Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  Every time there's a change, we are required to do a safety case internally and present that.

Transport committee  No, no.

Transport committee  It's exactly the same at Air Transat, with the CEO being the accountable executive. I am basically mandated by the chief of operations and chief of maintenance, who are ultimately responsible for the safety of their own operations. I'm there to assist them in managing the systems

Transport committee  Precisely in our system, there are no silos. Everything is intertwined. My safety team is integrated in all sectors. We work together for a single event. It may warrant investigation on various aspects, whether it's flight operations, cabin operations, maintenance. Whatever is

Transport committee  The employees within this organization have their own safety culture and reporting structure in place, so I'm not involved in that aspect. But definitely anything that is discovered as a result of this activity is followed up on, from our perspective internally, at Air Transat.

Transport committee  No, but if there were an event later on related to the inspection that went on and the root cause was identified as a result of this inspection activity, that's when we would involve the service provider.

Transport committee  I can begin. From our perspective, we do use an external service provider for our main inspection program. Every single aircraft, once it returns, is inspected by our own maintenance team. Whenever issues are discovered as a result of the inspection, we follow up directly with t

Transport committee  On our side, at Air Transat, I find face-to-face meetings with employees are the best means available as a vehicle for the message about safety. We do it through training programs that are ongoing on a yearly basis. Whether for pilots, flight attendants, or maintainers, we use ev

Transport committee  We follow the ICAO code, which is very clear about the goods that can be transported, be it by aircraft reserved for transporting cargo or aircraft transporting cargo and passengers. There are very strict rules about that. For each carrier, we choose the categories of dangerous g

Transport committee  As for employee involvement, there is a voluntary reporting program that encourages employees to inform us of incidents that occur during operations. The program is confidential, which ensures that no disciplinary action is taken against the employee after a report is made. Ther

Transport committee  Mr. Chair and members, I would like to tell you a bit about myself. I have worked for Air Transat for 16 years now after spending over 20 years in air operations with the Canadian Forces. For six years, I have been the manager responsible for implementing the air operations safe