2015 - ATAC

Annual Report
2015
Table of Contents
Mission Statement and Objectives ················································································ 3
Board of Directors 2014 - 2015 ···················································································· 4
Chair’s Message ······································································································· 5
President’s Message ································································································· 7
ATAC Committees ··································································································· 12
Membership List ······································································································ 13
Lifetime Honorees ···································································································· 15
Financial Statements ································································································ 18
ATAC Staff ············································································································· 30
** All information in this report is as of June 30, 2015 **
(Unless otherwise indicated)
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Mission Statement and Objectives
Mission
TO SUPPORT OUR MEMBERS IN THEIR COMMITMENT TO A SAFE, WORLD LEADING AND
SUSTAINABLE CANADIAN AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.
Objectives
 Promote safe, reliable, efficient and affordable air transportation of people and goods to the
benefit of Canadian society.
 Engage with relevant Government and regulatory authorities to advance Canadian
commercial aviation and facilitate sustainable air transport.
 Advocate
for government recognition of commercial aviation as a vital Canadian
socio-economic driver.
 Promote the availability of world class flight training in Canada, domestically and
internationally.
 Promote and support sound environmentally responsible operations and policies.
 Promote and support a regulatory framework that recognizes enterprise and imagination
in providing safe and competitive air transport services.
 Provide excellent and cost-effective services to our members.
 Promote professional operational standards and business practices by the membership.
 Inform and engage the public and other stakeholders about the industry and its views.
 Communicate matters of interest to our members in a timely manner.
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Board of Directors 2014 - 2015
Executive Committee
Directors
Chair of the Board
Serge Charron, President
Pascan Aviation - St. Hubert, QC
Tracy Medve, President
KF Aerospace - Kelowna, BC
President and CEO
John McKenna, President & CEO
ATAC - Ottawa, ON
1st Vice-Chair
Heather McGonigal, Director of Flight Operations
Transwest Air - Saskatoon, SK
2nd Vice-Chair
Jacques Monast, Manager
CQFA - CEGEP de Chicoutimi - Dorval, QC
Honorary Treasurer
Bob Connors, General Manager
Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre - Breslau, ON
Dennis Cooper, CEO
Sky Wings Aviation Academy - Penhold, AB
Patrick Coulter, Director, Business Development, Commercial Training - FlightSafety Canada - Toronto, ON
Philip Earle, President & CEO
Air Labrador - Goose Bay, NL
Eric Edmondson, President
Air Georgian - Mississauga, ON
Joseph Sparling, President
Air North - Whitehorse, YK
Brock Friesen, President & CEO
First Air - Kanata, ON
Honorary Secretary
Steve Hankirk, President
Canadian North - Calgary, AB
Quentin Smith, President
Pacific Coastal Airlines - Richmond, BC
Past Chair
Craig Hoffman, Vice President
Calm Air International - Winnipeg, MB
Mark Williams, President
Sunwing Airlines - Etobicoke, ON
Gord Johnston, Vice President, International & Strategic
Development - Cargojet - Mississauga, ON
Bob Lamoureux, President
EnviroTech Aviation - Nisku, AB
D. Bruce MacDougall
Paterson MacDougall LLP - Toronto, ON
Dan Munro, President
National Helicopters. - Kleinburg, ON
Tom Ray, General Manager
Regina Flying Club - Regina, SK
Jim Rogers, President
Flair Airlines - Kelowna, BC
Peter Scheiwiller, General Manager
North Cariboo Air - Calgary, AB
Eric Scott, Vice President, Flight Operations and Safety
Harbour Air - Richmond, BC
JC Tewfik, Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Discovery Air Technical Services - Dorval, QC
Joan Williams, Chair of the Board
Ottawa Aviation Services - Ottawa, ON
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Chair’s Message
(Presented at ATAC Annual Meeting– November 3, 2015)
“A lot can happen in a single year
and 2015 has had its share of interesting events”.
At the time of last year’s Annual
Meeting the price of a barrel of
crude oil was about $95 and the
Canadian dollar was $0.88.
Today the price of oil is about $48/
barrel and the dollar has dropped
to $0.76.
On March 24th pilot Andrea Lubitz deliberately crashed a
Germanwings Airbus A320 in the French Alps, killing 144
passengers and 6 crew members.
July 1, 2015 was a milestone day for both Air Canada and
WestJet as they recorded their largest ever single day
traffic numbers.
Our recent election has resulted in a change of government, the first since 2006.
Bombardier has received a 7 figure bailout commitment
from the Quebec Government and seeks similar input
from the Federal Government as a partner in the success
of the C Series aircraft.
We have had 503 reported laser strike incidents, a 43%
increase in 2 years.
Special Flight Operating Certificates for drones have risen
from 345 in 2012 to 1,672 in 2014 and the number of incidents investigated rose from 3 to 39 in the same time
period.
