Originally Posted by
YZF_Elite
This is a little precious. I understand and agree with the need for nationally to figure out a way to help businesses and employees, but the reality of yesterday's announcement is that WS is responding to Atlantic Canada's desire to essentially shut down interprovincial travel outside the Atlantic bubble until a date to be determined. It has done wonders for their Covid numbers despite the recent NB outbreak, but it comes with consequences like that discontinuation of air services. AC are still flying and it's hard to believe there's a market for more than that at this time. Subsidizing empty planes flying doesn't make any sense to me at all and the reduction is in many respects respecting the wishes of those provinces.
The Union is out of line here. Saying the federal government has done nothing when it is been covering the majority of WestJet labour cost for the last 8 months and will likely do it for another 6-12 months. He should be thankful for what the tax payers have been doing. Once he acknowledges the assistance if he has other ideas that that reasonable. Saying the government (and therefore the tax payers have done nothing shows a lack of judgment).