Transport committee  The process inspection is a supplementary piece. The PVI and the assessment are the primary tools in the SMS world.

Transport committee  The difference is in the entry point. We used to look at the detail. Today, we focus on the systems and then look at the detail to the extent necessary to support—

Transport committee  Certainly, we responded to the OAG finding that a lot of our inspections were not well documented in the past. We've introduced procedures to make sure that when the work is done, there is clear evidence that it was done and what the results of that inspection were.

Transport committee  We haven't taken any of the tools out of the tool box. The SUR talks about the way we plan to do things. Any of those tools, other tools, can be used in the circumstances. There's usually management involvement when that's appropriate, so there is some flexibility in there.

Transport committee  The no-notice ones are not part of the planned inspections in the sense that we plan to do them, but they're not put in the plan in terms of as scheduled. They are enabled during the course of the year, so the ones you're talking about are the planned work.

Transport committee  I'll start with a response to the comment regarding Ornge. Labour Canada and Transport Canada have two different mandates. They're both valid. In fact, we have applied monetary penalties to Ornge. Certainly, if further evidence comes from the TSB, we will respond to that. We we

Transport committee  The reality is the numbers are actually a lot better than that, and it's a hard thing to predict. One of the challenges we have is that as a safety rate has to be very low, it is subject to a lot of fluctuation. One accident can actually make quite difference in the number becaus

Transport committee  The plan is not to have it increase. The targets are meant to be realistic, in terms of what's achievable. We've consistently done better than target. That's still what we're trying to do. When we put those estimates in there, they need to be realistic. We have to look at the rat

Transport committee  The way to look at the numbers, and the way we look at them, is to take the TSB data. That is not showing a long-term increase in the numbers. There are fluctuations, as there are with any statistics, but the numbers are not actually increasing. What we put in, in terms of our ta

Transport committee  Certainly, when we find an issue and we look at the corrective action plan, the length of time they get to actually resolve the problem depends on the severity of the problem. If it's an administrative issue, there's more tolerance than if it's a safety issue, clearly. That's bui

Transport committee  Yes. We would look to see whether they've thought of all the aspects, and their analysis would be where they would do that and identify the risk. In some cases companies who have decided not to do something have done an assessment and decided the mitigation is just too much and i

Transport committee  The FAA is moving in gradually in a number of areas. In some cases it's still voluntary. The rule is there; it's not necessarily required at this point, but they are moving towards that. We've been doing a lot of sharing of experiences with them. They are committed and they are e

Transport committee  The way I'd like to characterize it is, generally speaking, if a company is moving into a different field of operation, extending their routes or changing their aircraft fleet, for example, under SMS we would expect them to do an assessment of all the risks to the company. From t

Transport committee  The main point is on suspensions. For example, we would often identify the conditions under which the suspension would be removed. It's quite often dependent on the companies as to how long it takes them to meet those conditions. It's not so much a penalty of a fixed period, but

Transport committee  Thank you. The accident rate in the last 10 years has continued to decrease. At the same time, we've seen a significant increase in air traffic. The outcome of that is that the actual number of accidents has gone down year over year. In fact, last year the total number of accide