Each of these events will have an impact on our industry
and will require our close attention as an Association.
But as much as things have changed, there are other
things that have remained the same despite years and
years of efforts from ATAC. And unfortunately these
things have served to make our industry uncompetitive,
particularly when compared to our neighbours to the
south.
For example, Canadian fees and taxes account for about
40% of the difference in the price of an airline ticket in
Canada when compared with travel in the US.
Canada ranks 125th out of 139 countries for ticket tax and
airport charges. One culprit is airport rents which continue to be a uniquely Canadian charge borne by Canadian
flyers.
US airports have no similar cost. As of 2012, the book
value of the airport assets transferred from the government to the Airport Authorities was about $2.85B.
Rents paid as of 2012 are estimated at over $5B and the
money goes into the public treasury. Despite these rents,
the government provides no subsidies to the airports. So
over and above these rents, airports must rely on Landing
Fees, Airport Improvement Fees and other sources of
revenue such as parking and commercial space rent to
fund airport maintenance and improvements.
And despite considerable investment in our airports since
the transfer, our volume of business and market share
has not grown. Instead, we have lost an estimated 5 million passengers to transborder airports annually. This
translates into about 9,000 lost jobs and $1.1 B in lost
economic activity annually.
In addition to funding the airports, Canadian passengers
continue to be 100% responsible to pay for the air security system through the Air Travellers Security Charge
(ATSC). The ATSC revenues continue to flow into the
government’s general coffers and the ATSC expenditures
continue to fall short of the inflow, creating surpluses
which go unused for service enhancement. As of 2014
these surpluses were an estimated $258M. We need to
more directly tie CATSA funding to revenues from the
ATSC. And our policies need to insist that CATSA is a
service provider to the Canadian public with high standards for service delivery in terms of maximum wait times.
We believe it is the government’s responsibility to maintain a tax and regulatory environment favouring the competitiveness of Canadian air carriers.
Our current regime is not competitive. But the situation
has not been the fault of any one government. The situation has existed through many changes in leadership.
Since the airport transfer in 1992 we have had 13 years
of Liberal governance and 10 years of Conservative governance.
We do not yet know who will be appointed as the Federal
Minister of Transport. We do not yet know whether this
Minister will be accessible or accommodating. We have
had incidents in the past where the Transport portfolio
has been other than a top priority for the government.
Only time will tell whether we can garner the attention of
the Trudeau government, given the long list of priorities
they presented as their election platform.
Regardless of that, you have the commitment of the staff
and the Board of ATAC that we will continue to engage
with government at all levels and continue pressing for
aviation policy reform to eliminate policy induced anticompetitiveness.
In closing, I want to take a moment before our sessions
commence to thank the ATAC staff for their hard work in
preparing for this year’s Annual Meeting and National
Aviation Conference and Tradeshow.
Also a special thanks to our Tradeshow exhibitors for
your support and finally my appreciation to our ATAC
members for your engagement.
Your presence here for this year’s 81st Annual Conference is essential for us to continue our work on your behalf. We hope that you take advantage of this unique
opportunity for networking, education and input.
Have a great Conference everyone.”
Tracy Medve
President, KF Aerospace
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President’s Message
(Presented at ATAC Annual Meeting– November 3, 2015)
It’s great to be back in Montreal. It is
with pleasure that I present the President’s 2014-2015 Annual Report.
Allow me to introduce my colleagues :
Les
Aalders,
Executive
VicePresident, and Vice-President, Atlantic Canada & British Columbia; Mike
Skrobica, Senior Vice-President and
Chief Financial Officer, and VicePresident for Ontario; and Wayne
Gouveia, Vice-President, Commercial
General Aviation and Vice-President, Prairie and Northern.
I am responsible for the Quebec region.
I want to begin by welcoming industry association and organization partners that we work with on a regular basis.
The continued and constructive collaboration we enjoy is
key to our success as industry associations. I’m not quite
sure which ones are sitting in the room right now but I
would ask them to stand as I identify them so that we may
acknowledge their presence.
I want to report to you on the work we’ve accomplished in
the financial year ended last June 30. I will address key
issues, our membership, our finances, and our organization.
We maintain a strong and dynamic presence in Ottawa.
The ATAC team has been hard at work overcoming regulatory, political, and level of service hurdles in the way of
your continued success.
We represented ATAC members and promoted Canadian
aviation internationally in Argentina, Belgium, France,
Spain, the US, Great Britain, Ireland and China.
Membership
Membership is key at ATAC. We have been successful in
attracting many new members, both Operators and Industry Partners, over the past year and we will continue to do
so. We have lost some members, largely due to the economic slowdown, but fortunately through our active recruitment we were able to keep our ranks strong.
