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Arbitrator’s award addresses termination pay and severance pay entitlements of employees deemed terminated after layoff
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining unit order – Alliance Maintenance LP – Order No.: 11747-U
Employees of Perimeter Aviation LP, Keewatin Air LP, and Calm Air International LP were transferred to and became employees of Alliance Maintenance LP – the four parties applied for declaration that current structure of two bargaining units of maintenance employees at Keewatin Air LP (IAMAW) and Calm Air International LP (Unifor) no longer appropriate for collective bargaining and requested review of bargaining unit structure – representation vote conducted – Board satisfied that majority of employees of employer in unit wished for Unifor to represent them as bargaining agent – Unifor certified to be bargaining agent for unit comprising “
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Calm Air International LP, as represented by its general partner, Calm Air GP Inc. c-o-b Calm Air – Determination No. A-2022-113
Application for licence to operate a non‑scheduled international service, all-cargo aircraft, to transport traffic on a charter basis between Canada and any other country – application for licence approved
- Suspension – Richards Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2022-A-S-211
Licence 967340 – licence reinstated effective September 2, 2022
- Application – E.J. Aviation Ltd. – Determination No. A-2022-114
Application for suspended domestic licence to remain suspended and not be cancelled – suspension continued
- Suspension – USAC Airways 694 LLC c-o-b Freedom Jets – Order No. 2022-A-S-216
Licence 170063 – licence reinstated effective September 7, 2022
- Application – Transport Passion R Inc. c-o-b Passion R Inc. – Determination No. A-2022-116
Application for suspended domestic and non scheduled international licences to remain suspended and not be cancelled – suspension continued
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- The Government of Canada and industry continue to take action to address wait times and congestion at Canadian airports
- Minister Alghabra marks coming into force of new regulations on refund requirements for flight cancellations or lengthy delays outside of an air carrier’s control
- New refund regulations now in force
- Part failure in the main rotor blade assembly resulted in 2021 fatal helicopter in-flight breakup near Evansburg, Alberta
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA – First Nations flyers get their wings
- COPA – Roger’s Fly-in at Damascus
- COPA – Tiger Boys Thursday night BBQ
- IATA – Air cargo tracks near pre-COVID levels
- IATA – July passenger demand remains strong
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – WestJet pilots send notice to open contract negotiations with management
- Teamsters Canada – Edmonton Airport security screeners negotiate 12% raise, signing bonus
- Unifor – GardaWorld: Update from your Unifor Bargaining Committee
- Unifor – Jazz CSA/ACS bargaining update
- Unifor – Letter to Minister Alghabra from Lana Payne
- Unifor – Porter Airlines CSR members: Bargaining update for September 2nd, 2022
- Unifor – Porter Airlines Fixed Base Operations (FBO) members: Bargaining update for September 2nd, 2022
- Unifor – Porter Airlines Ramp members: Bargaining update for September 2, 2022
- Unifor – Unifor members at Jazz CSA/ACS reject tentative agreement
AIRPORT NEWS
- London, Ont. airport reports passenger increase as winter travel season approaches
- New owner may land Stephenville airport for $6.90, plus $1M in debt payments
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Canadian military probing U.S. reports of Chinook helicopter engine fires
- Helicopter medical transport program: the take-off of a national project
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada expects flight, baggage delays to ease this year
- Cold War-era fighter jet finds new home in Calgary
- CTA and ÉNA partner with CAE to develop electric conversion kit for Piper Archer aircraft
- Historic Lockheed plane donated to Royal Aviation Museum in Winnipeg
- New protections for air travellers come into force this week — but they don’t go far enough, critics say
- New rules to protect airline passengers now in effect
- Québec aerospace industry launching novel awareness campaign aimed at attracting the talent of tomorrow
- Quebec’s aerospace industry accelerates shift towards sustainable mobility
- Ricardo invests in new aerospace centre of excellence in Quebec
- Rolls-Royce Canada applauds employees’ decision to vote in favour of agreement
- VPorts creates the first-of-their-kind international electric advanced air mobility corridors between Quebec and the United States
- VPorts to create a regional electric advanced air mobility infrastructure network in Quebec
- Webster Memorial Trophy celebrates 90th anniversary
- WestJet launches gender and body inclusive uniforms for frontline
