Transport committee  I'm here.

Transport committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee. My name is Captain Scott Wilson. I serve as WestJet's vice-president of flight operations and operations manager, responsible for the safety and oversight of WestJet's fleets and daily operations. I also maintain currency a

Transport committee  I'm sorry. I'm talking like a pilot. I will slow down. I will begin by outlining our ongoing community consultation process and the way we incorporate public feedback in our discussions and decisions. I'll provide the committee with information about our fleet, how our ongoing i

Transport committee  Maybe I'll start with that and allow Mr. Strom to follow. When you take a look at Calgary, obviously you see we have terrain considerations with the Rocky Mountains to the west of us. As long as we can maintain the proper separation and the proper terrain clearance on the way in

Transport committee  One of the primary reasons for the length of the runways in Calgary is, of course, that the airport is almost 3,600 feet above sea level. Atmospheric conditions, density or altitude mean you are normally going to require more runway. Whenever we do take off, we try to do what's

Transport committee  Potentially.

Transport committee  Yes, it's one of the greatest innovations, I think, that we'll see, particularly as it pertains to safety, noise and carbon footprints. RNP approaches are unique in many ways. The first thing is, of course, that it utilizes the satellite constellation, the navigation capability

Transport committee  You'd be surprised what you can actually get in a configuration a small aircraft now to fly these approaches—so, yes.

Transport committee  With our fleets, particularly with the Boeing 737, there's only one engine variable. That's the LEAP-1B engine. It basically is a 40% reduction in the noise footprint compared to the aircraft that we purchased only 10 years earlier. Although not PurePower and not a product that w

Transport committee  Yes, they're roughly 20% more fuel-efficient than the engines they're replacing.

Transport committee  I would agree with Murray's comments. When I take a look at Transport Canada's engagement, particularly with the airport authorities and Nav Canada and the airlines in Canada, I think we have a unique system here. We work together.

Transport committee  Having lived under an airport flight path myself for many years, I certainly understand how the communities feel. Just as a starting point, one thing I will point out is that I lived under the departure end of runway 20 in Calgary, and compared to 20 years ago, the noise has almo

Transport committee  With all due respect, based on my background as a pilot, I don't know if I'd be the appropriate one to give you an answer on that. I don't know if there's any correlation as you've described.

Transport committee  I'm aware of numerous papers out there that have tried to provide correlations. I'm not sure of the validity of the science. Again, I don't think I'm a fair one to comment on such things.

Transport committee  Having grown up in this great country through many levels of aviation in Canada and over the years, I've certainly operated aircraft that have been a lot noisier than the ones that I operate now. When we brought the Boeing 737 MAX into Canada a year ago, my first experience oper