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8 Leading edge
The state of Canadian
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10 On the fly
News and opinion
14 Position report
Labour crisis in
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16 Alternate approach Robert Brunnenmeir, Founder and President, Flightpath, is one of 20 young leaders influencing the direction of
Farnborough and Canadian aviation and aerospace.
aviation moxy
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50 On final 18 AGENTS OF CHANGE, TOP 20 UNDER 40
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Canadian airport growth
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I
am excited to begin a new opportu-
nity covering the aviation and aero-
space industries for Annex Business
Media, where I have worked for
the past five years. I have been a
business journalist for more than 15 years,
primarily focusing on Canada’s manufac-
turing industries, and I now look forward
to reaching into another of the country’s
most important and innovative sectors of
the economy.
Released in late June, a new report
produced by the Aerospace Industries
Association of Canada (AIAC) and the
Department of Innovation, Science and
Economic Development (ISED) describes
aerospace as a national innovation leader.
The two groups describe their annual re-
port, called State of Canada’s Aerospace Western Canada, and five per
Industry, as an evidence-based, relevant, MRO activity in 2017 grew by cent in Atlantic Canada. In
quality and timely analysis for both in- terms of MRO contribution,
dustry and government decision makers. more than 25 per cent, however, Western Canada
It is largely based on Statistics Canada according to the AIAC, while leads at 43 per cent of all
revisions of economic impact multipliers activities, followed by On-
for the period between 2012 and 2017, manufacturing activity saw a tario at 23 per cent, Quebec
including the measurement of jobs and slight contraction between at 21 per cent, and Atlantic
GDP impact from the Canadian aero- Canada at 13 per cent. MRO
space industry, its value chain, and asso- 2012 and 2017. activity in 2017 grew by more
ciated consumer spending. than 25 per cent, according
AIAC’s findings show how aerospace re- Close to 75 per cent of aerospace to the report, while manufacturing activ-
mains as one of Canada’s most important manufactured products in Canada were ity saw a slight contraction between 2012
manufacturing sectors, creating high-qual- exported in 2017. Despite a slight decline and 2017.
ity jobs, technologies and global trading in both between 2016 and 2017, the re- Some of the report's most positive re-
relationships. In 2017, aerospace contrib- port suggests a positive five-year growth sults show that Aerospace’s share of STEM
uted nearly $25 billion in GDP and almost in its GDP (+six per cent) and jobs (+two workers is three times the national manu-
190,000 jobs to the Canadian economy, ac- per cent) contribution to the Canadian facturing average. Women make up nearly
IMAGE: 2018 STATE OF CANADA’S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY REPORT, AIAC, ISED
cording to the report. This is broken down economy. a quarter of all STEM-related aerospace
by direct aerospace jobs at 86,000 (with a When breaking down aerospace em- jobs in Canada.
$12.6 billion contribution to GDP in 2017), ployment share by region in 2017, AIAC AIAC also finds that Canadian aerospace
Canadian suppliers to the aerospace indus- found that Quebec continues to dominate is the national leader in innovation and
5
try at 58,000 jobs (with a $6.8 billion con- the manufacturing side of Canada’s aero- R&D investment, spending $1.7 billion in
tribution to GDP), and consumer spending space sector with 52 per cent of all activi- 2017. The aerospace industry accounts for
by associated employees at 45,000 jobs ties taking place in the province, followed 24 per cent of total manufacturing sector
(with a $5.1 billion contribution to GDP). by Ontario at 28 per cent, 15 per cent in R&D investments. This high level is put
into perspective when considering that
1. After a record 24.2 million passengers in 2017, YVR is forecasting aerospace makes up only five per cent of
32 million passengers by 2022 (P. 10). 2. Sino-Canada is one of the Canada’s total manufacturing GDP). It is
important long-haul markets to Air China, increasing 17.8 per cent seven times more R&D intensive, accord-
in 2017 (P. 10). 3. Airbus expects the C Series will capture a large ing to AIAC, than the manufacturing sector
percentage of the 6,000 aircraft needed in this segment over the next average.
20 years (P. 10). 4. In June, Flair more than doubled its present total On a global level, AIAC reports Canadian
of 90 flights per week. (P. 12). 5. Scheduled to open in January 2019, aerospace is first in civil flight simulation,
Centennial College’s new Downsview campus dedicated to aviation third in civil aircraft simulation and third
and aerospace is projected as a $72 million investment (P. 36). in civil engine production. I look forward to
helping this impressive position. | W
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PEOPLE
Northern
, Lights Aero Foundation unveiled eight recipients of its waterbomber for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and
2018 aviation and aerospace awards. For 10 years now, the not- Forestry. Julie Mailhot, who started with Air Canada in 1987 as a
for-profit foundation honours women making significant contri- customer service agent, received the Business Award for her acces-
butions in their field. The award program is named after aviation sion in the organization.
pioneer and human rights advocate Elsie Gregory MacGill, the NLAF's Education Award went Dr. Alexandra Kindrat, an
world’s first female aircraft designer, who graduated from the educator and scientist from Montreal, who works on research re-
University of Toronto’s electrical engineering program in 1927. lated to micro-gravity at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Hous-
Major Micky Colton received the 2018 Pioneer Award for blaz- ton, Texas. The Engineering Award went to Niloofar Moradi,
ing a trail for women in the Canadian military after joining the who works on engine design with Pratt & Whitney Canada.
Canadian Forces as a pilot in 1980. Julie Beverstein, assistant Rising Star Awards went to Larissa Chiu, who received her
chief pilot, recruitment and retention, Porter Airlines, received the private pilot’s license through the Air Cadet Program in 2016 and
Flight Operations Award. now volunteers her time flying in the familiarization program for
Emily Crombez received the Government Award after young cadets, and Katie Gwozdecky, a private pilot and graduate
she became the first female to crew the Bombardier CL-415 of the University of Toronto in mechanical engineering.
Air Alliance and Canada 3000 Airlines. served as senior VP, customer service, for
As Porter’s founding president and CEO, Air Canada.
Deluce is responsible for overseeing the air- In 2017, Flair transitioned into being a
line’s strategy, finances, commercial objec- scheduled carrier. On June 15 of this year,
tives and operational performance. He has Flair will more than double its present total
also been recognized as the E&Y Ontario of 90 flights per week with increased non-
Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, the Ca- stop and direct connectivity throughout an
nadian Marketing Association Marketer of expanded Canadian network that stretches
the Year, and the Canadian Venture Capital Robert Deluce, president and CEO of Porter from Halifax to Victoria.
and Private Equity Association Entrepre- Aviation Holdings Inc. and Porter Airlines Inc.
neur of the Year. In 2012, he was presented AEROSPACE
with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Ju- in New York, and Air Canada in Montreal.
bilee Medal for his significant contribution Flair explains Tait in 1984 helped craft IMP AEROSPACE
and achievement to Canadians. a business plan for what would become AWARDED NORWEGIAN
TAIT NAMED CHAIRMAN
Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways,
becoming one the airline’s first employees.
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A
s many of you are well aware,
one of the greatest challenges
currently facing our indus-
try is the ongoing labour
shortage. This shortage has
reached such a level of concern that many
companies and organizations call it a la-
bour crisis. It has spurred the creation of
career initiatives in an effort to correct the
trend, including partnerships between post-
secondary institutions and corporations to
more directly streamline graduates into the
workforce.
Many companies are offering increased
wages and benefits to entice current and
potential employees to join the workforce and responsibility. To hide
on a permanent basis. The current indus-
Fanshawe received a Falcon 10 or downplay these realities
try is an employee’s market in a way that donation from Tricor, and an benefits no one, but to add to
we haven’t witnessed in a long time, if
ever. These new initiatives are a welcome
Ornge air ambulance helicopter, that stress by creating a toxic
work environment has been a
step, but I would like to discuss the view- to boost its Norton Wolf School of lesson in human factors time
point that this shortage was predicted
many years ago and perhaps should never
Aviation Technology. and again.
We need to embrace, wel-
have reached its current crisis level. More needs to change in order to end the labour come and encourage new
alarming, the root problem that existed shortage and ensure long-term stability of members into our industry, and do so in
then, still exist now. our industry as a whole. a way that opens their eyes to the realities
When I entered aviation nearly 20 years The job of integrating new pilots into the while supporting them as they find their way.
ago, my fellow pilot trainees and I often ranks is relatively easy when the idea of fly- The AME to apprenticeship and captain to
heard about the imminent pilot shortage. ing an aircraft captures the imagination of first officer relationships have always been
Over the years, the imminent nature of this so many. But how do we attract young and built on the mentor model, but somewhere
shortage never fully materialized. It reached eager mechanics-in-training when our idea along the way, we’ve lost some of this tradi-
a point where it was chalked up as a sales of the greasy mechanic is too constantly tion. Egocentric and apathetic attitudes get
pitch by flight schools and usage of the term perpetuated by the macho attitudes of the in the way of this model of training and if we
“because of the pilot shortage” became a staunch old guard? Over the years, I have continue with this old-boy's-club mentality,
punch line. Today, we have come to the real- watched young people enter the industry then this crisis is going to get worse before it
ization that this imminent shortage is now only to be treated with negative, unwelcom- gets better. For example, had the practice of
reality and it is no laughing matter. ing and unprofessional attitudes. Many gender equality in the workplace been ad-
Reflecting on the start of my own Aircraft times, newcomers are made to feel inade- opted even a generation sooner, we would
Maintenance Engineer (AME) training, I quate from day one, that they have not done not be in the position we find ourselves now.
