It was a simple minded attempt to get the AC pilots to capitulate to the GX et al demands to merge the seniority list per the Picher award...scare tactics plain and simple from the group of boys who didn't get things their way and they who had forgotten that in Canada, one has the ability to choose, change or remove a collective bargaining unit if the majority of the rank and file agree.
There were a lot of promises and lies made to a membership who "made to believe" and were coerced to some degree to "tote the line".
There was so much movement at AC at the time that one could see a command on the RJ in one year and less than 4 years to the left seat of the DC-9. Those hired in 1995 are now captains on the 767 having had command positions for the past 14 years and will retire on the 777. Hell of career to throw away based on thinly veiled promises.
But hey...flag carriers aren't for everyone and the DHC-8 is a good aircraft!
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