October 5, 2018 – ‘It’s time,’ says 1st indigenous woman in Canada to start an airline on her own
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‘It’s time,’ says 1st indigenous woman in Canada to start an airline on her own
CIRB DECISIONS
- Unfair labour practice – Innotech Aviation Ltd. – Order No. 31503-C
Employer alleged that union, Innotech Aviation Limited Employees’ Association, gave service agreement to Unifor – union representation work without certificate – complaint dismissed – Unifor was not actually representing employees – no violation of Canada Labour Code
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Thunderbird Airways, Inc – Order No. 2018-A-162
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58
TC/TSB NEWS
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to a helicopter crash north of Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport, Ontario
- MMEL Notifications
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CAC: Canadian Chamber supports air travellers, shippers, the Canadian economy
- CBAA: Full throttle: harnessing the power of business aviation
- ICAO: Fourth ICAO World Aviation Forum highlights key development priorities to Americas and Caribbean participants
- OAC: Trinity Aerospace – heat treatment facility approved by Bombardier Aerospace
- OAC: Quebec Aerospace Industry Newsletter No. 1
UNION NEWS
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada president and chief executive Calin Rovinescu given CEO lifetime achievement award by the Airline Passenger Experience Association
- Air Transat signs partnership with SNCF to offer TGV AIR, an air-rail combo, boosting its France and Belgium product offering year-round
- Air Transat standardizes its fares in economy class
- Bombardier CRJ Series certified for higher maintenance intervals
- Bombardier Global 7500 set to receive Transport Canada type certification
- Canadian North to offer wireless in-flight entertainment on select flights
- Could legislation give air travellers more legroom?
- Emergency landing at St. John’s YYT
- FAA inks aviation agreements with Canada and Brazil
- Flying with medical marijuana? 4 things to remember
- Helitrades Inc. launches new website
- Jazz maintenance division receive Embraer certification
- Jazz Technical Services awarded airBaltic maintenance contract
- Man dead after helicopter crash in Stouffville
- Montreal-Trudeau takes important step with acoustic screen project
- MPDAR receives STC for Bae Jetstream 3212 fleet
- New investment is making an Alberta village the foremost for developing aerial systems technology
- Nolinor Aviation modernizes 10 Boeing 737-200s with UA glass cockpit
- U.S. National Transportation Safety Board fatigue findings a wakeup call for Ottawa
- WestJet goes pink again to help make breast cancer beatable
- WestJet to host an investor day on December 4, 2018 in Toronto