Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Maurino, I wanted to see if you could help me understand this matter of the standards and whether a country is obliged or not.
When we had a presentation from Mr. Holbrook, who was representing the Canadian Federal Pilots Association, he said in his testimony that some decisions regarding the PPCs—the pilot proficiency checks—are putting Canada in violation of international standards. Then he referred us to some tabs. Essentially, some of this is highly technical, but there are some statements from Transport Canada in one of its circulars saying that Transport Canada will eliminate the current provisions for PPCs conducted by inspectors by December 31, 2007.
Then in the final report on the safety oversight of your association, there is a reference made that indeed pilot proficiency tests in Canada are only going to be every two years now.
For your organization they're every six months, I believe. Does that mean that a Canadian pilot who only has a proficiency check every two years cannot operate internationally?