Our membership stands at 184, including 81 Operator
Members, 91 Industry Partners and 12 Affliates. We constantly meet with potential members, convincing them that
membership in ATAC is a wise investment which allows
them to stand strong with us when facing the many challenges of our industry. A strong membership continues to
give ATAC the leadership it has enjoyed for over 80 years.
Keep in mind that an ATAC membership yields the greatest
return to those who join in the committee work throughout
the year and attend our annual National Aviation Conference.
Your participation is what makes our Conference a success
so we always encourage you to bring the largest possible
delegation. You’ll benefit from your team’s involvement in
our committee work and networking events.
We announced last year that we would offer the head of
the Operator Member with the largest delegation, a free
upgrade to the John Lennon Suite for the duration of the
Convention.
I am happy to announce that Air Georgian has the largest
delegation to this year’s Conference. As the head of the
delegation, Mr. Eric Edmondson has been offered the John
Lennon Suite. Eric has kindly accepted to open the John
Lennon Suite (suite 1742) to visitors this afternoon between 4 and 5 PM, before our pre-dinner reception. I encourage you to experience that cultural icon.
ATAC Finances
As you heard from our Honorary Treasurer, ATAC’s finances are in good shape. We budget very conservatively and
keep our expenses under strict control. As you have all
seen in your invoices last July, we did not increase membership fees again this year.
This marks the fifth year that our membership fees have
remained unchanged.
Copies of our financial statements are available in the back
of the room for our members. Our 2014-2015 Annual Report will be posted to our website early in the New Year.
Communicating with Members
We are constantly trying to improve communications with
you and the other aviation stakeholders.
We have been monitoring our Web page traffic and our
Twitter account for the last year in order to better measure
the response to our internet activity. We are making better
use of the social network in order to communicate with the
aviation community both in Canada and abroad. We continue to better showcase our successes. We have more and
more followers on our Twitter account. Our bilingual website, the focal point of our internet activity, is receiving a
growing number of hits on a monthly basis.
We continue to hold monthly Board Conference Calls and
quarterly Member Calls. In an effort to maximize efficiency
and lower costs, we are transitioning towards webinars as
they allow a much more dynamic exchange for everyone
participating.
We have redesigned our Member Portal to make it more
user friendly. “MyATAC” replaces the “Members’ Only” section of our website and will allow for sharing of files, updating your profile, and posting messages to a discussion
board.
The username and password that you currently have for
the Members’ Only section of our website will no longer be
valid. We will be sending you new access codes by email
within one week after this Conference. Check your inbox
and even your junk mail in some cases for our email containing new individual usernames and temporary passwords. Contact us should you not receive your access
codes to our new portal.
The ATAC officers and I met on November 1 with the Presidents of most of the Canadian aviation associations and
we have identified many common issues of concern. We all
agreed that working together, as many of us successfully
did on the Fatigue Management issue, is not an option but
the only way forward if our voices are to be heard.
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Issues at the Forefront
ATAC is working on a great number of issues for its members. I have asked the ATAC officers to join me here this
morning so that they can add to what I am saying and answer any questions you may have.
There are many issues of importance. I will address the
major ones.
Transport Canada Civil Aviation
Flight Crew Fatigue Risk Management and Flight & Duty
Times was the major regulatory issue being addressed
over the past year. ATAC and other industry associations
dissented on the Notice of Proposed Amendment issued in
September 2014 and ever since ATAC has been working
hand in hand with our members to ensure the adverse impact of such a regulatory change is well understood by the
regulator.
ATAC’s emphasis is that with the Safety Management System (SMS) regime in place, our operators already have an
excellent mechanism to deal with Fatigue issues. Our 705
operators know this well as do many forward thinking 703
and 704 operators who have implemented SMS concepts
voluntarily.
ATAC continues to strongly advocate that Transport Canada add much more focus on improving such things as the
poor Levels of Service in certain regions regarding approval of manual amendments and pilot licences. We are still
hoping that a pilot project addressing manual amendments
will get the go ahead imminently.
All members are encouraged to participate in the monthly
committee conference calls for Flight Operations, Cabin
Operations and Technical Operations & MRO Committees.
The more we collectively share our trials and tribulations as
well as our actions dealing with these, the better our industry’s chances are for ongoing successful operations.
NAV CANADA
ATAC and its members are key participants within the
many NAV CANADA consultative opportunities.
Les Aalders represents you on standing committees such
as:
 NAV CANADA Advisory Committee, a 20 member committee to analyse issues and reports to the NAV CANADA Board of Directors.
 The Air Transport Operations Consultative Committee/
Air Navigation Services National Advisory Council
(ATOCC/ANSNAC), which meets twice yearly to discuss operational issues and updates.
 The Performance-based Aviation Action Team (CPAAT).