remember being bombarded with remind- enough, and that it will take many more We need to create a toxic-free work envi-
ers of the approaching pilot shortage, but years before they can become true AMEs, ronment that is welcoming. I call on experi-
there was hardly any mention of a possible pilots or most other aviation roles. enced AMEs and pilots to be more open to
AME shortage. How could one part of the We understand this industry is not an working with our new members. Welcome,
industry be so assured of a labour shortage, easy one to break into. It requires years of encourage and mentor them and demon-
yet another sector be blindsided by the same hard work and investment to achieve even strate the positive side of aviation with all of
PHOTO: JOHN SING, FANSHAWE COLLEGE
issue? In my own observations, I believe one apprentice AME or right-seat status. For the opportunities that it has to offer. If we
reason for this blind spot, and a major fac- those who do manage to find an entry-level endeavour to make them a part of the team
tor in explaining our current situation, is the position, they are often greeted with pessi- and share our knowledge and experience
mindset of exclusion and apathy that is ever mistic attitudes that demoralize them and with them, we can build on the lessons of
present in our industry. We haven’t made often result in the individual prematurely the past to strengthen our future. | W
it a priority to attract newcomers to choose leaving the industry. By no means am I sug-
aviation, and in particular non-pilot posi- gesting we coddle or falsely appease new Tim Anderson, AME M1, M2, is a commer-
tions, as an attractive and rewarding career. members of our industry. Aviation can be cial, multi IFR pilot; co-owner of Anderson
This mindset of apathy and exclusion was a challenging career that presents tough- Aviation; and a professor at Fanshawe’s
prevalent back then and still exists today. It working conditions, high levels of stress Norton Wolf School of Aviation Technology.
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B
ombardier’s CSeries returned
to the Farnborough Air Show
in July. The same spot where
the program was launched
10 years ago. Even so, the UK
show has not been kind to the airplane over
the years. But neither has Paris. Will the
2018 edition of Farnborough be any dif-
ferent? Forecasting can be a bit of a mug’s
game, and the UK turnstiles will be click-
ing as Wings goes to press. Still, there are
encouraging signs that Farnborough will
deliver the CSeries its strongest air show
performance to-date.
For starters, Farnborough is as much
a program reset as it is a return. On July
1, while most of us flipped burgers, set off
fireworks and counted down the return of CSeries order, only to leave
hockey, Bombardier and Airbus finalized a Bombardier estimates empty handed. Most nota-
deal to transfer majority ownership of the
CSeries to the European consortium, al-
demand for 6,800 in the bly Paris in 2011, where an
order from Persian Gulf car-
though the program remains headquartered 100- to 150-seat sector over rier Qatar Airways appeared
in Montreal (see On the Fly). Paris and Farn-
borough are where airplane builders love to
the next 20 years. imminent. With or without
Moxy, it feels different this
generate industry buzz by fattening their or- 60 CS300s for a new American startup, time. In December, EgyptAir finalized an or-
der books. It is difficult to picture Airbus not Moxy Airways. Neeleman is reported to der for 12 CS300s, with purchase rights for
wanting to make a splash, beginning with a be raising US$100 million from investors an additional 12, and Latvia’s airBaltic, the
rebranding of the program. Bloomberg News including former Air Canada chief execu- launch customer for the CS300, fast tracked
reported in April that the CSeries was set for tive, Robert Milton, according to the UK’s an order for a further 30 aircraft to secure
a name change, to leverage the Airbus brand Economist. Moxy will launch in 2020, delivery positions ahead of the Bombardier-
and send a signal to potential buyers that the coinciding with when the first American- Airbus tie up, where it is expected that more
program is here to stay. built CSeries will begin rolling off a second potential customers are ready to ink deals.
Boeing had previously rebranded the assembly line at Airbus’ A320 production “We could have waited, but we were of
McDonnell Douglas MD-95 as the 717 facility in Mobile, Alabama. the opinion that we better buy them now
after inheriting the program during a The Moxy story was broke by Airline to secure these [delivery] positions, not to
merger with its former U.S. rival. The 717, Weekly, an online industry newsletter, risk that after the takeover somebody else
which once gave Boeing a clean shot at the which is reported to have seen Neeleman’s takes them,” Martin Gauss, airBaltic’s chief
lower end of the 100- to 150-seat market, investor presentation. Moxy will follow executive told Reuters.
was cancelled in 2006 after only 156 were the Azul model, providing point-to-point Bombardier estimates demand for
built. A similar fate is unlikely to greet the service between secondary airports, while 6,800 aircraft in the 100- to 150-seat sec-
CSeries which is clean-sheet technology, using the CSeries advanced economics and tor over the next 20 years. Airbus’ biggest
whereas the A320neo and 737 MAX are comfort level to sidestep the austerity of challenge will be slimming down the pro-
second and fourth iterations of mid-1980s ultra-low-cost rivals. Bombardier estimates grams lumpy production costs to make it
PHOTO: FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW
and 1960s platforms, respectively. The like- that many secondary and tertiary markets more competitive. “It’s no secret that the
liest designations for the rebrand are A210 have lost jet service in recent years as larger program today is not profitable,” Klaus
and A220, making the former CS100 and narrow-body aircraft have made these Richter, an Airbus procurement chief, told
CS300 models the first aircraft in a new routes uneconomical for mainline carriers. Bloomberg. “The [airplane] is too expen-
Airbus 200 family, leaving the door open for Moxy would become the second largest cus- sive. We’ll have a discussion with suppli-
stretched versions of the platform, which is tomer for the CSeries after Delta Airlines, ers because it makes a big difference if you
what Airbus and Boeing had feared since which is expected to take delivery of its first have 300 or 1,500 in your order book.”
the program was first launched. aircraft next year. Both customers could As of Farnborough, the CSeries is dead.
The grapevine was ripe ahead of Farn- provide a showcase to stimulate orders in Long live the A200. | W
borough that David Neeleman, founder the struggling 100- to 150-seat sector.
of JetBlue Airways, Brazil’s Azul, and who Bombardier has gone to air shows before David Carr is a Wings features writer and
helped launch WestJet, has already ordered where speculation was ripe for a marquee columnist.
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Bonnie Bhalla of World Fuel Services and Robert Brunnenmeir of Flightpath.
AGENTS OF
CHANGE
T0P 20 UNDER 40
INFLUENCING THE FUTURE OF CANADIAN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
I
COMPILED BY JON ROBINSON
n our annual Top 20 Under 40 than 10 years. In July 2017, she was named need to succeed and he would never ask us to
program, sponsored by the Seneca as WFS's aviation sales lead for Canada. do anything that he wouldn’t do himself. He
School of Aviation, Wings magazine “With World Fuel's acquisition of Impe- has demonstrated this on many occasions,”
recognizes inspiring young leaders rial Oil's assets in Canada, Bonnie has been explains Ryan Collins of Flightpath. “He will
who are actively influencing the a critical link insuring the needs of the Ca- personally fly flights to help out when it gets
direction of Canadian aviation and nadian marketplace are met as the busi- busy or even to give a deserving employee a
aerospace. Presented here alphabetically, ness undergoes a major transformation,” day off. You will never see this man running
this diverse group represents industry in- explains David Munger of WFS. “Without his company from the sidelines. I can say he
novation, corporate development, entre- her efforts many airlines, FBOs, and air- truly leads by example.”
preneurial leadership and pure passion for ports would have seen a much larger nega- A graduate of Western University’s Com-
the vast world of aerospace. tive impact during the transition. We have mercial Aviation Management program,
These 20 leaders, who are all under placed Bonnie in a leadership role due to Brunnenmeir gained his first professional
the age of 40 as of December 31, 2018, her natural understanding of the market- experience working in the banking industry
were selected by our editorial team fol- place and her ability to motivate and con- for three years before becoming a fight in-
lowing a nomination process over several nect with both customers and employees.” structor at the Waterloo Wellington Flight
months and our own industry outreach One of WFS's major Canadian clients Centre. A year later, he founded Flightpath
to seek out individual influence, achieve- explains, “Bonnie has been assisting our to combine his passions for business and
ment and commitment to the commu- company with jet fuel for over five years. aviation. He is an active member of the
nities and companies they help lead. She is diligent in her interactions when it Canadian Business Aircraft Association
comes to sensitive matters like fuel supply. (CBAA) and the National Business Aircraft
BONNIE BHALLA She understands our business well and Association (NBAA).
