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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 578 Apr 12th, 2001, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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We, at the NetLetter and acfamily web site wishes everyone a Happy Easter.
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. Need to know.
Heavy loads to Honolulu - bring alternate tickets.
Flight forecasts for the next several weeks for travel between Vancouver-Honolulu
don't look promising for contingent travellers and/or their travel partners.
Our flights are full, which may result in denied boarding situations.
If you're Honolulu bound, be sure to buy tickets on other carriers before leaving home,
and remember to tell your travel partners that they can only travel Air Canada network
operated flights.
Effective April 7, when in the Toronto area, you'll have to add the 905 area code when
making a local call within the 905 area. Instead of dialling a local seven-digit number,
you'll need to add your three-digit area code this is local 10-digit dialling.
So when you're in the 905 area and you're calling 555-1234, you'll need to dial 905-555-1234.
Also, please check your speed-dial lists (including Fax and Cell Phones),
modem auto-diallers, call forwarding services, call initiated databases,
and alarm/security systems.
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. News from the Pionair Districts -
From the London England monthly newsletter -
UK Pionairs AGM is planned for June 4th at the Air Canada, Radius Park,
Faggs Road, Hatton Cross, LHR starting at 11:00.
Other exciting dates -
Apr 23rd ACRA Theatre trip "Beautiful Game"
May 6th Commercial vehicle rally at Brighton.
Sept 10th ACRA Theatre trip "My Fair Lady"
Oct 17-24th "Smoky Special" UK Pionairs trip to Tennessee.
"Smoky Special 2001" is this years annual jaunt by the UK Pionairs. At this time
there are 70 people and the numbers are closed.
Olde Tyme Music Hall.
Shirley & David Peters have produced this write up of the event - edited!
Sunday Mar 11th at 10:00, 52 Pionairs set off in a coach to Turner's located in
Northampton. It is a large corrugated steel-clad warehouse-type building and
really quite deceptive from the outside, it was warm and comfortable inside.
The hall can hold 700 people, seated at tables and has a very large stage
with wide screens on either side onto which the stage activity is projected.
Lunch was served and then the entertainment started. It was good old
fashioned musical hall fun - skits, comedy, singing, dancing, wonderful music
in fact - in a word - it was "spendiferous". All in all it was great entertainment.
You need to be in good voice when attending a function of this sort to compete
with all the other groups there. The Pionairs certainly were - in fact we were
on the winning side!
From the Vancouver Island District -
The spring luncheon was held at the Princess Mary restaurant on Tuesday
April 3rd, emceed by Director John Jeffrey to 74 Pionairs and spouses
which included 12 members of CAIRE, who were welcomed and identified
individually, especially their President Jo Kennedy, with an acknowledgement
of the help provided to the Pionair National President Saville Hambleton during
the integration of the CAIRE members into the Pionairs.
Out of towners were from Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Salt Spring Island, Langley,
and Qualicum Beach.
It was announced that those wishing to attend single or multi events at the
upcoming A.G.M. in Calgary could make their applications, using the
application form included with the A.G.M. package, to Norm Stoddart -
Reception at $20.00 Dinner & Dance at $50.00 and Banquet at $50.00
The door prize, a porcelain seagull, was donated by Margaret Cantwell, and,
as the donation by the district at the upcoming A.G.M. a hand carved wooden
bowl by member Frank Takasaki.
Saville Hambleton was introduced to the gathering and explained the various
functions of his executive and advised us that 4,400 applications to join the
Pionairs had been sent to CAIRE members. Since Jan this year, 1,359 had
responded favourably. The Pionair family nationally now totals 8,040.
Bill Rowe, the Pension representative spoke about the pension, providing an
insight into its operation, and quoting a sum of 6.2 billion at year end 2000,
an increase of 13.7% over year end 1999, despite a loss of 250 million since
Sept 2000 when the market had a down turn. Bill made mention that the majority
of the holdings in Nortell had been off loaded prior to the down turn of their shares.
In answer to a question from the floor, Bill stated that there were no plans for the
merger of the CAIL and Air Canada pension plans.
In closing, John Jeffreys mentioned the CAIRE annual golf which is being held on
Wednesday August 15th at the Arrowsmith Golf Course, to which all have been
invited. Deadline is June 15th - call Bill Wood at 250-245-0747.
The Comox Valley (Vancouver Island) Pionairs plan to have their monthly luncheon
on Thursday April 26th at the Glacier Golf Club in Comox start at 11:45
Last months meeting attracted 32 Pionairs and spouses, including 10 from the
C.A.I.R.E. membership.
All are welcome - contact Murray Phipps
at 250-334-0807 or email
. News from the districts.
From Stan Callaghan, President of the BurlOak chapter of the Pionairs
You are invited, along with your partner - to the monthly Burloak coffee & lunch
which is held:
Third Wednesday of each month - starts at 10:00
Tuckers Marketplace Restaurant, 3110 South Service Road, Burlington
just east of Guelph Line - south of QEW.