 The Runway Safety and Incursion Prevention Panel
(RSIPP) whose objective is to promote runway safety
and provide training guidance.
 And finally, the Area Operations Consultation Meeting
(AOCM), designed to communicate directly with local
operators and held in each Flight Information Region
twice per year.
We enjoy an excellent working relationship with NAV CANADA and I would like to take this opportunity to thank outgoing President and CEO John Crichton for his many years
of excellent service to our industry and for making NAV
CANADA the envy of the world. I also want to congratulate
Neil Wilson, who will be taking over this important job in
January.
We hope that NAV CANADA will soon ensure that the very
important segment of our industry assembled here today is
formally represented on its Board of Directors, as ATAC
has been requesting since 2009.
International Representation
ATAC members are well represented at international forums where regulatory issues affecting them are addressed. ATAC’s focus is on the major regulatory authorities, Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), US Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation
Safety Agency (EASA). ATAC advocates for positions appropriate for our members after consulting with our membership via our active committee structure. Harmonization
amongst the three majors, TCCA, FAA and EASA, is our
normal goal but sometimes certain issues require a unique
Canadian solution given our laws and our unique operating
environment.
Since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with IATA at our 2014 Annual Meeting in Vancouver
we have continued to work with IATA to find areas of cooperation. One important IATA initiative that ATAC recognizes the value of and recommends that applicable operators
consider participating within is the IATA Standard Safety
Assessment.
ATAC and its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO)
Committee provide a national leading role in facilitating
international marketing for the Canadian MRO industry,
which includes many ATAC Industry Partners.
CTA – Public Health Agency – Environment - ICAO
The ATAC Cabin Operations Committee has addressed
critical Transport Canada operational and equipment issues, Canadian Transportation Agency issues including
Passenger Accessibility, as well as Public Health Agency
of Canada issues related to passengers and crew members such as potable water. ATAC continues its support of
the current voluntary regime of gathering GHG emissions
data from our operators. The 2014 reporting year included
the largest number of ATAC operators ever - 14, including
one new operator. We encourage even more to work with
us and TC to continue with the voluntary approach. All of
this assists us in countering those that wish to see a more
bureaucratic regime as has evolved in Europe.
Non Passenger Screening/Vehicle Screening
Responding to a new ICAO recommendation, Transport
Canada set out new rules on both Non-Passenger Screening and Vehicle Screening. Non passengers for the purpose of these new measures are defined as those airline/
airport or service workers with access to the aircraft on
airport ramps.
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The measures will see Canadian Air Transport Security
Authority personnel search non passengers for threat items
on international and trans-border flights. The Vehicle
Screening will be conducted at select airports handling international and trans-border flights and will be similar to a
pilot program conducted at Vancouver Airport several
years ago. ATAC lobbied both at the ICAO and Transport
Canada level to prevent 100% Non-Passenger Screening
which was the EU’s preferred approach.
Canadian Transportation Act Review
Periodically the Canadian Transportation Act, the legislation which defines the Canadian Transportation Agency, is
reviewed by independent observers. The Minister of
Transport announced a new review in 2014. This iteration
is much broader in its scope and will examine the air
transport industry along with its competitiveness. ATAC
submitted a comprehensive response to the review panel,
as well as facilitating face to face meetings between the
panel members and ATAC members. The Panel will make
its recommendations to the new Minister of Transport by
the end of calendar 2015.
Interactive Advance Passenger Information System
Stemming from the “Beyond the Border” accord agreed
upon by the USA and Canada, an Interactive Advance
Passenger Information System (IAPI) represents a major
overhaul to how people enter Canada. IAPI will be similar
to a U.S. system known as Automatic Quick Query. The
Canadian system will be mandatory for all flights entering
Canada beginning in the spring of 2016. Ancillary aspects
of the large projects are a new Entry/Exit System to track
undocumented visa over-stayers. Another feature will be
the implementation of a new Electronic Travel Authorization. ATAC has worked on this system for the last two
years.
Safety Management System (SMS) Projects - UAVs
An ATAC member survey conducted in the spring of 2014
revealed that we should look into the development of an
online SMS course that would save money and travel time.
After reviewing submissions to create an E-learning ATAC
SMS program we have determined that the cost is beyond
the budget of the association, but just a few weeks ago we
were presented with a proposal for a new and dynamic live
video model which we will study carefully before proposing
it to our members. A live workshop on making your Safety
Management Systems work was held this Sunday with a
focus on strengthening those weak areas of their system
management systems identified by operators.
