TOP STORY
Airlines will need 255,000 new pilots by 2027: Report
DECISIONS
- Grievance – Bullying/Harassment – Unite Here, Local 40 v Host International Canada, Ltd., 2017 CanLII 37195
Policy grievance over bullying and harassment of servers at YVR restaurant – Employer preliminary objections – Objections partially upheld, Arbitrator invited further particulars from both parties and remedies sought by Union - Complaint (s. 240) – Wrongful Dismissal – Buchan v Thunder Airlines Limited, 2017 CanLII 38554
Employee misrepresentation – Misconduct – Employee failed to file proper CRA documents resulting in penalties and assessment for Employer – Time to examine misconduct did not amount to condonation of same – Complaint dismissed - Judicial Review – Penalty – Canada (Attorney General) v. Friesen, 2017 FC 567
Helicopter pilot fined $1000 for stunt sliding helicopter between hockey players on lake – Errors found in both standard of review and treatment of expert evidence – Application granted, referred back to TATC for reconsideration by another Appeal Panel - Motion – Arbitration award – Government of The Dominican Republic c. Geci Española, 2017 QCCS 2619
Motion by both parties to either annul or homologate arbitration decision – Arbitration dispute arising out of contract for production and installation of air traffic control system – Arbitration award homologated - Application – OHSC decision – Jazz Aviation, 2017 QCTAT 2722
Injury of 64 year old baggage attendant – Determination of pre-existing defect influencing workplace fall injuries – Pre-existing condition unproven – Dismissed, cost of benefits related to worker’s injury to be charged to Jazz Aviation LP
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Flexjet, LLC c.o.b. as Jet Solutions L.L.C. – Order No. 2017-A-104
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Premier Air, Inc. c.o.b. as Premier Private Jets – Determination No. A-2017-80
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Middle East Airlines Airliban S.A.L. – Determination No. A-2017-79
Pursuant to subsection 78(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, 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-2017-81
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 – Aero-Tech Services, Inc. – Determination No. A-2017-82
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge, on behalf of itself and Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft – Determination No. A-2017-83
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 - Suspension – ASI Charter, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-105
Licence No. 961007
TC/TSB NEWS
INDUSTRY ASSOCAITION NEWS
- OAC: Pratt & Whitney Canada signs maintenance contracts covering more than 300 auxiliary power units
- OAC: Bombardier unveils Ethiopian Airlines as previously undisclosed customer that ordered Q400 aircraft
UNION NEWS
- ACPA: Air Canada Pilots Association welcomes Transportation Committee Report
- IAMAW: Global aerospace industry is at a crossroads
- IAMAW: Fit to fly
- IAMAW: St John’s Swissport membership embraces new deal
- CFPA: Aviation safety concerns addressed by Transport Committee report
AVIATION MEDIA
- $40 Bn of new commercial aircraft orders at Paris Air Show 2017
- Air Canada named Best Airline in North America by Skytrax World Airline Awards at the Paris Air Show
- Air Transat voted second on the Best Leisure Airline List
- Bombardier continues to build momentum with successful Paris Air Show
- CAE releases airline pilot demand outlook
- CAE signs series of commercial and business aviation training contracts
- Faster airport security? New automated checkpoints may have you sailing through
- Jazz Aviation designated as a Bombardier authorized service facility in Canada
- London Fanshawe students ‘can’t wait’ to work on classic Canadian aircraft
- More use of aircraft voice and data recorders would ‘help identify hazards:’ TSB chair
- Pearson airport blocks ads from passenger-compensation company Flight Claim
- Police at Ottawa airport can now carry carbine rifles
- Rule requiring airlines to keep 2 crew in cockpit at all times lifted by Transport Canada
- Survey ranks Air Canada as top North American airline — is it true?
- The world’s airlines need to train 70 new pilots a day over the next 10 years to meet growing demand, CAE study says
- ‘Toxic’ cabin air on your flight linked to cancer, neurological problems: WHO report
- Vancouver International Airport and Musqueam First Nation sign 30-year agreement
- WestJet, MRU team up to give aviation students a lift with pilot mentors, expensive simulators
