Transport committee  Thank you. There are two issues I'd like to raise. One is that there has been very little departure by the department from the principles that were articulated in the working group report from a few years ago, so they have steadfastly proceeded down this road, in spite of advice

Transport committee  All right. I'll try my best. They will radically affect remote operations, service to aboriginal communities, the mining industry, and the oil and gas producers. They will significantly affect the type of service they receive. I would argue that, in some cases, they will affect

Transport committee  The proposal as written doesn't adequately address the helicopter industry's circumstances. A pilot is a pilot, but the same underlying fatigue issue can be addressed differently, based on the industry sector and the industry's circumstances. I and our association would argue tha

Transport committee  I'd be happy to.

Transport committee  Thank you, and good afternoon. You have a copy of my written introduction notes in front of you. I am going to skip over the mandate of the Helicopter Association of Canada and the part about myself, but I would like to take a moment to introduce Sylvain Séguin, who is attending

Transport committee  The devil is in the detail in Transport Canada's voluntary enforcement program. The companies apply a similar program, where they say “We will not take disciplinary action against an employee because they come forward and say they have done something wrong”. There are exceptions

Transport committee  The initiative of developing best practices inside the helicopter association has been going on for about two and a half years. We have two or three best practices that are final now and available to our members, and there are about four or five that are under development. Our me

Transport committee  In previous association lives through the airports council, I've had views on that subject. Our members, helicopter operators, are affected really only insofar as apron security and security as it relates to the perimeter of the airport and the fixed base they're operating from t

Transport committee  I should say, first of all, that I have no mandate from our board or our members to advocate for a CBAA type of program. My concern is that repatriating the CBAA program sent a terrible message to the aviation community in an SMS context. It signaled a retreat from SMS principles

Transport committee  It is difficult to say. In the minister's press release the minister did not articulate a rationale for it, but only that it was being repatriated to Transport Canada. It came as a complete surprise to many of us in the aviation community. It is our view, largely without any jus

Transport committee  There were incidents. There were accidents, but the reality of all this, with respect, is that there were accidents and incidents while Transport Canada oversighted the business aviation community prior to CBAA's private operator certificate program, and there will continue to be

Transport committee  Broadly written, my own view and the view of the Helicopter Association is that there have to be certain controls and processes in place, and this is related to good governance and oversight by Transport Canada, audits by Transport Canada of the program, whoever is administering

Transport committee  Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen of the committee, let me say first what a pleasure it is to speak with you. The Helicopter Association of Canada has been in existence since 1995 and has grown from a handful of operators to over 150 operator members and over 100 associates who