DECISIONS
- Judicial Review – Termination payments – Raymond c. Bernier, 2016 CF 1403
Review of decision that successor employer was responsible for termination pay – Decision was reasonable – Employment terms amended between bankrupt and successor employer – Not continuous employment – Dismissed, payment order upheld - Appeal – Failure to grant security clearance – Agosti v. Canada (Transport), 2016 FC 1410
Procedural fairness – Exception for late affidavit – Decision was reasonable – Jurisprudence provided Minister could “err on the side of caution” – Dismissed with costs - Grievance – Termination for theft – Air Canada v Unifor Local 2002, 2016 CanLII 88965
Stolen prepaid phone cards – Theft continued over 2 year period – 20 year employee, no discipline history – Remorse genuine and behaviour unlikely to continue – Termination varied 3 month unpaid suspension – Reinstated without loss of seniority
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – American Airlines, Inc. on behalf of itself and LATAM Airlines Group S.A. carrying on business as LATAM Airlines Group – Decision No. 387-A-2016
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Hong Kong Airlines Limited – Decision No. 388-A-2016
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended - Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo – Decision No. 386-A-2016
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended - Application – Taiga Helicopters (1993) Ltd. – Decision No. 1-A-2017
Request for suspension of Licence No. 962122 - Application – Alaska Airlines, Inc. c.o.b. as Alaska Airlines, Alaska and Alaska Air Cargo, on behalf of itself; Horizon Air Industries, Inc. c.o.b. as Horizon Air and AlaskaHorizon; SkyWest Airlines, Inc. c.o.b. as Delta Connection, United Express, American Eagle, SkyWest Airlines and AlaskaSkywest; and British Airways Plc c.o.b. as British Airways – Decision No. 2-A-2017
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Suspension – Superior Aviation, Ltd. – Order No. 2017-A-1
Licence No. 080013 - Suspension – Transcarga Intl. Airways, C.A. c.o.b. as Transcarga – Order No. 2017-A-2
Licence No.160049 - Suspension – JetNetherlands B.V. – Order No. 2017-A-3
Licence No. 030083 - Suspension – West Bend Air, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-4
Licence No. 967690
TC/TSB NEWS
UNION NEWS
AVIATION MEDIA
- Air Canada employee files lawsuit over scary incident aboard flight from Tokyo to Vancouver
- Alberta man charged after flight attendant allegedly injured
- Canada’s Premier Aviation signs five-year maintenance deal with U.S. airline JetBlue
- Case of Sunwing pilot accused of being impaired in cockpit put over
- Launching an airport food fight
- NewLeaf cancels flights to Phoenix, blaming WestJet for muscling in on route
- NewLeaf cancels ‘sun’ service from Hamilton, refunds 3,000 tickets
- No injuries after 2 planes collide at Pearson airport gates
- Pickering, Ont. landowners left in limbo over decades-old airport plans
- Pilot charged with being impaired was 3 times the legal limit, say Calgary police
- Pilots union wants Transport Canada more involved in checking foreign pilot credentials
- Sunwing unclear on alcohol, drug testing laws in wake of impaired pilot’s arrest
- ‘The system definitely failed’ in case of allegedly drunk pilot: aviation safety expert
- Transport minister calling on Canada’s airlines to ensure pilots are fit to fly
- Transport minister ‘very concerned’ about Sunwing pilot accused of passing out drunk in cockpit
- With pilots deal, WestJet set to expand long-haul flights