Another area of growing concern for our industry is the advent of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). ATAC strongly
advocates that proper training is key to the safety of sharing our airspace. Every month the Transport Canada Civil
Aviation Daily Occurrence Report System (CADORS) are
reporting UAVs in proximity to commercial passenger aircraft. Unfortunately, a collision is imminent between a UAV
and passenger aircraft. Near misses are reported more
and more frequently. ATAC’s Flight Training Committee
submitted comments this fall to Transport Canada on the
Notice of Proposed Amendment. The new UAV regulations
are scheduled for fall of 2016.
ATAC continues to promote flight schools to the UAV community and to Transport Canada as the preferred choice for
ground school training for UAV operators and has asked
the regulator to delegate delivery of exams for UAV operator permits/licenses to ATAC flight schools with history of
delivering TC exams.
Private Career College Regulations BC
ATAC was part of a strong turn-out of Flight Schools, both
fixed and rotary wing, during consultations held last fall at
Boundary Bay Airport. We are comforted by the fact that
Pacific Flying Club CEO, Pat Kennedy, is the ATAC representative during the ongoing consultations in 2015. New
regulations affecting vocational training and pilot training in
BC will be released in the spring of 2016.
Group Insurance Plans
ATAC’s Group Health and Benefit Program continues to
get strong favorable reviews from the insurance industry,
however, the plan is not being leveraged by the majority of
ATAC companies. ATAC is seeking partners to promote
the programs Canada wide.
NACORA has taken the initiative to propose a Hull and
Liability, Loss of License and Premises Insurance Plan
tailored for ATAC members. NACORA has partnered with
Forum Insurance from Montreal to service the province of
Quebec. As mentioned, this is a Members only plan. We
encourage such initiatives from all of our Industry Partners.
Global Opportunities
ATAC continues to promote flight training in Canada internationally. Calgary Flying Club, Essential Flight Training,
Super T Aviation and Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre, all
prominent ATAC members, travelled to Dublin, Ireland and
promoted flight training in Canada with local Irish Airlines,
the Irish Aviation Authority, Approved Flight Training Organizations and students interested in flying in Canada.
We are very active in China with three missions so far, the
latest was this fall with a mission to Shenzhen, China at the
Aircraft Operators & Pilots Association Tradeshow and the
Shenzhen Aviation Transportation Association Conference
where Wayne Gouveia was the keynote speaker on the
subject of “General Aviation”. Calgary Flying Club, Ottawa
Aviation Services and Super T Aviation participated in this
mission as did our new international member, the Huamei
International School. The highlight of the trip was the signing of an MOU between the Beijing General Aviation Organization and the Calgary Flying Club to deliver a multiyear program to train Chinese pilots in Canada involving
additional ATAC flight schools supporting Calgary Flying
Club in the delivery of the required pilot training.
Dangerous Goods
On the complex issue of Dangerous Goods (DG), a new
section 1.49 has been added to the Transport Canada regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods allowing
transportation of foreign made cylinders to be refilled and
transported for use in the aircraft.
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An ICAO Working Group will focus on training to develop a
competency based training criteria rather than focus on job
titles. ATAC DG Committee’s Education and Training Subcommittee has been working with Transport Canada’s representatives on the working group to provide feedback for
the discussion at the ICAO Dangerous Goods panel held
this October in Montreal.
Another working group will be looking at performance
based packaging similar to packaging used for explosives.
This packaging has to be able to confine the effects of thermal runaway of lithium batteries and to within the package
and prevent propagation to adjacent packages. ATAC DG
Committee Chair, Dave Evans, attended the ICAO 25th
Panel meeting as an advisor to Transport Canada and as a
representative of ATAC companies.
Also of interest is that the Transportation of Dangerous
Goods Directorate has announced a new service standard
of 30 days for the approval of manuals and DG training
programs.
(Mr. Gouveia indicated that at a recent ICAO meeting in
Montreal Canada voted against the ban of carrying lithium
batteries onboard passenger aircraft.)
ATAC Code of Ethics and Competition Compliance
Guidelines
The ATAC Board of Directors has adopted a revised Code
of Ethics and I encourage you all to visit the ATAC website
to acquaint yourselves with the revised code. Copies of the
Code of Ethics are also available at the Registration Desk.
All of ATAC’s activities are to be conducted in full compliance with Canadian competition law, as well as the competition and antitrust laws of any other relevant jurisdictions
such as the United States and the European Union. Copies of the Competition Law Compliance Guidelines are also
available at the Registration Desk and all Committee
Chairs have been instructed to strictly abide by them.
Remembering Friends - Claude Taylor
It is now time for us to commemorate lost friends. Claude
Taylor had an outstanding career in the Canadian aviation
industry and had a profound influence on the development
of the Canadian airline industry.
He demonstrated a lot of leadership in Parliament's approval of the 1977 Air Canada Act, which transformed Air Canada from a subsidiary of Canadian National Railways (CNR)
to a Crown Corporation in its own right. He then led Air
Canada's privatization, with its stock first being offered on
the public market in 1988. In 1985, Claude Taylor was
inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. He served a
term as Chair of IATA and was a proud ATAC director.
