TOP STORY
Airbus begins US production of A220 aircraft
DECISIONS
- Assignment of work – Field Aviation Company Inc. v International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, LI 2583 – 2019 CanLII 72750 (AB GAA)
Airplane manufacture and restoration business – part painters assigned new work reserved for quality inspectors – testing adhesion of paint and measuring thickness of paint – training for new role required one hour – further change of inspectors’ duties to “batch lot” sampling, but these not in dispute – grievance denied – management entitled to define or alter degree of scrutiny its employees make regarding products – work was not removed from employees - Termination of contract – Tran v Premiere Airport Facilities Inc – 2019 ABPC 197
Tran invested $40 000 in proposed air charter business – further claimed unjust enrichment (additional monies made when Tran’s money was held in trust) – other partner failed to fulfill terms of contract by investing equal amount – Tran found contract repudiated by partner’s actions – requested investment returned – alleged unjust enrichment – contract was repudiated – unjust enrichment existed – partner diverted business funds to personal purposes — $37 582.23 must be returned
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Air Canada also c-o-b as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo – Determination No. A-2019-147
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act - Suspension – ASI Charter, Inc. c-o-b as Peak Medevac International – Order No. 2019-A-135
Licence No. 190015, reinstated effective August 7, 2019 - Suspension – Peregrine Air Charters, LLC – Order No. 2019-A-134
Licence No. 150039, reinstated effective August 7, 2019 - Suspension – Kansas City Aviation Centre, Inc. – Order No. 2019-A-133
Licence No. 967321, reinstated effective August 7, 2019 - Suspension – D & D Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2019-A-132
Licence No. 970095, reinstated effective August 7, 2019
TC/TSB NEWS
- Canada investing in safety at the Grande Prairie Airport
- Government of Canada invests in transportation infrastructure improvements at the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport
- Hypoxia likely contributed to August 2018 fatal collision with terrain in Kananaskis Country, Alberta
- Ministers Petitpas Taylor and LeBlanc to make an important announcement about infrastructure improvements at the Moncton Airport
- Transport Canada holdover time guidelines (Winter 2019-2020)
- TP 14052 – Guidelines for aircraft ground – icing operations
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA – ADB-S dominates discussion at airventure
- COPA – En route instrument rating, or light IFR
- COPA – Feds reject inverness airport proposal
- COPA – Ottawa to pump millions into Winnipeg aviation museum
- HAC – FRMS pilot projects – CAR 703/704 helicopter charter operators required
- HAC – Mechanisms to mitigate the shortage of pilots
- HAC – Transport Canada clarified the application of new fatigue management regulations
- ICAO – Cooperation delivers enhanced ICAO compliance and sustainable aviation development
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
- UNIFOR 2002 – 2019-2020 GIDIP: Air Canada and Aeroplan health care spending account
Aeroplan bargaining update
AVIATION NEWS
- ‘It was horrible’: Sunwing passengers booked via FlightHub left stranded at the airport
- 1 dead, 6 rescued after float plane crash near Algonquin Park
- Aero design announces EASA certification of several products
- Air Canada 777 towing incident injures ramp worker
- Aircraft leaves runway at Saint John Airport
- Bombardier reiterates Global 7500 delivery target
- FAI Pan-American Gliding Championship takes flight in Ontario
- Is flying with Canada’s low-cost airlines worth the hassle?
- LMS chosen by Viking Air Limited for fuel gauging and indication
- Porter replacing Dash 8 door seals to address depressurisation risk
- Skyservice appoints PJ Sharpe as director of business development, USA
- Small plane with engine failure deploys parachute, lands in Quebec forest
- Statement from Alkan Air regarding the tragic aircraft accident
- Transat warns its shareholders against Mach’s highly abusive, coercive, misleading and conditional scheme and urges them to reject it
- Transwest helicopters launches new website
- Utility Super Pumas arrive in Canada
- Water airports in Canada currently lack consistent safety certification
- Why it’s not so easy to let passengers leave a plane delayed on the tarmac
- Yukon premier Sandy Silver ‘deeply saddened’ by fatal plane crash
