TOP STORY
Air Canada Hong Kong tail strike pilot five days out of simulator
DECISIONS
- Punitive damages for patent infringement – Airbus Helicopters S.A.S. v Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited – 2019 FCA 29
Appeal from $1 000 000 award of punitive damages – Bell Helicopter infringed Airbus patent – appeal dismissed – trial judge awarded damages based on reasonable assessment of facts and correct application of law - Wrong jurisdiction – Basheer v Airport Terminal Services Canadian Company – 2019 HRTO 226
Applicant alleged discimination in employment based on age – respondent replied that Ontario tribunal had no jurisdiction – federal work and undertaking – Tribunal found that it had no jurisdiction – federal labour code and federal human rights legislation applied - Missed flight – Hauer v American Airlines, Inc. – 2019 BCCRT 158
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – VistaJet Limited – Order No. 2019-A-25
Exemptions from paragraph 33.1(b), subparagraph 73(2)(c)(i) and section 33.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations - Application – K5-Aviation GmbH – Order No. 2019-A-24
Exemptions from paragraph 33.1(b), subparagraph 73(2)(c)(i) and section 33.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations - Application – Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited (Virgin Atlantic), on behalf of itself and Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, N.V. (K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines) [KLM] – Determination No. A-2019-22
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations - Suspension – Corporate Air Charters, Inc. – Order No. 2019-A-27
Licence no. 100056 - Suspension – Winner Aviation Corporation – Order No. 2019-A-26
Licence no. 080028 - Suspension – Prism Helicopters Inc. c-o-b as Arctic Prism Helicopters – Order No. 2019-A-23
Licence no. 020100 - Suspension – Last Frontier Air Ventures, Ltd. – Order No. 2019-A-22
Licence no. 050073
TC/TSB NEWS
- Government of Canada investing in safety at the Hall Beach Airport
- Government of Canada investing in safety at the La Ronge (Barber Field) Airport
- Investigation report: August 2018 loss of control and collision with water in Tyaughton Lake, British Columbia
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- AIAC – Jean Charest hosts AIAC’s Vision 2025 Aerospace Engagement Day in Halifax
- CBAA – 2019 CBAA membership renewals are due
- CBAA – Canada “Dragon emeritus” to present keynote address at CBAA 2019
- COPA – FAA issues alert over oil pressure switch
- COPA – TCCA modifies flight test guides
- COPA – TSB repeats recommendations after BC floatplane crash
- COPA – United Kingdom gets portable ADS-B in/out
- HAC – HAC Discussing the potential for a mentoring system for junior pilots on fires
- HAC – HAC’s spring reception to be held in Yellowknife in 2019!
- HAC – President’s message
- ICAO – ICAO, ICANN, sign new agreement to guide progress on proposed aviation trust framework for digital environments
- OAC – AirStart partners with Dowty Propellers for and exclusion repair and overhaul agreement for Q400 for propellers and propeller accessories
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
- PSAC – Despite shameless layoff threats, Montréal Airport workers present compromise
- UNIFOR 2002 – Air Canada CSSA’s – Bargaining update for February 14, 2019
- UNIFOR 2002 – Bargaining proposal meetings for GTAA distract 333 members
- UNIFOR 2002 – Porter ramp district 361: ratification meetings on February 19, 2019
- UNIFOR 2002 – Swissport-Montreal members: ratification meeting on Sunday, February 17, 2019
- UNIFOR 2002 – Tentative agreement reached for Airport Terminal Services members in Toronto
- UNIFOR 2002 – Worldwide flight services districts 410 and 310: strike vote meetings for February 22, 2019
AVIATION NEWS
- $12M for renovations at Fond du Lac Airport in northern Saskatchewan
- A TEAAM triumph
- Air Canada restructures North American routes
- Airbus to cease A380 deliveries in 2021
- Canada Jetlines and Quebec City Airport sign agreement
- CUPE dismayed by Cathay Pacific’s closure of Toronto cabin crew base, affecting 120
- Dreamliner fleet will bring jobs, new visitors to Calgary, says WestJet CEO
- Flair unveils bold new look
- Home-grown pilots
- Manitoba signs 5-year deal for private air transportation
- New permafrost research to improve understanding of climate change on northern highways, airports
- Recruits of quality
- Return of the Stampe
- Shining a light on exciting careers for women
- Star Alliance partners with Skyscanner on multi-carrier itineraries
- TCCA approves DART EC/H130 emergency float system
- Uncovering the past
- We flew in first class on the Delta Airbus jet that Boeing tried to keep out of the US
- YQB partners with aviation industry authority