Claude Taylor passed away on April 23, 2015, one month
shy of his 90th birthday.
Top 20 Under 40
On a more pleasant note, I would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to seven ATAC Member Company employees who emerged winners in Wings Magazine “Top 20
Under 40” in recognition of their achievements as leaders
of the new generation of aviation and aerospace professionals and for their impeccable work ethics, leadership by
example, and active involvement in the growth of the quality of our industry.
These were:
 Heather McGonigal of Transwest Air in Saskatoon
 Christa Glover of Universal Helicopters in Goose Bay
 Mallory Deluce, then of Air Georgian in Mississauga
and now with Porter Airlines
 Amanda Sarginson of Emond Harnden in Ottawa
 Diana Kelly of NAV CANADA in Ottawa
 Robert Carney of Brampton Flight Centre in Caledon
 Mathieu Demers of Avianor in Mirabel
Congratulations to these young leaders and to Wings Magazine for this initiative. I’m sure that many more young
ATAC member company employees will continue to show
the leadership needed in our industry for years to come.
Elsie MacGill Award
I would also like to congratulate our outgoing Chair, Tracy
Medve, for winning the 2015 Northern Lights Elsie MacGill
Business Award. The Elsie MacGill Award recognizes outstanding women in aviation and aerospace. Its mission is
to inspire and encourage increased participation of women
in these industries by heightening their visibility as role
models. Congratulations to Tracy and to Northern Lights
and to all of this year’s winners. I encourage you all to
nominate outstanding women in your organizations to
these prestigious awards.
Barry Lapointe
Finally, I would like to congratulate ATAC Lifetime Honoree
Barry Lapointe for receiving British Columbia’s highest honour last May when he was named to the Order of British
Columbia by Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon.
Closing
In closing I want to say that the ATAC mandate is clear. It
is to support our members in their continued commitment
to a safe, world-leading and sustainable Canadian air
transport industry. ATAC is here to help you. ATAC is your
voice and your team in Ottawa.
John McKenna
President & CEO
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ATAC Committees
Committees
Officer Responsible
Accessible Transportation
Les Aalders
Airline Operations Environmental Affairs
Les Aalders
Cabin Operations
Les Aalders
Cargo
Michael Skrobica
Dangerous Goods
Wayne Gouveia
Facilitation
Michael Skrobica
Flight Operations
Les Aalders
Flight Training
Wayne Gouveia
Industry Monetary Affairs
Michael Skrobica
Legal
Michael Skrobica
Occupational Safety & Health
Les Aalders & Wayne Gouveia
Regional Operations
Les Aalders
Safety Advisory
Les Aalders
Security
Michael Skrobica
Tax
Michael Skrobica
Technical Operations
Les Aalders
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Membership List
Members
Absolute Aviation
Air Georgian Ltd.
Air Labrador Ltd.
Air North Ltd.
Air Richelieu 1990
Airco Aircraft Charters Ltd.
Algonquin College
Bearskin Airlines
Brampton Flight Centre
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Calgary Flying Club
Calm Air International Ltd.
Canadian North
Cargair Ltée.
Cargojet Airways Ltd.
Central Mountain Air Ltd.
Centre québécois de formation aéronautiqueCEGEP de Chicoutimi
Coastal Pacific Aviation Academy
Confederation College
Debert Flight Centre
Diamond Flight Centre London Ltd.
Discovery Aviation Academy
Durham Flight Centre Inc.
EnviroTech Aviation
Essential Helicopters - Flight Training Centre
Exploit Valley Air Services
First Air
Flair Airlines Ltd.
FlyCanadian Inc.
Glacier Air
Harbour Air Seaplanes LLP
Harv's Air Service
International Pilot Academy
Island Express Air
Journey Air Ltd.
KF Aerospace
Laurentide Aviation
London Air Services Ltd.
Medicine Hat College
Mitchinson Flying Service Ltd.
Moncton Flight College Inc.
Morningstar Air Express
Mount Royal University (Aviation Program)
National Helicopters Inc.
Nolinor Aviation
North Cariboo
Orizon Aviation Quebec
Ottawa Aviation Services
Ottawa Flying Club
Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd.
Pacific Flying Club
Pacific Sky Aviation Inc.
Pascan Aviation
Porter Airlines
Provincial Airlines
Regina Flying Club
Rockcliffe Flying Club (1961)
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology
Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
Sky Wings Aviation Academy Ltd.
SkyCare Air Ambulance
SkyQuest Aviation
Springbank Air Training College
St. Thomas Flight Centre
Suncor Energy Inc.
Sunwing Airlines
Super T Aviation Academy
Thunder Airlines Ltd.
