The union representing striking Air Canada flight attendants announced a tentative deal on Aug. 19 and flights began restarting the same day, but for some families, the cancellation of flights during the strike led to disappointment and ruined plans that are too late to fix.
Robert Walicki of Sarnia, Ont., says his son, Jan Walicki, is one of the estimated 500,000 people affected by the flight cancellations, which caused Jan to miss a long-planned trip with Robert and other relatives to explore their family’s roots in Poland.
Walicki and his family members were scheduled to leave Toronto on Aug. 17. Jan was supposed to join them by flying from Edmonton on an Air Canada flight, however, Walicki says Jan was only notified at 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 16 that his connecting flight from Edmonton to Toronto was cancelled….