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Air Transat Faces Flight Suspensions Amid Pilot Strike Notice

  Air Transat has announced it will gradually suspend flights starting Monday following a 72-hour strike notice issued by its pilots’ union. The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), representing roughly 700 pilots, delivered the notice after nearly a year of unsuccessful negotiations with the airline’s parent company, Transat A.T. Inc. Background The union filed the strike notice on Sunday, giving pilots the legal right to walk off the job as early as Wednesday. Last week, pilots voted 99% in favor of strike action , underscoring their frustration over stalled contract talks. ALPA leaders emphasized that pilots do not want to strike but feel compelled to act after management failed to meet demands for a modernized agreement. Airline Response Air Transat confirmed it will begin suspending flights gradually between December 8 and 9 to prepare for a possible full shutdown. The company stated it is working “around the clock” to reach a deal and minimize disruption for trave...
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US to Repatriate Survivors of Caribbean Drug Vessel Strike to Ecuador and Colombia

                                            U.S. President Donald Trump     


The United States will return two survivors of a military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia, President Donald Trump announced on Saturday.

The strike, carried out Thursday, targeted what Trump described as a “drug-carrying submarine” believed to be transporting fentanyl and other narcotics toward the United States. Two people were killed in the attack, while the surviving pair were rescued by U.S. forces and later transferred to a Navy ship for medical treatment.

Trump said the decision to repatriate the survivors avoids a prolonged legal battle in the U.S. and ensures they face detention and prosecution in their countries of origin. “Under my watch, the United States of America will not tolerate narcoterrorists trafficking illegal drugs, by land or by sea,” he declared in a social media post.

The incident marks at least the sixth U.S. strike on suspected narcotics vessels in the Caribbean since early September, underscoring the administration’s intensified campaign against drug cartels operating in the region.


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