Thank you, Madam Chair.
Certainly, I'm sympathetic to a lot of what you say, and generally have been supportive of the intention of the bill, but there are a certain number of unintended consequences. Remarkably, Mr. Martin raised a few of them. One of them is that there are fiercely fought collective bargaining agreements and contracts in place. Air Canada pilots are quite different from, say, Jazz or WestJet and other pilots because of that structure. You can't compare the two because it's like comparing apples and oranges.
Part of the consideration that I'm going to embark upon was actually raised by Mr. Kesselman, and that's things like pension benefits, health insurance, disability coverage, and life insurance--which, of course, exponentially increases in cost to those within the collective bargaining agreement and others as you extend the age of retirement. I'll start from this proposition. It would be fair to say, specifically with Air Canada, that your salary range increases exponentially based on age, and probably maxes out, as I understand it, at about age 55 to age 60, which is the top of the salary line. Would you agree with that?
Secondly, the salaries are based on how big a bird you fly. You were mentioning the 777. Would one who hits the age of 55 to 60 and is flying a 777 be at the peak of their salary range?