AVIATION SALES LEAD, CANADA, makes every effort to ensure priority in
WORLD FUEL SERVICES fuel delivery.” MATTHEW COOK
MONTREAL, QC MARSHALLER AND CHIEF UNION
Bonnie Bhalla, age 32, joined World Fuel ROBERT BRUNNENMEIR SHOP STEWARD, SIGNATURE
Services Corp. as a sales executive in late FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, FLIGHT SUPPORT
2016, after that company acquired the FLIGHTPATH CHARTER AIRWAYS MISSISSAUGA, ON
aviation fuels business of Imperial Oil BRESLAU, ON Matthew Cook, age
in Canada, including its aviation centre Robert Brunnenmeir, age 36, started 36, as a marshaller
at the Calgary International Airport, for Flightpath Charter Airways with a Piper with Signature Flight
PHOTOS: JUSTIN LUCARELLI (LEFT), JOANNA BRUNNENMEIER (RIGHT)
US$135 million. This was part of a larger Navajo back in 2006 at the Region of Wa- Support’s location at
asset move by Imperial’s parent, Exxon- terloo International Airport (YKF), in Bre- the Toronto Pearson
Mobil, to sell aviation-fuelling operations slau, Ontario. Today, Flightpath has ex- International Airport,
at 83 airports in Canada, the United King- panded to hold more than 15 different is responsible for di-
dom, Germany, Italy, Australia and New private jets and turboprops with bases not recting aircraft traffic
Zealand. only in Waterloo, but also Charlottetown on one of the compa-
The Imperial acquisition made World (YYG), Montreal (YUL), Ottawa (YOW), ny’s busiest ramps. Since the merger of Page
Fuel Services (WFS) an ever stronger play- Barrie (YLS), Toronto (YYZ), Winnipeg AvJet and Butler Aviation in 1992, Signature
er in Canada’s aviation industry. World (YWG) and Edmonton (YEG). Flight has grown to become the world’s larg-
Fuel manages more than 7.3 billion gallons Flightpath now operates a variety air- est network of Fixed Base Operations
annually in the worldwide aviation sector, craft to meet diverse client needs, such as (FBOs), with more than 200 locations.
its largest revenue-generator over land a Beachcraft King Air 200, Bell 206 Long As Markus Brucks of Signature explains,
and marine operations, which equates to Ranger, Embraer Phenom 100 and 300, “Matt has managed to turn the faceless job
dealing with some 3,000 airports, 15,000 Cessna Citation CJ3, Bombardier Learjet of a marshaller into the role of a customer
customers and more than 3.2 million an- 45, Embraer Legacy 450, Bombardier Chal- service ambassador, despite being only one
nual transactions. lenger 604, and Bombardier Global Express member of a large service team. Wearing
Beginning with Imperial, Bhalla has types. his trademark shirt and tie, no matter what
been in the aviation fuels business for more “Rob insures his staff has the tools they the weather conditions are, his presence
WWW.WINGSMAGAZINE.COM July/August 2018 | WINGS 19
simply says first class.” issues, globally. He would return to school to complete his
Brucks continues to explain how Cook developed the poli- B.A and B.Ed degrees at Trent University
utilizes his nine years of experience with cies, procedures and Queen’s University, respectively. He is
Signature: “His innovative single point of and compensation an active volunteer on Trent University’s
contact approach and willingness to tackle framework for the Alumni Council, where he was recently
any of the multitude of issues that may department. elected as VP, communication and mem-
arise from aircraft, crew, weather condi- Cosgrove also bership services.
tions and passengers have made him an manages all media With these accomplishments and more,
indispensable asset to the everyday opera- escalations for Cargo, including social Cosgrove received the 30th edition of Air
tions at Signature.” Cook also trains new media and traditional media outlets. This Canada’s Award of Excellence, the airline’s
marshallers at Signature Toronto. past year, he organized hurricane relief highest recognition and a peer-driven pro-
Cook was elected as chief union shop efforts at Cargo, which delivered more gram. He was nominated and selected for
steward, Local 2413, in January of 2017. than 8,000 kilograms of aid to impacted the award along with 57 others out of the
As a result, he became an integral part of regions. In addition to this, he organized company’s 30,000 employees.
the bigger operations picture at Signature an company event where employees and
Toronto. His interest in aviation began at a GlobalMedic worked together to create TYLER HUNT
young age, receiving his recreational solo humanitarian aid kits, which would serve VP, APRON FUEL SERVICES
pilot permit at age 14. Today, Cook is the more than 1,000 families. DORVAL, QC
youngest lifetime sustaining member of Cosgrove also launched Air Canada’s in- Tyler Hunt, age 33,
the Brampton Flying Club where he bases ternal social network, Yammer, in 2012 for has played a major
his Cessna 172. In-Flight Service (a user group of around role at Apron Fuel
7,000). The pilot project was then rolled Services, enabling its
SEBASTIAN COSGROVE out to the rest of the organization’s 30,000 growth within the
MANAGER, CARGO CUSTOMER employees. This internal social platform aviation industry over
RELATIONS, AIR CANADA won Best Social Intranet of 2012 from Ra- the past nine years.
TORONTO, ON gan Communications. His involvement in-
Sebastian Cosgrove, age 31, has devel- Cosgrove began his career at Air Canada cludes supplying de-icing fluid to many
oped an impactful career with Air Canada as a temporary flight attendant. Through- key Canadian airports such as Toronto
in seven short years. In his current role, out the summer, he would fly for the com- Pearson (YYZ), Kelowna (YLW), Hamil-
Cosgrove formed the Cargo Customer pany as a trilingual (English, French and ton (YHM), and Whitehorse (YXY).
Relations department to resolve customer Italian) flight attendant. In the fall, he Hunt is also responsible for ensuring all
Leah Marcoux
Assistant Chief Flying Instructor
KF Aerospace Defence Programs, Southport, MB
MICHAEL KLEYWEGT
CEO AND LEAD DEVELOPER,
AIRSUITE
THUNDER BAY, ON
Michael Kleywe-
gt, age 38, is the
founder of Air-
Suite and the lead
developer of its
flagship product,
InterVISTAS congratulates
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Cirro, described
as flight manage-
ALEX WELCH
ment software designed to meet the
needs of an entire aviation operation.
Vice President The software, in particular, focuses on
Route & Network Planning the needs of business owners and
One of Wings Magazine’s 2018 management.
Top 20 under 40 Kleywegt, a First Nations person and
e as a passion for identif ing and father of five, is also a helicopter pilot
ana zing new air service opportunities with 5,000 hours of flight experience.
for airport and air ine c ients a around A self-taught software developer, he be-
t e wor d. s a resu t of is team s gan developing these skills to build an
detai ed ana ses compe ing usiness
cases and strategic advice man in-house solution for a local helicopter
communities ave een a e to company. After an arduous Transport
successfu secure new air services. Canada audit, he explains, the company
decided it needed a better solution to
e is a proven strategist w o provides
insig ts t at e p to so ve pro ems streamline the auditing process.
creating new opportunities. After Transport Canada’s positive
response to the program he built dur-
nterVISTAS uti izes air ine grade networ
eva uation too s to guide ot air ines
ing a subsequent audit, Kleywegt was
and airports to a deeper understanding motivated to brand and sell the Cirro
of route pro ta i it and s nergies. product to the wider market in Canada.
AirSuite continues to work with that
T an ou Wings Magazine for our
continued support and coverage of original Helicopter client and has since
anada’s t riving aviation industr become a leading provider of flight
management software in Canada’s com-
mercial rotary market. AirSuite has also
expanded into the small- to-medium-
sized fixed-wing market, as well as air
www.intervistas.com cargo, air medical, rotor-wing aviation
Vancouver • Boston • Washington • San Francisco schools and the business-jet market.
AirSuite is now an active member
of HAC, HAI and an authorized dis-
tributor of NAV Canada charts. The
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company employs a staff of eight and
its developers are continually working
on software improvements. The team
is now working to break into the export
market and reach clients in the United
States and Europe. The newest devel-
opment feature in Cirro is the roll out of
a complete Safety Management System,
which is fully customizable and embed-
ded into Cirro.
JOSHUA KUTRYK
ASTRONAUT, CANADIAN SPACE
AGENCY
FORT SASKATCHEWAN, AB
Lieutenant-Colo-
Safety Management
nel Joshua Ku-
tryk, age 36, was
raised on a cattle
farm in eastern
Alberta and in for All Operations
July 2017 became
one of two re-
Imaginary or otherwise, your operation needs a safety management system
cruits selected by the Canadian Space
Agency to become an astronaut, only that doesn’t feel like … well, a safety management system. Cirro’s SMS is built
the country’s fourth such recruitment for all operations with the aim of making it easy for pilots and operators to
process that happens approximately
proactively identify, assess, and control safety-related hazards.
every seven years.
Kutryk previously served as a test
pilot, fighter pilot and engineer in the See for yourself at air-suite.com
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Royal Canadian Air Force. He holds a
bachelor's degree in mechanical en-
gineering; master's in space studies;
master's in flight test engineering; and
master's in defence studies. His certifi-
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cations include airline transport pilot
licence, fixed wing experimental test
pilot, fighter pilot, civilian and mili-
tary instructor pilot. He has more than
2,800 hours of flying experience on
more than 25 aircraft types.
Prior to joining the Canadian space
program, Kutryk worked as an experi-
mental test pilot and a fighter pilot in
Cold Lake, AB, where he led the unitC
responsible for the operational flight-
M
testing of fighter aircraft in Canada. As
the officer in charge of fighter evalu-Y
ations, he was responsible for safely CM
STÉPHANIE LAFOREST
SENIOR DIRECTOR, LEAD OF INTEGRATION
MANAGEMENT OFFICE, AIRBUS AND CSERIES JOINT
VENTURE, BOMBARDIER
MONTREAL, QC
Stéphanie Laforest, age 35, was responsible
for the integration of the Airbus-CSeries joint
venture. The transaction – one of the largest in
North American aviation – closed earlier than
first planned on June 7, 2018 (officially July 1,
2018). As a result, Airbus acquires a majority
stake in the C Series Aircraft Limited Partner-
ship (CSALP), which expects to capture a
large share of the projected need for more than 6,000 100- to 150-
seat airliners over the next 20 years.
Laforest joined Bombardier in 2008 as part of the strategy and
product development team for the chief engineer of Bombardier
Aerospace, contributing to the company’s aircraft development. Kristen McCallum, civil aviation safety inspector for Transport Canada.
