Air Canada recently released its annual report and held a shareholders meeting where they boasted of their current financial success. The Air Canada Component of CUPE, which represents more than 10,000 flight attendants with Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, noted that the report failed to mention the amount of unpaid labour that the company’s flight attendants are currently required to do and the role that this unpaid labour has played in its financial success.
-And monopolistic position in the market. Want to go anywhere from the east coast? “fuck you pay us.” Routes with flair = 150-300$ (including the yyz-yvr 5hr marathon), routes without flair = $900+ -And ultra-low-cost service levels. -And zero other /realistic/ options (Via, Busses, even just driving) for lower prices if you want to be anywhere on time.