This Air Canada kerfuffle is getting out of hand.
Here’s the scoop: The flight attendants are whining about… well, who the fuck cares, really? Air Canada is telling them to get stuffed, naturally. And the government is getting involved in the negotiations because… This is the part where Dawg and I become bedfellows.
Air Canada became private in 1988. And, it is no longer the only airline flying in and out of our vast country. We have Porter, WestJet, and a host of regionals. Therefore, the government has no claim that Air Canada needs to operate in order to avoid negatively affecting our economy. We have choice, and for years consumers have been expressing that choice by going to WestJet. Therefore, if Air Canada and its unions want to destroy themselves, they too should have the choice to do so.
We may be on different sides of the argument, but Dawg and I fundamentally agree that the Labour Minister, Lisa Raitt, has no place at the table. The government should butt out and let the airline and its spoiled unions destroy each other. It’s evolution, baby.
Hubby and I argued over this with me saying pretty much “who cares, fly Westjet.” He claimed Air Canada flies places the others don’t. (I think he pulled that out of his ass, but I was too tired to care.) Even if that were true, once the company self-destructs thanks to union greed, the other companies will pick up the slack with joy. I’m with you (and *cough* you-know-who) — the government should butt out.
On a related note, did you see the news talking about death threats against the Air Canada CEO and his family? They interviewed Sid Ryan who expressed his shock and disgust — *snort*.