Transport committee  No. Flight attendants are not required to be on aircraft under 20 seats. CAR 705, 703, and 704 do not have flight attendants. We could never represent someone who is not there.

Transport committee  We were very concerned about it. I think the question asked of the CBAA was whether it was self-regulation. What we've tried to do in tabs 8 and 9 is give you the regulations that existed before the CBAA and the regulations afterwards. As you can see on page 17, they have enormou

Transport committee  I thought I knew the answer to that until I spoke with Mr. Jenner on Monday here in Ottawa. He is the author of the Helicopter Association of Canada study in tab 10. He said his understanding is that he and the CBAA, despite their testimony, would not be designated organizations

Transport committee  They don't fall under the scope of the Aeronautics Act, if I'm not mistaken. They do their own thing. They are sort of the ultimate designated organization and run their own thing. The CBAA flies the presidents of large corporations around, and you would think those people woul

Transport committee  It's a tough area, sure.

Transport committee  That's the question where you get lost. Don't ask about the theory. Look at how it's being implemented now. The response we would give...are we against SMS, are we against our employers running themselves properly, to have a safety plan and a policy? You'll see in those tabs what

Transport committee  Not the right context, the right elements.

Transport committee  No, sir. What was astonishing when—

Transport committee  You need three elements.

Transport committee  You need to keep the regulatory box, you need to fix SMS, and you need to have regulatory oversight. Right now, if you don't have the right SMS, it's not going to work, in practice.

Transport committee  I think the attrition rate is well known from witnesses, but the issue this committee has not explored—and I've attended most of these hearings—is actually looking at the budget. When Mr. Grégoire testified here, I was very surprised that a department would not know how many insp

Transport committee  On June 20 we appeared before this committee on the number of flight attendants on board aircraft, the so-called “1 in 50” issue. Three weeks later we were sent a letter by Transport Canada indicating that our conduct was unprofessional and that we would have limited access to Tr

Transport committee  We had a particular flight in November. Four flight attendants were injured in turbulence. The airline, in particular Air Canada, did not conduct a lawful investigation under the code and did not provide complete information. We therefore filed a complaint with the safety officer

Transport committee  Thank you for the opportunity to appear today on behalf of the airline division of CUPE. You should have all been given a slimmer volume, which is our complete brief, in a tumble edition. The red side is English; the blue side is French. You also have two fatter companion docum

Transport committee  I'll give you two answers to that. There is a study, but it's actually been discredited. Do you believe smoking causes cancer?