August 22, 2020 – Federal government releases Canada’s Flight Plan for Navigating COVID-19
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Government of Canada releases Canada’s Flight Plan for safe air travel
DECISIONS
- Grievance, interpretation of Article 12.05(e) – Jazz Aviation LP v Canadian Flight Attendant Union, 2020 CanLII 57429 (CA LA)
Union grieved that Article 12.05(e) of the collective agreement required the payment of severance pay for flight attendants in receipt of a notice of layoff – arbitrator made decision based on clear language of Article 12.05(e) – decision: severance payments pursuant to Article 12.05(e) are only payable where the reason for the notice of layoff is one of the enumerated grounds under Article 12.13.
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – AeroCare Medical Transport System, Inc – Order No. 2020-A-136
License No. 060093 (reinstated effective August 20, 2020) - Suspension – Ultimate JETCHARTERS, LLC cob Ultimate Air Shuttle – Order No. 2020-A-135
License No. 050013
TC/TSB NEWS
- Government of Canada releases Canada’s Flight Plan for safe air travel
- Canada’s Flight Plan for Navigating COVID-19
- Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA: Drones continue to make news
- COPA: FAA revises proposed Cherokee AD
- COPA: Give Hope Wings’ 2020 expedition
- COPA: Major breakthrough in battery technology imminent
- COPA: Stephenville Airport under new management
- ICAO: Implementation of ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce recommendations supported by new ACI and IATA initiatives
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – ALPA Canada focused on securing a labour-friendly airline stimulus package
- ALPA – L’ALPA Canada déploie tous les efforts pour obtenir un plan de relance destiné aux compagnies aériennes axé sur la main-d’oeuvre
- UNIFOR 2002 – Air Georgian (Pivot Airlines) members: Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP)
- UNIFOR 2002 – ASP: Unifor update on conciliation bargaining
- UNIFOR 2002 – Unifor reaches tentative agreement with Canadian North
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI welcomes ICAO support for Airport Health Accreditation programme
- ACI World appoints Thomas Romig to succeed David Gamper in safety portfolio
- It could take 5 years for this B.C. airport to economically recover from COVID-19
- New Check & Fly app provides airport health measures to passengers
- Ontario government gives $1.5M toward expansion of Lake Simcoe Regional Airport runway
- Pearson International Airport has $6.4 billion in debt and has seen a huge drop in traffic – could privatization be a solution?
- Toronto Pearson wins environment award for 60% reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Fisherman rescued by helicopter
- Helicopter crash north of Stewart involved helicopter from Prince George
- Practical tool for helicopter pilots takes off after three-year study
AVIATION NEWS
- A return of North Bay – Toronto flights on the horizon?
- Air Canada’s flight out of darkness
- Air Canada promoting ‘leisure’ travel to U.S. despite advisories warning against non-essential trips
- Air Canada releases sustainability report highlighting progress and continued commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
- Air Creebec resuming flights grounded during COVID-19
- Air North, Yukon’s airline named best airline in Canada by Tripadvisor
- Canada’s flight plan for safe air travel announced
- Canada’s largest airlines and airports create flight plan for navigating COVID-19
- Four B.C. domestic flights added to COVID-19 exposure list
- Longueuil-based Pascan Aviation increases service to eastern Quebec
- National Airlines Council of Canada requesting sectoral support for Canadian carriers
- NAV CANADA reports July traffic figures
- Remembering the R-100 visit to Canada
- Trail-blazing pilot calls out province’s security screening process
- Training the missing 97%: The science of availability in the control of unstable approaches
- Transport Canada to conduct flight test for Boeing 737 MAX next week