She was promoted to marketing account manager in 2009, lead-
ing the marketing activities of the Africa and Middle East regions General Aviation (GA) Safety Campaign, Mann now plays a key
within the Commercial Aircraft business unit (CSeries, Q400, role in the planning of new initiatives. His mandate is to improve
and CRJ). In 2010, she was transferred to Berlin, Germany, to safety across GA without imposing harsh, costly new regulations
join the Corporate Audit and Risk Management unit of Bombar- on pilots and aircraft owners. Mann also works closely with or-
dier, focused on mitigating business risks in locations like China, ganizations like NAV Canada, provincial aviation councils, and
Romania, Hungary, U.S., France and the UK. with local COPA chapters. He led initiatives like COPA’s Members
In 2012, Laforest became manager, strategy and business de- Choice Awards to rejuvenate membership and GA interest. His
velopment for Bombardier's Locomotives division based in Zu- revamping of COPA’s flight school/student membership program
rich, Switzerland, and then promoted to senior director, strategy has seen participation grow from four to almost 200 in one year.
and business development in November 2013. For this role, she He is also refreshing COPA's brand, logo and professional position.
returned to Berlin and was responsible for the strategic orienta-
tion, business development and alliances with key partners and LEAH MARCOUX
also helping to incubate a new product concept. Laforest returned ASSISTANT CHIEF FLYING INSTRUCTOR, KF
to Bombardier's corporate office in Montreal in late 2016, work- AEROSPACE DEFENSE PROGRAMS
ing on various strategic projects in close collaboration with Bom- SOUTHPORT, MB
bardier’s CEO and the executive committee. Leah Marcoux, age 30, has spent nine years
building her aviation career with KF Aero-
CARTER MANN space, currently serving as assistant chief fly-
MANAGER OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & ing instructor for Grob Operations within the
COMMUNICATIONS, CANADIAN OWNERS & PILOTS organization’s Defense Programs division.
ASSOCIATION She helps manage the flight training for ap-
OTTAWA, ON proximately 200 student pilots and naviga-
Carter Mann, age 30, is a third-generation tors annually for the Royal Canadian Air
pilot who has been a member of the Canadi- Force (RCAF), based in Southport, Manitoba.
an Owners & Pilots Association (COPA) be- Marcoux joined KF Aerospace’s instructor team in 2009 and
fore starting to fly. He joined COPA’s staff in was promoted to assistant chief flying instructor in 2011. Her po-
January 2017, after growing his career in Ot- sition is only one of two in Canada, where she manages a staff
tawa and Vancouver in various communica- of civilian flight instructors and military students, while working
tions roles for governmental and political in concert with the CFI and various DND staff members. She
offices, including his recent work for the Pre- manages to maintain her civilian qualifications in addition to her
mier of BC (2016). Mann previously served as press secretary for RCAF supervisory training duties.
the Department of National Defence (spring 2013) and the Cana- She now instructs students on the Grob 120, which is fully
da Revenue Agency (2013-2015), in addition to assisting the Min- IFR and aerobatic certified. As a Class I flight instructor, she
ister of Public Safety Canada from 2011 to 2013. helps these students to often realize their dreams by graduating
After graduating from the University of British Columbia with as winged military pilots with the RCAF, ready to be deployed
a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs, he interned with the around the world. As a former air cadet, Marcoux gives back to
Office of the Minister of State (Transport), before his first aviation the cadet program by serving as a board member, helping to select
job as a linecrew technician for Signature Flight Support (Esso cadets for power flying scholarships.
Avitat), at the Vancouver International Airport (YVR), where he The training aspect of KF Aerospace took on even more im-
stayed for six years. portance in May 2018, when it aligned with CAE to form SkyAl-
As part of COPA’s partnership with Transport Canada in the yne Canada, a 50/50 joint venture that will focus on developing
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military pilot and aircrew training in experience was recognized in March 2009 as well as regulatory compliance,” explains
Canada. Currently, CAE and KF Aerospace when she successfully landed a Metro II one of McCallum’s nominators, who works
deliver all phases of pilot training to the “gear-up” in Winnipeg, MB, after the land- with an operator. “She clearly recognizes
RCAF through the NATO Flying Training ing gear failed to successfully extend. Mc- the impact that aviation has had on her life
in Canada program managed by CAE, and Callum and her fellow crew member were and career and strongly believes in giving
the Contracted Flying Training and Sup- credited for the safe landing of the aircraft, back to aviation and the people that rely
port program managed by KF Aerospace. which resulted in no injuries to passengers on it.”
The two companies will continue to man- or flight crew.
age these programs as currently contract- From 2011 to 2014, McCallum pro- SCOTT MCFADZEAN
ed, while SkyAlyne focuses on building gressed through the flight line in the Dash CEO, DIAMOND AIRCRAFT
synergies between the two programs. The 8, as she also focused on a training role to INDUSTRIES
move will give KF Aerospace more power develop operationally safe and effective LONDON, ON
to provide RCAF with access to world- flight crew. In 2014, she joined Transport Scott McFadzean, age
class training, which becomes particularly Canada as a civil aviation inspector, flight 37, has spent the past
critical as the Canadian government works operations. In this role she is responsible 16 years of his career
toward determining its next generation for: Aviation safety oversight of, and ser- with the Canadian
fighter jet. vice activities for, individuals, enterprises, operation of Dia-
organizations, and Minister’s delegates. mond Aircraft Indus-
KRISTEN MCCALLUM McCallum is also responsible for verifying, tries (DAI), shortly
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR, in the context of flight operations, compli- before graduating
FLIGHT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT ance with the Canadian Aviation Regula- from the University of Western Ontario’s
CANADA, PRAIRIE & NORTHERN tions and she promotes proactive enter- Bachelor of Administrative and Commer-
REGION prise-wide Safety Management Systems cial Studies/Commercial Aviation Man-
WINNIPEG, MB for the safety of civil aviation operations. agement Program in 2003. Diamond, es-
Kristen McCallum, age 36, began her avia- Through her work at Transport Canada, tablished by Austrian aircraft designer
tion career as a reservations agent in 2004 McCallum has led several planned surveil- Wolf Hoffmann in 1981, sold 60 per cent
at Skyward Aviation in Thompson, MB. lance activities of air operators. “Kristen is share of its Diamond Aircraft Canada op-
She then became a Metro first officer with widely respected by industry professionals eration in late-2016 to the Wanfeng Avia-
Perimeter Aviation in 2006 and over the due to her industry experience, knowledge tion, part of the Wanfeng Auto Holding
next two years worked her way into the of the regulations, and sincere desire to in- Group. DAI today is noted as the third
position of Metro captain. Her skill and crease safety margins within the industry, largest manufacturer of aircraft for the
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general aviation sector, with manufacturing as project manager to the president (2006- graduated from Georgetown University
facilities in London, Austria and joint ven- 2007), working closely with company leader in Washington, DC, and ESADE School
ture production lines in other nations like Peter Maurer. McFadzean soon took on the of Business in Barcelona, Spain, with a
China. In May 2018, DAI, with the lead of additional responsibilities as acting direc- master's. In 2011, McFadzean accepted
McFadzean, made its largest fleet sale in a tor, sales and marketing (2006-2007), and the role of VP of operations (2011-2013),
50 aircraft order (DA40NG and DA42-V) by in 2008 accepted a new challenge as direc- then executive VP (2013-2016) and chief
Republics Airways. tor of operations (2008-2011) for Diamond operating officer (2017). In December of
McFadzean’s first position with Diamond Aircraft. 2017, McFadzean succeeded Peter Mau-
Aircraft Canada was as supply chain manag- In 2011, Diamond Aircraft sales exceeded rer as chief executive officer of DAI.
er (2002-2005), before being promoted to $100 million annually for the first time in the
continuous improvement manager (2005- company’s history and production increased NILOOFAR MORADI
2006), where focused on improving Dia- to one aircraft per day. During this time, TURBINE DESIGN, PRATT &
mond’s manufacturing efficiency. In 2006, McFadzean took on the additional workload WHITNEY CANADA
McFadzean was promoted again to serve of completing his post-graduate degree. He MONTREAL, QC
Niloofar Moradi,
age 31, earned her
undergraduate de-
gree in mechanical
engineering from
Concordia Universi-
ty in 2010 and
launched her career
at Rolls Royce Canada in the energy sec-
tor. Drawn to aviation and aerospace,
Moradi later joined Pratt & Whitney
Canada (P&WC) as an aerodynamicist,
where she was involved in all aspects of
turbine aerodynamics, from research
and airfoil design to engine develop-
ment and production support.
In 2016, concurrent with her design
work at P&WC, Moradi earned her
master’s degree from École de Technol-
ogie Supérieure as a significant player
in the creation of a multi-disciplinary
design optimization system. She was
responsible for creating a rapid three-
dimensional airfoil generator program
that is now an integral part of this over-
all design system.
Moradi has done design work for
several P&WC engines, including the
PT6C-67A, powering the AW609 Til-
trotor. She currently works in the Tur-
bine Mechanical Design department,
where she designs and integrates tur-
bine components.
Moradi, also focused on encouraging
and creating new opportunities for the
next generation of engineers, is a mem-
ber of the Industrial Advisory Board
for the MIA Engineering Department
of Concordia University. She works in
conjunction with faculty members to
continuously adapt engineering educa-
tion according to industry needs. She
is also a member of the Aerospace sub-
committee of the Palais des Congrès de
Montréal, helping to organizing major
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JEFF MUIR
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, WINAIR
LONDON, ON
Jeff Muir, age 36, oversees a team of sales,
marketing and account management profes-
sionals at WinAir, which develops aviation
management software with hundreds of in-
stallations at worldwide aviation organiza-
tions – from airlines and heli-ops to law en-
forcement agencies and oil suppliers. WinAir
technology is specifically designed to track
and manage aircraft maintenance and inventory control.
