Flash - September 10, 1998 - 22:00 EDT
AIR CANADA AND PILOTS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
MONTREAL -- Air Canada and the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) reached a tentative contract agreement at 8:30 p.m. EDT September 10, 1998. The agreement now requires ratification by the airline's 2,100 striking pilots before operations can resume. The ratification process is expected to take two to three days as ACPA conducts a vote of its members across Canada.
Once Air Canada pilots have ratified the agreement, the airline will begin phasing in operations within 24 hours. Service would resume to most destinations within three to four days once aircraft are repositioned and crews flown in to operate flights.