Transport committee  Mr. Laframboise, I'm not in a position to judge the number of inspectors required, but I can tell you that Transport Canada's oversight and inspection functions are still necessary. The nature of those inspections or of that oversight must adapt to developments in this new system

Transport committee  I'd like to make a comment in conclusion. This entire system is based on trust. It's important that we establish that within the business. That's why my mandate, as safety manager, is really to ensure that we maintain this framework of confidentiality and trust through which we c

Transport committee  Absolutely.

Transport committee  Based on my experience, the framework for the entire implementation of the SMS, which is non-punitive, is robust enough to deal with eventual situations of conflict where the normal investigation process you referred to could not be followed. I can't comment on specific cases I d

Transport committee  This is a large question. I'll try to be as brief as possible. To me, SMS is really, within an organization, a formalized way of addressing safety and involving, as was said before, every single employee within the company and all departments. It creates a focus on safety in what

Transport committee  On the way it was implemented, we established a formal reporting system in a non-punitive environment that encouraged people to come forward and provide whatever concerns they might have about safety. We have a formalized risk assessment process in place to assess the impact of

Transport committee  The accountability is at all levels of the corporation. We make every single employee responsible in terms of their duty to report. As the manager of the safety system, I'm not accountable for the safety; every senior manager, the ops manager, the maintenance manager, and up to

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Laframboise. With regard to the first part of your question concerning oversight, all NACC members entirely agree on the need for a certain amount of oversight. We have never claimed that, with the new SMS, we would no longer need that oversight. I believe the SMS

Transport committee  Thank you, honourable members of the committee, for the opportunity to appear today to talk to you about aviation safety and safety management systems. I am Captain Jacques Mignault and I am here with my colleagues Captain Michel Chiasson and Mr. Bernie Adamache on behalf of the