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Settlement Process Reached Between WestJet Pilots and WestJet
DECISIONS
- Grievance – Meal Allowance – Canadian Union of Public Employees, Air Canada Component v Air Canada Rouge, 2018 CanLII 44930
Grievance regarding failure to pay meal allowance during mandatory training periods – Review of collective agreement language clearly connected meal allowance to duty on flights, not non-flight duty – Dismissed - Preliminary Objection – Unjust Dismissal – Hogan and Air Spray (1967) Ltd., Re, 2018 CarswellNat 2154
Pilot complaint for unjust dismissal – Employer contended pilot was laid off and that lay-off was due to 25% reduction in provincial funding – Employer challenged jurisdiction based on s. 242(3.1)(a) which prevents complaint from being considered by an adjudicator where an employee has been laid off because of lack of work or because of the discontinuance of a function – Adjudicator noted two-part test to apply s. 242 – Employer had proven economic circumstances necessitated reduction in workforce but failed to provide evidence showing how lay-off employees were chosen – s. 242 not shown to apply to complaint based on two-part test – Adjudicator has jurisdiction to hear Complaint
CIRB DECISIONS
- Certificate Amendment – Securitas Transport Aviation Security Limited, Order No.: 11270-U
United Steelworkers amended to United Steelworkers, Local 9554 – all pre-board screening officers and point leaders working for Securitas Transport Aviation Security Limited at the Montréal‑Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Silvertip Aviation Ltd. – Determination No. A-2018-112
Suspension of License Nos. 962406 and 967158 - Application – Whitetooth Helicopters Ltd. – Determination No. A-2018-115
Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air Tahiti Nui on behalf of itself and American Airlines, Inc. – Determination No. A-2018-114
Pursuant to subsection 78(2) and section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Mountain Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-89
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Executive Airlines SL – Order No. 2018-A-90
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 – Jordan Aviation – Order No. 2018-A-88
Suspension of License No. 110066
TC/TSB NEWS
- Minister Garneau’s Statement on the Transportation Modernization Act Receiving Royal Assent
- The Government of Canada Invests in Transportation Infrastructure at the Charlottetown Airport in Prince Edward Island
- TC MMEL
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
UNION NEWS
- ACPA: Pilots Unhappy with Potential Changes to Flying Time Regulations
- IAMAW: Contract Flip Nets IAM New Contract and New Members
- PSAC: Privatization is Not the Answer for Montreal’s Airport
- UCTE: UCTE Wants Changes to Bill C-65 on Workplace Harassment
- UNIFOR: First Tentative Agreement Reached with Air Georgian
- UNIOFR: Air Georgian to Hold Ratification Meetings
AVIATION MEDIA
- Airlines are Offering Deals, Increasing Capacity in case WestJet Pilots go on Strike
- Alberta Woman Says Air Canada Left her Stranded in P.E.I. over ID Mixup
- Bombardier Sees Surge in Demand for Pre-Owned Aircraft in Africa
- Canada Finalizing New Flight and Duty Time Regulations for Pilots
- Canada Passes Law Hiking Airline, CN Rail Ownership Limits
- Canada’s Transportation Modernization Act Becomes Law
- Flair Air, Which Offered to Help Displaced WestJet Passengers, is also in Labour Talks
- Jazz Adds Collège Air Richelieu Flight Instructors to its Professional Pilot Career Pathway Program
- Painting the Skies Pink: Swoop Livery Unveiled
- Porter Airlines Still Clinging to Hopes of Flying Jets from Billy Bishop, Keeps Conditional CSeries Order Intact
- Proposed Rules to Prevent Pilot Fatigue could Hurt Service to Northern Communities, Transport Group Says
- Rude Officers, Seized Items and Touchy Pat Downs Top CATSA Complaints List
- Statement by the CBSA President on Redeployment of Staff
- Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Obtains Level 2 Certification under the Airport Carbon Accreditation Program
- WestJet and Pilots Resume Contract Negotiations in Calgary
- WestJet Flight Attendants Face Uncertain Future if Pilots Strike
