Prior to the transfer on November 1, 1996, the Transport Canada/NAV Canada Safety Oversight Committee, SOC, was set up. The purpose of this committee is to provide a focal point between both organizations for the exchange of information and resolution of matters relating to the safety performance of NAV Canada.
Members of the Committee include: the assistant to the president, Safety and Quality, NAV Canada; the manager, Safety Policy, NAV Canada; the director, Air Navigation Services and Airspace, Transport Canada; and the chief, Air Navigation Services and Airspace Safety Oversight, Transport Canada.
As of November 25, 1997 the SOC has met nine times to discuss issues raised by Transport Canada as follows:
November 29, 1996
Issues Development of NAV Canada's safety management program. Decrease in CADORS reports. Development of risk indicators.
December 20, 1996
Issues Information on high profile events. Reports on Sioux Lookout.
February 7, 1997
Issues Power outage at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport. Lack of details in CADORS report.
February 19, 1997
Issues Follow-up to power outage at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport. Information on power outage at Ottawa. Power outage at Kelowna
March 12, 1997
Issues Reinforcement of pilot/controller “read-back” procedures. Glide path anomalies at Calgary. FMS database/chart congruence. Controller proficiency checks.
May 14, 1997
Issues Review of “ATC Radar Display Systems Safety/Reliability Review”. Status of recommendations of Uncontrolled Aerodrome Advisory Working Group. Final report on Lester B. Pearson International Airport power failure—NAV Canada to act on identified deficiencies.
July 9, 1997
Issues Safety Report on Calgary Terminal Relocation. Handling of ad hoc reductions in service. Follow-up FMS—charting harmonization. ASTRA Report 1/97 follow-up. Controller/Flight Service Specialists language testing. Report on Gander Moncton Airspace consolidation, implementation and contingency plans.
September 30, 1997
Issues Transport Canada's involvement in future NAV Canada Safety Reviews. NAV Canada to comment of Transport Canada's FFB/OII observer protocol. NAV Canada's security plans. NAV Canada's plans on Aeronautical Information Services.
October 31, 1997
Issues Monitoring of language/phraseology anomalies. NAV Canada to develop policy on other ad hoc situations that do not fall under regular NOTAM/CADOR notification. Year 2000—Millennium Bug.