WestJet is offering a Calgary couple’s charity some temporary support after initially shutting them down late last week.
Michael Garnett and wife Rebecca Rider — a pilot for the airline — have been using donated employee “buddy passes” to get hundreds of Ukrainian refugees to Canada over the course of the past four months.
Buddy passes are standby tickets an airline gives to employees as a perk to share with family and friends. The passes are free but users still have to pay the taxes.
On Thursday, the Calgary-based airline asked them to stop using employee buddy passes in that way, saying they have other established
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