Transport committee  It's not optional.

Transport committee  That is correct.

Transport committee  Even if they are not comfortable with carrying it out, they certainly have the option of being replaced.

Transport committee  We support the 1:50 ratio. We feel that if the exit arrangements on the aircraft can be properly covered with the 1:50 ratio, then there's no degradation to safety and there's no reason we should not be harmonized with both ICAO and the U.S. FAA in this matter.

Transport committee  Being physically able to do so is part of the briefing. When the person does the briefing, they are not only looking to impart the information but also evaluating the person as to whether or not they are physically capable of handling the exit and whether or not they speak an app

Transport committee  I cannot answer that question. I actually do not know the answer.

Transport committee  To be very clear, the airports don't have the dangerous goods responsibility. What goes on the aircraft is the carrier's responsibility.

Transport committee  I don't think the marketing of the exit row, primarily due to the fact that it typically has a little more leg room, can be muddled into the safety aspect of it. I'm very chagrined to hear you say that some of the briefings you get there aren't adequate. When I talk to northern

Transport committee  It's definitely a challenge and it's becoming more so. We have a lot of programs and we're actually just setting up a training program to work with the local community colleges and high schools, because what we find is that people from the north tend to stay in the north and we h

Transport committee  I would wholeheartedly agree with you. The employers right now are far more focused on retention than getting rid of people. The cost and investment in your pilots, your maintenance people, your cargo handlers, your DG experts, with what it takes to attract and then get those peo

Transport committee  I was recently talking with one of our smaller members, and he was really bemoaning the fact that he finally had to let go a pilot he was bringing up through the ranks. The pilot wasn't going to work out, and the member was really upset at having to do it because of the time he h

Transport committee  If you take a look at a larger organization, one of the real benefits of an SMS system is data. The more data you acquire on your operation, the more data you can mine on incidents—incidents that are captured before they become accidents so that you can proactively deal with them

Transport committee  Yes, absolutely.

Transport committee  Part of the problem from the very beginning has been that Transport Canada will not tell you how to do SMS. They will tell you what their expectations are, but they will not tell you how to do it. That has spawned a whole industry out there of people, with the ATAC product, or th

Transport committee  Our particular organization simply does not have the resources for that. We actually prefer to work with the Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace and endorse their product as we feel it's appropriate.