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1 week agoAir Transat pilots vote to authorize strike | CBC News
Air Transat pilots authorized a strike vote; ALPA can declare a strike starting Dec. 10 if negotiations fail during the cooling-off period.
Flying is just not what it used to be. Long lines to go through security, cyberattacks on airport check-in systems, labor strikes, lost bags and cancellations. Now on top of all that, there is a global shortage of pilots and airlines are feeling the pinch. During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, pilot training was put on hold in many places as companies waited to see what the pandemic would do to the travel industry.