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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 647 Dec 24th, 2001, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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. Found on the internet -
The Department of Transportation have given Santa the green light to make
multiple touch-and-go landings across Canada tonight to drop off
packages for millions of girls and boys. In receiving his certificate
for travel, Santa stressed to leery DOT representatives that he
personally packed all his bags, that they have remained in his sight
since he packed them and that none of the elves asked him to carry a
package for them.
...AS ELVES RUSH TO REPLACE RUDOLPH'S INTERMITTENT TRANSPONDER
Though the DOT and Mr Collenette have approved the travel plans, the Department
of
Defense will be keeping a watchful eye. Sources statethat the jolly
ol' elf has been asked not to loiter over power plants, sporting events,
water sources or military bases, or act suspicious in any way. Plus, he
needs to guard 121.5 on the new handheld radio Mrs. Claus surprised him
with last year, and if an F-16 pulls abeam Donner and Blitzen, he should
make for the nearest chimney.
Phil Avis Audio Visual Cordinator YUL sent this from Employee Communications -
A Christmas airline tail…
Robert woke one Christmas night,
All bathed in ice cold sweat,
He’d had a dream,
Of Santa Claus,
But he looked like Collenette!
Have you been a good boy this year?
He’d heard the Santa hiss,
“If I find you haven’t been,
I’ll give your house a miss.”
“There’ll be no crisp, green dollar bills,
Underneath your tree,
Unless you shape right up,
Young man,
And play the game with me.”
All I want is open skies!
Poor Robert had retorted,
But Colle-Claus just had him pause:
Wait! The commission has reported!
Oh! It seems you’ve been a naughty boy!
You can take your wish and park it!
They’re telling me,
It’s plain to see,
You’ve got most of the market!
Robert shrugged and smiled a bit,
It had been just a dream,
A way for his sleeping thoughts to flex,
And let off a little steam.
How absurd to think of it!
How strange and that’s no lie!
Collenette with a gift for me!
Oh yes!
And pigs might fly!
With that he tucked himself in tight,
Warm and snug in bed,
And instead of ripe, plump, sugar plums,
Green tails danced in his head.
For he knew now it would all right,
He had nothing more to fear,
One good thing,
He knew for sure,
Santa comes but once a year!
- Phillip Avis, December 2001
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. Need to know.
We recently received this question -
With the changes in the way retirees register for flights, a number of us are
being forgotten. There are people like myself who were retired from Air Canada
as part of the dissolution of The Gemini Group. As a result we are not on the
retirement payroll, and consequently are not allowed access to the Speech
Recognition or Employee Travel Website.
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Before the recent changes it was already difficult to get a pass and register
for a flight. Now I can see hours spent waiting for an agent. And I don't know
how we will change a flight registration when we are away from home if we can't
contact the local reservation office.
Employee Travel advise -
As for contacting the local reservation office, what we have done in the Call
Centres (North America), is re-directed those who do not have access to the
Employee
Travel Website and Speech Recognition, back to Employee Travel Services
(formerly
called Employee Call Centre) at 1-800-413-1113. We have changed our telephone
system
and I believe that calling there should be much easier than it has been in the
past.
When away from home (outside North America), you most definitely can contact
the
local reservation office for changes to your files.
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. We recently welcomed the following to our readership -
Wayne R. Mosionier retired Air Canada Mtce Team Leader lives in Winnipeg, MN
Gord Simons retired Air Canada MGR, Personnel & Employee Relatins - Atlantic
Canada
Jannet Tricarico retired Air Canada presently Membership-Chair-YVR-Pionairs
Fin Sterling retired 01March 01. Chief Pilot B747-400, living in Pender
Island, BC.
Archie Luccisano retired Air Canada Cost Analyst living in Montreal, QC
Glyn (Taff) Williams retired Air Canada Line Maintenance Planner (ex
Mechanic)
living in Pointe Claire, QC
Arthur W. Stanton retired June 1975 Air Canada Space Control lives in
Toronto, ON
Siegfried Nagel retired Air Canada Manager, Quality Assurance lives
Georgetown, ON
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The following NetLetter member has deceased recently.
