Lakelad Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 WestJet CEO accuses Air Canada of hitting low in espionage lawsuit November 10, 2004 - 16:28 MONTREAL (CP) - The chief executive of Calgary-based WestJet Airlines has accused rival Air Canada of striking a "low blow" by naming him in a corporate espionage case. "It's a pretty low blow to try to personalize this; Mr. Milton's lowered the bar I suppose," Clive Beddoe said, referring to Air Canada CEO Robert Milton. It was Beddoe's first public reaction to Air Canada's filing of court documents last week that accused Beddoe of knowing his airline was involved in corporate espionage against its bigger rival. Beddoe and four other WestJet executives were added to the list of defendants in a $220-million lawsuit that claims WestJet gained access to a sensitive Air Canada website that was useful to the discount airline. "This is a very petty lawsuit," Beddoe added after a speech. "This is blown out of all proportion and it's designed to discredit us." Beddoe said he agreed it was not appropriate to gain access to Air Canada's website but added the information is readily available from other sources. He also suggested his airline may soon introduce a fuel surcharge to help cover the rising cost of fuel. Beddoe said there would be an announcement this week or next and that the hike would probably be in the range of $5 to $15 per ticket, depending on length of flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagger Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Looks like somebody is really squirming here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FA@AC Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Looks like somebody is really squirming here. Very much so. AC recently comes across correspondence that makes it look as if Clive was--despite his earlier denials--very much aware of what Mark Hill had been up to, and thus adds Clive's name to the lawsuit. Never mind the merit, as this, in Clive's book, is "petty". In the news piece I just saw, Clive was no longer bothering to deny that he had known about Hill's escapades. Has he abondoned that line? Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozerboy Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Get the poor ol' boy. Hopefully he gets it. I don't want to see the WJ employees get in trouble...just him!!! Is that better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightlevels Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 gee what happened to the posting guidline...jackbutt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lavoy Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 WestJet CEO accuses Air Canada of hitting low in espionage lawsuit November 10, 2004 - 16:28 MONTREAL (CP) - .... Beddoe said he agreed it was not appropriate to gain access to Air Canada's website but added the information is readily available from other sources. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAT3DUAL Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Case of the "Pot calling the kettle black", me thinks. But what ever works for ya Clive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 gee what happened to the posting guidline...jackbutt! What part of the posting guidelines were breached?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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