Toronto Airways Ltd.
Transwest Air
University of Western Ontario (The)
Vancouver Island Air
Victoria Flying Club
Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre
Windsor Flying Club
Industry Partners
Aeroformatech
Aeropol Aviation Services Corp.
Aerosolutions
Air1 Insurance
AJW Technique Ltd.
Allianz Global Risks US Insurance
AON Canada
Avia Marketing Consultants Inc.
Avianor Inc.
Aviation Ground Fueling Technologies Ltd.
Avro Strategies
AvTec Aero Maintenance Inc.
Blue Sky Booking
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Canadian Aviation Insurance Managers Ltd.
Clark & Company, Barristers & Solicitors
Code Hunter LLP
Conlin Bedard LLP
Consolidated Aviation Services
Dangerous Goods Management Services
Dentons Canada LLP
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Industry Partners
(con’t)
Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc.
Discovery Air Technical Services
DLA Piper LLP
Doiron Aviation Consulting
Dulude, Taylor Inc.
Emond Harnden
Evans Dangerous Goods Consulting
Falko Regional Aircraft Ltd.
Federal Express *
FlightSafety Canada
Flightcraft Maintenance Services Ltd.
Flying Colour Corp.
Frasca International
FSM Management Group Inc.
Global Aerospace Corporation
Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers (Canada) Ltd.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Greenwood Flight Centre
Halldale Publishing & Media Ltd.
Harper Grey LLP
InteliSys Aviation Systems
InterVISTAS Consulting Inc.
JLT Aerospace (North America) Inc.
L-3 Electronic System Services
Labelmaster Canada
Lavery, de Billy
Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Solutions
M1 Composites Technology
Marsh Canada Limited
McLarens Aviation
McMillan LLP
Monarch Regulatory Services Inc.
Mxi Technologies
Nacora Insurance
NAV CANADA
Oasis Consulting Services
Parlee McLaws LLP
Paterson, MacDougall
Plattsburg International Airport
Pratt & Whitney Canada
Premier Aviation Overhaul
Pulselite Canada
Purolator Courier Ltd.
Red Deer Regional Airport
Ron’s Aviation Services Ltd.
Sec & Co
Skeye Aviation Systems
Skyservice FBO
SkyTrack Systems
Sogestair
Solocks.com Training Inc.
Specific Range Solutions Ltd.
The Magnes Group Inc.
The Van Horne Institute
Tulmar Safety Systems
United Parcel Service *
Vista Cargo International Inc.
Willis Global Aviation - Canada
WINGS Magazine
WJR Aviation Services
Affiliates
Association québécoise du transport aérien
Aviation Alberta Council
British Columbia Aviation Council
Canadian Business Aviation Association
Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Flight Safety Foundation
Helicopter Association International
Hope Air
Manitoba Aviation Council
National Air Transportation Association
Northern Air Transport Association
Saskatchewan Aviation Council
* Foreign Operator Industry Partner
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ATAC Lifetime Honorees
2014 D. Bruce MacDougall
Partner, Paterson MacDougall LLP
2000 Barry Lapointe
President, Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.
2013 Robert Deluce
President and CEO, Porter Airlines
1999 Harry Steele
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Newfoundland Capital
Corporation Limited
2012 Patricia Kennedy
Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Flying Club
2011 Harvey J. Friesen (Deceased)
President, Bearskin Airlines
1999 C.A.L. Morberg (Deceased)
President, Calm Air International
1998 No Nominations
2010 Bob Davis
Board of Director, NAV CANADA
1997 Jean-Jacques Bourgeault
Senior Executive Vice-President, Air Canada
2010 Tracy Medve
President, Canadian North
1996 No Nominations
2009 Jim Glass (Deceased)
Managing Partner, Transwest Air
1995 T.A. (Al) Kapty (Deceased)
General Manager, Trans North Helicopters
2008 No Nominations
1994 Alf Stringer (Deceased)
Retired President, Vancouver Island Helicopters Ltd.
2007 Peter Wallis
President & CEO, The Van Horne Institute
1994 Charles H. Simpson
Retired Executive Vice President, Operations, Air Canada
2007 Len Routledge (Deceased)
Former President & CEO, Toronto Helicopters Ltd
1993 Floyd R. Glass (Deceased)
President, Athabaska Airways Ltd.
2006 No Nominations
1993 Richard H. Barton (Deceased)
Retired Executive Vice President, Canadian Regional Airlines
2005 Russell Payson
Chairman & CEO, Skyservice
2005 Sandy Morrison
Retired Former Chairman, NAV CANADA Board of
Directors
1992 George D. Curley (Deceased)
Retired Chairman of the Board, Wardair Inc.
