TOP STORY
Gate Gourmet Canada v Unifor Québec, section locale 698, 2018 CanLII 1647
- Grievance – Termination
Worker refused test for alcohol after Employer suspected drinking during working hours – Zero tolerance policy enforced – Employee refused test and left grounds against Employer’s request – Termination upheld – Employer’s actions were reasonable
DECISIONS
- Appeal – Passenger Rights – Delta Air Lines Inc. v. Lukács, 2018 SCC 2
Complainant alleging air carrier’s practices regarding transportation of obese persons are discriminatory – Agency dismissed complaint on basis that complainant lacked standing – Whether Agency reasonably exercised its discretion to dismiss complaint – Appeal allowed in part, remitted back to CTA for reconsideration in whole - Appeal – Workplace Injury – Singh et Bombardier (services juridiques), 2018 QCTAT 231
Appeal of denial of benefits for workplace injury – Carpal tunnel syndrome not found to be workplace injury – Time limits for hearing loss claim expired – No reasonable grounds for delay – Dismissed in full
CIRB DECISIONS
- Application – Revocation of Certification – Swissport Canada Handling Inc. – Order No.: 11222-U
Teamsters decertified as bargaining agent – all groomers, ramp/ground handlers, mechanics, communications co-ordinators and storekeepers working for Swissport Canada Handling inc. at the international airports in Montréal (Dorval and Mirabel), excluding office staff, managers, supervisors and those above the rank of supervisor;
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Global Jet Luxembourg S.A. c.o.b. as Global Jet Luxembourg – Order No. 2018-A-17
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 – Northcoast Helicopter Inc. – Determination No. A-2018-9
Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Galaxy Airways Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-18
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 – Phenix Aviation Management Services Inc. – Determination No. A-2018-10
For suspension of Licence Nos. 060079 and 060080
TC/TSB NEWS
- The Government of Canada to test cutting-edge technologies to support secure and seamless global travel for air passengers
- Expanded Canada-Israel air transport agreement to allow more flights to provide new travel options and support trade
- TSB deployed a team of investigators to Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario, following a runway excursion
- Gusty crosswind conditions led to May 2016 hard landing on water of Inland Air DHC-2 Beaver floatplane in Kitkatla, British Columbia
- Lack of coordination and planning led to risk of collision between two passenger aircraft near Sudbury, Ontario
- Out-of-limit weight-and-balance and optical illusions contributed to a 2016 Beaver accident near Laidman Lake, British Columbia
- TSB Quarterly Review – Third quarter (January 2018)
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA: Girls invited to Nav Canada summer camp
- AIAC: AIAC statement: Announcement of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
UNION NEWS
- IAMAW: Bombardier wins C-Series battle!
- UNIFOR: USITC ruling major victory for Bombardier workers
- UNIFOR: Unifor 2002 reaches tentative agreement with Worldwide Flight Services
AVIATION MEDIA
- Boeing’s 787-10 Dreamliner cleared for commercial service
- Bombardier risks losing contested U.S. trade dispute with Boeing
- Bombardier wins bid to overturn 292% tariffs at U.S. trade body
- Diamond Aircraft announces several leadership appointments
- First Air announces proposal for growth to Canada’s Arctic
- Flair CEO eyes millennials
- Guestlogix releases new airline commerce platform
- Hamilton’s airport is the fastest growing in Canada
- Jazz Aviation Pathways Program expands to 16 organizations with addition of Collège Air Richelieu
- Kanata-based First Air proposes $17.5M expansion of Ottawa Airport cargo area
- Levaero Aviation receives EASA AMO approval
- Man dies following workplace incident at Sudbury Airport
- Passengers in Fond-du-Lac plane crash file class-action suit against airline
- Pilotless planes on the horizon if public acceptance grows, say experts
- Supreme Court orders 2nd look at complaint about airline bumping obese passengers
- Transport Canada refuses to release information
- TSB concludes investigation into near miss at Sudbury Airport
- TSB investigating after plane’s wheel goes off runway at Toronto Airport
- WestJet appeals lost bid to scrap harassment lawsuit by former flight attendant
- WestJet to add Yukon flights this summer, but to Calgary not Vancouver
- WestJet welcomes Alfredo C. Tan as chief digital and innovation officer
- YVR lifts off with record-setting year in 2017