TOP STORY
WestJet Employee Association prepares for pilot certification vote
DECISIONS
Judicial Review – Security clearance – Mohamed v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 FC 271
Customer service/baggage agent seeking review of cancelled RAIC card – Reasonableness as standard of review – Employee had proper opportunity to review and respond to findings – Minister decision considers character and judgment in forward thinking manner – Dismissed
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
Application – 161768 Canada Inc. c.o.b. as Decair – Determination No. A-2017-25
To continue the suspension of Licence Nos. 000085 and 000086
Application – Isaac Robert Issug against British Airways Plc c.o.b. as British Airways – Decision No. 69-C-A-2017
Lost and damaged baggage claim by passenger
Application – Bearskin Lake Air Service LP, as represented by its general partner, Bearskin GP Inc. c.o.b. as Bearskin Airlines – Order No. 2017-A-54
For a reduction of the notice period requirement set out in subsection 64(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C. 1996, c. 10, as amended
Application – Cherry Capital Flight, LLC c.o.b. as 45 North Flight – Determination No. A-2017-29
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended
Suspension – Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Manitoba as represented by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation including Manitoba Government Air Services Air Ambulance Operation c.o.b. as “Lifeflight” – Order No. 2017-A-51
Licence Nos. 962483 and 967209
Suspension – Adler Aviation Ltd. – Order No. 2017-A-50
Licence Nos. 961019 and 961015 – Licences reinstated effective April 13, 2017
Suspension – Northcoast Jet Management, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-53
Licence No. 100065
Suspension – ATI Jet, Inc. c.o.b. as ATI Jet Executive Charter – Order No. 2017-A-55
Licence No. 040112 – Licence reinstated effective April 21, 2017
TC/TSB NEWS
- Minister Garneau to speak at the Automated Vehicles 2017 Conference and at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
- Ineffective crew resource management and unstable approach led to August 2015 hard landing in Margaree, Nova Scotia
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to Toronto Pearson International Airport, Ontario following a runway incursion
UNION NEWS
- ALPA: WestJet pilots seek ALPA representation
- ALPA: Frontier Pilots hold first-ever informational picket
- UNIFOR: Unifor ratifies first Collective Agreement with Canadian North’s AME group
AVIATION MEDIA
- Air Canada Express crew has near miss in Ottawa: ‘We had to just avoid a drone’
- Air Canada flight loses wheel during takeoff at Trudeau airport
- Air Canada Rouge pilot lost consciousness as plane prepared to land
- Airplane tours pass hurdle, helicopters on hold in Tobermory
- ‘Appalling’ United Airlines incident won’t be tolerated in Canada: Garneau
- Cheap WestJet flights welcome in Charlottetown, says airport CEO
- Drone industry calls for better awareness after close call with plane in Ottawa
- Ground run-up enclosure officially opens at Billy Bishop Airport
- High-flying drone nearly strikes plane landing at Trudeau
- Here’s why low-cost airlines have a tough time surviving in Canada
- New Sudbury facility to train helicopter pilots
- Ottawa kids jump for joy as helicopter drops 45,000 Easter eggs drop from the sky
- Planes diverted around Toronto skies while Canada’s busiest runway gets a facelift
- Residents want answers at GTAA meeting on Pearson flight noise during runway revamp
- Search underway in Hamilton for dog put on wrong WestJet flight
- ‘Should not have occurred’ says airline: Family offered compensation after 10-year-old bumped from flight
- The Canadian Airports Partnership recognizes and supports the Prime Minister’s comments related to current airport governance model
- Transport Minister promises legislation on airline passenger rights
- Trudeau pours cold water on Canadian airport sales prospects
- United Airlines changes policy after ‘horrific’ passenger ordeal
- WestJet to launch ‘ultra-low-cost’ no-frills carrier
