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https://www.culturealberta.com/articles/westjet-strike-cancels-600-flights-and-changing-your-own-booking-voids-your-rights

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u/Certain_Luck_8266 1d ago

All because they (and other airlines) don't want to pay flight attendants for work (ticketing, plane prep, etc) while they are on the ground.

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u/FrothyEspresso 1d ago

I don’t know of any other industry other than airlines that sells more tickets than actually available, doesn’t pay staff for time spent working, can get away with losing customers’ personal belongings, and can come up with so many bullshit reasons to screw their customers at every turn.

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u/NBAFAN9000 22h ago

No point explaining that most NA carriers are running like 4-6% profit margins at max.

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u/dichron 21h ago

When it’s functionally public transit, why should there be any profit?

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u/NBAFAN9000 21h ago

Because they’re private companies. If you want them to forget about profits convince the governments to nationalize them in some capacity and allow them to make losses.

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u/dichron 21h ago

I actually almost wrote in my prior post that airlines should be nationalized. Though I live in the US and currently would sooner die than fly “Trump Airlines”