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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 605 July 18th, 2001, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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. Need to know.
Employee Communications advises us -
Make sure you have proper travel documentation before you leave home.
Air Canada has recently been assessed an increasing number of immigration fines for individuals, including active and retired employees, family members, widows/widowers, and travel partners, travelling without appropriate travel documents. Our top four list of countries and their fines per person in Canadian dollar equivalents are Australia $4,000, England $4,300, Brazil $3,600, and China $2,200. These fines are passed on to the active employee, retiree or other eligible pass holder whenever an infraction involving him, a family member, or travel partner occurs. To avoid these unnecessary fines, make sure you, your family members, and travel partners have the required travel documents, such as visas and passports, for all destinations, including potential stops along the way.
Take advantage of numerous Family Affair sell-offs.
What a great time to travel! The Revenue Management team proposes a number of Family Affair sell-offs on Domestic and Transborder routes for travel ending August 30. Some of the city pairs include Whitehorse-Abbotsford; Toronto/Vancouver-Calgary; Halifax-Vancouver, Edmonton-Los Angeles/San Francisco; and Toronto to Saskatoon/Newark/Chicago/Boston/Norfolk//LaGuardia.
Changes to Montreal's Airport Improvement Fees (AIF) now in effect.
Effective July 15, the Aéroports de Montréal authority has increased its AIF from $10 CA to $15 CA for departures from the Montreal International Airport in Dorval. It has also introduced a $10 CA AIF for departures from the Mirabel International Airport. Customers must pay the AIF before going through security check points at both airports.
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. News from the Pionair Districts -
From the Montreal District newsletter - Sentinel -
2 nd Annual Montreal/Ottawa Pionairs Get Together
National Aviation Museum Ottawa
Monday, September 24, 2001
Come join us for a delicious buffet luncheon and visit to the National Aviation
Museum for an all-inclusive price of $25.00.
The National Aviation Museum is one of the finest aviation museums in the
world. Over 120 aircraft chronicle the ancient dream of flight and the significant
part played by Canadians in the development of aviation. Major themes of
aeronautical history are reflected the efforts of pioneering individuals to build
and fly their own aircraft, the many Canadians who flew the legendary machines
of the two great conflicts of the last century, the birth of air transport, and
examples of jet engine technology as well as the uniquely Canadian
experience of bush flying, and the phenomenal growth of the aviation industry in
Canada over the past fifty years
The museum will be closed to the general public on this day, but the large well-stocked
Gift Shop will be open for the Pionairs to shop. The parking is plentiful
and free. The museum will open at 10:00 o’clock and close at 16:00 with the
buffet lunch being served at noon. A bar service will be available. There is a
maximum of 200 places available and the last date to accept reservations is
September 10, 2001. Cancellations will not be refunded after September 17,
2001.
The museum is totally accessible. For those in need, the museum has available
a (limited) number of wheelchairs and electric scooters. We want you to come
so, please let us know what your needs are and we’ll do all possible .
For further information contact: - Ottawa - Jess Rougeau (613) 841-7091
Or e-mail
Montreal John Rodger (514) 696-2964
Or e-mail -
Imprinter for passes, Buddy passes and Family Affair
Tickets will be available. Make sure to bring your I.D. CARD.
Raffle tickets will be sold at $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00 for a
selection of interesting prizes.
SPECIAL LUNCHEON OCTOBER 19, 2001
Where: Le Bifthèque 6705 Côte de Liesse Rd. St. Laurent
Time : Meeting 1030 / Luncheon 1230
Cash bar after meeting
We are pleased to announce a special question and answer meeting and
luncheon to take place on Oct. 19 th 2001 with three Air Canada employees
present to answer our questions:
Caroline Drouin Director Pensions and Employee Services
Robert Petryk Director People Services
Linda Kwoon Administrative Assistant Industry Travel
The above named employees have made themselves available to come and answer many of the questions that have been asked of your committee and this is an unique opportunity for all Pionair members to come and participate in this meeting as the only other chance to do this is at the AGM annual meetings where many in this district are unable to attend .
We will have space for 250 so it is important to get your registration in early as we
expect a large turnout for this event. Please send your cheque and form in by Oct. 5 th 2001. Tickets will be at the door.
Cost : $15.00 for the meeting and lunch
Special door prizes of cash will be raffled - $75- $50 - $25 - tickets 1/ $2.00 3/$5.00
For further information contact: - John Rodger (514) 696-2964
or e-mail -
Looking forward for a large turnout and seeing you on Oct 19 th .
