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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 617 Aug 27th, 2001, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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. Must know -
August 27, 2001Air Canada and Pionairs Meet on C1/J10 Pass Issue
On August 24 Saville
Hambleton, Bill Rowe and Barbara Hambleton of the Pionairs met in Montreal with
Bob
Petryk, Director - People Services, Air Canada. The following summarizes the
issues
that were raised by the Company during our 45minute meeting on travel
privileges.
Air Canada’s current Free and Reduced Rate travel program has too many products
including
u-writes (421 passes), Zed fares, ID80’s, ID’50’s, and Family Affair tickets.
The ID 80’s and ID 50’s are expensive and seldom used by employees and
retirees.
More cost-effective travel options for employees and retirees are being
explored.
The current Partner/Parent travel program is also under review.
Each year the Company issues in excess of 500,000 Parent/Partner tickets.
Unaccompanied partners are frequently being stranded. Their unfamilarity with
the rules and regulations is creating problems at some airports especially
during peak travel periods.
The C1/J10 was launched as a trial program - the test will end in January
2002.
The program is not automated and all ticketing is being done manually by the
employee call center. Adding 14,000 retirees to the existing active employee
group for the test, would make it unworkable. The C1/J10 is a test program and
was not intended to slight the retirees. The outcome of the test program will
benefit all employees including Pionairs.
Research is ongoing, into other airlines free and reduced travel policies and
how they compare to Air Canada’s, including retiree privileges. Most
importantly Air Canada has committed to maintaining better contact with the
Pionairs on free and reduced travel changes.
We will be meeting with the Company in late October or early November at which
time the company hopes to announce a number of new technology and system
improvements, which will make your travel planning easier.
The Pionairs Executive Board is pleased to accept Air Canada's commitments and
respectfully request Pionair members cease any further critical letter writing
on the C1/J10 test program.
Saville Hambleton, President, Air Canada Pionairs
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. We recently welcomed Pat (Charles) Tisdall who tells us -
I joined Canadian Pacific Airlines in 1967,in the structures
engineering dept.switching to powerplants in '72. I retired in 1994 as the
Chief engineer of propulsion. Regards Pat Tisdall.
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. Re the recent articles on HRH visit to Canada.
Frank Misurka sends this piece of information -
Subject: HRH Trip 1973
I was working with Capt. J. Foy after the trip with
the Royal Family. Capt. Foy said that during the
crossing from England, Prince Phillip came into the
flt. deck for a visit. Capt. Foy asked Prince Phillip
if The Queen would like to visit the cockpit. He
answered, "If it doesn't eat hay and fart, I don't
think she would be interested."
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Remember when!
Yarmouth Airport, Nova Scotia was constructed in 1939 and Trans-Canada Air
Lines
commenced service in 1947.
Winnipeg International Airport opened in May 27th 1928 originally named
Stevenson Aerodrome. On April 1st 1939, Trans-Canada Air Lines commenced Trans
Canada scheduled service.
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. Alan MacLeod sends us an update on CF-TCC -
Here is the latest on TCC.
The Lockheed flew to Vancouver from Winnipeg on the 14th and 15th of Aug. An
overnight stop in Calgary and an early morning departure on the 15th saw TCC in
Vancouver on Wed.
Always a popular DREAMS TAKE FLIGHT destination, the Vancouver DREAMS group out
did themselves once again. They received substantially more donations and
revenue over three days versus four days in previous years.
The aircraft flew on the 17th,18th and 19th. Every flight was booked and a
standby list of eager passengers as well.
Vancouver now holds the record for passengers coming the farthest distance to
fly in TCC. Two Air Pacific pilots arranged a cycle all the way from Fiji just
to fly in a Lockheed Electra while they were in Vancouver !! The weather was
excellent for the three days. Air Traffic Control were at their usual
cooperative best as well, and all was"sked routine".
Speaking of Air Traffic Control, since the Vancouver airport opened their
parallel runway (08L/26R) a few years ago the Lockheed experiences much fewer
delays in getting off and on in between those fast jets. I know the controllers
find it much more efficient as well.
Capt. Ted Dodds and Capt. Harvey Reid are presently flying TCC in Calgary this
weekend, 24th, 25th and 26th. They arrived in Vancouver to take the aircraft to
Calgary on Tuesday but had to wait until Friday morning, at the crack of dawn,
before the weather cooperated to let them go through the mountains safely. I
know the Calgary DREAMS folk are booked solid and expect Capts. Dodds and Reid
will be doing a bit of "extra flying" to accommodate the scheduled trips.
TCC will remain in the Air Canada hangar in Calgary until the Edmonton flying
which is the second weekend in Sept. (7,8 and 9th).
Regards,
Alan.
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. From the YYZNEWS issued by Brian Dunn -
Air Canada's last A330-300 (C-GHLM/FN938) was delivered to Montreal from
Toulouse on August 17th and made its first revenue flight on August 20th from
Montreal (YUL) to Paris (CDG) as AC870. On August 21st it flew from CDG to YUL
(as AC871) then on to Toronto as AC419. Meanwhile, the first of several new
A319s was delivered to Winnipeg from Hamburg/Finkenwerder on August 22nd as
AC7055. The A319 (C-GITP/FIN286) stopped at Iqualuit (YFB) enroute for fuel. It
is expected to be in revene service any day now. The last of four new Boeing
767-333ERs (FIN661) is now expected to be delivered in mid-September and the
first of the new A321s in November.
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. Terry's travel tips.
Still got a valid Diners Club International credit card?
Try their airport lounge at
Manchester -- Manchester, United Kingdom
Servisair Executive Lounge
Lounge Location: Terminal 2, after Passport Control, in the international
departure area, adjacent to elevators and stairs to first floor. Follow signs
to Servisair Executive Lounge.
Telephone: 0161-489-6117
Entry Conditions:
Passengers transferring between flights may access the lounge for a
maximum of 3-hours prior to their fligyht departure.
Amenities Offered:
Flight information, telephones, TV, newspapers, magazines, writing
facilities, fax and complimentary beverages.
Fees:
DC Cardmembers free. Guests pay £10. Children under 12 will not be permitted
access into the lounge.
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. Smilies.
Murielle St-Germain sent us a bunch of tales -
The following are actual stories provided by travel agents:
A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was
wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an
ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is not possible since Orlando
is in the middle of the state. He replied "Don't lie to me. I looked on
the map and Florida is a very thin state."
I got a call from a man who asked "Is it possible to see England from
Canada?" I said "No" He said "But they look so close on the map."
Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I
pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had a 1 hour lay-over in
Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said "I heard
Dallas was a big airport and I need a car to drive between the gates to save
time."
A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that
her flight from Detroit left at 8:20 am and got into Chicago at 8:33am.
I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she
could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the
plane went very fast, and she bought that!
I just got off the phone with a man who asked "How do I know which
plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, which he replied,
"I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these darn planes have
numbers on them."
A woman called and said "I need to fly to Pepsi-cola on one of those
computer planes." I asked if she meant to fly to Pensacola on a
commuter plane. She said "Yeah, whatever"
A business man called and had a question about the documents he needed
in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about
passports, I reminded him he needed a visa. "Oh no I don't, I've been
to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double
checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this
he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have
accepted my American Express!"
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