May 2, 2017 – Westjet low cost airline could spur union drive
TOP STORY
WestJet’s plan to launch no-frills airline could stoke union drives
DECISIONS
- Grievance – Termination – Swissport Canada Fuel Services Inc. et Association internationale des machinistes et des travailleurs et travailleuses de l’aérospatiale, district des transports 140 (Antonio Barile), 2017 QCTA 212
Gas pumper terminated for physical altercation with co-worker – Co-worker was consciously aggravating him – Termination reduced to 2.5 month suspension – Allowed - Reasons – Public interest privilege – The Commissioner of Competition v Vancouver Airport Authority, 2017 CACT 6
Interest privilege in the context – Class-based public interest privilege – Class privilege – Procedural fairness – Documents - Constructive Dismissal – Cicale and Swiss International Air Lines Ltd., Re, 2017 CarswellNat 1428
US employee working 50% in Montreal – CLC jurisdiction found regarding employment location – Dismissed, employee found to be manager and not under jurisdiction of CLC - Appeal – Mental stress and strep throat – Decision No. 3084/16, 2017 ONWSIAT 303
Customer service agent spit on by passenger – Claimed PTSD – Denied – Worker failed to prove incident occurred, let alone caused mental stress
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining unit reorganization – Air Georgian Limited – 2017 CIRB 847 – January 26, 2017
Application to create three separate bargaining units from one joint unit – Allowed – Ballot count ordered to determine union representation of new units
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – SC Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-58
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, 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-2017-30
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 Jet Services, L.L.C. c.o.b. as Aero Jet Services – Order No. 2017-A-57
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – ELT Aviation Ltd. – Determination No. A-2017-34
Pursuant to subsection 73(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended - Application – ELT Aviation Ltd. – Determination No. A-2017-33
Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended - Application – CFFI Ventures Inc. – Determination No. A-2017-32
Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended - Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo, on behalf of itself and Cargojet Airways Ltd. also c.o.b. as Cargojet Regional – Determination No. A-2017-36
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 – Delco Aviation Ltée – Determination No. A-2017-35
For suspension of Licence No. 972081 - Suspension – Sharp‑Tail Aviation Ltd. – Order No. 2017-A-56
Licence Nos. 120112 and 120113 - Suspension – Dreamline Aviation, LLC – Order No. 2017-A-59
Licence No. 100093 – Licence reinstated effective April 24, 2017 - Suspension – Opnet Contracting Corp. – Order No. 2017-A-60
Licence No. 140075
TC/TSB NEWS
- TSB deploys an investigator following the occurrence involving a Cessna aircraft near Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
- TSB Quarterly Review (April 2017)
- Civil Aviation Safety Alert (CASA)
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
- MMEL/TC Supplements
UNION NEWS
- IAM: Sky Café kitchen staff latest airport group to join IAM
- CFPA: Feds, Canadian pilots disagree over extent to vetting foreign pilots
- COPA: Buttonville to stay open until 2018
AVIATION MEDIA
- Aéroports de Montréal announces $250-million bond issue
- Airline passenger bill of rights good idea: poll
- American Airlines worker challenges passenger to ‘hit me’ in fight over stroller
- Aviation officer gives his version of United flight passenger removal
- Bob Cummings, to lead ultra-low-cost airline
- Bombardier appoints Jeff Hutchinson as Chief Information Officer
- Bombardier rejects Boeing claim CSeries was dumped into the U.S. at below cost
- Bouygues is transforming Iqaluit Airport into an international gateway
- Canadian kicked off United Airlines flight after seat change request
- Canadian North scraps plans to fly to Clyde River, Nunavut
- Canadians still waiting for airline passenger rights legislation
- Dad, 2 young kids ordered off Air Canada plane after mother turned away at gate
- Delta Air Lines kicks passenger off flight for using bathroom while plane was waiting to take off
- Lost dog WestJet put on wrong flight found safe near Hamilton airport
- Jazz welcomes Bearskin Airlines to its pilot pathway program
- Most Canadians think privatizing airports is a bad idea: poll
- ORNGE urged to give night-vision goggles to pilots before chopper crash, court told
- Passenger dragged off United Airlines plane wins settlement
- Planning to fly with an ultra low-cost carrier? Canadians shouldn’t expect too much
- Safe Bag secures five-year contract at Vancouver International Airport
- Should airlines be allowed to overbook flights and bump passengers?
- Statement on the petition by Boeing Aerospace Corporation
- Toronto, Montreal to debate federal airport privatization
- Toronto woman misses Galapagos cruise after Air Canada bump
- Transport Canada and EASA award Steep Approach Certifications to Bombardier CS100 Aircraft
- United Airlines to offer up to $10K US to bumped passengers
- WestJet chooses Safran wheels and carbon brakes for its Boeing 737 MAX fleet
- WestJet – ‘LessJet’ – crams more people on flights: It’s what Canadians want
- Why flying on airlines is only going to get worse
- Windsor Airport traffic takes off with 21 per cent increase