Transport committee  I think we will see them. Our position is that the company.... We're not going to be able to completely address the staffing issue by next summer. I think that's clear. I think that with some creative solutions, we might be able to at least mitigate it to some extent, but I think

Transport committee  There are two things I would say. First of all, a single controller working doesn't in and of itself present a safety risk, necessarily; however, in a system that depends on redundancy to ensure safety, we feel it's important that, as in other equipment areas, this redundancy s

Transport committee  I think there are a couple of elements to that situation. Over the course of the pandemic, several towers were being looked at for closure, but subsequently closure did not occur. There were also a number of air traffic controllers who were put on layoff notice, and that did no

Transport committee  Well, we're just about to go into collective bargaining, so that's a million-dollar question. We'll see. We'll see what happens.

Transport committee  It has been an experience or a problem. I would not characterize it as a widespread problem, but we did have some issues, obviously, over the course of the pandemic. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, we work in a stressful occupation. There are medical licensing requirement

Transport committee  That's a giant question. Yes, in air traffic control, there's a lot of technology. It's a very tech-heavy field. I know that the company has several initiatives they're pursuing—

Transport committee  There are several major tech initiatives that the company is undertaking. I think it's fair to say that there is a lot of promise around what technology can do for our occupation, and it has in the past made it much better and easier. At the same time, there's another side to tha

Transport committee  Good afternoon, members of the committee. Thank you for the invitation. I'm here today as president of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, more commonly known as CATCA, and I'm representing our 1,800 members from across the country. I am accompanied by the regional v