July 25, 2020 – PAL Aerospace pilots certified by ALPA
TOP STORY
ALPA represents 60-Plus PAL Aerospace pilots
COVID-19 UPDATES
- Government extends COVID-19 Leave available under the Canada Labour Code by up to 8 weeks
- Canadian government proposes significant changes to emergency wage subsidy in Bill C-20
DECISIONS
- Grievance – Jurisdiction – Tremblay v. Ontario (Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry), [2020] O.P.S.G.B.A. No. 11
Employer preliminary objection – argued grievance regarding discontinuation of salary allowance for managers in Aviation Services about job classification, and therefore outside Board’s jurisdiction – dispute over one aspect of compensation not a classification complaint – dismissed - Workers’ Compensation – Continuation of Claim – A2000068 (Re), 2020 CanLII 47557
Aviation painter exposed to chromium and successful in claim for occupational disease – later developed Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety found to be compensable consequence of previously accepted occupational disease – employee appealed finding as well as wage rate established upon reopening of claim – argued for new claim and wage rate based on rate at time of alleged second injury – ongoing fear of chromium exposure cause of adjustment disorder, not new injury – wage rate established based upon policy – appeal denied - Workers’ Compensation – Alternate Work – A2000206 (Re), 2020 CanLII 47696
Injury of customer service agent for airline – appeal by employer of review officer’s decision to vary original conclusion that refusal of modified duties was unreasonable – offer for modified duties before knowing full extent of workers’ injury – insufficient information to determine physical demands of modified duties – modified duties found not to be safe for worker – appeal denied - Workers’ Compensation – Loss of Earnings – A1902351 (Re), 2020 CanLII 48137
Aeronautics parts finisher with permanent chronic low back pain following workplace injury – worker claimed loss of earnings assessment as well as training and job search benefits – worker unable to work full-time hours in alternate position – alternate position identified by rehabilitation consultant not suitable – worker entitled to loss of earnings disability award assessment
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – Helicopters, Inc. c.o.b. Corporate Air Charter – Order No. 2020-A-125
Licence No. 020095 – reinstated effective July 22, 2020
TC/TSB NEWS
- Hydraulic fluid leak led to 2018 landing incident in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
- TSB confirms completion of download and preliminary analysis of recorders from Ukraine International Airlines flight 752
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to a helicopter accident near Thorburn Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador
- TSB team in Paris confirms presence of recorders from Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
- Aviation Safety Letter
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
- TC MMEL Notification
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- AIAC: News Release: Canada’s aerospace industry welcomes new polling data showing overwhelming support from Canadians for a comprehensive aerospace strategy
- CBAA: CBAA submits letter to Minister of Transport on levering business aviation to spur our economic recovery
- CBAA: Need to Know: Your Weekly Briefing – July 23 2020
- CBAA: Save the date for CBAA 2021 in Toronto, ON
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI launches accreditation programme to assess airport health measures
- ACI’s World releases most comprehensive Airport Traffic Dataset
- Flexible technology is key as airports adapt for post-COVID-19 travel
- Hamilton International Airport weathers pandemic storm with its cargo service
- Managing temporary reductions of airport capacity
- North Bay Airport scrambles for funds
- The unintuitive truth: Why aviation might face a post-COVID capacity crunch and how to handle it
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- HAI International Spotlight: Aerologistics, Canada
- VFS: Revolutionary electric VTOL aircraft developments accelerate
AVIATION NEWS
- 1 person killed in Thorburn Lake helicopter crash, 2 rescued
- Aerial firefighting during a pandemic
- Air Canada implements new biosafety protocols as it begins re-opening its award-winning Maple Leaf lounges
- Airlines in crisis: The cost of COVID-19 on the industry
- At least 561 flights in Canada had possible coronavirus exposures since pandemic began
- FIXAR drone approved for advanced flights in Canada
- Flair Airlines summer schedule to include new Canadian destinations
- FTG announces Transport Canada has approved FTG Aerospace as an approved maintenance organization
- KPMG Canada gauges industry’s readiness to take off post-COVID
- Low flight volumes spur Canadian North to extend employee furlough until 2021
- NDP health critic dismayed by crammed cabins, calls for airline relief package to help with COVID-19
- Northern airline risks cutbacks without federal support
- Quebec regional airlines aim to fill the void left by Air Canada
- Skyservice expands MRO service offering by becoming an authorized dealer & certified installer of Aviation Clean Air (ACA) solutions
- WestJet concludes repatriation flight program with Global Affairs Canada
- Wrong bearing to blame for PAL plane’s rocky landing in Stephenville in 2018: report