Muir joined WinAir in 2009 as a business development rep-
resentative and quickly began to develop his sales skills at client
locations in Africa, North America and Europe. After focusing on
the business-side of aviation maintenance, Muir worked to ex-
pand his understanding of consultative services, project planning,
software and process implementation, and change management.
Today, he manages accounts for a range of global aviation in- Malak Sedra , GM of the EASi Montreal Design Centre.
dustry subsets. He has been directly involved in the implementa-
tion of new product installations and client upgrades at hundreds taking leadership of EASi. He remains chairman and CEO of
of aviation-specific organizations in more than 30 countries. e-SKY.ca, a training platform. Sedra is also the coauthor of an
In 2017, Muir was promoted to his current managerial position online course called Introduction to Project Management, which
at WinAir. In addition to setting group expectations, defining follows the PMBOK standard issued by PMI. He often shares his
sales and marketing priorities, and establishing company goals, training and project management knowledge with members of
he is charged with generating new business opportunities and the aerospace industry.
forging long-term relationships with clientele.
JENNI SIDEY-GIBBONS
MALAK SEDRA ASTRONAUT, CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY
GENERAL MANAGER, EASI MONTREAL DESIGN CENTRE CALGARY, AB
MONTREAL, QC Dr. Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, age 29, was born
Malak Sedra, age 39, spearheads the EASi Montreal Design Cen- in Calgary and in July 2017 became one of
tre, which is part of the global recruiting giant Aerotek, and has two recruits selected by the Canadian Space
close to 20 years of experience in the aerospace domain. He took Agency (CSA) to become an astronaut, only
on his current role in May 2017 with the goal of creating a culture the country’s fourth such recruitment pro-
change at the centre. Leveraging his aerospace design experience, cess that happens approximately every seven
Sedra works closely with team leads and business development to years. She relocated to Houston, TX, to start
grow all engagements like designing aircraft interiors and ducting the two-year Astronaut Candidate Training
or aero-derivatives gas turbines. Program at the Johnson Space Center as a member of the 2017
Sedra holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut class.
specializing in thermo-fluids and propulsion, as well as an execu- Sidey-Gibbons holds an honours bachelor’s degree in mechani-
tive MBA from the John Molson School of Business and a PMP cal engineering from McGill University in Montreal, QC (2011),
designation. where she conducted research on flame propagation in micro-
Working with companies like Pratt and Whitney Canada gravity in collaboration with the CSA and the National Research
(P&WC), Goodrich and Triumph, Sedra is proficient in electri- Council Flight Research Laboratory. She then moved to the UK to
cal hardware, engine certification, EMI, and fuel control design, earn a Ph.D. in engineering with a focus on combustion from the
among other skills. At P&WC, he was one of its youngest team University of Cambridge (2015).
leads responsible for the PT6C-67A, the power plant powering The focus of her research in Cambridge was around flames,
the BA609 tilt rotor. He worked on almost all engine models at how we use them, and how to stop them from emitting harmful
PWC during his tenure and as a systems engineer worked on pollutants. More specifically, she worked on the development of
hydro-mechanical design within fuel systems and supported en- low-emission combustors for gas turbine engines. Sidey-Gibbons
gine tests. also worked as an assistant professor in the Energy, Fluid Me-
He was also certified by Andrew’s Airforce base to be the sys- chanics and Turbomachinery division on topics ranging from
tem engineer for flight tests on board P&WC's Boeing 720, which conventional and alternative energy production to introductory
included altitude testing required for engine certifications at up thermodynamics and flame physics.
to 40,000 feet. At P&WC, he then took on an aftermarket project Sidey-Gibbons is the co-founder of the Cambridge chapter of
management position before working with Goodrich as a pro- Robogals, a student-run international organization that aims to
gram manager for its pump engine controls. Goodrich sponsored empower young women in STEM. Through this work, she has
his PMP and executive MBA. taught programming to more than 3,000 young girls across the
EASi was also attracted to Sedra because of his entrepreneurial UK, which in large part led to her receiving the Institution of En-
mindset, having founded a range of businesses like Sedracorp. gineering and Technology's Young Woman Engineer of the Year
com and Sedratech.com, which have been put on hold since Award and a RAEng Young Engineer of the Year Award in 2016.
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ALEX WELCH the Airports Council International (ACI) and the British Colum-
VICE PRESIDENT, ROUTE AND NETWORK PLANNING, bia Aviation Council (BCAC).
INTERVISTAS CONSULTING
VANCOUVER, BC SOPHIA WELLS
Alex Welch, age 35, began working with In- CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, EDMONTON FLYING
terVISTAS 12 years ago and is already pro- CLUB, AND DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY, ELEVATE
viding critical support for airline and airline EDMONTON, AB
clients in Canada with analytical route and Sophia Wells, age 31, has been with the Ed-
network development services. These proj- monton Flying Club for nine years, including
ects include airline and airport consulting the past five as chief flight instructor. She has
projects around the world in places like New also worked with Elevate Aviation for the past
Zealand, the Caribbean and Africa. three years as one of its first executives. In May
“Alex has brought innovative approaches to route and network 2018, non-profit Elevate received $426,000 in
development in Canada, not only using large data and global funding from Federal government's Support
scope route and network development software, but recognizing for Women's Economic Security program to
their limitations and supplementing with unique contributions advance gender equality in Canada. She will be a key driver of ex-
of his own to tailor results to the realities of Canadian aviation,” panding Elevate’s mandate across Canada’s aviation industry.
explains Dr. Michael Tretheway, managing director of InterVIS- Wells is a graduate of the Mount Royal University's aviation
TAS, noting Welch’s impact on Canadian communities. Several program. She holds an airline transport pilot’s license and serves
airports have realized new air services as a consequence of his as a Transport Canada pilot examiner. She is also a Navajo captain
marketing efforts, explains Tretheway, and carriers have been able for Morgan Charters and often works at North Cariboo Air in cus-
to improve fleet utilization and market profitability. tomer service and passenger screening, adding to her experience
In addition to his Masters in Economics from the University of within the charter aircraft business.
British Columbia, Welch recently completed InterVISTAS' lead- At Elevate, Wells primarily works to encourage young women to
ership development program though the TIAS School for Busi- join the industry. She leads the Elevate Mentorship program, train-
ness and Society. His selection for the by-invitation-only program ing and connecting mentors from across the country with those who
marks him as a future corporate leader. are looking for support and guidance. She has also been a key part
Welch is a frequent guest lecturer at the British Columbia In- of Elevate's fundraising calendar that promotes inspiring stories of
stitute of Technology and currently sits on an advisor board for women in of aviation and raises funds for both the Lois Hole Hos-
the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British pital for Women and the Elevate Aviation Bursary program that has
Columbia. He actively participates in industry associations like raised more than $80,000. | W
NEW OPTIMISM
IN BUSINESS
AVIATION
JETNET IQ ON TODAY’S MARKET BASED ON SEVEN YEARS OF DATA COLLECTION
BY JON ROBINSON
J
ETNET LCC on any given workday has around 50 JETNET iQ surveys are designed to read the pulse of the busi-
people in its Utica, New York, headquarters phoning ness aviation community on such issues as their regard for major
and emailing aircraft owners and operators to produce airframe and engine brands, intentions for future aircraft utiliza-
some of the aviation world’s most unique, practical and tion and purchases, perceived obstacles to new aircraft purchases,
accurate research. Its goal is to reach approximately 500 and overall marketplace sentiment. In mid-June, Rolly Vincent
people every 90 days to create a small sampling error of about at the Canadian Business Aviation Association conference in Wa-
CHART: JETNET IQ / THE ECONOMIST
four per cent in its data. Over the past seven and a half years, terloo, Ont., described the state of the business aviation market
JETNET has spoken with or received industry surveys from more by drawing from JETNET iQ’s latest quarterly report.
than 15,000 owners and operators worldwide – in 129 countries. “We have been monitoring things very closely for the last 7 1/2
Data from this herculean collection effort – designed to accom- years and we have never seen the markets as optimistic as they
modate a marketplace comprised of more than 110,000 commer- are right now,” says Vincent. At couple weeks earlier at EBace
cial, corporate and helicopter airframes – is then analyzed and in Geneva, Vincent explained net optimism – the difference
disseminated through the company’s analytical branch JETNET between respondents who indicate market conditions are “Past
iQ, which was formed in 2011 in collaboration with aviation con- the low point” and those who say they have “Not yet reached the
sultancy Rolland Vincent Associates LLC of Plano, TX. low point” – measured almost 45 per cent in Q1 2018 within the
30 WINGS | July/August 2018 WWW.WINGSMAGAZINE.COM
fixed-wing turbine-powered owner- as opposed to relying solely on quarterly or- OEMs – Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer,
operator community. This is the highest der and backlog reports from larger public Gulfstream and Textron – only Bombardier
number JETNET iQ has ever measured companies. and Gulfstream have any meaningful order
in 29 consecutive quarters since the “The uptick in 2017 emptied a lot of backlog greater than three months.
survey began in Q1 2011. young inventory out of the market, so right Vincent describes the dwindling order
He notes 65 of respondents for JET- now if you are looking for a pre-owned air- backlog among the big five OEMs as a
NET iQ’s most recent report are Cana- craft less than 10 years old, that has only negative trend to watch. After a flat market
dian, who indicate Canada has a large been flown on Sundays at the Waterloo for the past several years, JETNET pre-
proportion of turboprops, with multi- Airport, and kept indoors at that beautiful dicts 2018 will see the delivery of around
engine aircraft representing 23.6 per Chartright hangar, as they say in Quebec, 650 business jets this year, with a slight
cent of the country’s fleet and single-en- bonne chance. There is nothing out there,” increase. “We expect the deliveries to stay
gine turboprops accounting for 21.7 per says Vincent, giving a nod to the host lo- at around one to two percent higher in ‘18
cent. In terms of business jets, Vincent cations of CBAA 2018. He also notes that than in ’17, that is our current forecast and
explains the numbers are largely driven among the five largest business aircraft we have been very accurate.” | W
by the U.S., which holds around 60 per
cent of all aircraft, followed by the Eu-
ropean region at some 14 per cent, with
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cent of the worldwide fleet.
