Transport committee  Thank you. The study was initiated in 1998-99. It was a feasibility study. The terminology “self-regulation” was used for a period of time, but as a result of that feasibility study, and then a second-phase study, it was quite clear that it was not the terminology we should be u

Transport committee  First of all, Mr. Chairman, I think we're mixing some of our responsibility with Transport Canada's responsibility. Airworthiness is solely the responsibility of Transport Canada. We're not issuing any airworthiness certificates at all. Our role is purely on the operational sid

Transport committee  It's a terminology that other people have introduced. It's not a terminology that we would necessarily use for designated organizations in terms of what was high-risk or low-risk. But risk is determined through some form of assessment, and there are some probability issues here a

Transport committee  Thank you. Your SMS in fact will consider fatigue management, it will be forward-looking, and it can be customized to the circumstances you're dealing with. That's one of the reasons why prescription does not work. Just because you say you'll take 12 hours of rest does not neces

Transport committee  Transport Canada has oversight and does inspections on airworthiness-related issues and maintenance-related issues. In terms of operational issues—what we're responsible for—we hold that oversight capability. Each one of these operators has an SMS and has an audit. This is the o

Transport committee  It's a completely different culture from what prescriptive arrangements or organizations would be. First of all, it's not an airline, it's a business aviation community. It's the people who own and operate their own aircraft, principally. This is non-commercial. We have a syste

Transport committee  I'm not sure what you're referring to. Anything in aviation has risk.

Transport committee  I'll do my best to put my spin on something that is not completely clear with what was requested here. I think it's along the line that Mr. Jones had suggested, areas of the industry that perhaps are not directly in the public domain, that can be defined well. The business aviat

Transport committee  I'll give you my personal opinion. It's only a personal opinion.

Transport committee  I fully support ATAC's position, recognizing that our accident rate is flat. It's come down considerably over the last forty years, but nevertheless, it's flat, and the prescriptive concept we've been using is not improving on that. We need to find new ways of doing business in t

Transport committee  I'll respond to that. Essentially, that is correct. It is an additional layer. But I would also describe the relationship as a partnership relationship, a shared responsibility relationship with Transport Canada. This is a program that relies on several groups and parties to con

Transport committee  Our organization is enabled under the existing legislation. This is not something that has been done in advance of some amendments to the Aeronautics Act. The existing legislation allowed us to enable what we're doing today. There are extensions of being able to clean up some of

Transport committee  There will be no change in our position. What I would say is that the term “designation” doesn't necessarily represent us correctly. I believe the term “regulated third party” is a more appropriate way of describing what we do and the linkage to our members and the linkage to Tra

Transport committee  I do.

Transport committee  We are a designated body today to do certain activities and manage and administer elements of the structure. If you're asking me would we do more, the simple answer to that is yes, we would do more, if there was an agreement both from Transport Canada and from the CBAA. So you ne