Air Canada CEO to quit amid backlash over LaGuardia crash response

(NewsNation) — The CEO of Air Canada will retire later this year following backlash over his condolence message after a deadly crash involving one of the airline’s planes at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

In a statement Monday, the airlines said Michael Rosseau, who has been with the company for nearly two decades, plans to step down by the end of the third quarter. The board will begin evaluating successors, noting that qualifications will include “the ability to communicate in French, the statement said.

Rousseau, 68, faced criticism after delivering a condolence message, mostly in English, following the March 22 crash, despite Canada’s two official languages being English and French. As a Montreal-based airline, Air Canada is required to serve customers in both languages.

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