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"We are calling for
the mandatory
installation of
lightweight flight
recording systems on
commercial and
private business
aircraft not currently
required to carry
them."
CLASS 4, 604
respond to TSB recommendations within
90 days and explain how they will address
safety deficiencies. She explains the ab-
sence of onboard recorders has been an is-
AND FLIGHT
sue in a number of investigations over the
years and in 2013 TSB recommended that
Transport Canada facilitate the installa-
tion of lightweight flight data recorders on
RECORDERS
board more commercial aircraft.
TSB's new April 2018 recommendation,
however, changes language from “facilitate
the installation” to “require the mandatory
installation” of recording systems. TSB
also expressed concern with Transport
CRITICAL ISSUES OF THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY Canada’s reactive approach to oversight of
BOARD FOR CANADIAN BUSINESS AVIATION private business aircraft operations, those
registered under Part 604. This issue was
BY JON ROBINSON outlined in an investigation report into
J
the 2016 fatal loss of control and collision
ust days after her June 14 keynote aviation for more than four decades, be- with terrain of a Cessna Citation 500 near
presentation at the Canadian ginning her career in 1974 in air traffic Kelowna, BC.
Business Aviation Association’s control and eventually retiring from NAV This occurrence was highly publicized
2018 convention in Waterloo, Canada in 2007 as VP of operations, and because the plane carried former Alberta
Ont., Kathy Fox received a clear then stepping onto the TSB board. Premier Jim Prentice, who lost his life
endorsement to continue her mandate as Inducted into three aviation hall of fa- along with three others onboard. Minutes
chair of the Transportation Safety Board mes, and recognized for her contributions after takeoff, TSB explains the aircraft en-
of Canada. She was appointed to lead the to sport parachuting, Fox earned an airline tered a steep descending turn and struck
watchdog group for another five years, transport pilot licence and represented the ground. Impact forces and a post-im-
after first taking on the position in 2014. Canada three times at the world champi- pact fire destroyed the aircraft. No emer-
Fox has been actively involved in Canadian onships of precision flying. It is easy to see gency call was made and, because there
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investigation also determined that the
pilot did not have the recent night flying
experience required by Transport Canada
for carrying passengers at night.
As a result of TSB’s investigation into
this accident and others, Transport Cana-
da planned to begin targeted inspections
of private business operators starting in
April 2018. “Investigation reports are our
bread-and-butter product. Up until now
we have been producing essentially two
types of reports, a Class 3 and a Class 2,”
says Fox, which might range from 35 pages
to 200 pages, respectively. After an inter-
nal review, TSB is now starting to issue a
Class 4 occurrence classification, which
are typically going to be around six pages.
Four such reports have been produced
for aviation, including one on Canada’s
The above chart produced by Transport Canada looks at the national service level performance based on first collision between a drone and a fixed-
average annual working days from 2014 to 2018. wing aircraft (Beechcraft King Air A100)
in Quebec in October 2017. Fox explains
was no flight recording system on board we have no detailed sequence of what ideally a longer report would have been
the aircraft, TSB explains it could not de- went on in the flight deck. All we have is produced for this occurrence because of its
CHART: TRANSPORT CANADA
termine the cause of the accident. a hypothesis.” significance in Canadian aviation, but the
“Despite an 18-month investigation, Fox explains the most plausible scenario drone and its operator were never found.
we aren’t much closer to knowing with is that the pilot, who was likely dealing Fox explains the Class 4 is the result of the
certainty what caused this accident,” says with a high workload associated with fly- TSB wanting to be more efficient, make
Fox. “We had no flight data recorder. We ing the aircraft alone, experienced spatial better use of its resources, and be more
had no cockpit voice recorder. These were disorientation and departed from con- transparent about how those resources are
not required by regulation and, therefore, trolled flight shortly after takeoff. The being invested. | W
apexaircraft.com
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L to R: Erin Grant, Air Canada 767 first officer; Marissa Duchscher, Jazz Q400 captain; and Jake Kelly-Cuthbert, Jazz CRJ first officer share their experiences in
becoming commercial pilots at Careers in Aviation Expo, Toronto.
CAREERS IN
AVIATION
EFFORTS TO ATTRACT YOUTH TO AVIATION, INCLUDING ELEVATE AND BIZAV YTI
T
hree hundred and seventy-five people attended the Authority to back in one of its medium-sized fire trucks – measur-
Careers in Aviation Expo on April 28 at the Jazz Avia- ing 70 x 20 feet.
tion Hangar in Mississauga, ON, which represents The day in Toronto featured six educational sessions focused on
the highest number of attendees for the seventh-an- the future of the workforce in Canadian aviation, kicking off with a
nual event, designed to foster the future of aviation in keynote by Steve Linthwaite, VP, flight operations for Jazz Aviation
Canada. This included dozens of secondary and post-secondary LP. He was joined on stage by Dwayne Swartz, base manager for
students looking to build careers in the sector. Three weeks later, Jazz at Pearson Airport, who shared insight into the daily main-
more than 75 students from across Western Canada and 120 people tenance and management at one of Canada’s busiest hangers. Jim
in total turned out for a smaller, but more interactive Careers in Armstrong, helicopter pilot and assistant chief flight instructor
Aviation Expo in Edmonton, Alberta, held within the recently built with Essential Helicopters of North Bay, Ontario, then discussed
PHOTO: JON ROBINSON, WINGS
– 2012 – hangar and facility of Aurora Jet Partners. the opportunities of developing a career in the rotary world.
The Careers in Aviation Expo (CIA), hosted by Wings and He- Business aviation opportunities were then presented by Skyser-
licopters magazines, is designed in large part to help address the vice’s Lyn Shinn, VP, central region and pre-owned aircraft sales;
labour shortages in aviation. A highlight of the CIA Toronto event followed by Stan Kuliavas, VP, sales & business development of
was the display of a Jazz Q400 aircraft, featuring one of the first Levaero Aviation, who also touched on the dynamics of business jet
public views of Air Canada’s new aircraft livery design. An Ornge sales. Tim Anderson, owner of Anderson Aviation Services, who is
PC-12 aircraft was also on display for attendees to tour; and just also a professor with Fanshawe College, Norton Wolf School of Avi-
before lunch a hangar door opened for the Greater Toronto Airport ation, began the afternoon discussing maintenance, avionics and
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entrepreneurship in Canadian aviation. a possible career choice. I was exposed to a for 2019 and 2020.
The day’s final session featured Ma- multitude of jobs in commercial aviation The day in Edmonton also featured pre-
rissa Duchscher, a Q400 captain with and our program even touched on military sentations from Curtis Nadon, chief flight in-
Jazz Aviation discussing her life as a fixed careers.” In retrospect after discovering an- structor at Mountain View Helicopters; Amr
wing pilot. After deciding to be a pilot at other side of aviation at Aurora Jet, Latis ex- Yosry, program supervisor with Rockwell
age 17, she spoke about her journey that plains, “business aviation is the hidden gem Collins and a ground school instructor; and
started in 2010 at Seneca College’s avia- of the aviation industry.” Kendra Kincade, founder of Elevate Avia-
tion program, followed by her 2014 grad- BizAv YTI plans to reach out to flight tion and an air traffic controller with NAV
uation and eventually being hired by Jazz schools and post-secondary institutions, Canada. Just days before the event, Elevate,
in April 2015. Duchscher was then joined organizing presentations that explain what based in Edmonton, received $426,000 in
by her colleagues Erin Grant, Air Canada business aviation is and what career oppor- funding from the Federal government’s Sup-
767 first officer and Jake Kelly-Cuthbert, tunities are out there. The first BizAv YTI port for Women's Economic Security pro-
Jazz CRJ first officer for a Q&A session. meeting will take place in Alberta later this gram to promote aviation careers with young
The Toronto event was capped off by year, with a nationwide expansion planned Canadian women. | W
a prize draw, as Thomas Sandrin, brand
manager, Hamilton Watches Canada,
picked a name from hundreds of ballots DTI Training Pre-Assessment Audits
to present a Khaki X-Wind watch.
CIA Expo then ran for the first time
in Edmonton, thanks in large part to the
location provided Morningstar Group,
which includes Aurora Jet Partners, as
well as Morningstar Air Express and Sig-
nature Flight Support.
In addition to eight speaking sessions
covering a range of insight for aspiring
aviation professionals, CIA Edmonton
included more than 25 exhibitors who
spent the day discussing opportunities
in the industry. A highlight took place
shortly after 11:00 am when four Boe-
ing CH-47 Chinook helicopters briefly
landed in formation on the ramp in front
of Aurora Jet, which also brought its Em-
braer Phenom 100 inside the hangar for
the attendees to tour. The ramp also in-
cluded RCAF’s Raytheon C90A King Air,
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turboprop owned by Travis Burrows who
flew to CIA Edmonton to discuss his life or Assessment
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The morning of CIA Edmonton began Coming Up?
with a presentation from Bill McGoey, Dennis & Sol Taboada
president of Morningstar Group, who Pre-assessment review from the team that taught of DTI Training.
shared a range of insights on the state of the Regulator how to perform surveillance activity.
