Air Canada Pilots Elect New Union Leaders

VICTORIA, B.C. – The Air Canada pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l have chosen a new slate of officers to lead them for the next two years.

At their winter meeting in Victoria, B.C. the Air Canada Master Executive Council (MEC) elected First Officer Tim Everets as MEC Chair, Captain Joby Bond as MEC Vice-Chair, Captain Apoorv Chandra as MEC Secretary, and Captain Mathieu Lalancette as MEC Treasurer. First Officer Everets also appointed, and the MEC confirmed, Captain Jason Hartleb as MEC Executive Administrator.

Tim Everets

First Officer Everets is a Boeing B787 F/O based in Vancouver, who previously served as ACA MEC Executive Administrator. A graduate of the Seneca College flight program in Toronto, he flew for Central Mountain Air before joining Air Canada in 2007. He lives in Comox, BC.

Joby Bond

Captain Bond is an Airbus 330 captain based in Toronto. A former Chautauqua Airlines pilot, he joined Air Canada in 2005 and served in a number of union roles, both with ALPA and the ACA pilots’ predecessor union, the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA). He currently serves as Captain Representative/Chairman for ALPA Local Council 253 in Toronto. A graduate of the University of North Dakota, Captain Bond lives in Burlington, Ont. with his wife and three children.

Apoorv Chandra

Captain Chandra was reelected to a second term as MEC secretary. A Boeing 737 pilot based in Toronto, he has served in committee roles for both ACPA and ALPA. He was a flight instructor before joining Jazz Aviation (Air Canada Jazz) in 2013. He has been with Air Canada since 2017 and lives in Mississauga, Ont. with his wife.

Mathieu Lalancette

Captain Lalancette currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer for ACA Council 254 in Montreal as well as Montreal Grievance chair, and previously represented Montreal-based pilots for ACPA. A Montreal-based Airbus A319 captain, he previously flew for Bearskin Airlines and Jazz Aviation before joining Air Canada in 2018. He is a graduate of Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ont. and lives in Kirkland, QC.

The four officers lead the Air Canada MEC, which is made up of pilot representatives from the airline’s four pilot bases in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Winnipeg. The officers will serve a two-year term that begins April 1, 2025 and will run until March 31, 2027. The MEC also elected these pilots to serve as interim MEC officers until their terms officially begin on April 1. 

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