Transport committee  Actually, every airline will have the option to harmonize or not with the one to fifty. That includes Air Canada. We are not really saying that Air Canada won't. Let me give you an example. In Germany, Lufthansa operates many types, including Boeing 707s, 727s, 737s, and 747s,

Transport committee  Yes, I've been in the aviation transportation business for over 40 years. I started out, actually, as an air traffic controller. I worked in a number of facilities, including Toronto International Airport radar and at the centre, and then I graduated to management. During 9/11 I

Transport committee  Yes, I did.

Transport committee  The main reason is the distance between exits. As a matter of fact, as Mr. Gaspar related to you earlier, even today, based on 1:40 figures, there are numerous cases in which you can demonstrate that you don't have a flight attendant for each exit. For example, the Airbus A320 an

Transport committee  Excuse me, Mr. Chairman, I didn't get the translation on that for some reason. It didn't appear to be working.

Transport committee  The percentage of flights that would be maintained on a 1:40, 1:50, again, would be company-wide. For example, if WestJet chose to go to 1:50, they would have to invoke their whole fleet to transfer to 1:50. In other words, all their flights would be operated on 1:50. If Air Can

Transport committee  The regulation as it exists right now in the 1:40 scenario does not limit the flight attendants to the number of types they can work on in Canada. To have companies embrace the 1:50 standard would require them to limit themselves to no more than three types of aircraft. The types

Transport committee  Pilots are limited to the number of types their licences are endorsed for.

Transport committee  For quite a few types.