Canadian aviation. He provided statis- The DTI team will audit your SMS and QA systems To Register for a
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L to R: Jonathan Hack, research and innovation, IP management, Bombardier; Fassi Kafyeke, senior director, strategic technology and innovation, aerospace,
Bombardier; Francois Caza, VP, product development and chief engineer, aerospace, Bombardier; Thomas Duever, dean of Ryerson’s Faculty of Engineering &
Architectural Science; Mike Nadolski, VP, communications and public affairs, Bombardier; Chris Damaren, director of the University of Toronto Institute for
Aerospace Studies; Ann Buller, president of Centennial College; and Andrew Petrou, executive director, DAIR, and director, strategic initiatives and external
relations, Centennial.
BUILDING THE
DOWNSVIEW
AEROSPACE HUB
CANADIAN AEROSPACE POWERS COMMIT TO CRITICAL ONTARIO DEVELOPMENT
D
ozens of people from Canada’s aerospace sector approximately 138,000 square feet of instruction space and a new
gathered in mid-June at Downsview Park in To- hangar large enough to accommodate today’s commercial jets.
ronto to celebrate a multi-million-dollar invest- “We expect to welcome our students here for the start of winter
ment from Bombardier to help establish what will semester this coming January, after we move all of our aircraft and
become one of North America’s leading aerospace related equipment from our small hangar at Ashtonbee Campus to
hubs. The event took place in a heritage aviation building that has this historic facility, which served as the headquarters of de Havil-
been transformed into an aircraft cabin interior research facility of land of Canada,” said Ann Buller, president of Centennial College.
Ryerson University’s Aerospace Engineering program. “Our new space will allow us to expand our aviation technician
Across the street, construction continues on Centennial Col- AME programs and introduce new ones in aerospace manufactur-
lege’s new Downsview campus dedicated to aviation and aero- ing, which will triple our aviation-related enrolment to more than
space. Scheduled to open in January 2019 as part of a $72 mil- 1,000 full-time students.”
lion investment, the college’s new four-acre campus will include Chris Damaren, director of the University of Toronto Institute
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for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), then
explained to attendees that UTIAS,
recognized as one of the world’s leading
aerospace research programs, is work-
ing on plans to establish facilities at the
Downsview aerospace hub within the
next few years.
Development of the new Ontario aero-
space hub is being led by the Downsview
Aerospace Innovation and Research
Consortium (DAIR), comprised of sev-
eral large aerospace companies and
postsecondary education institutions
from Greater Toronto. Representatives
the right relationship
from the aerospace programs of Centen- can help you soar.
nial College, University of Toronto and
Ryerson University were on hand to cel-
ebrate Bombardier’s investment.
Francois Caza and Mike Nadolski of PNC AVIATION FINANCE I When it comes to financing private aircraft,
Bombardier began the event by reinforc- we know you value decades of aviation expertise, track record and financial
strength. That’s why aviation clients across the U.S. and Canada choose
ing the company’s continuing commit- PNC Aviation Finance to help their business take off.
ment to the DAIR initiative. “As part of
our partnership with DAIR, Bombardier To learn more, visit pnc.com/aviation.
is investing in the continued growth
and competitiveness of the province’s PNC is a registered mark of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”).
Equipment financing and leasing products are provided by PNC Equipment Finance, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
aerospace sector through multi-million- PNC Bank. Aircraft financing is provided by PNC Aviation Finance, a division of PNC Equipment Finance, LLC.In Canada,
dollar contributions, research, training PNC Bank Canada Branch, the Canadian branch of PNC Bank, provides bank deposit, treasury management, lending
(including asset-based lending through its Business Credit division) and leasing products and services (through its
activities and by supporting the estab- Equipment Finance division). Deposits with PNC Bank Canada Branch are not insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance
Corporation. Deposits with PNC Bank Canada Branch are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
lishment of an aerospace hub in To- nor are they guaranteed by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
ronto’s Downsview area,” said Caza, VP, Lending and leasing products and services, as well as certain other banking products and services, require credit approval.
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product development and chief engineer,
aerospace, Bombardier. Caza also noted
Bombardier’s long-running commitment
to the Toronto area’s aerospace sectors
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Starting this year, Bombardier will
provide $1.5 million over five years to
fund core research at the Aeromateri-
als Research Centre, to be established
at the DAIR Innovation Centre. As a
founding member of the DAIR Con-
sortium, Bombardier will also provide
$900,000 over the next three years to
support formal operations of the Inno-
vation Centre. The centre will bring to-
gether industry and academic partners
in a collaborative space for aerospace
training and education, R&D, and sec-
tor advisory services.
Starting in 2019, Bombardier will
contribute an aggregate $1 million over
five years for the creation of two Aero-
space Research Centres at Ryerson Uni-
versity and the University of Toronto.
These centres will focus on research
in the areas of advanced interiors and
acoustics.
“With their five-year commitment
to support the Ryerson cabin interiors
research team, Bombardier is taking ac-
tion to follow through on our collective
mandate to catalyze research and devel-
opment in an aerospace hub at Downs-
view Park, advance the commercializa-
tion of next generation commercially
available business jets and commuter
aircraft, and empower Ryerson’s cabin
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for aerospace in Ontario,” said Andrew
Petrou, executive director, DAIR, and
director, strategic initiatives and exter-
nal relations, Centennial College. “This
commitment will enable the growth of
the Downsview Aerospace Hub through
support for training and research, DAIR
Innovation Centre physical space and
operations, and preservation of the site’s
aerospace heritage.”
Finally, in recognition of Downsview’s
historical importance in the development
of the aerospace industry in Ontario,
Bombardier explains it will be providing
a total of $2.5 million in capital funding
to refurbish the heritage Moth Building,
which will be the cornerstone of the DAIR
Innovation Centre.
In mid-June, Bombardier confirmed
the completion of the previously an-
nounced sale of its Downsview property
Andrew Petrou is leading the DAIR initiative which will include efforts to leverage the deep aviation to the Public Sector Pension Investment
history of the Downsview Park area, including restoration of the Moth building that produced thousands Board for approximately US$635 million.
of planes for Dehavilland.
Pursuant to a lease agreement with the
interior research team to solidify its role in extending its existing training program purchaser, Bombardier will continue to
this space,” said Thomas Duever, dean of to train a minimum of 50 individuals for operate from Downsview for a period of
Ryerson’s Faculty of Engineering & Archi- each of the next three years at Centennial up to three years, with two optional one-
tectural Science. College’s Downsview Campus. year extension periods. Even though the
Bombardier will also provide funding to “I am thrilled with the ongoing support land has been sold, the company is clearly
Centennial College for the completion of and leadership demonstrated by Bombar- invested in the future of aerospace in
its Landing Gear Research project, while dier and the opportunity this will unlock Ontario. | W
H
eld in Waterloo
Region, Ontario, in
the heart of Canada’s
high-tech community and at
the centre of Canada’s largest
concentration of business
aviation users, CBAA 2018
was an exciting industry
event, boasting value-packed The Changing
sessions and a memorable
static display and exhibit.
of the Guard:
The convention features Welcome the
leading-edge topics and 2018-2019
notable speakers that provided
delegates with critical CBAA Chair
information and strategies to The CBAA’s new board was
support their operations and Notable speakers included relationships and do business. appointed at our recent AGM
corporate goals. Delegates Keynoter, Rolland (Rollie) This event would not be held during CBAA 2018. With
left the convention better Vincent, President, Rolland possible without the support of a new Chair taking the helm, it
prepared to deal with a Vincent Associates, LLC literally dozens of individuals. is my pleasure to introduce him
wide range of challenges, and JETNET iQ Creator/ Our sincere thanks to everyone to the aviation community.
from employer/employee Director who presented the who served on our national Peter Bing, Director of
relationships in a post #MeToo Business Aviation Market and local planning committees, Operations and Chief Pilot,
world, to the impacts of the Overview and Kathy Fox, volunteers, staff, directors and, Sobeys Corporation, has
legalization of marijuana, how Chair of the Transportation of course our extraordinary accepted a two-year term as
to understand CRA’s new tax Safety Board of Canada, speakers and subject matter Chair, succeeding Rod Barnard
policy, to ways to attract new who examined several recent experts who added so much Director, Aviation and Travel
employees to business aviation accidents and discussed their value to our event. Services and Chief Pilot, Kal
and much more. impact on business aviation. Aviation Group, who was Chair
Other sessions focussed Senior representatives of THANKS TO SPONSORS! from 2016 to 2018.
on hands-on, practical advice, Transport Canada and NAV CBAA sincerely thanks the Peter started his aviation
like CBAA’s new flight-risk CANADA provided an update many sponsors, including career as a pilot over 35 years
assessment tool (FRAT), on their latest activities and Diamond Sponsors the Region g g ing f ing
emergency communications, a platform for delegates to of Waterloo International Piper Cubs on pipeline patrols
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CBAA was also pleased to The exhibit and static, to CBAA 2018. We are Dash-7 into Toronto Island to
help delegates acquire new featured 59 industry-leading deeply appreciative of their Director of Flight Operations
certifications at three workshops vendors plus 20 aircraft, support of the CBAA and our with Air Atlantic – Canadian
held in cooperation with the providing an excellent platform convention. To see the full Airlines International based
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Algonquin College’s aviation Rudy Toering, by the hard-working and Lyn Shinn • VP, Central Region, HondaJet Sales and
Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales
programs in Ottawa, he Interim President & CEO dedicated staff. You can Skyservice Business Aviation Inc.
then went on to found, lead read the full list of our 2018- Cathy Caldarola • Director of Sales and Marketing
and ultimately build one of the prominent 2019 directors in this News Brief. Chartright Air Group
Aviation Colleges in Canada, the Nova I would like to most sincerely thank Jacqueline Bailey • n ig ling i i n u
Scotia Community College - Aviation all of our current and outgoing board Paul Carter • Director of Maintenance
Skycharter Limited
Institute, preparing hundreds of students members for their guidance and most
Ivano Mosca • CPA, CMA
to enter the aviation industry. We look especially for their commitment to the
Vice-President Finance and Administration
forward to working with him to apply his CBAA. We could not do our job without Innotech-Execaire Aviation Group
expertise and knowledge to business them. Ian Darnley • Director of Business Development
Sunwest Aviation Ltd.
