TOP STORY
Canada Jetlines prepares for takeoff: announces Stan Gadek as Chief Executive Officer tapping 20-plus years of airline leadership experience
DECISIONS
- Appeal – Wage Recovery – Strait Air (2000) Ltd. c. Durand, [2017] D.A.T.C. no 92
Appeal by employer of employment standards inspector order to remit unpaid wages – Employee claimed balance of training bond withheld from last pay upon his resignation – Inspector found withholding required written authorization by employee for the specific amount – Employee’s authorization given upon signature of training bond – No requirement for additional after the fact more specific authorization – Order cancelled, payment into trust returned to Employer - Application – Additional party – Fanjoy v. Securitas Transport Aviation Security Ltd. &, 2017 OHSTC 7
CATSA application for third party status – Worker appeal on finding of no danger regarding x-ray screening devices at airport – Granted with full participatory rights in appeal - Passenger Claim – Haccoun c. Sunwing Airline, 2017 QCCQ 5345
Claim of $8,000 for inconvenience and expenses incurred due to changes in travel schedule – Awarded $355.94 - Appeal – LOE Denial – Decision No. 378/17, 2017 ONWSIAT 757
Appeal of ARO decision regarding LOE – Worker not offered modified duties – Efforts to RTW were delayed due to circumstances beyond employee’s control – Appeal allowed and LOE for period awarded in full
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo, on behalf of itself and United Airlines, Inc. c.o.b. as United, as United Airlines, as Continental, as Continental Micronesia and as Air Micronesia – Determination No. A-2017-60
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – United Airlines, Inc. c.o.b as United, as United Airlines, as Continental, as Continental Micronesia and as Air Micronesia, on behalf of itself, SkyWest Airlines, Inc.; ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.; Republic Airline Inc.; GoJet Airlines LLC; Trans States Airlines, LLC; and Mesa Airlines, Inc., all c.o.b. as, among others, United Express, and Asiana Airlines, Inc. c.o.b. as Asiana Airlines – Determination No. A-2017-61
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo, on behalf of itself and Brussels Airlines N.V./S.A. c.o.b. as Brussels Airlines – Determination No. A-2017-63
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo, on behalf of itself and Türk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi c.o.b. as Turkish Airlines – Determination No. A-2017-62
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Sajid Anjum against Emirates Airlines Ltd. – Decision No. 70-AT-C-A-2017
Consumer complaint over failure to provide diabetic meal and unjustly removed from a flight – Dismissed - Suspension – Cobalt Jets LLC – Order No. 2017-A-86
Licence No. 140078 – Licence reinstated effective May 31, 2017
TC/TSB NEWS
- Canadian Transportation Agency issues What We Heard Summary Report on accessible transportation
- Aviation Safety Letter
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- MMEL
- MMEL Temporary Revision
UNION NEWS
- ALPA: Canadian pilots taking a stand for #SaferSkies
- IAMAW: Anti-airport privatization campaign
- IAMAW: Pickthall letter to Trudeau, Garneau
- UNIFOR: Swissport Vancouver bargaining survey
AVIATION MEDIA
- At Logan, your face could be your next boarding pass
- Bombardier delivers 1st CS300 aircraft to C Series launch operator SWISS
- Bombardier delivers an additional CS300 aircraft to airBaltic
- Canada 150 jet, which can fly to Ottawa in 15 minutes, kicks off Hamilton events
- Canada’s air traffic controller to give airlines first-time refund
- Canada selects Rockwell Collins’ Android-based Joint Fires solution
- Computer outage grounds hundreds of British Airways flights in London
- Emergency exercise at Toronto Pearson
- Greatly expanded passenger laptop ban being considered in U.S.
- L3 WESCAM meets Canada’s ongoing demand for EO and IR sensor solutions
- Medicine Hat gets biggest airport grant in Canada
- Strong traffic growth prompts NAV CANADA to propose service charge reductions and customer refund
- ”Team Cormorant” re-established for Cormorant Mid-Life Upgrade and expansion of Canada’s SAR fleet
- The ‘Mexican game’: How Air Transat misled passengers and aviation officials
- WestJet cuts back on London flights to try to curb delays and cancellations
- Virgin Australia begins codeshare with Air Canada
