The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered WestJet to hand over all its files on harassment of flight attendants, in a class-action lawsuit alleging widespread misconduct by pilots.

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The ruling posted Friday but dated Dec. 11 says the airline tried to limit document production to complaints against male pilots by female flight attendants who haven香蕉视频直播檛 opted out of the lawsuit.

But Hughes ordered the airline to produce all harassment complaints by flight attendants during the class period, from April 4, 2014, to Feb. 28, 2021, regardless of whom they were against.

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The ruling says some of those complaints involve sexual harassment and sexual assault, and the company香蕉视频直播檚 own documents outline 16 complaints in the last three months of 2018, and 19 in the first quarter of 2022 alone.

Hughes found the airline香蕉视频直播檚 slowness producing documents was a factor in the trial being delayed until October 2025.

Lead plaintiff Mandalena Lewis had applied to the court to have the airline hand over all harassment complaint files for its 香蕉视频直播渆ntire workforce,香蕉视频直播� but Hughes ruled that the case only involves alleged breaches of the flight attendants香蕉视频直播� employment contracts, not those of other staff.

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However, Hughes said she was satisfied the scope was not limited to harassment complaints by class members against male pilots, as WestJet wanted.

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She gave the company 45 days to turn over the additional files, 香蕉视频直播済iven the holiday period.香蕉视频直播