MONTREAL — Air Canada pilots have given a green light to a tentative agreement with the airline, dashing any fears of a future strike and allowing management and passengers to breathe easier.
Aviators voted 67 per cent in favour of the deal, the Air Line Pilots Association said Thursday.
The agreement grants the carrier’s roughly 5,400 pilots a cumulative wage hike of nearly 42 per cent over four years.
The increase outstrips major gains won last year by pilots at the three biggest U.S. airlines, where pay bumps ranged between 34 and 40 per cent — though they started from a higher baseline.
Despite the big top-line figure, the
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