The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has been certified by the Canada Industrial Relations Board as the official collective bargaining unit for the pilots at Canadian carrier Wasaya Airways. According to a news release issued by ALPA, the pilots at Wasaya Airways first contacted an officer of the ALPA Canada Board last year. ALPA put together an organizing team, and in November 2007, the team visited the Wasaya pilots during a tour of their bases. ALPA said, "Pilot turnout at the meetings was extremely high, and the tour led to a successful card drive in which Wasaya pilots overwhelmingly chose ALPA to represent them."
Wasaya Airways provides passenger, cargo, and charter operations in northern Ontario. The airline has a fleet of 24 aircraft and employs 70 pilots. Aircraft types include the Pilatus PC12-45, the Hawker Siddeley 748, the Beech 1900D, and the Caravan C208B. Headquartered in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Wasaya Airways also has bases in Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, Pickle Lake, and Timmins.
Capt. Jeff Braun, is serving as the interim leader of the Wasaya pilot group.
wasaya s.u.c.k.s BIG TIME!! you guys can't do nothing RIGHT!!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a pilot, and I have two questions, for which I mean no offense or disrespect.
ReplyDeleteI read that some Amerijet pilots get paid $19k a year (less than I spend on my families health care payments), are penalized if they call in sick, have to pee and poop into plastic bags without even a private space, etc.
My question is... Why work in medieval conditions like these? I don't get it.
If someone handed me a bag and said "if you need to poop, this is it" that would be my very last second. I'd leave so fast they would feel a breeze.
My second question is... Are things this bad in Canada as well?