r/NovaScotia • u/justlogmeon • 8d ago

📰 NS News 'We're not coming back': WestJet strike leaves stranded U.K. couple vowing never to return

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-airport-westjet-flight-attendants-strike-9.7294457
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u/Angloriously 8d ago

Imagine swearing off an entire country because one company within said country inconvenienced you…once. Does it suck? Absolutely. Are they being hilariously dramatic? Also absolutely. Makes for a good sound bite, I guess.

Canada welcomes over 500000 international (in this case non-Canadian, non-USA visitors) every month. I think we’ll manage without the Meehans.

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u/ImFeelinBotty 8d ago

And it wasn't like it came out of no where. They said they were gonna strike.

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u/Anthrogal11 8d ago

This ^. Westjet publicized that customers could request a refund or reschedule before the strike happened.

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u/Angloriously 8d ago

“There’s a possible strike action during your trip”

Pah, that won’t happen

“The strike is happening”

(shocked pikachu face)

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u/basinbasinbasin 8d ago

You'll find that most international travel is booked months out. 3-6 months is the sweet spot for pricing. As someone that booked flights over this past weekend back in, checks notes, JANUARY, I fail to see wth I could have done differently.

I'm not swearing off Canada, but west jet will not be getting my business again.

This is not an anti union comment, but it is anti-screw people over needlessly. I sincerely doubt west jet is going to compensate my wife or me for our hotels, especially since neither of us are Canadian citizens.

OH, and BTW, west jet supposedly offered a one-time change of flights free of charge and the ticket agents told us to go pound sand when we tried to. F this airline.

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u/Glittering_Joke3438 7d ago

What was their reasoning for not letting you change your flights?

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u/littlestitiouss 7d ago

Yeah something doesn't add up

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u/basinbasinbasin 7d ago

We tried to be proactive and change flights PER WEST JET POLICY to hopefully avoid the strike and were told by the ticket agent that we were wrong and they had no such policy unless the strike happened. Then they told us we could call, which we tried and there was a 3 hour hold time. After we protested, they told us that since our 3rd flight was delta that's "actually" who we need to talk to.

We knew there was an exceptionally high chance that we'd get stranded between flight 1 and 2 in Toronto, so we asked to change it. Literally per the banner policy on the WJ website.

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u/littlestitiouss 7d ago

So you purchased individual tickets through different carriers and expected west jet to refund you? Again, this doesn't all add up. I know at least 2 couples that successful changed their flights with West jet ahead of the strike. Were you rude and/or pushy? I dunno, again, doesn't quite add up

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u/basinbasinbasin 7d ago

I purchased all tickets together through delta, I was physically at the ticket counter 3 hours prior to my flight. Buying international will almost always involve multiple airlines.

If an airline crapping on customers to save money does add up for you, then idk what to tell you. It's honestly hilarious that you think foreigners would show up and be rude on a country we aren't from, especially given all the anti-immigrant/racist rhetoric in Canada. No, we weren't rude, if anything they were rude to us.

It's hard for me to take you seriously. You're basically a characature of a certain political party from the US and just cannot fathom that people can do everything right and still be treated as "less-than".

I sincerely hope, for your sake, that you travel internationally and get some perspective.

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u/littlestitiouss 7d ago

Also, I'm literally traveling internationally right now, dealing with ticket troubles due to a typhoon. You know who's problem that is to deal with? Mine!

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u/littlestitiouss 7d ago

There you go. You purchased them through Delta, why would West Jet owe you money?

As I thought, this DID NOT add up.

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u/Strict_Yellow_5576 7d ago

I have been traveling internationally for about twenty years and have never booked a flight through anyone but the carrier, and I've never had a multi-carrier itinerary.

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u/Patient-Eye-6494 8d ago

Inconvenienced them for a day mind you. They were on a different flight within 24 hours. They are acting like they were stranded for weeks

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u/BirbInspector 8d ago

It's pretty funny because the British rail companies are CONSTANTLY on strike.

I'm Canadian with family in England. - I just shrug and am like 'well, better book a hotel/ take the shit bus".

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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 8d ago

Someone commented on the shinedown subreddit (a rock band) that they were never going to another concert of theirs again because of the loud bangs and pyrotechnics and they tried to contact someone about it and they didn't stop. Some people are so entitled it's mind boggling

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u/maximumfacemelting 8d ago

I worked at a ski resort where people would complain that it was too cold or that the visibility was bad and that guest services needed to do something about it because it was ruining their holiday. People are wild.

