January 9, 2018 – Pilot Shortage Loom Large

TOP STORY

Canada’s pilot shortage among most-read topics of 2017

 

DECISIONS

• Passenger Claim – Flight cancellation – Iskandar c. Air India, 2017 QCCQ 14721
  Passenger claim for $14,964 due to cancellation of flight – Tickets and taxes fully reimbursed through Aeroplan Miles – Awarded $810 for stress and costs for lounge payments

 

 CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS

• Application – Canadian Helicopters Limited/Hélicoptères Canadiens Limitée c.o.b. Hélicoptères Canadiens/Canadian Helicopters and as Canadian Helicopters Offshore – Determination No. A-2017-214
  Pursuant to subsection 73(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended
• Application – Canadian Helicopters Limited/Hélicoptères Canadiens Limitée c.o.b. as Hélicoptères Canadiens/Canadian Helicopters and as Canadian Helicopters Offshore – Determination No. A-2017-213
  Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended
• Application – Saltwater West Enterprises Ltd. c.o.b. as Alpine Lakes Air – Determination No. A-2017-212
  Cancellation of Licence No. 962404
• Application – Perimeter Aviation LP, as represented by its general partner Perimeter Aviation GP Inc. c.o.b. as Bearskin Airlines – Determination No. A-2017-211
  Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended
• Application – Advantage Aviation Charter LLC – Determination No. A-2017-215
  Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended
• Application – Reach Aviation Limited Partnership, by its General Partner, Reach Capital Inc. – Determination No. A-2017-217
  Pursuant to subsection 73(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended
• Application – Reach Aviation Limited Partnership, by its General Partner, Reach Capital Inc. – Determination No. A-2017-216
  Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended
• Application – The Craig Evan Corporation c.o.b. as Flightexec – Order No. 2018-A-4
  Exemptions from paragraphs 33.1(b) and 73(2)(c) and sections 33.2 and 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended
• Application – Bradley Air Services Limited also c.o.b. as, among others, First Air, on behalf of itself and Lynden Air Cargo, LLC c.o.b. as Lynden Air Cargo and as Loken Aviation – Determination No. A-2018-2
  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 – Interstate Aviation, Inc. – Determination No. A-2018-1
  Cancellation of Licence No. 967367
• Application – Shearwater Air II, LLC c.o.b. as Shearwater Air – Determination No. A-2018-3
  Cancellation of Licence No. 120100
• Suspension – West Wind Aviation Limited Partnership by its General Partner, West Wind Management Ltd. – Order No. 2017-A-225
  Licence Nos. 972192 and 977293 – Licence reinstated December 28, 2017
• Suspension – G C Aviation, Inc. c.o.b. as Gulf Coast Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-1
  Licence No. 100120 – Licence reinstated effective January 4, 2018
• Suspension – MidAmerica Jet, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-5
  Licence No. 160020 – Licence reinstated effective January 5, 2018
• Suspension – Basin Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-2
  Licence No. 050121 – Licence reinstated effective January 5, 2018
• Suspension – North American Jet Charter Group, LLC – Order No. 2018-A-7
  Licence No. 980170 – Licence reinstated effective January 5, 2018
• Suspension – Modesto Executive Air Charter, Inc. c.o.b. as Sky Trek Aviation – Order No. 2018-A-8
  Licence No. 977118 – Licence reinstated effective January 5, 2018
• Suspension – Pronto Airways Limited Partnership, by its General Partner 101075247 Saskatchewan Ltd. c.o.b. as Pronto Airways – Order No. 2018-A-9
  Licence No. 060002
• Suspension – Midwest Flying Service, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-6
  Licence No. 977085
• Suspension – Reva, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-11
  Licence No. 040079 – Licence reinstated effective January 5, 2018
• Suspension – Dynamic Airways, LLC – Order No. 2018-A-10
  Licence No. 120026

 TC/TSB NEWS

• Transport Canada suspends West Wind Aviation’s air operator certificate

• Canadians to benefit from new and expanded air transport agreements
• The TSB will hold a news conference to release its investigation report into the March 2016 fatal accident of a Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 aircraft in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
• TSB deploys a team of investigators following a collision between 2 aircraft at the Toronto Pearson Airport, Ontario

• Investigation brief: Accident during 2016 Cold Lake Air Show, Alberta

• Foreign Airworthiness Directive

• Aviation Safety Letter (ASL)

 

 INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS

• COPA: Better night VFR rules needed: TSB

 

 UNION NEWS

• ALPA: Looking ahead to another year of keeping our skies safe

• CUPE: CUPE welcomes Flight Medics/Nurses at Vanguard Air as newest members

 

AVIATION MEDIA

• 80% of travellers confident in airport security screening, internal government survey suggests

• AIAC Chair focused on innovation and diversity

• Airlines battle growing pilot shortage that could reach crisis levels in a few years

• Air traffic control has a ‘virtual’ future

• Bombardier CEO dials down ambitions to create new planes to focus on cash flow
• Bombardier secures order for up to 12 CRJ900 aircraft
• Canadian Helicopters Limited receives $8 million term loan

• Passenger advocate suing Air Transat over stranded planes

• Crown Capital Partners announces $8.0 million term loan with Canadian Helicopters Limited
• Discovery Air announces Board of Director changes
• Do airlines need a new plan to combat sexual assault?

• EgyptAir converts LOI to firm order for Bombardier C Series aircraft

• Garneau prods Air Canada to reduce noise on about 100 Airbus passenger planes
• Helijet receives heaviest aviation fines from Transport Canada in B.C.

• It was chaos’: Planes collide on Toronto Airport tarmac
• NAV CANADA announces ratification of collective agreement with CFPA
• ‘No threat’ after Charlottetown Airport evacuated due to suspicious package

• Transport Canada suspends West Wind flights
• WestJet sets two new records for guests flown
• West Wind grounding hints at ‘glaring’ safety issues: aviation experts