Air Canada CEO apologizes for English-only condolence video
CEO Michael Rousseau's unilingual condolence message to the pilots killed in a collision in New York over the weekend was seen as "lacking judgement."
Air Canada CEO apologizes for English-only condolence video
CEO Michael Rousseau's unilingual condolence message to the pilots killed in a collision in New York over the weekend was seen as "lacking judgement." Grouped from 3 articles across 3 sources.
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Air Canada CEO 'deeply saddened' his English-only message distracted from victims of crash
Michael Rousseau has faced calls to resign for not speaking French in his message after the LaGuardia crash, which killed two Air Canada pilots.
Lawmakers call for Air Canada chief to resign after English-only message to plane crash victims
Quebec’s legislature passes vote calling on Michael Rousseau to step down, citing ‘lack of respect for the French language’ and families in mourning Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The chief executive of Air Canada has apologized for his inability to express himself in French after politicians called for his resignation for his English-only message of condolence after Sunday’s deadly crash in New York. But lawmakers in Canada’s lone francophone province rejected the mea culpa as “too little too late” and overwhelmingly passed a motion calling for the head of Canada’s flagship carrier to step down. Continue reading...
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