Also, even when server wages were a thing pre 2022, they were within a dollar of minimum wage Canada wide. It wasn’t the $2/h Americans have, it was $16 instead of $17.

Any act of physical violence should have a trial

Any act of physical violence should have an investigation. There are plenty of straightforward cases that don’t need to go through the time and expense of a trial.

I don’t think it’s necessarily important that they get paid directly for all hours, as long as they think that their compensation is fair. If they got $1000/hour flight time and nothing for pre and post flight, I’m sure they’d all be happy. They might even be fine with a fixed yearly salary tied to a certain number of flight hours.

However, they’re clearly not happy with the current arrangement. My understanding is that their pre and post flight duties have increased over the years, and their hourly wage for flight time hasn’t kept up. An hourly wage per hour worked is probably the easiest way to handle this, and I’m not really sure why they haven’t done so.

There’s about 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants. Dividing the CEO’s salary would give them each about $1200. It’s not nothing, but it’s nowhere near enough money to “fix” the strike.

I don’t think it’s a hoax, but it could certainly be mass hysteria.

“Feeling dizzy” is pretty common at a music festival where you’re probably on the edge of heat exhaustion and dehydration and maybe drinking alcohol.

As for the sharp prick, could be imagined, could be someone walking by too closely had a pin or keys poking out a bit from their bag.

Ask enough people a leading question and you can easily get people who are definitely sure they’ve been drugged.