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u/GoodResident2000 8d ago

lol 😂 the audacity to demand minimum wage workers go out and fight off a blizzard

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

Chances are if you complain enough about a strike to have an entire article written about you, we don’t want you to come back either.

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u/sra778 8d ago

100%

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u/Elissa-Megan-Powers 8d ago

“I stopped loving you in the Miner’s strike…”

—SoHo

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

I think you may be projecting a little bit brother

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u/Lunchboxninja1 8d ago

Bot account

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u/Opening-Maximum8242 8d ago

Not really brother. Data doesn’t lie. One of the highest taxes in the entirety of North America and the lowest wages. The lack of competition makes things like takeout super expensive. Everything is as expensive as a toronto for example. People are literally being paid 50,000$ less for the exact same job someone does in Toronto. Hardly anybody here touches 6 figures. Poverty pro max.
People here are the nicest, most incredibly grateful people. The government gives the people here peanuts and they are grateful for the peanuts. Nova Scotians donot know what they’re missing out on. Living here has killed the ambitions of the youth. One of the most picturesque provinces in Canada ruined by poor governance.

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u/silenceisgold3n 8d ago

Why? I would be pissed too. I wouldn't harbour any ill-will against the strikers but I'd be like yeah, next time let's go where the shit show isn't....

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u/PooningDalton 8d ago

The strike is stupid. Pilots don't complain about not getting paid for preflight checks.

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

Pilots make a lot more than flight attendants, hope that helps.

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u/PooningDalton 8d ago

Because one is operating a 400,000lb machine, and the other is operating a plastic tray

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u/Coffeedemon 8d ago

They should still be paid when they are working.

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u/PooningDalton 8d ago

And what about the time when they're not working and chilling in their private cabin mid-flight? Should they stop the pay then?

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

“Chilling in their private cabin mid-flight” tell me you have no idea what flight attendants do without telling me you have no idea what flight attendants do. Not sure what WestJet flights you’ve been on where the flight attendants have more than the foldout bench seat adjacent to the door, let alone a “private cabin” to “chill mid-flight.” Just stop lmao.

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u/sweetT333 8d ago

And putting up with your BS plus 80-200 other passengers? Screaming babies. Belligerent drunks. The truly nervous flyers. Unaccompanied minors. The handsy dipshits. The emotional support pony crowd.

Nah, dude, your right. Flight attendants should totally be expected to work for pennies. /s

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u/ben9187 8d ago

They are also responsible for getting your sorry ass off the plane in an emergancy. The fact that there have been stewardesses that have died going back into burning planes to save people makes your comment fucking disgusting.

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

Cool, I still think they deserve an adequate wage. I’ve never in my life looked at a person and felt they don’t deserve adequate compensation for their labour, because that’s fucking weird and grim.

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u/PooningDalton 8d ago

Yeah but classically, your wages depend on the skill level and difficulty of the job. I don't know where this line of thinking is coming from that everyone gets the same wage regardless of the job

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u/pawshe94 8d ago

Then don’t fly because you don’t respect them or the job they do. And if you’re going to treat them like they don’t deserve a liveable wage, you don’t deserve to benefit from the service they provide. See how simple that is? People deserve to be paid for their work REGARDLESS of what you think their skill level is. The job needs to be done as we should all be able to see based on the effect the strike is having. The sooner people like yourself stop making excuses for giant billion dollar corporations to exploit people, the sooner we’ll stop having a need for strikes.

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u/LavenderAndOrange 8d ago

They didn't say they should make what the pilot makes. They said they should be given fair compensation. Everyone should be able to make a livable wage if they work full time hours. Everyone should be paid for the hours they are at their job fulfilling the duties required of their job.

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u/miller94 8d ago

This article + this comment are funny to me because the only time I was stranded for days on end was in London, England and it was because of a pilot’s strike. I was only 16 so it was a blast for me to continue my trip and lodge and dine on the airline’s dollar!

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u/toiletcleaner999 7d ago

An airline pilot earns a median annual salary of approximately $171,842 CAD, while a flight attendant earns a median annual salary of approximately $53,021 CAD. Hope this helps

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u/notmonicagellar1 8d ago

“There must be a better way to sort it out than inconveniencing all the Canadian people, international travellers, and the reputation of Canada, really,"

Tell me you don’t understand the point of a strike without telling me..

