DELTA CONTRACT 2024 = AC contract at a minimum!

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Yeah I get all that but Im still convinced they will find a way to get us back to work…you forgot about the bloc quebecois….and Im still not sure the conservative would not approve it. Once we give that 72 hours notice, things will move fast and we need to stop thinking that it wont happen and start thinking ahead. They might give us few days to get a ta but the feds will intervene a some point.

Nobody has stopped thinking that it won’t happen. The MEC has said they have contingency plans for as many scenarios as they can think of. They are not just sitting around with their fingers in their ears pretending it could never happen. They expect it to be unlikely but are prepared for every eventuality they can.

I'm an optimist.

*conspiracy mode on*
I think the government might actually work in the pilots' favor behind the scenes. Especially if this WestJet strike turns ugly. They'll want to avoid a long strike. I suspect there won't be a strike, there'll be a deus ex machina a few hours before the strike. And then a few months later some weird regulation or fee structure will be changed, which will seem neutral but will benefit AC hugely at the expense of the other operators. Perhaps something like an increase in passenger taxes that will be capped for certain wide body airplane types of a certain size etc. Of course those new rules will have been in the making for years and will have no relation whatsoever to the recent labour actions.
*conspiracy mode off*

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I would expect that a conciliator will be appointed today.

If the feds wait until next week it won't be until Tuesday and that makes the 16th day.

I believe once the notice is given (on a business day), the 15 day clock starts regardless of weekends or holidays. Therefore the deadline is July 1 (Monday).

It came down yesterday anyway... but my only point was that July 1st was the deadline, but it's a holiday. There's nobody in the CIRB office to make announcements on a long weekend.