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Airlines demand concrete plan for financial aid following Throne Speech
DECISIONS
- Grievance, holiday pay – Air Canada Pilots Association v Air Canada, 2020 CanLII 68783 (CA LA)
Union grieves that Pilots are entitled to holiday pay pursuant to Part III of the Canada Labour Code – Arbitrator found employees had substituted their general holidays for dates selected under Article 19.02.02 of the Collective Agreement – Arbitrator further concluded employees had not made themselves available for work, and therefore did not meet the conditions for the receipt of holiday pay under the Code – grievance dismissed.
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – CD Pilot and Aircraft Management SD, LLC – Order No. 2020-A-147
License suspended pursuant to paragraph 75(1)(b) of the Canada Transportation Act.
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- New Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft in Comox
- Transportation of dangerous goods newsletter: Spring/Summer 2020 edition – Transformation
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- AIAC – Statement by AIAC on the Speech from the Throne
- AIAC – ATAC response to the Throne Speech
- CBCAA-ACAA – NAV CANADA business update – letter to stakeholders
- COPA – Canada test pilot school to train RCAF aviators
- COPA – First operational SAR Airbus CC-295 arrives in Canada
- COPA – Layoffs at Nav Canada, FICs to Close
- ICAO – ICAO encourages increased alignment of national aviation recovery efforts
UNION NEWS
- AFA – 4 days to #EXTENDPSP and save our jobs
- ALPA – ALPA’s latest investment in the future of airline travel is “ready for takeoff”
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI calls for widespread deployment of testing to foster international travel
- Atlantic Canada airports estimate 92 per cent drop in summer travel
- Mandatory temperature checks coming to YYT, as N.L. records no new cases Monday
- Summer traffic loss severe: No recovery in sight
- Sydney airport looks for lifeline after significant traffic drop
- Temperature screenings now mandatory at Saskatchewan’s 2 biggest airports
- The seven pillars of an airport survival strategy
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- FAA AD: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited Model 429 helicopters
- Vancouver poised to become early adopter of eVTOLs in North America
- Walmart is using drones to deliver COVID-19 tests in Las Vegas
AVIATION NEWS
- 2-year-olds are getting kicked off planes for refusing to wear a mask. Is that fair?
- Airbus CEO warns on jobs after air travel market worsens
- Air Canada tops U.S. list of foreign airline complaints over refunds
- Airlines call for COVID-19 tests before all international flights
- Airlines control Nunavut’s pandemic flight schedules, says Minister
- Airlines demand ‘concrete plan’ for financial aid following Throne Speech
- CAE launches Airside, a new digital platform for pilots
- Canada’s airports look forward to working with the federal government on financial support for the sector
- Fanshawe’s new aviation program soars despite pandemic
- First CC-295 FWSAR aircraft arrives at 19 Wing Comox
- Laid-off WestJet employees have jobs contracted out, call severance a ‘sham’
- NAV CANADA announces workforce reductions and looks to streamline operations
- Nav Canada closing Winnipeg flight centre location
- Nav Canada tests remote air traffic services
- The future of Canada’s aviation industry