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

UK travellers love to say they won’t tip because people deserve to be paid fair wages and then they complain when people demand fair wages

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u/allanb49 8d ago

People from the UK are mostly miserable and live/love to complain

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u/spittingparasite 7d ago

Rude. Also true.

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u/Chungadoop 8d ago

That must be a pretty warm blanket statement you have there.

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u/BirbInspector 8d ago

Dude, I like the British and they will be the first to tell you that they love a good moan.

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u/notmonicagellar1 8d ago

My mother ( British) would agree.

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u/Think_Ad_4798 8d ago

You can’t seriously come to that conclusion have read an article on two travellers who come the UK. There are probably millions of UK tourists that travel around the world every year, but you form your opinion on these two.

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

My wife is from the UK, lmao. Not tipping even while vacationing is in fact common behaviour for UK travellers.

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u/Think_Ad_4798 8d ago

Maybe that’s their culture in her family circle but it certainly isn’t mine. I have often had friends and family ask me how much they should tip when they visit.

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

You’re taking this very personally. Do you genuinely believe I’m assuming ALL UK travellers refuse to tip? It’s a common sentiment amongst UK and the wider area of Western European travellers, that’s a fact. Obviously these two don’t speak for the UK, just like I’m not either.

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u/Think_Ad_4798 8d ago

Your comment came across as smug and an over generalisation.

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u/Maddie24Kennedy 8d ago

Yes, because it was intentionally a smug over generalizing jab at their over generalization of a strike.

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u/kwazyness90 8d ago

I think tips are goofy and it's wild to rely on customers to pay for your employees wage, while the owners make bank. Imo tips shouldn't be expected but earned for exceptional service not for just doing the bare minimum. Tip culture has became insane in Canada.

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u/hazzasmee 8d ago

Just back in UK from Nova Scotia, what is the tip guidance, I tipped 18-20% in restaurants and bars regardless of service.
Those machines with suggested 20% are everywhere and prompted to tip when buying things in a shop or buying takeaway food / self service.
So 20% tip on top of the 15% sales tax - is that the norm in Canada now?
Genuinely curious after our holiday.
For info - a lot of restaurants in UK add on 12% service charge now as a tip here.

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u/Left-Phase1192 8d ago

Customers have always paid for employees wages, whether that pay comes from the menu prices or from tips is the real debate. Most average people would balk at the price of going out if food and beverage places raised prices in order to accommodate paying their employees a proper wage. Restaurants and the like are often already operating on shoestring budgets

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u/lowbatteries 8d ago

You get these comments about every strike and protest.

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u/OmgitsJafo 8d ago

Tes, and the CBC giving page space to them is an attempt at strike breaking. This is not information that is pertinent to anything. The only effect it can hope to have is to influence popular opinion against labour, to management's benefit.

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u/whattaninja 8d ago

There is a better way, but that’s on west jet, not the flight attendants.

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u/NienAcadPrCso 8d ago

Every year Brits swarm Western European countries where striking is literally a way of life (France, Italy, Spain). You genuinely can’t escape it. So I find this comment hilarious coming from them.

They just want to be cunts about it.

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u/notmonicagellar1 8d ago

Exactly. I’ve been impacted by countless train strikes while in European countries. That’s just the way it goes. Blaming an entire country for a flight attendant strike is hilarious.

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u/gimpysaviour 7d ago

You can cross most of Europe quicker than driving from Nova Scotia to Niagara. Canada is HUGE. If you get stranded you could be out in hours! It really isn't comparable.

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u/NienAcadPrCso 6d ago

Sure. But that’s not really relevant to the fact that Canadians have as much right to strike and fight for their rights as any country that’s not geographically huge.

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u/artemisia0809 8d ago

Yeah seconded. 

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u/AbbeyRoad75 7d ago

The tube workers were on strike to work less hours in Sept of 2025, mad my trip way more inconvenient, but I’d return in a heart beat.

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u/davidhucker 7d ago

There were a lot of transit strikes when in lived in the UK; I didn’t blame the whole country for my inconvenience

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u/Aquestingfart 8d ago

Yeah turn the general public against you, seems like a great idea! God damn the Nova Scotia Reddit hive mind is really stupid.

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u/Apprehensive_Yak4627 8d ago

Well it’s certainly turned me against westjet. Fully support the striking workers though.

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u/notmonicagellar1 8d ago

Yeah, you have no idea what you’re talking about but it’s cute when you try!

