Similar regulations are applied, though there are some lines in the sand. There are three different categories of airline in Canada: air taxi, which is a small aircraft with fewer than nine seats; commuter, which has 19 or fewer seats; and airline, which is everything above. In terms of what's required to fly an airplane, the regulations are very similar for all three categories.
Yes, the example of that small airline keeping their pilots for six months is a thing. That's real. I'm happy to say that Summit Air is probably one of the middle sharks. We're not the tiny fish at the bottom. That's a smaller airline. We get pilots from the very small airlines. Then, ultimately, Air Canada and WestJet steal the pilots from us, because pilots tend to chase bigger aircraft. Let's face it: A lot of our pilots come from the denser population centres of Canada, because that's just where the population is. They want to return there.
One of the initiatives we're undertaking is promoting, training and retaining a northern pilot workforce and a northern mechanic workforce. Anything that can be done at a political level as far as incenting that would be much appreciated. We feel that's the solution to recruiting and retaining a workforce.