Air Canada slashes thousands of jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic

A union official says Air Canada is laying off more than 5,000 flight attendants as it grapples with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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26 comments

  1. LA CONSTRUCTION À INFILTRÉ LE PALAIS DE JUSTICE DE MONTRÉAL QUÉBEC CANADA DEPUIS PLUS DE 1ANS QU’ILS SONT À L’INTÉRIEUR VOILÀ POURQUOI AUCUNE INTERVENTION JUDICIAIRES CONCERNANT LA DIFFUSION DE VIOLS SUR LA PLACE PUBLIQUE À MONTRÉAL.WE NEED SECURITY CORRUPTIONS NICEA DE MAXIMUM NUISIBLES AUX COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL EXPORTATIONS INFILTRATIONS PORT OF MONTRÉAL EN DANGER +660,000VIOLS DÉCLARÉS À STATISTIQUES CANADA EN2014?

  2. The world has changed for ever. Canada is in terrible shape for this. Record personnel debt and a unbelievable housing bubble. The pain is comming my friends.

  3. And, yet, Air Canada feels the NEED to gouge travellers trying to return home. I sincerely hope there is NO aid for this company, who, once again, have proven they are not worthy of our tax-dollars. I hope the employees are able to find incomes and get support through gov. plans; just NOT the company itself.

  4. This is terrible. I feel bad for those who are losing their job. They should be allowed to return to their jobs at some point.

  5. Very sad situation for everyone. A dangerous ripple effect for our economy. Time to dig deep into your rainy day savings.

  6. Once the coronavirus is under control all those flight attendants will be back again at work , this is a panic tactic they will be off work for a month or two and then back to work by May . everything will probably be fine again.

  7. And I’m sure Air Canada will come begging to the Canadian taxpayer for a bailout yet again while they continue to overcharge for air travel, bags, meals, etc. This is what Canada gets for having socialist airlines…

  8. Anyone with half a brain knew, if you closed China down when the world found out about covid 19
    all this would have been over

  9. Will the CEO of Air Canada continue to receive his regular big fat paycheque and will Air Canada be asking the Canadian govt for a bailout? If they have taken this option to reduce costs then NO govt bailout! Keep in mind the average CEO makes in half a day what an average employee makes in a year

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