Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Tweed. Good morning, members of the committee. My name is Dan Adamus. I'm here representing the Airline Pilots Association, International. I'm the president of ALPA's Canada board. I'm a pilot with Air Canada Jazz ,and have been for 25 years. With me today is M

Transport committee  Worldwide, yes, there is a shortage of pilots. In Canada and North America we're holding our own. It seems that every time we get to the point where perhaps we need to start hiring, another airline goes into receivership. So right now, I'd say in North America we're holding our o

Transport committee  That's certainly a possibility. The actual profession itself is not a profession that young kids aspire to anymore. It used to be; when I was growing up, I wanted to be a pilot from the get-go, but that doesn't happen anymore. We were talking about the CARAC process and how Tran

Transport committee  Thank you very much. My name is Captain Dan Adamus. I'm the president of the Air Line Pilots Association International's Canada board. I am an airline pilot, and I have been for 34 years. The Air Line Pilots Association International represents just over 54,000 pilots who fly

Transport committee  Your question was about which is more dangerous, the large or the small. A loonie being ingested into an engine can cause severe damage.There is drone technology involving clusters. They're really small and they fly in formation. Even the smallest drones can cause some damage.

Transport committee  I am somewhat familiar with what's going on in the U.S. We have members on a working group with the FAA right now. The regulations are still under development. There are a lot of ideas being thrown around. Certainly the line of sight is one to look at, as well as collision avoi

Transport committee  If it's done properly, we can do that, but it all starts with education and understanding. A very good place to start is that all UAV users should have to register their UAVs. As I said in my opening remarks, this will, first of all, give the authorities the ability to track so

Transport committee  I think events have already overtaken us with the technology that's out there. I don't think it's going to go backwards. You're going to have a tough time to limit the capabilities of these—

Transport committee  The 764 reported incidents are reports from aircraft to the air traffic controller that a drone is in their sight. It doesn't necessarily mean there's a risk of collision, but they're close enough that they can see them. Whenever it's close enough to see, that's a significant eve

Transport committee  That's a very good question. I'm not that familiar with what other countries are doing. I know ICAO is working on some guidance material for the member states, but I don't have any specifics on which country is ahead of the game. I'm sorry.

Transport committee  I'm sorry; can you repeat the question?

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes. Our position is that if you are going to be flying the UAS for commercial purposes, you must be a licensed pilot. You are in the airspace, so you have to adhere to the rules of the airspace. You have to understand it. You have to understand that there is a risk with this UAS

Transport committee  No, there wouldn't be for that; however, I still believe there should be some sort of course that the user should take—a simple course, an online course, as for a boater's licence, for example.

Transport committee  I agree with Bernard. Right now, no, the technology is not there. There is a lot of stuff. We haven't talked about geofencing for UASs that are equipped with GPS. You could program them so that if they go to within, say, nine kilometres of an airport, they're just going to stop