Air Canada Pilots Sign Protocol Agreement in Response to Airlines Joint Venture

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Oct 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA), along with its colleagues from
Continental, Lufthansa and United, today announces additional measures to
protect pilot careers and to benefit from their airlines' proposed joint
venture.

The Air Canada pilots together with the Continental and United pilots,
represented by ALPA and the Lufthansa pilots, represented by the
Vereinigung Cockpit, the German Air Line Pilots Association, on Oct. 3,
2008, entered into a Protocol Agreement in response to the proposed joint
venture of their respective airlines. The pilots' leaders' pledge, signed
at a recent meeting of the Associations of Star Alliance Pilots (ASAP),
outlines their mutual support in dealing with issues and opportunities
that could result as their companies seek to pool and share the revenues
generated by flying on the North Atlantic. The pilots are hopeful that,
if their companies' agreement is approved by regulatory authorities, it
will benefit the pilots of all four carriers.

The unions have pledged to closely monitor developments with respect to
this matter, and to take all steps necessary to ensure that all of their
member pilots participate fully in any rewards gained and that the
agreement is not used in a way which unfairly harms the pilots of any of
the carriers.

ACPA is the largest professional pilot group in Canada, representing the
3,300 pilots who operate Air Canada's mainline fleet.

Contacts:
Media Contacts:
Air Canada Pilots Association
Captain Andy Wilson
President
(613) 371-7333

Air Canada Pilots Association
Captain Serge Beaulieu
French Language Spokesperson
(514) 236-2243

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