TOP STORY
CUPE cleared for takeoff to represent WestJet flight attendants
DECISIONS
- Claim – Loss of Tools – Morin c. Premier Aviation Quebec Inc., 2018 QCCQ 5139
Employee claimed $3,859.94 for loss of personal tools from worksite – Employee was incarcerated and Employer emailed to advise his tools were locked up but he needed to make arrangements to pick up such personal belonging, employee failed to respond – Business was then sold and his tools were vandalized after they were left in unsecure location – New business found to have not made any guarantees to employee regarding the tools – Claim dismissed
CIRB DECISIONS
- Certification – WestJet, an Alberta Partnership, Interim Order No.: 11308-U
CUPE – all employees of WestJet, an Alberta Partnership employed as cabin crew members/flight attendants, excluding performance and support managers.
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Eagle Feather Aviation Inc. – Determination No. A-2018-165
For suspension of Licence No. 100109 - Application – Vital Aviation Ltd. – Determination No. A-2018-166
For suspension of Licence No. 962505 - Application – Swoop Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-127
Exemption from the application of section 59 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Singapore Airlines Cargo PTE Ltd. – Determination No. A-2018-167
For cancellation of Licence No. 080105 - Application – Anderson Air Ltd. – Order No. 2018-A-129
Exemptions from paragraphs 33.1(b) and 73(2)(c) and sections 33.2 and 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Trans States Airlines, LLC – Determination No. A-2018-169
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Aero Support Canada Inc. – Determination No. A-2018-171
Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Aero Support Canada Inc. – Determination No. A-2018-170
Pursuant to subsection 73(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air Excursions LLC c.o.b. as Alaska Seaplanes – Order No. 2018-A-132
Exemption from subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – OpenSkies c.o.b. as LEVEL – Determination No. A-2018-176
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 – Asif Islam Khan, on behalf of himself, his wife Proma Anwar, and his minor child against Jet Airways (India) Limited – Decision No. 43-C-A-2018
Refusal to transport – Compensation ordered - Application – Comlux Aruba N.V. – Order No. 2018-A-134
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 – GoJet Airlines LLC – Determination No. A-2018-177
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Singapore Airlines Limited – Order No. 2018-A-135
Exemptions from certain provisions of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Suspension – Phelps Collins Aviation, Inc. c.o.b. as Aviation North – Order No. 2018-A-128
Licence No. 977148 - Suspension – Windairwest, LLC – Order No. 2018-A-133
Licence No. 150061
TC/TSB NEWS
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to a small aircraft accident near Black Diamond, Alberta
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to an ultralight aircraft accident near North Bay, Ontario
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to a floatplane accident in Lake Muskoka, Ontario
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to an ultralight aircraft accident near Grande Prairie, Alberta
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to a floatplane accident on Tyaughton Lake, British Columbia
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to an air accident southwest of the Calgary/Springbank Airport, Alberta
- TC MMEL – CL-600-RJ STC SA08-89 2018-07-30
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
UNION NEWS
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- UNIFOR: Swissport- Toronto Members: Ratify a new three-year agreement
AVIATION MEDIA
- Airport Ground Handling Services Market Report 2018-2028
- Air Georgian writes open letter to Canadian aviation industry leaders
- Air passengers still slowing down emergency evacuations by grabbing carry-ons, says TSB
- Big shareholder tells Aimia rejecting Air Canada’s offer for Aeroplan would be ‘suicidal’
- Bombardier delivers another Challenger 650 Aircraft to Swiss Air-Rescue Rega for its growing next-generation air ambulance fleet
- CEO of Gander Airport ‘deeply disappointed’ in Halifax flight cancellation
- National Airlines Council of Canada urges Ottawa on decision of privatizing airport security
- Swoop becomes first Canadian ULCC to enter U.S. market
- Transport Canada certifies 90-seat cabin configuration for Bombardier Q400
- WestJet statement on cabin crew certification
