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WestJet Annual Report 2015 | 11
WestJetters
Overall, 2015 was a busy year marked with opportunities, challenges and changes for WestJetters. We flew a record number
of guests while improving our on-time performance in 2015 and, as always, we kept our focus on providing a remarkable
guest experience. We believe our strong caring culture is one of the key factors that make our airline successful and
WestJetters’ dedication to our airline will continue to contribute to our success for many years to come. Therefore, we
sincerely thank over 11,000 WestJetters for all the work that they do each and every day to enrich the lives of everyone in
WestJet’s world.
In May 2015, we were pleased that our flight attendants voted in favour of a new five-year work agreement. With their
collaboration, we developed a fair and balanced agreement. This is an important milestone for WestJet as it represents the
first ratified agreement with our WestJet flight attendants. Items ratified in the five-year agreement include compensation,
work rules, standardized processes and a formal framework to facilitate communication with our flight attendants.
The WestJet Professional Pilots Association (a now disbanded union comprised of WestJet pilots) filed an application for
certification as bargaining agent for WestJet Boeing 737 pilots with the Canada Industrial Relations Board on June 22, 2015.
We were pleased that on August 5, 2015 the majority of our Boeing 737 pilots voted against union representation. With this
result, we continue to be governed under our current pilot agreement expected to expire on April 30, 2019 and we continue
the work that needs to take place to better understand some of the issues for our pilot group. We strongly believe that our
model of collaboration and pilot representation through the WestJet Pilots' Association (WJPA) has allowed for the continued
success of our pilots and our airline.
On December 20, 2015, our WestJet Encore pilots voted in favour of a new five-year work agreement expected to expire on
December 31, 2020. The tentative agreement was negotiated between WestJet Encore and the WJPA and is the first ratified
agreement between WestJet and Encore pilots.
2015 also marked a year of change for our executive team. We were excited to welcome new members to the executive
team: Mark Porter, as the new Executive Vice President (EVP), People and Culture, Harry Taylor, as the new EVP, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Cam Kenyon, returning as our interim EVP, Operations. Also in 2015, Brigid Pelino, former
Executive Vice-President (EVP), People, Fred Cleveland, former EVP, Operations and Vito Culmone, our former EVP of Finance
and CFO left WestJet.
Throughout 2015, we were honoured to receive a number and variety of awards and recognitions, which would not have been
possible without the commitment and care delivered by WestJetters:
• On February 23, 2015, Canadian supply chain companies named WestJet Cargo Best Air Cargo Provider 2014 at the
first annual Cargo Logistics Canada Awards of Excellence.
• On March 2, 2015, Brand Finance, a brand valuation consultancy based out of London, England, once again ranked
us in the top 100 Canadian brands.
• On May 4, 2015, WestJet Airlines and WestJet Vacations received the highest brand equity scores among airline and
vacation package supplier brands in Canada for the 2014 Nielsen EquiTrend® Study.
• On September 25, 2015, Gregg Saretsky, our President and CEO, was honoured as a recipient of the David Foster
Foundation Visionary Award, recognizing him as the National Business Leader of the Year.
• On October 27, 2015, we were recognized as one of Canada’s Best Brands by CanadianBusiness.com.
• On November 20, 2015, for a record sixth time, Waterstone Human Capital has named us as having one of Canada's
10 most-admired corporate cultures.
Finally, on December 9, 2015 thousands of WestJet employees around the WestJet world completed nearly 32,000 random
acts of kindness in a 24-hour period. Through our WestJet Christmas Miracle, WestJetters inspired random acts of kindness
across Canada and from as far away as Europe and Australia.