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Swissport Canada Fuel Services Inc., Order No.: 11230-U
Revocation – Bargaining Unit – PSAC – all supervisors and administration employees of Swissport Canada Fuel Services Inc., working at the Vancouver International Airport, excluding the Payroll and Benefits Administrator, Facilities/Environmental Manager, Safety/Training Manager, Maintenance Manager, Operations Manager and Manager of Fuel Services – Certification revoked
DECISIONS
- Grievance – Lead Flight Attendant Pay Rate – Canadian Union of Public Employees, Air Canada Component v Air Canada Rouge, 2018 CanLII 7698
Whether Lead Flight Attendant (LFA) pay to be paid when Flight Attendant (FA) unable to work a scheduled flight as LFA because either sick or held out of service – Grievance allowed in part – LFA not a classification – LFA pay a premium, not payable on days where employee did not work – Employer estopped from changing its practice – While practice of paying LFA pay to FAs who were sick or held out of service was in error, Union relied on representation and lost opportunity to bargain over issue prior to change – Estoppel to last until bargaining for 2019-2022 collective agreement concludes
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Aerovias de Mexico S.A. de C.V. c.o.b.as AeroMexico, on behalf of itself; Delta Air Lines, Inc. c.o.b.as Delta Air Lines, as Delta and as Delta Shuttle; Compass Airlines, LLC, GoJet Airlines LLC, SkyWest Airlines, Inc., and Endeavor Air, Inc., all c.o.b.as, among others, Delta Connection; and Republic Airline Inc. c.o.b.as Republic Airlines, as Frontier Airlines, as United Express and as American Eagle – Determination No. A-2018-33
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 – Limited Liability Company “Maximus Airlines” – Determination No. A-2018-34
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Delta Air Lines, Inc. c.o.b.as Delta Air Lines, as Delta and as Delta Shuttle, on behalf of itself; Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A. c.o.b.as Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana, as Alitalia SAI and as Alitalia; and Endeavor Air, Inc., Compass Airlines, LLC, GoJet Airlines LLC, SkyWest Airlines, Inc., and ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., all c.o.b.as, among others, Delta Connection – Determination No. A-2018-35
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 – Jet 1 Charter, Inc. – Determination No. A-2018-36
To continue the suspension of Licence No. 030057 - Application – Delta Air Lines, Inc. c.o.b. as Delta Air Lines, as Delta and as Delta Shuttle, on behalf of itself; Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, N.V. (K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines); and GoJet Airlines LLC c.o.b. as, among others, Delta Connection – Determination No. A-2018-38
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 – Personas y Paquetes Por Aire S.A. de C.V. c.o.b. as AirLink – Order No. 2018-A-33
Licence No. 130073 - Suspension – Island Express Air Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-34
Licence Nos. 090088 and 130062
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