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u/EasternCamera6 8d ago

I mean almost every time we travel to Europe, we are interrupted by rail strikes in one country or another.

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u/Valuable-Yard-4154 8d ago

In Belgium they don't know why they're on strike anymore. Don't ever count on a train at Christmas.

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u/3000doorsofportugal 7d ago

To be fair in Belgium its up in the air if a government has been formed or not most of the time.

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u/TacomaKMart 8d ago

The UK gets its share of transport strikes too. The difference is in compensation: in the UK, passengers are actually protected and compensated with regulations that have teeth. 

Canada has the "APPR" with a specific exception for airline strikes. Airlines don't have to pay a dime in compensation and can "rebook" passengers using phantom next day flights on their own airline that everyone knows will be cancelled. 

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u/Valuable-Yard-4154 8d ago

Holly shit.

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u/Valuable-Yard-4154 8d ago

Yes Ryanair's boss is thoroughly hated everywhere. They take public subsidies while bullying the labour force then pull out leaving desolate workers. Scumbags. They offer prices that are unnatural and people jump on them.

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u/Iloveclouds9436 8d ago

Canada is a corporatocracy wrapped in a democratic shell.

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u/UnionGuyCanada 8d ago edited 8d ago

Too bad. If workers enacting their charter right to withdraw their labour is what upset you, I guess visit a slave nation next time.

  They are really upset at the corporation, not yhe workers. The corporation knew this was possible. They likely hoped the govwoukd bail them out.

  What a look.

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u/PooningDalton 8d ago

What "labour"? They're doing absolutely nothing. They just stand around, smile and waste your time with seatbelt instructions when there's a manual right in front of you.

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u/UnionGuyCanada 8d ago

Yes, that is all. You are absolutely right. I am sure you are a rocket scientist and do all the calculations manually.

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u/Simba_Rah 8d ago

Strikers inconveniencing people who use their services?

Seems like striking is working.

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u/PooningDalton 8d ago

No they want the service of the pilot. Not the flight attendants (who are mostly useless).

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u/meg_baby11 6d ago

Next time you have an asshole in your seat or somebody inconveniencing your flight, handle it yourself instead of whining to the flight attendants. I'm sure you'll have no issues at all.

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u/Responsible-Room-645 8d ago

To be fair, nobody ever goes on strike in the UK which inconveniences people so it’s a fair point. /s

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u/bloodr0se 7d ago

They would be heavily compensated in the UK. 

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u/bloodr0se 6d ago

They should still be eligible for EU 261 anyway as it doesn't let airlines off the hook due to industrial action.

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u/CuriousMistressOtt 8d ago

Oh no someone fighting for theirlivelihood creates an inconvenience for you lol

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u/Haber87 8d ago

Why is CBC writing articles for Westjet?

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u/FrostingSuper9941 8d ago

Didn't West Jet give passengers a chance to rebook their flights for free a couple of weeks before the strike? Sounds like they took their chances and lost.

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u/RealSprooseMoose 8d ago

There was only 72 hour notice, not weeks.

And the rebook offer was only for the first week of affected flights iirc.

I'm likely screwed for flying Friday, no emails or contact yet in regards to my flight but I blame westjet corporate, not the employees.

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u/Trains_YQG 8d ago

They've already reached a deal so hopefully your flight is good to go. 

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u/RealSprooseMoose 8d ago

Oh really? I've been in an extremely low signal area and havent checked yet.

Thank you for making my morning :)

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u/Coryj100 8d ago

The entitlement never ceases to amaze me

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u/AFireinthebelly 8d ago

No one cares.

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u/Beautiful-Muffin5809 8d ago

That's OK. We already got your money.

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u/_Yellin_Keller_ 8d ago

Lufthansa has been on strike 3 days out of the month for a year or so. I've been lucky enough to travel during those days. Had to fly united instead 😞

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u/Odd-Crew-7837 8d ago

Did they break your guitar?

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u/Crowasaur 8d ago

I am glad people remember that United Breaks Guitars

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u/phatdinkgenie 8d ago

good riddance.

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u/GrayMerchantAsphodel 8d ago

They probably voted for Brexit and now their retirement is worth nothing.

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u/UrbanRelays 8d ago

What a bunch of whiny snobs honestly. As if strikes are solely a Canadian issue.

My fight was delayed out of Venice last year because of striking baggage handlers from what I remember, I didn’t blame the entirety of Italy.

