DECISIONS
- Passenger Claim – Unfit to fly – Viens c. Sunwing, 2016 QCCQ 15820
$15,000 claim due to refusal to allow passenger to fly without medical certificate – Passenger obtained certificate but flight had departed – Decision to prohibit passenger to fly was made using all reasonable tools and with safety of all passengers in mind – Dismissed - Discipline and termination – Unjust dismissal – Molina et Grand Falls Aviation Service Ltd., Re, 2016 CarswellNat 7018
Employee was dismissed – Employee brought unjust dismissal complaint under Canada Labour Code – Employee worked for period of six months in 2013 and period of three months in 2014 – Employee did not meet Code requirements as work did not exceed statutory threshold of twelve months of work without interruption for same employer – Complaint dismissed - Appeal – Employer seeking SEIF relief – Decision No. 3232/16, 2016 CarswellOnt 20894
Aircraft engineer suffered carpal tunnel syndrome – Surgery performed and employee received LOE for recovery and NEL for residual impairment – Employer appealed based on pre-existing condition – Neither condition employee had eligible for SIEF relief – Appeal denied
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining Unit Order – Flair Airlines Ltd. – Order No.: 11087-U
Certification – All pilot bargaining unit
- Bargaining Unit Scope – Canadian North Inc. – Order No.: 11088-U
Bargaining unit amendment – Exclusions added
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Pascan Aviation Inc. – Decision No. 3-A-2017
Request cancellation of Licence Nos. 000019 and 00002 - Application – China Southern Airlines Company Limited c.o.b. as China Southern Airlines and as China Southern, on behalf of itself and Xiamen Airlines Co., Ltd. c.o.b. as Xiamen Airlines – Decision No. 4-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 - Application – Clay Lacy Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-5
Exemption from the application of section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Prime Jet LLC – Order No. 2017-A-6
Exemption from the application of section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – ACP Jet Charters, Inc. c.o.b. as Phenix Jet and as ACP Jets of West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America – Decision No. 5-A-2017
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended
TC/TSB NEWS
- October 2014 risk of runway overrun at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport attributed to deviation from standard landing procedures
- TSB Quarterly Review — Third quarter 2016-17
- MMEL Revision
- TC MMEL Supplement
- Canadian Airworthiness Directive
UNION NEWS
- ALPA: Statement on FAA’s final ruling on medical certification for pilots
- UNIFOR: Local 2002 welcomes new Canadian North AME members from Calgary, Yellowknife and Iqaluit
AVIATION MEDIA
- Blame unions for our drunk pilot problem
- Canada’s two largest airlines embark on 2017 on solid footing; ULCC threat remains a wildcard
- Charter airline says it got cold reception in Nunavik
- Kasper Airlines grounded by Transport Canada
- Pilots union pressures Transport Canada to check foreign pilot credentials
- Sunwing pilot’s ‘misunderstanding’ caused bomb scare near Toronto’s Pearson airport