Transport committee  Well, that's their answer.

Transport committee  Yes, we are following that. Transport Canada assures us these cuts were not safety related.

Transport committee  We shared it with them from the beginning. From the design part of it all the way through, we've shared it. It's not necessarily known by all inspectors out in the field. Transport Canada would never go as far as sanctioning it or giving it its golden seal of approval, but they a

International Trade committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and members of the committee. My name is John McKenna. I'm the president and chief executive officer of the Air Transport Association of Canada. I'm accompanied today by Mr. Les Aalders, who is executive vice-president, and by Mr. Wayne Gou

Public Safety committee  Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and members of the committee. My name is John McKenna. I'm president and CEO of the Air Transport Association of Canada, and I'm accompanied here today by Mr. Mike Skrobica, senior vice-president and CFO. The Air Transport Association of Ca

Public Safety committee  I'll ask Mr. Skrobica, who is our expert on that, to answer your question, and I will provide more details, if necessary.

Public Safety committee  No, sir. We share that responsibility with the National Airlines Council of Canada. We represent some of the larger carriers but mostly the regional and smaller carriers.

Public Safety committee  Mike is our local expert, our subject matter expert. He is usually consulted in these matters. I'll let him reply to this.

Transport committee  Good morning. Bonjour. My name is John McKenna, and I'm president of the Air Transport Association of Canada. ATAC has represented Canada's commercial air transport industry since 1934. We have approximately 190 members engaged in commercial aviation operating in every region of

Transport committee  Your question has several elements. First, the change in culture, brought about by establishing safety management systems, leads to many changes in the activities of many people. A lot of people have reacted badly to these changes and do not share this philosophy of how to proce

Transport committee  Our industry is ridden with user fees already. The government collects about $1 billion a year in different fees from our industry, and very little of it actually goes back to Transport Canada. We certainly don't need an additional fee in our industry, and there's no guarantee th

Transport committee  Of course nobody argues the fact that fatigue needs to be managed. The carriers do that now through SMS systems. The fact that there is the science for or against the position the government has taken on this is significant. What we are saying, however, is that you cannot apply

Transport committee  If I may say, I respectfully disagree with Judge Virgil Moshansky as far as the lack of regulatory oversight is concerned. There is regulatory oversight in our industry—ask any carrier about that. There is, however, a misallocation of where resources should be within the departme

Transport committee  Our industry is growing steadily at a rate of about 5% annually.

Transport committee  Our industry has grown, but the rate of incidents and accidents has not kept pace. Of course, the rate may vary because a single incident can completely change the data, but generally speaking, our performance is improving and the number of incidents is dropping.