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WestJet flight attendants launch lawsuit

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Jan, 2025 11:18 AM

The B-C Supreme Court says WestJet must turn over harassment complaint files spanning years covered by a long-running class-action lawsuit launched by flight attendants over alleged sexual harassment by company pilots.

The court ruling says WestJet has been slow to hand over documents in the case, which was filed in 2016 by lead plaintiff Mandalena Lewis.

The class of flight attendants allege WestJet breached their employment contacts by breaking a promise to provide a workplace free of harassment.

The ruling says the trial is scheduled for October 2025, and Justice Jacqueline Hughes ordered the airline to produce all harassment complaint files involving flight attendants between April 2014 and February 2021

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