The Transportation Safety Board reports that Canadian aviation last year was marred with a sharp increase in accidents and incidents involving airlines that carry the most passengers. In addition, the TSB reports a sobering rise in the number of incidents involving Canadian aircraft which jumped almost 10 per cent to 921 from 833 in 2016 which … Read more
Captain Greg McConnell, National Chair of the Canadian Federal Pilots Association, issued the following statement in response to this morning’s report from the Transportation Safety Board further to its investigation into Air Canada 624 which crashed on approach to the Halifax International airport on March 29, 2015: “According to the TSB report, the main cause of … Read more
A new Abacus Data study among Transport Canada’s frontline aviation inspectors reveals broad concern about recent cuts to aviation safety oversight and an ominous sense that a major aviation accident in Canada is likely in the near future. The state of aviation safety in Canada has left eight-in-ten (81 per cent) inspectors surveyed predicting a major … Read more
Just weeks after the Transportation Safety Board called for reforms to strengthen serious weaknesses in aviation safety oversight, Transport Canada has defied those recommendations and quietly exempted entire sectors of commercial aviation from safety oversight. Business aircraft, distributors of aviation parts, and aircraft that do dangerous aerial work to maintain hydro facilities, fight fires, and the … Read more
Transport Canada bureaucrats have changed a rule so that Canadian airline pilots are no longer required to fly a plane in order to maintain a valid licence. The change creates a credential gap for Canadian pilots compared to their counterparts in the US and the European Union and raises serious safety concerns. The exemption from this rule permits … Read more
The Canadian Federal Pilots Association issued a statement regard the First Air crash victims. The association said that just months before a First Air jet crashed in Nunavut, killing twelve passengers and crew, a Transport Canada assessment found no problems with the airline’s Safety Management System. The association added that the investigation into the Aug. 20, 2011 crash by … Read more
Transport Canada has a record high vacancy rate of 20 per cent among licenced pilot aviation inspectors, according to a new study released by the association representing the inspectors. The licenced pilot inspector shortage at Transport Canada has created heightened risk for Canadian air travellers. “Most airlines, particularly the major carriers like Air Canada, West … Read more