Price: $2.00 for a bottomless cup of very good coffee - caffein-free available also.
If you are in attendance you can enter your name in a draw for two complimentary
buffet meals.
The buffet tables - both hot and cold - are sumptuous, enjoy a custom
made-on-the-spot pasta with 6 choices of 'fixins', steaks, prime roast slabs, fish,
clams and chicken, to name a few, warm vegetables and the salads are wonderful
too.
The desert table - eh! - make your own positive comments.
Cost of buffet: $6.95. Bar is also available.
Its a rustic family style restaurant, with wood tables and chairs; thick linen
serviettes, pleasant dining areas and rooms for groups. Service is tops.
Our list of attendees is growing each month; its a great place to renew
friendships and meet some old-timers you only knew from a distance.
Warning - sometimes it gets a bit on the goofy side. Laughter and smiles
all around!
Of particular interest is to invite and meet widows or widowers of those of
our deceased colleagues. This has been shown to be a great opportunity
for the living partners to continue to belonging to 'that-old-gang", and keep
up-to-date with the latest developments on the pass-travel scene,
pension information insurance matters, airport development, travel deals, etc, etc.
Hard to get-at-information seems to be available.
One of our members usually brings a ticket validation machine, as well as a
supply of both types of passes
If we have missed any retirees whom you know are not in the Pionairs, as yet,
please advise us.
Our next meeting - Wednesday April 22nd and hope to see you all at Tucker's.
lots of free parking - no excuses now!
Byron Dale - Pionair retired 1988 from General Claims YYZ
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American Airlines became the world's largest air carrier when it purchased
bankrupt TWA. More than 300 cities worldwide will be served by more
than 900 aircraft from TWA and American.
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. Tom Grant sends us this -
Subject: AC B747 crash landing pic
I am getting more inquiries about the photograph which depicts an Air Canada
747 with its fuselage exploding at the rear upon landing.
The photo is a fake - a fake in bad taste. Unfortunately, the "artist", whoever it
was, left the Air Canada name on the aircraft and that is how it is making the
rounds. The name has since been removed and sits on a website at
http://www.aviationpics.de/fun/fake/fake.htm
Here it will tell you how it was made. (I believe the aircraft was photographed
at YVR, altho I was out to the airport a few weeks ago and couldn't replicate
the shooting angle unless I was to go into the runway perimeter - I would have
been arrested in a couple of minutes ;-) Regards Tom
Largest Airfield Project in 40 Years Set to Start at Winnipeg International Airport
- On April 27, construction will commence on the largest airfield construction
project in 40 years at Winnipeg International Airport - the rehabilitation of pavement
and lighting for Runway 13/31.
Set to be completed at the end of July 2001, this $10.5 million project will ensure
continued safe aircraft operations at Winnipeg International Airport as well as
upgrade the runway high intensity edge and approach lighting to meet new federal
standards. The runway pavement is nearing the end of its life span.
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. Jack Morath from London England sends us this information -
The Hotel de Glace Quebec is based on a much larger ice hotel at Jukkasjarvi
in Sweden, where guests snuggle into sleeping bags on top of animal fur in the
beds, which are also made of ice.
Guests to North America's first ice hotel are treated to luxury ice suites,
at ca$285 for a single room, an ice bar, two art galleries and a movie theatre.
More than 4,500 tonnes of snow and 450 tonnes of ice went into the Quebec
city-area hotel which opened in January 2001.
Jack and Aureen Morath recent took a trip to Spain and Andorra, here are some
impressions -
Recently returned from our trip to Spain and Andorra and now catching up
with everything. It normally takes a week to get on top of everything again.
Re our trip - it was OK!! We had a week and had a car for one week and drove
to Andorra which was only 5 hours drive but we took a couple of days.
We found that there was a shortage of hotels everywhere and parking was a
problem in the towns and it was necessary to pay extra per night to park in the
hotels garage. English was spoken very much but got by with a bit of French as well.
Scenery was great in Andorra and surrounding areas. As it was March, the
weather was not all that hot, but at least it was dry and the temperature between
55 and 75. Spent a couple of days in Barcelona but hotels very expensive and we
managed to find a hotel at a small town further along the coast.
Jack and Aureen
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. Terry's travel tips.
I N T E R L I N I N G Plus N E W S
10 day aboard the Crown Princess - Inside from $779 us Outside from $879 us
Additional port charges $128 us Copenhagen return May 26
12 day aboard the Golden Princess Inside from $760 us
Barcelona to Istanbul May 28
Inside from $660 us
Istanbul to Barcelona June 9
Additional port charges/taxes $160 us applies to both
12 day aboard the Dawn Princess Inside from $444 us
Additional port charges/taxes $190 us
San Juan to Acapulco April 21
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