Fewer flight attendants may soon be on board Canadian airplanes in the future as the government plans to relax its rules regarding the staff-to-passenger ratio. The current ratio is one attendant for every 40 passengers.
Transport Canada recently granted an exemption for the airline, WestJet allowing it to fly planes with only one cabin crew member for every 50 passengers.
Other airlines complained that gave WestJet an unfair advantage so now the government is contemplating leveling the playing field and allowing all airlines to implement the one to 50 ratio.
The government is now putting airline companies’ profits ahead of passenger safety, charges the union representing some 10,000 flight attendants. It says it plans to challenge the changes in court on the grounds that its members have a constitutional right to a safe and secure workplace.
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