Air Canada’s pilots are still prepared to strike if their employer doesn’t reach an agreement with them on benefits and wages.  The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Canada, the union representing Air Canada’s pilots, can legally issue a 72-hour strike notice as early as Sept. 17.  Air Canada has proposed a 30 per cent wage increase for over 5,000 of its pilots over the next three years. However, the union has previously expressed it wants salaries commensurate with their U.S. counterparts.  First Officer Charlene Hudy, chair of Air Canada’s ALPA Master Executive Council (MEC) told V.I.A. the union hopes to avoid a strike and wants to see significant changes to the pilots’ outdated contract. “Due to the confidential nature of negotiations, we cannot comment on specific proposals that are being passed between the parties at the negotiating table,” she said.