U.S. pilot wages are rising fast & Air Canada pilots seeking to keep pace
In recent years, airline pilots in the U.S. have received impressive wage increases鈥�40% at United and 34% at Delta. But the wages of Canadian pilots haven鈥檛 kept up, and the Air Line Pilots Association union has been pushing for a contract that puts Air Canada pilots鈥� wage increases closer to those of their American peers. The union and the airline have reached a tentative agreement of a 26% pay bump, followed by a 4% raise each of the next three years. 鈥淲age increases have been smaller here in Canada,鈥� said Professor Karl Moore in an interview with CBC News Network. 鈥淚n Canada, settlements were reached a while ago, and the world has changed. But it鈥檚 a fair point that Air Canada pilots deserve to have a considerable increase. The agreement they鈥檝e had for the past ten years increased wages only a couple of percentage points each year.鈥�
