TOP STORY
Failure to provide protective equipment – Menzies Aviation Fuelling Canada Ltd. (Re) – 2019 OHSTC 7
DECISIONS
- Access to information – Niagara District Airport Commission (Re) – 2019 CanLII 35760 (ON IPC)
Commission refused request for information – cited solicitor-client privilege, closed meeting, advice or recommendations, and third party information – lengthy privacy commissioner proceedings – Commission released some information – remainder protected under solicitor-client privilege – search for responsive records was reasonable – responsive records must be “reasonably related to request” – solicitor-client privilege can be waived – no waiver in this case – records protected from disclosure - Application – Limited Liability Company “Vulkan Air” c-o-b as Vulkan Air – Order No. 2019-A-60
Exemptions from certain provisions of the Air Transportation Regulations - Suspension – Michelle Masden c-o-b as Island Wings Air Service – Order No. 2019-A-63
Licence No. 010050 – Reinstated effective May 1, 2019
CIRB DECISIONS
- Certification – Camionair Inc. – Order No. 11390-U
Teamsters Local Union 91 – received certification after application for same – bargaining unit description reads:
all drivers working out of the Camionair Inc. facility in Ottawa, Ontario, at 888 Belfast Road, excluding dispatchers, supervisors, managers, and persons above the rank of manager. - Revocation of certification – Airport Terminal Services Canadian Company – Order No. 11387-U
Employees requested revocation – Unifor was bargaining agent – Board investigated – majority of employees did not wish to be represented by Unifor – certification revoked for bargaining unit described as:
all employees of Airport Terminal Services Canadian Company employed at the Greater Moncton Roméo Leblanc International Airport in the Province of New Brunswick, excluding the administrative position of Ops Agent, the supervisor and persons above the rank of supervisor.
TC/TSB NEWS
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA – Aircraft of the week – Cessna Grand Caravan EX
- CBAA – Weekly briefing
- COPA – COPA Flight magazine for April is out!
- COPA – Girls take flight 2019
- COPA – High-flying helicopter to serve North
- COPA – Upcoming rust removers
- ICAO – ICAO Secretary General calls for investments in air transport to enhance connectivity between Belt and Road countries
- OAC – IDEaS Sandbox call for applications: counter unmanned aerial systems
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
- UNIFOR 2002 – EVAS pilots vote 91% in favour of strike action
AVIATION NEWS
- ‘I had to crawl’: amputee seeks damages after United Airlines and airport security seize scooter batteries
- ACE Aviation reports 2018 annual results
- Advocating for airports
- Aeroplan’s growing popularity recognized with prestigious prize in Freddie Awards for Leading Global Loyalty Programs
- Air Georgian opens the Canadian Airline Professional Development Academy (CAPDA)
- Avcorp announces departure of CFO
- Bombardier announces new strategic direction for aerospace
- Bombardier unveils leading-edge Soleil Lighting System on its award-winning Global 7500 aircraft
- CAE introduces American Airlines as partner of the CAE Women in Flight scholarship program
- Canada’s airlines want longer runway for security-screening overhaul
- Canadian families sue Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash
- Centennial College unveils new centre for aerospace and aviation at Downsview
- CMC Electronics develops customized landing system sensor unit for B777 aircraft
- Elevate Aviation kicks off NATA 43 in Yellowknife
- Federal Court orders second WestJet exec to testify in competition probe
- JetBlue readies for new A220 entry-into-service with training partner CAE
- Jetlines announces that SmartLynx has agreed to release funds on ticket sales
- Meeker-Airfilm receive certification for EC130 single pole mount
- Multi-agency training exercise at YVR
- New study finds 41 per cent of travellers walk, bike or use transit from Billy Bishop Airport
- Ontario Aerospace Council to offer 4 scholarships to aerospace students
- Orbis to bring Flying Eye Hospital to Southern Ontario
- Toronto Pearson launches completely redesigned and accessible website
- Transat A.T. announces election of board members
- Transat A.T. announces preliminary discussions concerning potential sale of the Corporation
- WestJet is Canada’s strongest brand
