TOP STORY
Lewis v WestJet Airlines Ltd., 2017 BCSC 2327
Application to Strike – Class Action
Claim for systematic breach of Anti-Harassment Promise in employment contracts – Defendant asserts that matter is a discrimination claim not breach of contract and eviscerates the relevant administrative boards – No basis to find claim does not disclose reasonable cause of action or is bound to fail at early stage – Application dismissed
DECISIONS
- Motion – Scheduling Amendment – The Commissioner of Competition v Vancouver Airport Authority, 2017 CACT 20
Discovery of the representative – Timetable for examination for discovery and any motion arising therefrom - Application – Addition of Intervenor – Securitas Transport Aviation Security Ltd. v Doyle, 2017 OHSTC 25
Application by CATSA to be added to appeal as Intervenor – CATSA found to have substantially same interest as Appellant due to oversight function of screening at airports – Intervenor status and Application granted
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Chrono Jet inc. – Order No. 2017-A-220
Exemption from the application of section 59 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – US Airways, Inc. c.o.b. as US Air, as US Airways, as US Airways Shuttle, as US Airways Express and as MidAtlantic Airways – Determination No. A-2017-208
Cancellation of Licence Nos. 975066 and 977224 - Application – Great Western Air LLC c.o.b. as Cirrus Aviation Services – Order No. 2017-A-224
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Suspension – Thunderbird Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-222
Licence No. 967509 – Licence reinstated effective December 20, 2017 - Suspension – Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. – Order No. 2017-A-221
Licence No. 977040 - Suspension – Air Med Services, LLC c.o.b. as Executive Aircraft Charter Service – Order No. 2017-A-223
Licence No. 090031
TC/TSB NEWS
- Contract awarded to build new equipment maintenance building at Port Hardy Airport
- Direct road links between downtown and Montréal International Airport now open to traffic
- Night flight without adequate visual references led to 2015 near-collision with terrain of a Helijet helicopter in Tofino, British Columbia
- TSB will provide a news briefing on its investigation into the airplane accident in Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan
- TSB will provide a news briefing on its investigation into the helicopter accident near Tweed, Ontario
- TC MMEL
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA: Aviation wage subsidies available through CCAA Partnership
- ICAO: ICAO convenes Safety and Air Navigation Implementation Symposium
UNION NEWS
- IAMAW: A Rubber Stamp – Canadian Machinists disappointed by latest US Dept. of Commerce ruling against Bombardier
- UNIFOR: Busy airports will get worse under for-profit control
- UNIFOR: Ruling to uphold Bombardier tariffs unjust
- UNIFOR: Jazz Bargaining Update: Customer and Aircraft Services
AVIATION MEDIA
- Aircraft orders on hold due to taxation uncertainty: CBAA
- Air North workers at Vancouver Airport join union
- Aviation experts defend safety record of type of plane used in Saskatchewan crash
- Bombardier, Boeing prepare to make final arguments in bitter trade dispute
- Cargair and Max Aviation join Air Georgian’s SOAR Program
- C Series dispute far from over
- Deer Jet makes history with maiden Antarctic landing
- Flair Airlines set to paint the skies in new colours
- Former flight attendant’s harassment claim against WestJet can go ahead, court says
- Hydro One helicopter was attempting to land at time of fatal crash
- Mississauga cries foul, votes to halt negotiations with airport authority
- New LifeFlight helicopters ready for takeoff after delays
- Plane crash survivors took half an hour to pry open emergency exit
- Plane crash that killed student pilot, instructor near Calgary showed no sign of mechanical failure: TSB
- US finds against Bombardier in Boeing dispute
