Strained relations between Air Canada and its unions have not been helped by the recently published autobiography of Robert A. Milton, the chairman and chief executive of Air Canada's parent company, ACE Aviation Holdings. The Air Canada Pilots Association filed a formal complaint this month with the Canada Industrial Relations Board over what they claim to be false and malicious observations about some pilots and their union made in the book. A spokesman for Air Canada declined to comment on the union's complaint.
See "New Union Battle at Air Canada Is Over Passages in Chief's Book", Ian Austen, The New York Times, February 13, 2005