Overview

• The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered cabin crew to end the strike and resume operations by Sunday afternoon.
• The SCFP instructed members to ignore that directive, prompting Air Canada to halt a planned resumption of flights.
• Air Canada estimates it will take up to a week for schedules to return to normal, with hundreds of flights still cancelled.
• Cabin crew are seeking substantial pay increases and compensation for time spent on ground duties such as boarding.
• The strike by about 10,000 flight attendants and stewards has grounded the country’s largest carrier and disrupted roughly 130,000 passenger trips per day.