From the Halifax District -
Hey Curlers … plan to attend the …
AIR CANADA PIONAIRS 2001 SYSTEM CURLING BONSPIEL !!
HALIFAX NOV 21 ST . & 22 ND .
Contacts: Charles Stock 902-798-3441 or e-mail
Ken McLeod _ 902-457-2713 or e-mail -
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. Tom Martin sends us this story -
The Netletters often bring back memories for me and the combination of 598 about Air Ontario taking over the Cleveland - Toronto route and 602 about the thunderstorm over Denver reminded me that a good many years ago John Carruthers and I, representing TCA (I said it was years ago) and two men from Canadair had been to the B.F. Goodrich Brake & Wheel Plant in Akron to look at what they described as a new product, a liquid cooled brake. We were on our way home on a DC3 out of Cleveland bound for Toronto. The weather was rainy and overcast and the airplane was bouncing so we had our seat belts on. I was seated by the front bulkhead on the single seat side and the Stewardess was leaning over to offer me a cool drink when BANG - the lights went out and the nose of the airplane seemed to be at about one o'clock. The Stewardess literally was thrown to the back and I braced my feet on the bulkhead and thought this is it - we've had it. However the crew got the airplane back level and the Captain announced we'd had a lightning strike. The valiant Stew then came to each of us to make sure we were OK, but her knees were scraped and bleeding and her stockings ripped. When we landed at YYZ, we talked to the Captain who said he had been told not to land because of the weather whereupon he had said there is no way I'm going back across Lake Ontario. John and I tried to convince the Canadair men to join us on "a great big Connie" headed for YUL, but they decided to take the overnight train instead. We carried on, sitting on the bunks up front, a little edgy, but we made it safe and sound
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. A book "National Treasure: The History of Trans Canada Air Lines" is due out this fall.
Author is Peter Pigott.
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. Star Alliance news - from the YYZNEWS issued by Brian Dunn -
Singapore Airlines has delayed the phase out of their Airbus A340s and will continue to use them on their Vancouver-Seoul-Singapore route. Original plans called for Boeing 777s to replace the A340s this coming September, but this has been deferred until March 2002. A senior SIA official said that three recent inflight engine shutdowns on the 777 prompted the airline to delay replacing the A340 with the 777 on the route.
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. May Day,
From Bev Galloway -
We are taking a last-minute trip to Banff/Lake Louise area, Jul 17-23, staying in Canmore as our base. Any must do ideas? We want to get to the Columbia Ice fields, but not as far as Jasper. Thanks. Email is
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. Found on the internet.
New Orleans renamed its airport in honor of singer Louis Armstrong.
British Airways to Test-Fly Concord
British Airways will test fly a newly modified
Concorde jet for the first time since shortly after the crash
of an Air France Concorde grounded both nations' fleets of the
sleek aircraft last year, the airline said Monday. The jet is
scheduled to take off from Heathrow Airport on Tuesday afternoon
and reach supersonic speed during a 31/2-hour flight whose length
and conditions will match those of the New York-to-London run, an
airline spokesman said. The plane will fly out over the Atlantic
Ocean, turn around southwest of Iceland, and return to a Royal
Air Force base in Oxfordshire, according to British Airways.
Detroit-Bound Girl Ends Up In Florida
An 11-year-old girl made it home to Detroit, although
it took her 21 hours to fly from Los Angeles. Aunnalise Woods
boarded a flight in Los Angeles Saturday morning to come visit
her father. When she changed planes in Phoenix, Woods said that
an airline chaperone told her to board the wrong flight, so she
wound up in Orlando instead of Detroit. Her father showed up at
Metro Airport, expecting her flight to arrive at 6:40 p.m.
Saturday. Woods didn't arrive until many hours after that.
America West Airlines gave the family a $400 voucher for their
inconvenience. However, the family said that they will be
contacting an attorney.
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. Smilie.
A Navy officer was cutting through the crew's quarters of his carrier
one day and happened upon a sailor reading a magazine with his feet up
on the small table in front of him.
"Sailor! Do you put your feet up on the furniture at home?" the
officer demanded.
"No, sir, but it's not the same thing, is it?"
"What do you mean, 'not the same'?"
"Well, we don't land airplanes on our roof at home either!"
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