May 30, 2017 – Mandatory retirement for pilots upheld
TOP STORY
Gregg v. Air Canada Pilots Association, 2017 FC 506
Judicial Review – Mandatory retirement
Application for Judicial Review of CHRC decision regarding termination due to age – Normal age of pilot retirement found to be 60 – CHRC decision was within range of acceptable possible outcome based on fact and law – Dismissed with costs
DECISIONS
- Application for Certification – International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers / Association Internationale des Machinistes et des Travailleuses et Travailleurs de l’Aérospatiale v Sky Café Ltd., 2017 CanLII 31552
Ballots cast – All employee unit certified
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining Unit Order – Garda Security Screening Inc. – Order No.: 11142-U
Certification of all employee bargaining unit at Winnipeg International Airport – Teamsters
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Flair Airlines Ltd. c.o.b. as Flair Air – Determination No. A-2017-53
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. \10, as amended - Application – Jet Exchange Limited – Order No. 2017-A-80
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 - Application – Aeroenlaces Nacionales S.A. de C.V. c.o.b. as Vivaaerobus – Order No. 2017-A-81
Exemption from subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended - Application – Summit Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-85
Exemption from subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended - Suspension – Climb Helicopters Ltd. – Order No. 2017-A-82
Licence No. 130061 - Suspension – Hydra Helicopters Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-83
Licence No. 090064 - Suspension – Sunnyfield Aviation Associates, L.L.C. – Order No. 2017-A-84
Licence No. 100008
TC/TSB NEWS
- Government of Canada investing in safety at local and regional airports
- Airports Capital Assistance Program: 2017-2018 Projects
- Parks Canada and Air North, Yukon’s Airline announce partnership to promote tourism in Canada’s north
- Misinterpretation of taxi instruction led to January 2016 runway incursion and risk of collision at Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to an aircraft accident in Arnprior, Ontario
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
- MMEL Revisions
- TC MMEL Supplements
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA: New investments in local airports
- CAC: Canada’s airports welcome federal engagement with air transport sector
UNION NEWS
- ALPA: WestJet pilots elect first interim pilot union leaders
- UNIFOR: CLS Catering Vancouver rejects tentative agreement
AVIATION MEDIA
- Canadian pilot shortage “very real,” says industry consultant
- CAE extends business aviation pilot training with Elit’Avia
- Child restraint systems in commercial aviation should be mandatory: TSB
- Discovery Air receives court approval for going private transaction
- Flight risk: airport wildlife on the rise
- Ottawa urges airlines to stop passenger bumping before law takes effect
- Passenger behavior highlighted in Canada crash
- Privatization of Canada airports needs bondholder pass
- Rockwell Collins latest ”Made in Canada” communications solutions
- WestJet again named Canada’s most trusted airline
- When airline passengers fight back