TOP STORY
Rego v. Northern Air Solutions Inc., 2017 ONSC 4248
Appeal – Overtime
Appeal of decision to not award overtime on averaged hours – Lack of overtime technically offended CLC – Employment contract clear on hour averaging – Failure to post overtime averaging agreement not sufficient to override clear contract – Dismissed
DECISIONS
- Passenger complaint – Extra charges – Bastiampillai c. Air France, 2017 QCCQ 10565
Claim for $1,496 for additional charges due to Air France penalty to ticket seller – Claim not brought against appropriate party – Claim dismissed
CIRB DECISIONS
- Certification – All employee unit – ASIG Ground Handling Canada Ltd., Order No.: 11178-U
all employees of ASIG Ground Handling Canada Ltd. working at the Saskatoon International Airport, in the province of Saskatchewan, excluding human resources generalists, administrative positions, supervisors, station managers and those above the rank of station manager. - Certification – All employee unit – Maintair Aviation Services Ltd., Order No.: 11182-U
all employees of Maintair Aviation Services Ltd. working in ground handling services, including baggage handling, ramp coordination and grooming/cleaning of planes at Thunder Bay International Airport, excluding managers and those above.
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Flair Airlines Ltd. c.o.b. as Flair Air – Determination No. A-2017-151
For a reduction of the notice period requirement set out in subsection 64(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo – Determination No. A-2017-149
In the matter of the operation of scheduled international services between Canada and Tanzania pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. as Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo – Determination No. A-2017-150
In the matter of the operation of scheduled international services between Canada and Oman and between Canada and Tanzania, pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended (CTA), and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Exclusive Jets, LLC c.o.b. as Fly Exclusive – Order No. 2017-A-167
Exemption from subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Executive Fliteways, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-166
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Cargojet Airways Ltd. also c.o.b. as Cargojet Regional – Determination No. A-2017-152
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Air Rutter International LLC c.o.b. as Alerion Aviation – Order No. 2017-A-168
Exemption from section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Wind River Air Ltd. – Determination No. A-2017-153
For suspension of Licence No. 080072 - Application – Wellsville Flying Service, Inc. – Determination No. A-2017-154
For cancellation of Licence No. 967590 - Suspension – Westwind Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-165
Licence No. 050088 – Licence reinstated effective October 6, 2017 - Suspension – Maine Aviation Management, Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-169
Licence No. 060087 - Suspension – Executive Air Charter of Boca Raton, Inc. c.o.b. as Fairwind Air Charter – Order No. 2017-A-170
Licence No. 010076 – Licence reinstated effective October 12, 2017
TC/TSB NEWS
- Upgrades to Edmundston Airport to benefit northwest New Brunswick communities
- Foreign Airworthiness Directive
- MMEL
UNION NEWS
- Teamsters: Teamsters, Swissport, reach tentative agreement
- Unifor: American duties threaten Canadian aerospace
- Unifor: Canada needs to take control of their airports, not privatize them
AVIATION MEDIA
- Airport CEO resigns
- Annick Guérard appointed Transat’s chief operating officer
- Bombardier offering 4G air-to-ground high-speed internet system
- Calm Air swoops in to avert fuel crisis in Churchill, Man.
- Centennial College tops off new Centre for Aerospace and Aviation at Downsview Park
- Chorus Aviation subsidiary Jazz Aviation honoured with Employment Equity Achievement Award
- Delta to follow through with order for 75 Bombardier C Series jets
- First Air unveils a new look with bold colours and Arctic symbol
- Federal government seeking partner to look at way to create domestic jet biofuel industry
- Near miss near Calgary as MRU trainer aircraft and commercial plane narrowly avoid collision
- Taking the charter industry by storm
- ‘We’re poised for growth’: London International Airport marks spike in passengers, looks to add direct flights
- WestJet unveils Canada’s 1st Boeing 737 MAX
- Yukon gov’t denies suggestion it plans to introduce airport tax