Transport committee  I would agree, but I gave a similar talk to my own association because I was looking for their support for my ideas. They listened and basically said, “Yes, but not now”. I've come to the conclusion that if not now, then when? I agree with you that there is nothing out there. Th

Transport committee  To answer your question, yes. I just think that after all these years--and we've been flying airplanes since Kitty Hawk, for a hundred-plus years--that being a professional pilot.... We use the words “professional pilot”. We call ourselves that, but are we really professional in

Transport committee  All pilots now are federally regulated. They're licensed by the federal Department of Transport. So the answer to your question is yes. If we say we're going to aim in that direction now in the business of professional flying--those who fly for hire or reward and have a commercia

Transport committee  Again, this is something I didn't really want to get dragged into. If you read the educational stuff in my submission, you'll see that pilot proficiency checks are spot checks. They're like going out to make sure that pilots are following their standard operating procedures and a

Transport committee  Yes and no, and I would agree with the statement. I didn't read it. I'm not privy to it, but I've flown around the world a number of times, and I will admit that every time I re-entered Canadian air space, I did so with a sigh of relief. To say that by the year 2012 or 2015 we're

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  Correct.

Transport committee  Yes, sir. As I said, when I had finally done enough of flying around the world and seeing sights that I didn't want to go back and see, I transferred off one airplane to get on a domestic airplane so I could stay flying in Canada. I totally agree with the ICAO statement. We h

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes, I am.

Transport committee  Believe it or not, no. I did get one call from one manager encouraging me. No, I just don't believe Transport works that way. At least, I haven't been approached that way anyway. I have a great deal of loyalty toward the department. Perhaps there are some managers there now who p

Transport committee  No, I'm not afraid of them and I hope they're not afraid of me. If I'm a threat to them, by God, what a world we live in--seriously. I think it is a democracy. As I was saying to people as I left the office, “I guess it's a democracy in action here, and I live in a wonderful co

Transport committee  I understand that.

Transport committee  To the best of my knowledge, the audit program that I've taken myself a couple of times--and I've been on two national audits--has been disbanded or cancelled. I guess in a sense you'd have to agree with Justice Moshansky. It is my understanding when SMS was introduced that it

Transport committee  Okay. I really didn't want to get into this debate, but since I've been asked the question, I will try to answer it as well as I can. This is my personal opinion, sir. I feel that the SMS concept is a really good one. I think companies out there that demonstrate maturity and tha