WestJet may have a reputation for its convivial flight crews, but take their photos without permission and you could become the subject of a police investigation.
That’s what happened this week during the flight of a WestJet 737 jet from Toronto to Vancouver.
According to a Transport Canada report, the WestJet crew witnessed “a few passengers on board who were taking pictures of everything. They felt it was suspicious so they asked to have police meet the flight upon arrival.”
With a translator’s help, police interviewed a “multitude of passengers” who “spoke a different language” not English or French, the report reads. Officers determined “they were simply taking pictures as they were on vacation and were unaware they should have asked the crew if it was okay.
“They apologized and deleted all pictures of the crew.”
WestJet spokesman Robert Palmer said Friday he was unaware of the incident but noted that the Transport Canada report is preliminary and unconfirmed.
He also noted that “anything that takes place on a flight that is deemed to be noteworthy is communicated out in the form of a dispatch or bulletin to us. This wasn’t.
“That said, if this account is to be taken as accurate, it certainly sounds as if it was all a misunderstanding and was resolved.”
