July 3, 2021 – Air Canada wants $2.5 million passenger refund DOT fine dropped

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Air Canada wants $2.5 million passenger refund DOT fine dropped

DECISIONS

• Stay of proceeding – Leblanc c. Air Transat AT inc., 2021 QCCQ 4725
  Stay of proceeding – Béland c. Compagnie Transat, 2021 QCCQ 4458
  Claim for refund of plane tickets cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic – Defendant sought stay of proceeding pending decision in ongoing class actions in Quebec and British Columbia raising same issues – Plaintiff made no representation on the request for stay – Court found actions similar in context, remedies sought and legal issues – lack of evidence that stay would seriously prejudice Plaintiff – stay granted

CIRB DECISIONS

• Certification – Envoy Air Inc. – Order No. 11611-U

  International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers – all employees of Envoy Air Inc. performing customer service at the Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia, excluding the compliance coordinator, supervisors and those above the rank of supervisor

• Certification – Voyageur Aviation Corp. – Order No. 11616-U

  International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers – all employees of Voyageur Aviation Corp. in its Voyageur Aerotech Division engaged in heavy maintenance and shop functions, excluding office and administrative staff, managers and those above the rank of manager

• Certification – Executive Aviation Fuels Ltd. – Order No. 11617-U

  Teamsters – all employees of Executive Aviation Fuels Ltd. working at the Saskatoon International Airport in the province of Saskatchewan, excluding customer service representatives, trainers, administrative positions, human resource generalists, ramp coordinators, customer service coordinators, supervisors, managers and those above the rank of manager

• Bargaining Certificate Revision – Bradley Air Services Limited carrying on business as Canadian North – Order No. 11618-U

  Unifor – inclusion of crew schedulers employed in the operation control centre – all employees employed in the Commercial Operations (Airport and Cargo Operations) division and the customer contact centre and crew schedulers employed in the operation control centre of Bradley Air Services Limited carrying on business as Canadian North, excluding departmental administrative and support staff, instructors, duty managers, supervisors and those above

• Revocation of Certification – Canadian Helicopters Limited – Order No. 11619-U

  COPE – all supervisory employees, including pilot managers and supervisory base AMEs/AME managers employed by Canadian Helicopters Limited in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division, excluding the Director of Flight Operations, Assistant Chief Pilot (EMS), Manager System Safety (EMS), Assistant Chief Engineer, HUMS Manager and those above

• Certification – Pascan Aviation Inc. – Order No. 11620-U

  Regional Union of Quebec Airlines (CUPE) – all employees within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code working as flight attendants for Pascan Aviation Inc.

TC/TSB NEWS

• 2018 Halifax runway overrun highlights TSB Watchlist issues
• How the CTA will be processing Air Canada, Air Transat and Sunwing refund-related complaints resulting from the pandemic – Updated
• Investigation report: fatal injury of a pilot during ground operations in Port Hardy, British Columbia, in December 2020
• Transportation Safety Board of Canada releases 2020 transportation occurrences statistics
• Airworthiness Directives

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS

• IATA – Fragmented EU Digital COVID Certificate verification will undermine smooth summer travel
• IATA – Self registration portal for IATA Travel Pass Lab Network
• ICAO – New decisions at ICAO Council’s 223rd session support aviation’s recovery and development

UNION NEWS

• ACPA – Nova Scotia Court of Appeal upholds decision to release AC624 CVR
• IAMAW – Northern flight attendants ratify agreement at Wasaya

AIRPORT NEWS

• ACI – ACI member airports provide direct input on aviation development to ICAO
• ACI – ACI World reveals capital expenditure needs for recovery and long term growth
• ACI – Industry partnership delivers support for airports in fighting wildlife trafficking

ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS

• CAE receives regulatory approvals for acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Military Training business
• Cyclone crash report details events that led to fatal flight control problem
• Volatus Aerospace acquires ConnexiCore, creating the largest drone service provider in North America

AVIATION NEWS

• 2 injured as plane crashes in residential neighbourhood north of Victoria
• Air Canada introduces a digital solution to simplify COVID-19 related travel requirements
• Analysis: Canadian aero suppliers face labor crunch as travel rebounds
• Bombardier announces largest business jet order of the year worth $451.8M
• CAF concludes flight safety investigation report for Stalker 22 accident
• Canadian flight bookings among lowest levels in the world: report
• Canadian Forces pilots not warned about autopilot before deadly Cyclone crash in 2020
• Federal minimum wage of $15 per hour to come into effect on December 29, 2021
• LEEFF loan to Porter Airlines protects Canadian jobs
• Making dollars and sense of replacing the CF-18
• Opinion: It’s time for Canadians to start travelling again
• Passenger traffic taking off at Atlantic Canada’s airports after COVID-19 slump
• Pilot dead after wildfire-fighting helicopter crashes near Evansburg, Alta.
• Sunwing revises refund policy to include non-refundable bookings cancelled by COVID-19
• WestJet sparks customer fury after refusing refunds for cancelled flights — again