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BAA has taken a major step to attract he CBAA is working with Transport
young professionals to its sector, with Canada as it develops domestic
the BizAv Young Talent Initiative regulations to implement the ICAO
(BizAv YTI), sponsored by AirSprint and Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for
Student Aviation Financial Enterprises Corp. industry events to promote the exciting careers International Aviation (CORSIA) standards,
Launched at CBAA 2018, the initiative in business aviation available to students and which come into force in ICAO in 2020. We
is spear-headed by four young aviation young professionals. are pleased to report that there has been some
professionals, Kate Latis, Aurora Jet, Alex The first BizAv YTI meeting will be held progress in the CBAA attempts to reduce the
Hummer, Edmonton Shell Aerocentre, Gray in Alberta later this year, with a nationwide burden of compliance on PORD holders. For
Norman, Textron Aviation and Donald A. roll out planned for 2019 and 2020. more information, please refer to our online
Wheaton, General Bank of Canada. If you would like to join the BizAv YTI Members Forum or contact Merlin Preuss,
BizAv YTI plans to reach out to team and help with the expansion or become mpreuss@cbaa.ca.
companies, flight schools and post-secondary a program sponsor, please contact: bizavyti@
institutions, organizing presentations and cbaa.ca.
2018 Schedulers
& Dispatchers
INTRODUCING CBAA’S NEW FLIGHT Scholarship Recipients
RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL (FRAT) Announced at
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BAA members now have access to the newly designed CBAA FRAT that
allows pilots to fill out forms even when they have no internet connection and elson Billings, flight
sync them later when they do. coordinator at Skyservice
This new tool, part of CBAA’S Partners-in-Safety Business Aviation and Jonathan
program, will allow you will receive automatically Atkinson, licensed aircraft dispatcher at
updated access to all CBAA documents, CBAA news Skyplan Dispatch Ltd., are the recipients of
items, FRAT report forms and the NAD RMS at no the 2018 CBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers
cost, both online and via OBDS Aviation Docs iPad Scholarship.
and Windows client via a special virtual “CBAA fleet” that allows all documents to be CBAA thanks the sponsors of the S&D
viewable offline regardless of the size of the operation. scholarship for their commitment to business
Visit www.obds.aero/cbaa to sign up today. aviation: Air Service Hawaii, AirSprint, Flight
Safety International, Jet Aviation, Million Air,
the National Business Aviation Association,
CBAA ANNOUNCES WINNERS SheltAir Aviation Services, Signature Flight
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Program. Founded in 1981, these awards Transport Inc., Challenger 300/350
recognize outstanding achievements by Awarded to: Gray Skedgel, James nterprise
members in maintaining a high standard McCombe, Douglas Duchin, Kevin Dicaire, Holdings, a
of professionalism and safety in their Shane Furlong and Dale Hackett. transportation
business aircraft operations. solutions company,
has won the
Safety Company Award: 8300 hrs prestigious Hope Air
Awarded to: Irving Oil Transport Inc. Philanthropist Award, presented at CBAA
2018. Enterprise has supported Hope Air
Aircraft Maintenance Safety Awards 8300 since 2012. Their generosity has made
The CBAA sincerely congratulates Irving Oil
hrs, Irving Oil Transport Inc., Challenger Transport Inc. and its pilots and maintenance over 100 flights possible for Canadians in
300/350 staff for their corporate and personal financial need who must travel to medical
Awarded to Andrew Merrithew, commitment to safety. care far from home.
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Aviation Group • WorldFuel e are pleased to offer our
members exclusive space at
the CBAA Canadian Pavilion
CBAA APPOINTS NEW CHAIR AND at NBAA BACE 2018, October 16 –
BOARD MEMBERS AT ITS 2018 AGM 18, in Orlando, Florida. This is a great
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e are pleased to announce Jacqueline BaileyVP InflightSterling/ICFS who are new to NBAA to meet with the
that Peter T.R. Bing, Director Aviation Group. international business aviation community
Aviation Operations & Chief Returning as directors-at-large are James and showcase their products and services,
Pilot, Sobeys Inc. was named Chair of the Elian, President & Chief Operating Officer, using the marketing and logistics support
CBAA for a two-year term. AirSprint, Scott Harrold, Regional Sales of the CBAA.
New members joining for a two-year Manager, Signature Flight Support, Susan Spots in the
term are Ian Darnley, Director of Business Gunn, Operations, PM Air; Lisa Clarke, pavilion are limited
Development, Sunwest Aviation Ltd.; Ivano Regional Sales Manager , FlightSafety to CBAA members
Mosca CPA, CMA Vice-President Finance International and Ehsan Monfared, Associate who have not
and Administration, Innotech-Execaire Clark & Company. previously exhibited
Aviation Group; Lyn Shinn, VP, Central CBAA thanks its outgoing board at the NBAA
Region, HondaJet Sales and Pre-Owned members, Past Chair, Rod Barnard, Treasurer, (except at the
Aircraft Sales Skyservice Business Aviation Mike Fedele and directors at large Mark Van Canadian Pavilion).
and Paul Carter, Director of Maintenance, Berkel and Clement Nadeau for their many For more information, please contact
Skycharter Limited; Cathy Caldarola, Director contributions and service to the association Lindsay Berndt at lberndt@cbaa.ca or
of Sales and Marketing Chartright Air Group; and to business aviation. (613) 236-5611 Ext. 221.
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s I take on the role of chair
of the Canadian Airports
Council, Canada’s airports
celebrate 26 years of devo-
lution to local management
and operation for National Airports Sys-
tem (NAS) airports and several recent
years of tremendous growth for our sector.
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ly 1.9 million passengers in 2017. By 2045,
we expect to serve 3.5 million passengers
annually. As the gateway for the movement
of goods and people in central British Co-
lumbia, our airport provides direct links to
destinations such as Vancouver, Toronto, Canada’s airports have in-
Seattle and Puerto Vallarta. We support
some 4,500 jobs and $789 million in total
Much more work is needed on vested $40 million in the past
six years in infrastructure and
economic output. traveller bottlenecks through our border automation designed
There are many more stories like this one
across the country; collectively the econom-
international airports. to smooth passenger process-
ing. Nevertheless, with about
ic impact of Canada’s airports is significant. 75 million additional passen-
The CAC’s recent economic impact study improvements to safety and service for gers expected in the next decade, our border
shows that Canada’s airports support more travellers. agency needs investment in staffing and
than 194,000 direct jobs. They provide $19 Non-NAS airports receive support for R&D to fully engage in work already under
billion to the national GDP and $48 billion safety and security related projects through way internationally on the use of biometrics.
in direct economic activity. the Federal Airports Capital Assistance The Canadian Air Transport Security
Canada’s airports have made significant Program. While Transport Canada has Authority (CATSA), the crown corporation
investments to ensure travellers are safe made recent improvements to the program, that screens passengers, bags and workers
and comfortable, with more than $25 bil- ACAP funding levels have been stagnant for at Canada’s airports, is not structured or
lion invested in infrastructure since 1992, two decades and insufficient to support de- funded to respond to demand. Long lines at
primarily through user fees. This includes mand in all project categories. The CAC will screening, initially confined to Canada’s big-
everything from terminal expansions, more be working with regional partners on ways gest airports, are increasingly a concern at
parking and safety improvements such as to improve ACAP. regional airports with CATSA service.
maintaining and rehabilitating runways. Much more work is needed on traveller Toronto Pearson and the Vancouver In-
Canada’s airport model has allowed larg- bottlenecks through our major international ternational Airport spent an additional $14
er airports, with millions of travellers each airports. Last year, passenger volumes were million last year to supplement government
year, to make the investments needed to up 6.3 per cent, with international traffic funding to reach CATSA’s target of moving
ensure they can continue to add new routes growth even stronger at 9.8 per cent. While 85 per cent of passengers through screening
and competitive choice. Reforms to the air- growth is welcome, there are growing line- in 15 minutes or less. While Transport Min-
port model, that the Federal government ups at security screening and air borders. ister Marc Garneau has committed to im-
is understood to be considering, must not Small Business and Tourism Minister proving CATSA, two Federal budgets have
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jeopardize future investment if airports are Bardish Chagger has boosted the govern- failed to address service levels and capital
to continue to grow with demand. ment’s investments into tourism market- investment into screening technology has
Meanwhile, the Federal government has ing and these are paying off through record stalled. | W
recognized that many of Canada’s smaller international visitor numbers. In managing
regional airports with lower traffic volumes the flow of international travellers across Sam Samaddar is the chair of the Cana-
face challenges in sustaining both operating our borders, the Canada Border Services dian Airports Council, the national trade
and capital costs. Recent Federal infrastruc- Agency (CBSA) plays an essential role to association for Canada’s airports with 53
ture funding announcements for small NAS support growing air service demand and members around the country, and director
airports across the country are providing continued innovation through technology. of Kelowna International Airport.
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