Transport committee  If I'm not mistaken--and we'd have to check this--I believe that is actually language in the statute. I think it simply recognizes the fact, and this is from a regulatory point of view, so perhaps this question would be better directed toward Transport Canada.... I suspect that v

Transport committee  Oh, absolutely. And that's what we're saying; we would not propose something that we felt increased, in any material way at all, safety risk. We have both very objective and proven scientific methodologies to establish that. We also have some very subjective reviews that are made

Transport committee  Yes, thank you. I understand, but I don't want you to misunderstand me. Nothing we are proposing here would in any way, shape or form limit the ability of medevac flights or any other kinds of flights to access the airports. That is simply not true. This is not an exercise that

Transport committee  I'm simply telling you, number one, that we're very sensitive to the issue you raise. Not simply because it's a corporate policy are we sensitive, but some of the senior management of the company in fact live there and are very familiar with it. We go to great lengths to make sur

Transport committee  I won't go through what the guarantees in life are, but the changes we're proposing at these sites will not affect the access to the sites. We're not changing the approach aids. We're not changing the availability of weather and other essential information. This is simply a chang

Transport committee  Well, Mr. Bevington, let me reassure you. First, I went north in 1972 and spent 25 years north of 60, building what is today the biggest airline there. I guess I'm as familiar with the difficulty with small airports in the Arctic as anybody is. Since Nav Canada took over, I'm no

Transport committee  Certainly as far as I know, all our public statements with respect to this process have made the essential elements of the process abundantly clear. And it's far from a fait accompli. My experience with the media around the country is that there are varying levels of interpreta

Transport committee  Yes. These analyses involve meetings on site with any stakeholders who want to provide input. They're arranged in advance and that will happen.

Transport committee  Originally there was a review of Buttonville. There was no proposal to change the service. We have announced we're not going to make any changes there. If there had been a proposal for change it probably would have been something related to the hours of operation of the tower, wh

Transport committee  It would depend. Two flights a day probably wouldn't influence our decisions.

Transport committee  I think the simplest way to explain the issue is.... I'm looking at the traffic page for Rouyn-Noranda right now, and over the past three years the average highest amount of traffic per hour at that airport has been four movements. For most hours of the day it is less than two mo

Transport committee  Oh, absolutely. You'll be consulted. There will be extensive consultations with any and all interested parties. There will be a specific safety study done using the Canadian Standards Association's methodologies. There will be a hazard and risk analysis. All of this needs to sati

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  We don't believe so. It has not been our experience that the use of an airport is in any way related to the services we provide at it. Rather, what attracts airlines, if you will to, fly to a particular point is a market that's completely unrelated to the level of air traffic ser

Transport committee  Yes, that's correct.