TOP STORY
Helijet steps up: free flights for healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 UPDATES
- COVID-19 Emergency Response Act receives Royal Assent
- Federal government introduces increased Canada Emergency Wage subsidy
- Remote work considerations: an employer’s guide
DECISIONS
- Draft premium – CUPE Air Canada component v Air Canada – 2020 CanLII 25181 (CA LA)
Collective agreement required employer to pay two premiums – lead flight attendant premium: 15% of base salary – draft premium: 50% of base salary when called to non-scheduled work – employer stacked premiums to calculate draft until January 2016 – began calculating lead and draft premiums separately – union grieved – employer is not required to stacked premiums when calculating draft – past practice, however, created legitimate expectation for union – employer required to pay stacked premiums - Human Rights – Pedroso v Air Canada – 2020 FC 464
Judicial review of Canadian Human Rights Commission decision to dismiss complaint – applicant alleges discrimination based on his age – applicant applied to work as a flight attendant – he was 60 years old – worked as an airplane groomer – passed all stages of hiring process except in-person interview – question before court was whether Commission had conducted a fair investigation – Commission had – examination of Air Canada’s procedures and interview results did not disclose grounds of discrimination - Property – Specter Aviation c Laprade – 2020 QCCS 1060
Laprade contested seizure pending judgment of Beechcraft Super King Air 300 – Specter claimed it was the true proprietor of the aircraft – party requesting seizure must always prima facie show that aircraft was improperly acquired – aircraft seized during contract negotiations – Laprade thought contract concluded, seized aircraft in secret – other parties had not consented to transfer of ownership – prima facie case met – seizure pending judgment continued - Free lunches – Air Canada v Sorella – 2020 CanLII 25179 (CA SA)
Employee terminated for eating free lunches at Dorval cafeteria; breach of trust – Head of service at Air Canada’s property section – responsible for food services – employee contested termination – admitted facts, submitted that termination was too harsh a penalty – termination warranted: breach of trust too severe to reconstruct employment relationship
CIRB DECISIONS
- Certification – Saint John’s International Airport Authority – Order No. 11498-U
Employer applied against PSAC for change in certification – PSAC not opposed – new certificate reads:all employees of the St. John’s International Airport Authority, excluding the Chief Executive Officer, Director–Operations, Chief Financial Officer, Director–Marketing and Business Development, Director–Information and Communications Technology, Director–Infrastructure and Planning, Director–Human Resources, Manager–Human Resources, Manager–Safety and Environment, Manager–Infrastructure, Manager–Airside Services, Manager–Emergency Response and Planning, Manager–Security and Operational Response, the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Assistant to the Director–Operations.
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Olympus Airways S.A. c-o-b as Olympus Airways – Determination No. A-2020-52
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act - Application – Cargolux Airlines International, S.A. (Cargolux), on behalf of itself and Cargolux Italia S.p.A. – Determination No. A-2020-51
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations - Application – F.S. Air Service, Inc. c-o-b as Plus One Air of Port Pierce, Florida, USA – Determination No. A-2020-49
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act - Suspension – Delco Aviation Ltee – Determination No. A-2020-48
Continue suspension of Licence No. 972081 - Suspension – Svensk Industriflyg AB – Order No. 2020-A-39
Licence no. 160027 - Suspension – Harv’s Air Service Ltd. – Order No. 2020-A-38
Licence Nos. 962311, 967095
TC/TSB NEWS
- Error in flight plan data led to January 2019 loss of separation near Kelowna, British Columbia
- Investigation report: August 2019 fatal wheels-down water landing in Upper Raft Lake, Ontario
- Government of Canada announces new domestic transportation measures
- Competition Bureau issues report outlining competition concerns with Air Canada’s proposed acquisition of Transat
- ACP/AQPE Bulletin
- Canadian airworthiness directives
- Foreign airworthiness directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
AIAC
Canada’s aerospace industry calls for cross-country essential service designation
ATAC financial aid letter to government
CBAA
CBAA connects with government
CBAA now accepting AVCARD for membership renewal dues
Weekly briefing
COPA
Amphib accident leads to new TSB recommendation
COPA virtual town hall feedback
HAC
AME exemption
COVID update
Draft minutes of teleconference call, March 25
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
PSAC
COVID-19: your rights at work *UPDATED*
UNIFOR 2002
Canada’s unions deliver clear priorities for federal airline relief package
COVID-19: resources and EI information (rev. April 1)
FAQ: the new Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
Letter to Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Marc Garneau from Hassan Yussuff, CLC President
REVISED – April 2, 2020 Local 2002 office closure due to COVID-19 precautions
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI issues airport IT best practice guidance during COVID-19 pandemic
- ACI World issues guidance on airside safety and operations during COVID-19
- Air Canada provides update in response to COVID-19
- Canada’s airports are working to maintain operations during this critical time
- Canadian Airports Council applauds federal airport rent exemption
- Controlled access to airport installations
- COVID-19: An existential threat to the global airport business
- COVID-19: Granting tax reliefs for the airport industry: a policy instrument to weather the storm and prepare for recovery
- COVID-19 – Impact is being felt at YQB
- COVID-19: Protecting airport jobs during this unprecedented crisis
- COVID-19: Waiving airport concession fees to relieve airports’ financial stress in a time of crisis
- New Brunswick airports to lose millions in revenue as a result of COVID-19 pandemic
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Helijet offers no-charge flights for B.C.’s health care responders
- This new all-electric VTOL is the airplane-helicopter combo the future always promised
AVIATION NEWS
- ‘Don’t make us pay double’: air fares for repatriation flights frustrate some Canadians
- Acorn Welding receives approval on exhaust stacks for DHC-6 Series Twin Otter
- Air Canada 777 & E190 in near runway collision
- Air Canada’s acquisition of Air Transat must be approved by Minister Garneau
- Air Creebec passenger service in Quebec grounded due to COVID-19
- Air Transat donates more than 44,000 masks and 301,000 gloves to Quebec medical services
- Calls made for approval of Air Canada’s proposed acquisition of Air Transat
- Canada’s airline tourism sectors facing ‘catastrophic’ decline due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Canadians continue to fly back home with Air Canada
- Cargojet receives approval to increase foreign ownership levels
- Collaboration, future preparedness are pandemic positives
- Coulson Aviation Fireliner wins USDA Forest Service contract
- CUPE airline workers call for immediate financial support
- CUPE says federal relief for airline industry must focus on workersv
- FAA issues directive for A220 engines
- FLYHT to distribute complimentary TAMDAR data during COVID-19 outbreak
- Here’s where the Canadian travellers are – worldwide – amid the global pandemic
- International Air Transport Association is publishing the latest travel restrictions
- Summit Air: exploring change
- TIACA says immediate support for air cargo urgently needed