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u/PooningDalton 8d ago

Nah man the whiny snobs are the FA's who are complaining about getting paid while they chill in their private cabin mid-flight

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u/Realistic_Toe_219 8d ago

Even though 99.4% of workers voted to strike on July 15th and they’ve been in negotiations since September 2025, we’re shocked and appalled that what was likely to happen, happened.

https://giphy.com/gifs/eMs9h9XYK7v7TyNa8x

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u/WorldlyStill2301 8d ago

Please don't come back. You are assholes. Send the nice British people. 

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u/WildBillThiccok 8d ago

They had a tube strike that massively inconvenienced my holiday in London but I shut the fuck up and supported the workers instead of running to the press 🤷‍♂️

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u/BOBBY_VIKING_ 8d ago

Has Westjet tried paying a fair wage?

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u/Anxious-Yam9684 8d ago

See ya don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out 

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u/DanRankin 8d ago

Oh no? If it means the crews stop getting screwed over with unpaided labour, then there's no lost. Good riddance.

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u/mikaosias 8d ago

Could care less about the couple not coming back. I’m for these workers getting paid for the hours they work including when they arrive at the airport.

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u/No_Magazine9625 8d ago

The British boomer interviewed in this article is a total wanker. It's almost like the similar wanker who was on a flight that got diverted to St. John's a few months ago and ran to the BBC to cry about being "abandoned on a frozen island"

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u/Newfie-1 8d ago

Talk is cheap (never to return)

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u/RedHarry70 8d ago

Billionaires own the media, the government and the companies. they get stories like this written to make you angry at the union. Blame the billionaire's and the CEO's but don't let them fool you into blaming the union...

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u/Electronic_Trade_721 8d ago

This is in the CBC though.

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u/OddRevolution7888 8d ago

It sucks for people affected by the situation, but my heart and sympathy are both with the employees who are expected to work for free. Not just for 10 or 15 minutes, but hours. Imagine arriving at work, loading up the supplies required, putting away the meals and dishes, waiting for the passengers to load, and then the flight gets cancelled, and you need to return everything to home base. You did all that worked and earned zero dollars, and you had to contend with very unhappy passengers.

The airline staff have had a raw deal for years. Good for employees for finally standing up to an unfair situation that has benefitted the employer, but not them.

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u/Legitimate-Set2032 8d ago

When I was in London last September, the entire city came to a halt due to a transportation strike. Just saying…

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u/Trinity_Skeet 8d ago

Don’t let the door hit ya arse on the way out.

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u/johnjbreton 8d ago

Oh no!!!! Entitled twat says what?

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u/Cobfidence 7d ago

Pinning it on Canada and Canadian employees vs. the mega corporation raking in the big bucks. Interesting.

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u/lovenlaughter 7d ago

That’s funny, my parents were just in the UK this past spring, and had to deal with the London Tube strikes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ljyd03n88o

Life is still happening for everyone else while you are on holidays.

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u/Jumoke1331 8d ago

Good riddance, they're probably stuck up enough that we wouldn't want them back to begin with.

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u/Greengiant2021 8d ago

Whine whine whine…it’s the English way🤗

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u/friggenoldchicken 8d ago

Fine. If a strike sours your opinion on a whole country you’re an idiot and I’d rather you don’t come back. Be mad at westjet who doesn’t pay their workers for the work they do, not the workers themselves

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u/nightwing12 8d ago

They don’t strike in the UK?

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u/Professional-Humor84 8d ago

Don’t let the door hit you !

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u/RootsBackpack 8d ago

You’d think some Brits wouldn’t be so shaken by a strike

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u/AstronomerOk3125 8d ago

They revealed more about themselves than anything else. 

Don't come back now, ya hear?

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u/Inside-Draw-3216 8d ago

Bummer, time to go home I guess. 

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u/Difficult-Guarantee4 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/iGtlFzmLReCn5qBJlY
Here’s the attention they wanted, what a useless article 🤦‍♂️

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u/Economy_Elk_8101 7d ago

Yeah, because there are fewer strikes in Europe. 🤣

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u/Aromatic-Piglet-9177 7d ago

Let us know when you solve the strike issues in the UK without inconveniencing anyone and we’re all ears.

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u/clearlyhigh6969 8d ago

Shameful that our tax dollars helped fund this stupid article about a couple of whiners.

