Transport committee  Snow storms, like many things in our industry, are a constraint. We can have many constraints. Constraints are what drive disruption and drive unintended consequences in a safe and effective journey. If you look at an operational control centre, it's that team. It's their 24-7

Transport committee  I'm happy to take that question—

Transport committee  I'll take that question, if I could, Mr. Doherty. I'll reiterate that the answer is never. The good news is that the tarmac delays you're speaking to are relatively rare events. We had a very significant situation. I think you're pointing to the night of the 19th in Vancouver w

Transport committee  Yes, it does—

Transport committee  These are the numbers we have for cancellations for the period between December 16 and January 8. The total number of flights was just over 1,600.

Transport committee  We don't believe any were for staff, so they were for weather, both proactively and reactively, and the carry-on effect over the next few days.

Transport committee  I'm happy to answer the question. Thank you. As it was mentioned earlier on, when we take a look at building toward our peak season, we take a look at the schedule we intend to operate. We take a look at the fleet, we take a look at the crew and we take a look at all aspects. We

Transport committee  Thank you, Andy. Good morning, everyone. In addition to being vice-president of operations, I'm also the Transport Canada designated representative tasked with ensuring safe operations as WestJet. Our preparation efforts began early in the fall for this winter's peak season. W

Transport committee  The good news is that we have relatively strong, consistent and collaborative answers amongst us. When we take a look at those who have been flying on the Max—both pilots and cabin crew—yes, they have questions as well, and obviously it's our job to ensure that before the aircraf

Transport committee  For those who have flown Boeing aircraft in particular—and all three of us are Boeing captains on current Boeing aircraft—Boeing has a longstanding commitment to the pilot group. It's very engaged. You know the Boeing aircraft at a different level; you're tied to it a lot more.

Transport committee  I think you've mistaken two of the aspects. The alert about the angle of attack is called the “angle of attack disagree”, and that's common to the NG. It was basically available and was configured on all three of the—

Transport committee  Yes. We had that.

Transport committee  Yes, but I wanted to make sure it was understood that there is a secondary piece called the “angle-of-attack indicator”. That's the one that is an option. It also comes with no training and no corresponding checklist. As a result, it's not considered to be a true safety enhanceme

Transport committee  That is correct. The aircraft was configured, and again, it was supposed to be lined up exactly like the NG aircraft, with an AOA disagree, which is an alert on the bottom right-hand side of the CDS. The alert on the NG is a stand-alone. On the Max, it happened to be tied to the

Transport committee  When you take a look at the miss on having MCAS fully understood by the operator and properly promulgated through the publications, that's unusual. I've certainly never experienced it myself, at this time. When you take a look at the training, it's important to understand that