This statement made by Ed Sims should not be ignored "I won’t negotiate a settlement that works to the benefit of one labour group that potentially works to the detriment of any other labour group across our organization,”
Nor should he. There is no reason the pilots should ask for a contract that requires any other group to suffer as a consequence. But I'm not sure the sentiment extends to those pilots hired at Swoop. If indeed they will be added to the department list, then negotiating a settlement for the WestJet pilots is also working out a settlement for those hired at Swoop. In effect, they'd be in the same basket. I've taken all of those statements by Mr. Sims - both internally and externally - to mean he would not sacrifice the CSAs, TAC, or Tech Ops for the benefit of the pilots.