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Quebec election: PQ targets Air Canada’s “quasi-monopoly” in Quebec
DECISIONS
- Complaint – Duty of Fair Representation – Hill v Unifor, Local Union No. 114, 2018 CanLII 79713
Complainant dismissed by Viking Air for dishonesty in relation to disability claims – Union pursued grievance to arbitration and mediated settlement with employer for reinstatement first, then for resignation when IME concluded the complainant could not be accommodated – Complainant claimed not to have been advised of monetary settlement offer made by Employer prior to reinstatement settlement being reached between the parties – Board found that Union was under no obligation to consult with complainant during settlement discussion – Union did not act in arbitrary or discriminatory manner or in bad faith – Dismissed - Judicial Review – Discrimination – Georgoulas v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FC 863
Judicial review of Canadian Human Rights Commission decision to dismiss discrimination complaint against Transport Canada for lack of evidence – No finding of unreasonableness or procedural unfairness – Dismissed
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining Unit Amendment – Calm Air International LP – 11316-U
USW – all employees employed in customer service operations in the towns of Churchill and Gillam, Manitoba, excluding supervisors and those above the rank of supervisor
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Jetflite Oy – Determination No. A-2018-194
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air India – Order No. 2018-A-153
Exemption from subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Suspension – First Wing Management, LLC – Order No. 2018-A-154
License No. 080093 – Reinstated effective September 6, 20018 - Suspension – Flight Concepts, LLC – Order No. 2018-A-155
License No. 130058 - Suspension – North Flight, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-152
License No. 090095
TC/TSB NEWS
- Non-adherence to altitude restrictions and limitations to the see-and-avoid principle contributed to the March 2017 mid-air collision near the Montréal/St-Hubert Airport, Quebec
- Investigation report: February 2018 collision with terrain near Tulita, Northwest Territories
- TC MMEL
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA: ADS-B update
- COPA: Freedom to Fly Fund at Work: Mascouche
- HAC: New flight & duty time regulations still stalled
- ICAO: Latest edition of ICAO Safety Report confirms 2017 as aviation’s safest year
- ICAO: Continued enhancement to safety key to sustainability of aviation growth in Europe
UNION NEWS
- PSAC: Mediation with NAV CANADA continues
- Unifor: Unifor Local 2002 welcomes new workplace representatives at Flair Airlines
- Unifor: Air Canada CSSA’s: Bargaining proposal meetings
AVIATION NEWS
- Airbus-Canada partnership can build a bright future off a storied past
- As Air Canada soars, Westjet takes a predictable nosedive
- Creditors fighting over assets of Great Slave Helicopters
- Expanded fuel storage capacity at EIA to support cargo growth
- Great Slave Helicopters to restructure under creditor protection after posting $5M+ annual losses
- Landing system upgrades underway at Kelowna Airport; flight delays possible
- Man shocked after Saskatoon-bound flight avoids hitting smaller plane on runway
- Nieuport Aviation appoints new CEO
- ‘Not Air Canada’s finest day’: Musician mourns guitar stabbed by airport forklift
- Quebec election: PQ targets Air Canada’s “quasi-monopoly” in Quebec
- TSB report probes mid-air collision near Montreal/St-Hubert Airport
- Universal Helicopters invests in U.S. company
- Wasaya Airways in northwestern Ontario names new CEO