TOP STORY
Canada briefly hit with similar aviation outage as U.S. flights ‘gradually’ resume
DECISIONS
- Summary judgment, wrongful dismissal – Chu v. China Southern Airlines Company Limited, 2023 BCSC 21
Plaintiff demoted twice before being terminated for just cause – plaintiff alleged that defendant engaged in pattern of bad faith abusive conduct, including unfair discipline, insincere warnings, manufactured cause, and public embarrassment – defendant failed to establish just cause – plaintiff awarded 20 months’ pay in lieu of notice, as well as well as $50,000 in aggravated damages for mental distress and $100,000 in punitive damages
CIRB DECISIONS
- Declaration of Sale of Business – Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services – Order No. 11791-U
Declaration that a sale of business has occurred within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code, that Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services is the successor employer, and that the Teamsters Local Union No. 213 continues to be the certified bargaining agent for a bargaining unit comprising “all employees of Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services engaged in security screening, including the screening of passengers, baggage, airport employees, non-passengers, vehicles and cargo at the Williams Lake Regional Airport, Williams Lake, British Columbia excluding service delivery managers and those above the rank of service delivery manager”
- Declaration of Sale of Business – Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services – Order No. 11790-U
Declaration that a sale of business has occurred within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code, that Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services is the successor employer, and that the Teamsters Local Union No. 213 continues to be the certified bargaining agent for a bargaining unit comprising “all employees of Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services engaged in security screening, including the screening of passengers, baggage, airport employees, non-passengers, vehicles and cargo at the Northwest Regional Airport, Terrace-Kitimat, British Columbia, excluding service delivery managers and those above the rank of service delivery manager”
- Declaration of Sale of Business – Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services – Order No. 11789-U
Declaration that a sale of business has occurred within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code, that Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services is the successor employer, and that the Teamsters Local Union No. 213 continues to be the certified bargaining agent for a bargaining unit comprising “all employees of Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services engaged in security screening, including the screening of passengers, baggage, airport employees, non-passengers, vehicles and cargo at the Smithers Regional Airport, Smithers, British Columbia, excluding service delivery managers and those above the rank of service delivery manager”
- Declaration of Sale of Business – Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services – Order No. 11788-U
Declaration that a sale of business has occurred within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code, that Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services is the successor employer, and that the Teamsters Local Union No. 213 continues to be the certified bargaining agent for a bargaining unit comprising “all employees of Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services engaged in security screening, including the screening of passengers, baggage, airport employees, non-passengers, vehicles and cargo at the Sandspit Airport, Sandspit, British Columbia, excluding service delivery managers and those above the rank of service delivery manager”
- Declaration of Sale of Business – Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services – Order No. 11787-U
Declaration that a sale of business has occurred within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code, that Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services is the successor employer, and that the Teamsters Local Union No. 213 continues to be the certified bargaining agent for a bargaining unit comprising “all employees of Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services engaged in security screening, including the screening of passengers, baggage, airport employees, non-passengers, vehicles and cargo at the Quesnel Airport, Quesnel, British Columbia, excluding service delivery managers and those above the rank of service delivery manager”
- ‘Declaration of Sale of Business – Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services – Order No. 11786-U
Declaration that a sale of business has occurred within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code, that Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services is the successor employer, and that the Teamsters Local Union No. 213 continues to be the certified bargaining agent for a bargaining unit comprising “all employees of Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services engaged in security screening, including the screening of passengers, baggage, airport employees, non-passengers, vehicles and cargo at the Prince Rupert Airport, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, excluding service delivery managers and those above the rank of service delivery manager”
- ‘Declaration of Sale of Business – Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services – Order No. 11785-U
Declaration that a sale of business has occurred within the meaning of the Canada Labour Code, that Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation c.o.b. Allied Universal Security Services is the successor employer, and that the Teamsters Local Union No. 213 continues to be the certified bargaining agent for a bargaining unit comprising “all employees of Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services engaged in security screening, including the screening of passengers, baggage, airport employees, non-passengers, vehicles and cargo at the Dawson Creek Regional Airport, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, excluding service delivery managers and those above the rank of service delivery manager”
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – WindAirWest, LLC – Order No. 2023-A-S-1
License no. 200044
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Investigation report into 2022 fatal collision with terrain near Didsbury, Alberta
- Risks associated with transporting a light load without a sling highlighted in 2021 helicopter accident near Les Escoumins, Quebec
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CAC – Canada’s Airport council welcomes interim NEXUS solution
- COPA – Horizon completes hover test of Cavorite X5 prototype
- IATA – Air cargo demand softens in November
- IATA – Passenger recovery continues in November
- NACC – Airlines association blames weather for holiday travel chaos
AIRPORT NEWS
- Castlegar airport gets $2 million ‘game-changer’ grant
- Fusion Genomics establishes first-of-its-kind wastewater surveillance pilot study at Toronto Airport
- Passenger levels increasing at Sault airport
- Restoring economic equilibrium: ACI calls on regulators to support the economic sustainability of airports for the benefit of travellers and communities
- Stephenville airport gets $50K from town council, as wait continues for Dymond deal to close
- YVR vows to improve service after December travel chaos at airport
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Boost Human External Cargo Systems announces approval of HEC PCDS
- Volatus accelerates its growth into the global UAV market with Airial Robotics partnership
AVIATION NEWS
- Canada Jetlines partners with TripAdmit online booking system as activity and tour provider
- Elibird aero launches out of B.C. with focus on all-electric flight training
- KF Aerospace supports Indigenous pilot training after hangar fire
- Labour shortage still a big factor for fewer flights in northeastern Ontario
- Minister vows accountability over holiday travel chaos, as airlines cite ‘extreme weather’
- NAV CANADA announces first quarter financial results
- Ontario government to renew Ornge fixed-wing fleet with 8 new aircraft
- Sunwing has received 7,000 complaints about holiday travel disruptions
