WestJet is arguing it shouldn't have to compensate a passenger that filed a complaint about a last-minute flight cancellation prompted by a lack of staff.

The families of six crew members on a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine nearly two years ago filed lawsuits against the airline on Thursday.

An airline is under fire for photos of flight attendants lying in the overhead baggage compartment, in a purported initiation ritual. But for flight crew working for other airlines, that's fodder for Instagram.