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Fatigue in Transportation Forum
DECISIONS
- Judicial Review – Penalty for Negligence – Friesen v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FC 723
Helicopter pilot fined $1,000 for negligence and “likely to endanger the life or property of any person” for sliding helicopter between skaters – Decision confirmed on Appeal – Application for Judicial Review dismissed with costs – Appeal Panel was reasonable to have found SFO Certificate would have been reasonable additional step which Applicant failed to take before performing stunt - Judicial Review – Security Clearance – Ramos v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FC 696
Cleaner at airport denied renewal of security clearance due to sexual assault charges – Applicant did not provide further information on charges when prompted, nor did any evidence or submissions produced at hearing demonstrated Decision to refuse to reconsider was unreasonable – Dismissed - Appeal – Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) – Decision No. 940/18, 2018 ONWSIAT 1332
Airplane cleaner denied NIHL entitlement – Employee did not meet the criterion of OPM Document 16-01-04 to establish NIHL claim – Appeal denied
CIRB DECISIONS
- Application for Certification – AAS Canada Inc., Order No.: 11296-U
IAMAW – all employees of AAS Canada lnc. at Lester B. Pearson International Airport Toronto in the Province of Ontario, excluding supervisors and persons above the rank of supervisor.
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Sky One Holdings, LLC c.o.b. as Privaira – Order No. 2018-A-126
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended
TC/TSB NEWS
- Government of Canada promotes global investment in our country’s world-class aerospace industry
- Government of Canada investing in safety at R. Elmer Ruddick Nakina Airport
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to a small aircraft accident site near Arborfield, Saskatchewan
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to an amateur-built helicopter accident southeast of Calgary, Alberta
- Aviation Safety Letter
- Emergency Canadian Airworthiness Directive
- Foreign Airworthiness Directive
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- AIAC: 2018 State of Canada’s Aerospace Industry Report: Aerospace remains national innovation leader
- ATAC: ATAC and AIRINC announces Memorandum of Understanding to provide Flight Data Monitoring services to ATAC members
- CBAA: CBAA maintains contact with CRA
UNION NEWS
- IAMAW: Fighting back against contract flipping at Pearson Airport
- UNIFOR: Locked-out workers win employment insurance fight
AVIATION MEDIA
- Aeroplan announces big plans for its revamped program but members still skeptical
- Air Canada President and Chief Executive Calin Rovinescu wins for Executive Leadership at the 2018 Airline Strategy Awards
- Air Georgian’s SOAR program grows with FlyGTA partnership
- Canadian aerospace front-and-centre at Farnborough
- Delta and WestJet to create new transborder venture
- Elevate Aviation seeks financial security for women through aviation
- Exploits Valley airline agreement clears runway for pilots to advance
- Kingston Airport seeks to expand Air Canada service with new upgrades
- National Research Council of Canada and Airbus renew R&T cooperation agreement
- Pilot dies in small plane crash in Markham, Ont.
- Viking optimizes fleet-wide distribution of technical publications
- WestJet recognized as North America’s Best Low-Cost Airline by Skytrax
- What does the First Air/Canadian North merger mean for northern air travel?