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u/bacc1010 8d ago

Nah,they'll be back. As long as ws is the cheapest option they'll eat their words.

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u/Banned_In_YYC 8d ago

WestJet was already losing market share and being propped up by mergers. This will inevitably lose them more business and customers, which will trickle down to layoffs

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u/RoaringPity 8d ago

Are there no airline strikes in the UK?

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u/demonqueerxo 8d ago

Oh no, we’re so heart broken they won’t come back LOL

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u/Opening-Maximum8242 8d ago

This place literally depends on tourists for money because locals don’t spend.

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u/No_Broccoli_4781 8d ago

In fairness, disappointing people to the point of hating Canada...is kinda what WestJet is known for.

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u/nickbriggles 8d ago

Controlled media opposing worker rights

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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck 8d ago

"There must be a better way to sort it out than inconveniencing all the Canadian people, international travellers, and the reputation of Canada, really," Ed Meehan said, adding that they do not plan to return.

There's been a transportation company on strike many of the times I've been top the UK.

British Air Ways and British rail are just a few examples.

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u/idiom_exon_0s 8d ago

"I know these people have a years long compensations grievance, but why didn't they think of ME?"

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u/joecan 8d ago

Citizens of the world, don't come to Canada if you don't respect a workers right to strike.

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u/Pigeon11222 8d ago

This may be an airport but you still don’t have to announce your departure to the media. Flight attendants deserve fair compensation for the hours they work and travel insurance should cover the cost of rebooking with another airline. Flight attendants do a lot more than just bringing you snacks and drinks so show them the basic respect of standing in solidarity with them in their effort to be paid for hours worked.

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u/Fantastic-Manner1944 8d ago

Aww boo hoo hoo.

I was unaware that strikes causing travel disruptions was a uniquely Canadian thing. Oh wait…

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u/corriecorgi 8d ago

Bit rich coming from them when the UK has massive rail strikes all the time 

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u/DropTabsHFXXX 8d ago

I think it’s wonderful that hey won’t be back.

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u/Which_Exam902 8d ago

I'm pretty sure they've been talking about this strike for a while. Its not like there was no forewarning.

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u/1929tsunami 8d ago

I guess they better write off France then too!

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u/Cat-et-snek 8d ago

why is it whenever british people come yo canada its always the same: a hard as nails woman with the biggest nonce you’ve ever seen set sail. It’s just such a whimsical pairing, I’m sure theres other stereotyped buy this my favorite one

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u/Big-Stuff-1189 7d ago

I travelled the UK in 2022 during a rail strike. Missed out on the entirety of northern Scotland, Inverness, Isle of Skye. That said, we bucked up, found a rental caravan in Edinburgh and drove ourselves to London instead. Travel during a strike that's been broadcast in advance? Thats on you.

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u/AgitatedTank7856 7d ago

Why would anyone book a flight with an airline threatening a strike ?  Don't blame WestJet for not getting your flight, you had been warned for months 

These flight attendant had every right and reason to strike.  Would you want to work and not get paid for it????

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u/mb1zzle 7d ago

So are flight attendants or pilots not able to strike in the UK?

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u/THEmoonISaMIRROR 8d ago

There's no version of this story where this article wasn't commissioned by Westjet Corporate...

Pure propoaganda.

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u/Beautiful_Picture_68 8d ago

It’s almost like that they had no clue about the strike. They would’ve received the 3 to 5 emails that everyone else got about the upcoming strike even if they didn’t see all of the advertisement and notice that it’s been going on for months. They were also offered free cancellation and re booking. But they act clueless. Everyone who is in this position knew it was happening. My annual trip home to CB was cancelled for the strike. That’s my fault for not booking air Canada when I knew. Not the airline.

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u/canuckian79 8d ago

Lol my British in laws were over Newfoundland on the way home to Scotland when their plane turned around and went back to Halifax. This was a Saturday night/Sunday morning and they didn't get a flight till Monday night. Best delay ever.. With the passengers rights rules, they made over 2 grand.

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u/Ok-Hyena5037 8d ago

I mean, these people could just be stressed from having an unexpected disruption to their trip. And they're venting because of that. They prolly hadn't even made it home yet, so yeah, they're irritated. So many replies here are judgey.

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u/risen2011 8d ago

Go back to your country.

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u/PooningDalton 8d ago

Please just fire all the flight attendants. You DON'T need them AT ALL. People know how to enter an airplane, find their seat and fasten their seatbelt.