TOP STORY
IAMAW District Lodge 140 v Air Canada, 2017 BCSC 1060
Judicial Review – Termination Grievance
17-year cabin employee terminated for theft of nuts and lotion discarded by deplaned passengers – Arbitrator upheld termination for theft and bribery – Court found penalty outweighed offence by long term employee with clean record – Penalty overturned, to be re-submitted to arbitration for determination
DECISIONS
- Injunction – Trademark Infringement – United Airlines, Inc. v. Cooperstock, 2017 FC 617
Website found to infringe upon United trademarks and copyrights – Injunction restraining the use of Plaintiff marks on Defendant website issued - Appeal – Civil Claim – Gill v. WorkSafeBC, 2017 BCCA 239
Helicopter technician denied further benefits when injury discovered to be pre-existing condition – Civil claim filed against WorkSafeBC found to not disclose reasonable claim and struck – Appeal of decision to strike claim found to be meritless and dismissed – Forum to pursue denial of benefits is Judicial Review not Civil Claim
CIRB DECISIONS
- Certification Application – Objection – G4S Secure Solutions (Canada) Ltd., 2017 CIRB 850
Certification application for Service Delivery Managers (SDMs) and Operations Centre Managers (OCMs) of security screeners at YVR – Employer objection to management members certification – SDMs and OCMs found to be employees, not managers – Ballots ordered to be counted to determine desire to unionize
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo – Determination No. A-2017-84
Pursuant to subsection 78(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Longtail Aviation International Limited – Order No. 2017-A-106
Exemptions from paragraph 33.1(b), subparagraph 73(2)(c)(i) and section 33.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Suspension – Lake Placid Airways, Inc. c.o.b. as Adirondack Flying Service – Order No. 2017-A-107
Licence No. 967580
TC/TSB NEWS
- Transport Canada approves drone test range in Alma, QC
- The Canadian Transportation Agency releases its 2016-2017 Annual Report and At the Heart of Transportation: A Moving History
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
- MMEL
- TC MMEL Supplement
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- AFA: Flight attendant union champions clean air for passengers and crew, applauds lawmaker action
- APA: Allied Pilots Association urges inclusion of Cabin Air Safety Act in FAA Bill
- COPA: GA Safety Campaign launched
- ICAO: Air cargo growth requires renewed commitment to Lomé Declaration – ICAO Council President
UNION NEWS
- CUPE: Aviation safety: One step closer to a safe ratio of 1 flight attendant for every 40 passengers
- IAMAW: CAE-Machinists ink new contract
- IAMAW: IAM campaign to organize WestJet takes off
- UNIFOR: First agreement gives Perimeter Flight Attendants, District 298, a solid foundation
AVIATION MEDIA
- A Canadian-made plane caused all those hot-weather flight delays in Phoenix: airline
- Air Canada named one of the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in North America
- As Trump travel ban takes effect, lawyers mobilize at Canadian airports
- CAE, GE Canada and Rockwell Collins in Canada join Team Cormorant
- Cargojet successfully recertifies ISO 9001 quality accreditation
- Enhanced airport security could end U.S. laptop ban
- Frequent flyer program by Air Canada
- MTU Maintenance Canada and Volaris sign exclusive engine accessories contract
- Mystery behind the Midgic Airport: local legend or hidden history?
- New airline Air Borealis to serve Canada’s far east
- Northern airlines feeling the strain as Canada faces shortage of 6,000 pilots
- ‘Only girl in the class’: Women in aviation conference inspires, reflects on progress
- Ornge air ambulance to land at region’s airport for now
- Porter Airlines grows Atlantic market with new service to Fredericton
- Rockwell Collins earns cargo freighter STC
- United wins against passenger rights advocate
- US holds off expanding airline laptop ban as new rules laid out