Transport committee  The airport that we operate about 50% of our flights from is in some respects partially privatized. At least the terminal is privately owned. That seems to work. It's a delicate question and one that other airlines that have larger stakes and interests at some of the main airport

Transport committee  I'd be happy to do that.

Transport committee  There was no direct consultation on that particular issue. I'm not sure that we expected it. I think the consultation probably was a bit broader and encompassed a wide cross-section of companies. Our focus has been more on what we could do environmentally with respect to the envi

Transport committee  I'd be happy to provide some feedback on that. I think we have measured that, but quite frankly, I came more prepared to talk on the crew management issue. Although there was a wide variety of options available to us in terms of what we would address, I really did focus more on t

Transport committee  The proposal that we put forward in 2013 was in our view a good proposal. It's one that we had confidence in. We were responding to our customers. On the other hand, we also respect the decision taken not to allow jets to operate from that airport. We've redirected a lot of our a

Transport committee  In the case of the U.S., the FAA has taken a different tack and targeted different areas of the industry and have come up with appropriate solutions to fit those different types of operations. That's a practical and pragmatic approach to it. In Canada one-size-fits-all is embed

Transport committee  We have a safety management system in place. We were the first 705 carrier to be fully compliant. We weren't grandfathered as carriers like Air Canada and WestJet were, because they were operating prior to that regulation or that system's coming into place. We have been fully com

Transport committee  I think that's a difficult question to answer. I don't think there's an airline out there that doesn't embrace safety, and certainly at Porter it is the number-one consideration in anything and everything we do. As far as the ownership thing and the—

Transport committee  I won't go back to that, but how far do we go on it before that becomes a factor? I think—

Transport committee  I think I'll reserve on that then and maybe think about that from my perspective, but I think it is self-policing in every way. I'll give more thought to that and give you an answer.

Transport committee  I think you have to go back to SMS and how it was designed, and the requirement to have a completely transparent system internally so that individuals could feel absolutely in a good position to report and flag any and all things that needed to be considered from a safety perspec

Transport committee  That's a multi-part question. We will see if we can work through that. For starters, the impact is about 13% to our flight crew roster. That's pretty significant. Also, the turnover rate is the highest we've experienced in the 10-plus years we have been in operation. So it's two

Transport committee  Typically, we would be consulted and briefed ahead of time, and have the opportunity to provide feedback. Along with other airlines, we have been providing feedback over the last several years. Very little, if any, of that feedback has been taken into consideration as far as we c

Transport committee  I feel we have a pretty good rapport with Transport Canada in most areas. On this issue, a lot of the response came from several of the airlines that are perhaps larger than we are. We provided good feedback, as did various entities, including ATAC and others. The thing that has

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Vice-Chair and honourable committee members, for inviting me to speak today. I am Robert Deluce, president and chief executive officer of Porter Airlines. Porter is Canada's third-largest scheduled commercial airline. We service some 23 destinations in Canada and