Transport committee  We do have requirements with regard to the safety and security of aircraft landing in our Canadian airports.

Transport committee  It does not take noise into account specifically.

Transport committee  Our primary responsibility is to make sure that there are safe and secure aircraft landing in our airports, and noise isn't a specific criterion.

Transport committee  Yes. There are specific parameters that can and cannot happen in and around aerodromes. These are set to ensure the safety and security of those aerodromes and the aircraft landing within them. That's where our regulation sets forth.... For a municipal appeal or appellate proce

Transport committee  Good day, Mr. Chair, Vice-Chair and committee members. Let me begin by introducing myself. My name is Nicholas Robinson and I am the Director General of Civil Aviation at Transport Canada, responsible for aviation safety. I am joined here today by my colleague David Turnbull,

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, we could provide all of those recommendations. There are a number of different recommendations, 12, in the report, and we could provide you with those. Those are public. We are working with the other authorities globally to look at how we may address those recommendat

Transport committee  Following the Ethiopian Airlines crash on the Sunday, as part of our continuing airworthiness process, we immediately began to collect information on what led to the crash. What were the conditions when the flight was happening? What happened to the flight? How far in their fligh

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, on the first question about how usual is something like this catastrophic failure, it's not usual at all. This is an exceptional case. We've been looking at this aircraft and examining a possible safe return to service of this aircraft for almost a year now. We continu

Transport committee  Typically, the state of design will look at the event that happened with an aircraft and propose a mitigation measure based on their risk analysis and what they see needs to be done to mitigate that risk. The FAA proposed a mitigation measure through an AD, an airworthiness dir

Transport committee  It is a bit difficult for me to answer that question in my second language. Allow me to respond in English. The validation process is fully independent of what the state of design does with regard to their certification, and it allows us for a continuum of involvement. We can c

Transport committee  Yes, we have that latitude.

Transport committee  We did sign that agreement, as you mentioned, on November 19. That doesn't preclude—and I have to stress this—the independence of our decision-making. Where we identify a risk, where we are uncertain of the certification process that the state of design, whether it be the FAA, EA

Transport committee  Yes. The joint operational evaluation board will review the minimum training requirements for flight crews. As part of that, and to ensure that we truly do have a strong representation of Canadian aircrews who will be flying those aircraft, we are working with the three Canadian

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. Following the Lion Air crash that took place on October 29, 2018, we were examining that accident with the state of design, the FAA. The FAA issued their measure on November 7. They issued an AD, an airworthiness directive, which was adopted by Canada

Transport committee  When we implemented those measures, as part of common practice, we informed the FAA that our operators were making these additional changes. It wasn't a request; it was information that we were moving forward on that. We received word back from the FAA later on that they acknowle