1991 Robert A. Pincott (Deceased)
Reed Stenhouse Limited
2004 Rick Wynott (Deceased)
Director of Flight Operations, Brampton Flying Club
1991 E. Patrick Callison (Deceased)
Founder, Klondike Helicopters
2004 John Scholefield (Deceased)
President, Laurentide Aviation Limited
1990 No Nominations
2003 Douglas Port
Retired Senior Vice President, Customer Service, Air
Canada
2002 No Nominations
2001 Darrel G. Smith
Retired Vice President, Airline Operations, Air BC
1989 Donald S. McClure (Deceased)
Moncton Flight Centre
1988 Stanley M. Deluce (Deceased)
Chairman of the Board, Air Ontario
1988 Pierre J. Jeanniot
President & Chief Executive Officer, Air Canada
2001 John W. Crichton
President & Chief Executive Officer, NAV CANADA
1987 Rhys Eyton
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Airlines International Ltd.
2001 Dennis Cooper
Chief Executive Officer, Sky Wings Aviation Academy
1987 Len Sambell (Deceased)
Retired Vice President, Pacific Western Airlines
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TAC Lifetime Honoree (formerly known as Honorary Life Member)
is the Association's highest award. It is awarded to individuals
who, during their lifetime, contributed significantly to the improvement
of the Association and the Canadian air transport industry as a whole.
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1986 W.R. (Stubb) Ross (Deceased)
Honorary Chairman, Time Air (1982) Ltd.
1977 R.G. (Rollie) Lefrançois (Deceased)
Chairman of the Board, Nordair Limited
1985 A.C. (Angus) Morrison (Deceased)
President & CEO, Air Transport Association of Canada
1977 Al Smith (Deceased)
President, Smith Airways Limited
1984 T.L. (Tom) Spalding
Executive Vice President, Wardair International Ltd.
1976 D.N. (Don) Watson (Deceased)
Retired President, Pacific Western Airlines
1983 Ian Gray (Deceased)
Retired President, CP Air
1975 No Nominations
1983 Robert Wong (Deceased)
Consultant, Central Airways Corp.
1982 Dave Jacox (Deceased)
Vice President, Pacific Western Airlines
1974 No Nominations
1973 Glenn McPherson (Deceased)
President, Okanagan Helicopters
1973 Al Michaud (Deceased)
President, West Coast Air Services
1981 Claude Taylor (Deceased)
President & Chief Executive Officer, Air Canada
1972 No Nominations
1980 Harry Pickard (Deceased)
Retired Executive Vice President & Secretary, ATAC
1971 Jimmy Wells (Deceased)
Retired ATAC Council
1980 Jack Scholefield (Deceased)
President, Laurentide Aviation Limited
1970 No Nominations
1979 H.D. (Don) Cameron (Deceased)
Senior Vice President, Administration & Public Affairs,
CP Air
1969 R.W. (Dick) Ryan (Deceased)
Vice President, Canadian Pacific Airlines
1968 Tommy Fox (Deceased)
President, Associated Airways Limited
1979 J.H. (Red) Lymburner (Deceased)
Retired
1968 Capt. Carl Burke (Deceased)
President, Maritime Central Airways
1978 Max Ward
President, Wardair Canada (1975) Limited
1967 Jack Austin (Deceased)
President, Austin Airways
1978 Jack Fleming (Deceased)
President, Dominion Pegasus Helicopters
1967 Tom Wheeler (Deceased)
President, Wheeler Airlines
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Financial Statements
ATAC Staff
Officers
Administrative
John McKenna
President & CEO
Extension 313
Cell: 613-301-3969
Email: jmckenna@atac.ca
Debbie Simpson
Corporate Secretary and EA to the President
Extension 312
Cell: 613-884-7728
Email: dsimpson@atac.ca
Les Aalders
Executive Vice President
VP - Atlantic Canada & British Columbia
Extension 314
Cell: 613-794-1403
Email: laalders@atac.ca
Danielle Lavoie
Executive Assistant to the Vice Presidents
Extension 304
Email: dlavoie@atac.ca
Wayne Gouveia
Vice President, Commercial General Aviation
VP - Prairie and Northern
Extension 309
Cell: 613-296-9466
Email: wgouveia@atac.ca
Michael Skrobica
Senior Vice President & CFO
VP - Ontario
Extension 310
Cell: 613-853-2478
Email: mikes@atac.ca
François Roquet
Communications Manager
Cell: 613-407-4816
Email: froquet@atac.ca
Wendy Hughes
Accountant
Extension 311
Email: whughes@atac.ca
For more information on ATAC, or to speak with
an ATAC officer, please contact:
Air Transport Association of Canada
255 Albert Street, Suite 700
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6A9
Tel: (613) 233-7727
Fax: (613) 230-8648
E-mail: atac@atac.ca
Web: www.atac.ca
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