Flight school training not ‘flying’ under collective agreement: Arbitrator

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ALPA filed a grievance alleging that pilots on the Jazz Pilot System Seniority List should provide flight training at Cygnet Aviation because the flying was on behalf of Jazz Aviation, or on behalf of an Affiliate, as defined in the collective agreement between ALPA and Jazz. Both Jazz and Cygnet are subsidiaries of Chorus Aviation. The central issue was whether the Cygnet work was covered by the scope clause of the collective agreement. Arbitrator Kaplan found that Cygnet was not an Affiliate and was not party to the agreement. He further found that flight school training was not “flying” under the scope clause. The grievance was dismissed.

2026 CanLII 64284 (CA LA) | Jazz Aviation LP v ALPA | CanLII

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