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Airlines Struggle with Global Pilot Shortage
DECISIONS
- Appeal – Lower Back Injury – Decision No. 2649/17, 2018 ONWSIAT 890
Appeal of three ARO decisions regarding back injury of AME in 2012 – Worker had pre-existing condition, however workplace accident aggravated condition – Employee granted ongoing entitlement on the basis that back did not return to pre-injury state – Other Appeals withdrawn
CIRB DECISIONS
- Certification – Calm Air International LP – Order No.: 11275-U
United Steelworkers – all employees of Calm Air International LP in the City of Thompson, the town of Churchill and the town Gillam, Manitoba, employed in cargo operations, excluding Cargo Manager, the Assistant Cargo Manager, the Administrative Manager, the Warehouse Manager and persons at or above the rank of Assistant Cargo Manager.
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Air Excursions LLC c.o.b. as Alaska Seaplanes – Determination No. A-2018-124
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air Excursions LLC c.o.b. as Alaska Seaplanes – Determination No. A-2018-125
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – 2610721 Ontario Inc. c.o.b. as Clark’s Air Service – Determination No. A-2018-126
Pursuant to section 61 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Longtail Aviation International Limited – Order No. 2018-A-104
For 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 - Suspension – Southeast Aviation, LLC – Order No. 2018-A-95
Licence No. 020014 - Suspension – Executive Air Taxi Corp. – Order No. 2018-A-96
Licence No. 967021 – Licence reinstated effective June 7, 2018 - Suspension – Dolphin Atlantic, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-97
Licence No. 030034 – Licence reinstated effective June 6, 2018 - Suspension – Exec Air Montana, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-101
Licence No. 967000 – Licence reinstated effective June 6, 2018 - Suspension – Tri-State Aero, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-100
Licence No. 150107 - Suspension – Sunrise Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-99
Licence No. 970034 - Suspension – Loon Air Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-98
Licence No. 100084 - Suspension – Corporate flight International – Order No. 2018-A-102
Licence No. 967252 - Suspension – Jetset Airlines, LLC – Order No. 2018-A-103
Licence No. 100038
TC/TSB NEWS
- Misidentification of Runway in Reduced Visibility Contributed to the March 2017 Risk of Collision with Terrain of a WestJet flight in Sint Maarten
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CAC: Sam Samaddar Elected Chair of the Canadian Airports Council
- ICAO: Promoting Aviation and Airport Sustainability for World Environment Day
UNION NEWS
- ALPA: Keeping Humans in the Flight Deck and the Public Safe
- IAMAW: The C-Series Limited Partnership is now Official
- UNIFOR: Unifor Strike Mandate at Bombardier Downsview
- UNIFOR: Air Georgian Toronto Ratification Meetings
- UNIFOR: Jazz Aviation L.P.: Crew Schedulers say “YES” to a New Collective Agreement
- UNIFOR: Announcement from Unifor/Air Canada Bargaining Committee Customer Sales and Service Agents
- UNIFOR: Unifor Local 2002 Files for Conciliation with Swissport
AVIATION MEDIA
- Air Canada and Air China Sign First China-North American Airline Joint Venture
- Air Creebec now Connecting James Bay Cree Communities
- C Series Deal to Close on Canada Day
- Former Virgin Executive Brings Flare to Flair
- Fort McMurray Airport Suing Insurer for $34M over Losses in Wildfire
- Kreos Aviation is Expanding to Regina International Airport
- Minister Bains’ Statement on Airbus/Bombardier Strategic Partnership
- N.B. Medical Marijuana User files Complaint over Treatment at Toronto Airport
- No-Frills ‘Nightmares’: Passengers Describe Missing Refunds and Bookings with Canada’s Flair Air
- Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Ontario Highway: OPP
- ‘So Much Poop’: Transport Canada Investigating after Human Feces Rains Down on B.C. Woman
- WestJet Respects Binding Interim Order in Relation to Swoop