Transport committee  What I'd like to say here is that I understand where Mr. Holbrook's coming from. We're not as a pilot group saying that we want to do away with that regulatory framework and that oversight. In fact, the oversight needs to be there; it always needs to be there. What role, what f

Transport committee  Our concern is having the airlines establish regulations and govern themselves. We just don't think in this competitive, commercial environment of the airline industry anywhere in the world that this is a good way to go right now. Maybe later on, when we can have that safety cult

Transport committee  I'm not exactly sure what that change will be as far as licensing efficiency requirements are, but I can tell you that SMS does bring in FOQA, flight operational quality assurance, and other programs that enhance the programs we're doing right now--LOSA, line operations safety au

Transport committee  We're not saying we want to do away with the regulatory framework, by all means. The example I used earlier was our flight time duty regulations. In Canada, if we compare ourselves with the rest of the world, we don't do a very good job, in my opinion, if we want to be leaders in

Transport committee  I can only speak for our association. As you know, we work with the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations and we deal with those countries that have already implemented SMS, like Australia--we deal with those airlines. We're also part of ICAO; as you know, it'

Transport committee  It does count, and we have legislated SMS in this country too. I'm saying that we need to ensure there's legislation in Bill C-6 that protects the safety of the data. If you don't protect the data, I can tell you right now that our pilots will not report. Our pilots will kill t

Transport committee  From my point of view, it is correct. We still need the regulatory people in place to do the job. This is going to take time. SMS isn't going to happen overnight. It's going to take five or ten years. It's going to take time for the culture to change. It's not quite there yet,

Transport committee  Thank you. Well, I can tell you from first-hand experience, because I've been involved in SMS now for the last couple of years, I'm not looking at the affordability here and what is and what isn't. I can just tell you that in my airline, in Air Canada, we've spent over $10 milli

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. Good afternoon. My name is Captain Brian Boucher. I am the senior director of flight safety for the Air Canada Pilots Association and also have been an airline pilot with the company for over 29 years, and over 30 years as a pilot in