Graham Williams died Dec 16th and a memorial service
was held Dec 22nd,2001 in London ON.
Graham Williams was a member of the NetLetter since 11/01/97.
Our condolences go out to the family.
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. Air canada news -
Air Canada stopped its daily flights from Jacksonville International
Airport to Toronto because of lack of interest, six months after
establishing the service with high hopes and plenty of praise by city
and airport officials.
The airline confirmed that JIA's only regularly scheduled
international flight was terminated Nov. 30.
The flights, which started July 16, marked the first time JIA offered
regularly scheduled international flights.
When Air Canada announced the new route in April the airline said it
had studied the demand for service between the cities for two years.
It expected that the flights would be popular with business travelers
because Toronto is a Canadian banking center.
In 1998, Toronto-based Air Transat Holidays, Canada's largest vacation
travel firm, started twice-weekly charter flights to Jacksonville but
closed the operation after four months (from December 1998 to April
1999) because of a lack of business. The latest endeavor lasted two
months longer than the Air Transat effort and it was less costly.
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. Remember when!
In a recent NetLetter, we mention some details of Canadian flights, but, as
usual, gremlins crept in and the registration for the Tel Aviv flight should
have been CF-CPP and not CF-CPF as pointed out by Russ Brown, who tells us -
Just a little mix up here, CF-CPF was fin 601 and,
CF-CPP was fin 802
CF-CPF was a 43 series DC-8, fin 601 Empress of Rome. It was the 124th DC-8
built, mnfg. #45620 delivered 02/22/61. Last known operator Arca Columbia,
broken up in Miami 1990
CF-CPP was a 63 series DC-8, fin 802 Empress of Honolulu. It was the 327th DC-8
built mnfg. #45927 delivered 08/29/69. It has been variously registered as
N19B,F-BOLJ,N783AL and is currently in service as a DC-8-63F N819AX, with
Airborne Express out of Wilmington OH.
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> Also of interest in CPAL DC-8 fleet was CF-CPN, fin 600 Empress of
> Santiago flown as a series 51 it was the 1st DC-8 built (prototype, first
> flight 30/05/58) mnfg # 45252, currently in storage at MZJ registered to Fine
> Air as N8008D.
CF-CPG FIN 602 a series 43 DC-8 Empress of Buenos Aires the 130th DC-8
built mnfg.#45623 was flown supersonic (in excess of mach 1) by Douglas Flight
Test before delivery 15/11/61. This DC-8 was broken up in Opa-Locka FL in
May,1981 registered to Concord International as N9604Z.
Regards,
Russ Brown
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. Terry's travel tips.
Leger Holidays based in Rotherham UK offer escorted coach tours of the
Battlefields in Europe.
The tours are limited to 12 people per group and visit sites from both
world wars.
View web site www.leger.co.uk for more details.
Fine dining comes to British Pubs.
Britian has some of the great restaurants, but if you want to dine wellvisit
a pub.
Winners of the Pub of the Years awards are:
The Drunken Duck, a 17th century inn with its own micro-brewery in Ambleside
in Englands Lake District.
The Wheatsheaf at Swinton in the Scottish Borders. Locally caught salmon and
game is often on the menu.
The Bear at Cricklewell in Powys, Wales.
Check the web site www.theAA.com and plan your pub crawl!
(The AA is for British Automobile Association not Alcoholics Anon - eds)
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. Smilie.
From the 'Things you wish you hadn't said' file -
'Well certianly I'll carry back that suitcase you left here in Columbia'
'These airport security people can have a great sense of humour. Let me
show you.'
'Don't be silly, who cares about a fingernail file in your carry-on bag'
'What do you mean the dress code does not allow for runners!'
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