Transport committee  We'll say improving the flight and duty time regulations. It's something we've been looking at for years. Canada is way behind the rest of the world. This started back in 2010. This is 2017. If we go ahead with the recommendations that the department has put forward on the implem

Transport committee  Canada has one of the safest airline systems in the world, but we can always improve. I am aware that the actual hands-on inspections are way down, and we're relying more on safety management systems. SMS does work when it's done properly. However, with pressures put on airlines

Transport committee  Our focus throughout this whole exercise on flight and duty times was on safety. Competitiveness is obviously something that's important, because if we don't have an airline to fly for, we don't have a job obviously. I think with this world standard that's out there already tha

Transport committee  Flight simulators allow you to do procedures that you couldn't ordinarily do in an aircraft, for the obvious reasons, so they are very valuable tools. There are very sophisticated simulators these days. We do a complete check-out on a new aircraft. In the actual aircraft you have

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members. ALPA is the largest non-governmental safety and security agency in the world. This allows us a unique ability to provide professional pilot expertise. Our brief, which we submitted earlier, highlights several important areas where aviation safe