports

AUG 27, 2024 | Air Canada pilots stage picket at Vancouver airport ahead of possible strike

AUG 27, 2024 | Air Canada Pilots hold a demonstration in Winnipeg

AUG 27, 2024 | Air Canada pilots hold informational pickets across country ahead of possible strike

AUG 22, 2024 | Air Canada pilots vote to give strike mandate to their union

AUG 22, 2024 | Air Canada pilots, ‘resolved and unified,’ vote for strike. What comes next?

JUN 18, 2024 |  Air Canada pilots ask for conciliation help in contract negotiations

JUN 18, 2024 |  Air Canada pilots bring contract dispute to federal mediators

APR 2, 2024 |  Air Canada pilots union responds to 2023 annual report financial highlights

MAR 9, 2024 |  70 per cent of Air Canada pilots willing to walk away if pay doesn't improve, union boss says

FEB 16, 2024 |  Air Canada pilots seek to leverage ‘record’ airline revenues in contract talks

FEB 15, 2024 |  Air Canada pilots see progress with mediator in fight for historic pay gains

DEC 8, 2023 |  Manifestation des pilotes d’Air Canada à l’aéroport de Vancouver

DEC 7, 2023 |  Strong and unified: Pilots to picket at Vancouver International Airport

OCT 30, 2023 |  Air Canada pilots picket at Montreal’s Trudeau airport, demanding better pay

OCT 30, 2023 |  Air Canada pilots in Montreal stand silent in protest over contract negotiations

OCT 11, 2023 |  Air Canada union seeks to close wage gap with U.S. pilots

OCT 28, 2023 |  Air Canada pilots protest against route cuts in Calgary

OCT 28, 2023 |  Un piquet d’information de pilotes d’Air Canada à l’aéroport international de Calgary

OCT 30, 2023 |  Un profit milliardaire sur fond de négociations

SEP 29, 2023 |  Manifestation des pilotes d’Air Canada à l’aéroport Pearson de Toronto