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.

The ruling by Justice Jacqueline Hughes says WestJet has been slow and 91裸聊视频減otentially adversarial91裸聊视频� regarding the documents and it91裸聊视频檚 unclear why complaint files haven91裸聊视频檛 been produced in a timely manner.

The underlying claim in the long-running lawsuit, filed in 2016, alleges WestJet breached flight attendants91裸聊视频� contracts by breaking a 91裸聊视频減romise91裸聊视频� to provide a harassment-free workplace.

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 haven91裸聊视频檛 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.

The ruling says WestJet has handed over 24 harassment complaints, but the company91裸聊视频檚 own 91裸聊视频渋nternal statistics91裸聊视频� indicate there were 91裸聊视频渟ignificantly more91裸聊视频� during that period.

The ruling says some of those complaints involve sexual harassment and sexual assault, and the company91裸聊视频檚 own documents outline 16 complaints in the last three months of 2018, and 19 in the first quarter of 2022 alone.

Hughes found the airline91裸聊视频檚 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 91裸聊视频渆ntire workforce,91裸聊视频� but Hughes ruled that the case only involves alleged breaches of the flight attendants91裸聊视频� employment contracts, not those of other staff.

91裸聊视频淚t remains unclear how the plaintiff says WestJet91裸聊视频檚 alleged failure to provide a harassment91裸聊视频慺ree workplace for e.g. mechanics, is relevant to whether WestJet breached the anti-harassment promise in class members91裸聊视频� employment contracts,91裸聊视频� the ruling says.

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

91裸聊视频淲hile the power imbalance allegedly created by that particular relationship clearly plays a central role in the plaintiff91裸聊视频檚 claim, I find that it is not limited to only those complaints,91裸聊视频� she said.

She gave the company 45 days to turn over the additional files, 91裸聊视频済iven the holiday period.91裸聊视频