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Good reasons to worry about aviation safety

  • MPs should be forgiven if nagging doubts about the safety of aircraft they use to commute to and from Ottawa have been rekindled. After
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
The committee recommended Transport Canada immediately open its aviation safety oversight program to a full audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reply means the audit will not happen until after the next election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Good reasons to worry about aviation safety

Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
  • MPs should be forgiven if nagging doubts about the safety of aircraft they use to commute to and from Ottawa have been rekindled. After

Good reasons to worry about aviation safety

Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
  • MPs should be forgiven if nagging doubts about the safety of aircraft they use to commute to and from Ottawa have been rekindled. After
The committee recommended Transport Canada immediately open its aviation safety oversight program to a full audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reply means the audit will not happen until after the next election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Good reasons to worry about aviation safety

  • MPs should be forgiven if nagging doubts about the safety of aircraft they use to commute to and from Ottawa have been rekindled. After
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
The committee recommended Transport Canada immediately open its aviation safety oversight program to a full audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reply means the audit will not happen until after the next election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Good reasons to worry about aviation safety

Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
  • MPs should be forgiven if nagging doubts about the safety of aircraft they use to commute to and from Ottawa have been rekindled. After

Good reasons to worry about aviation safety

Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | January 29, 2018
  • MPs should be forgiven if nagging doubts about the safety of aircraft they use to commute to and from Ottawa have been rekindled. After
The committee recommended Transport Canada immediately open its aviation safety oversight program to a full audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reply means the audit will not happen until after the next election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Transport minister dismisses MPs’ concerns about aviation safety

  • Hardworking MPs, especially those from isolated communities, log thousands of hours in airplanes every year. For a variety of reasons, many of these frequent
Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | October 23, 2017
Pictured: the Ottawa International Airport. In the face of concerns from the House Transport Committee about a matter as important as aviation safety, the 'cavalier attitude' of Transport Minister Marc Garneau is 'startling,' but not surprising, writes Greg McConnell, national chair of the Canadian Federal Pilots Association, which represents the licensed pilots who work at Transport Canada as aviation inspectors. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Airports Council

Transport minister dismisses MPs’ concerns about aviation safety

Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | October 23, 2017
  • Hardworking MPs, especially those from isolated communities, log thousands of hours in airplanes every year. For a variety of reasons, many of these frequent

Transport minister dismisses MPs’ concerns about aviation safety

Opinion | BY GREG MCCONNELL | October 23, 2017
  • Hardworking MPs, especially those from isolated communities, log thousands of hours in airplanes every year. For a variety of reasons, many of these frequent
Pictured: the Ottawa International Airport. In the face of concerns from the House Transport Committee about a matter as important as aviation safety, the 'cavalier attitude' of Transport Minister Marc Garneau is 'startling,' but not surprising, writes Greg McConnell, national chair of the Canadian Federal Pilots Association, which represents the licensed pilots who work at Transport Canada as aviation inspectors. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Airports Council
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