As Air Canada soars, WestJet takes a predictable nosedive
Sep 6, 2018, 12:10 am
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Only recently have the WS employees began organizing due in major part to the disconnect between the higher ups and the worker bees.
Sep 6, 2018, 8:04 am
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Well they didn't exactly copy the Southwest model. The SWA pilots have been unionized for years (highest paid B737 pilots in the industry). Employee relationship with management is and has been excellent.
Only recently have the WS employees began organizing due in major part to the disconnect between the higher ups and the worker bees.
Only recently have the WS employees began organizing due in major part to the disconnect between the higher ups and the worker bees.
Sep 6, 2018, 4:22 pm
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You make the assumption that continuing to follow Southwest was and is a viable option; I have no doubt that Westjet took that model to its logical conclusion and market differences between the two required a different path. That different path may be rather bumpy at the moment but the status quo was not going to provide growth of the business. It may or may not work-out in the long-run but the Southwest model is not a panacea.
Sep 6, 2018, 4:26 pm
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This article is our rebuttal to The (Toronto) Star columnist David Olive’s opinion piece published in The Star on September 1, 2018. We asked The Star to run our rebuttal to provide balance to Mr. Olive’s article, but they declined. So, we’re publishing it on our blog.
This article is our rebuttal to The (Toronto) Star columnist David Olive’s opinion piece published in The Star on September 1, 2018. We asked The Star to run our rebuttal to provide balance to Mr. Olive’s article, but they declined. So, we’re publishing it on our blog.