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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 522 , Oct 2nd, 2000, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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Need to know.
Employee Travel policy postponed until new RESIII migration date determined. In light of RESIII migration postponement, the Employee Travel policy won’t take effect October 1, as listed in the Employee Travel document sent to your home. As a result, nothing changes—active and retired Air Canada and Regional Carrier employees continue to use 014 personal trip passes (T421), and active and retired Canadian Airlines and Canadian Regional Airlines employees use 018 U-Write passes. Until RESIII migration is complete, travel partner/guest privileges remain unchanged—Air Canada and Regional Carrier travel partners can only travel on Air Canada or Regional Carrier flights, and Canadian Airlines and Canadian Regional Airlines’ guests can only travel on Canadian Airlines and Canadian Regional Airlines flights. A firm date for RESIII migration hasn’t been established. The date will be communicated in The Daily once it’s available.
Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) applies to revenue and contingent travel. Air Canada has recently been fined AUD $5,000 for travel partners travelling without an ETA to Australia. An ETA replaces a visa for 32 nations and is a must for revenue and contingent travellers. A quick reminder that it’s up to agents at the departure station to verify if the traveller has an ETA and if not to apply for one on line. Employees are responsible to ensure travel partners are aware of required travel documents.
Tough times ahead to reach the Employee Call Centre (ECC). ECC agents are swamped with calls from active and retired employees requesting parent and partner passes. To help reduce the load—if you’ve already sent a fax to the ECC don’t send another—agents are getting through them as quickly as they can and are presently experiencing a seven-day processing delay.
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. We welcome -
David Benton email:
living in Blaine, Washington, USA
Email:
Planner living in Dollard des Ormeaux, QC
Hugo Pieters (former Customer Sales & Service Agent YZA), email
Jack or Sharleine Haycock email is
Charles R.G.Watson(Ches) General Manager Engineering (Air Canada) living in
Belwood, ON email
Gerri Lloyd email
Chris Irwin joined Air Canada (Trans Canada Air Lines) in 1955 in London, England as a
passenger agent. Transferred to Montreal in 1957. Worked at ULXA until 1960 and then
into the Finance branch. Somewhere around 1970/71 I moved to the newly-formed
Marketing branch ( in Pricing). Was there for a number of years and then back to Finance
in Management Information. Retired in1985. Worked with Via Rail for a couple of years
and then did some freelance work with AC. Finally really retired in 1992.
email is
Email to
Try emailing
in Montreal, QC
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Dorval Base Cafeteria to be sold. On Monday, September 11, it was
announced that the Dorval Base Cafeteria (Main and the Engine Maintenance Centre) will be sold. The sale should be concluded by the end of October. Fair
and reasonable options will be made available to affected employees.
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. Found on the internet -
Countdown for Korean airport -
Korea's new airport, Inchon, is trying to avoid the problems which plagued the
opening of Hong Kong and other international airports such as Denver, Kuala Lumpur.
Inchon is due to open in March 2001. To ensure there is no last minute problems,
systems will be tested well in advance. This be by a full test flight involving a B747,
5,000 people and 3,500 pieces of luggage.
Clean Machine -
This is the talking robot cleaner which says "Excuse me please, I am cleaning".
It started working at Manchester, UK airport during this summer. The automated
machine is capable of scrubbing and cleaning 20,000 sq metres of floor space
per day. The robot uses laser scanners and ultrasonic detectors to avoid
passengers and luggage as it washes vast areas of a terminal at a steady 3 mph.
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. Remember when?
The first Douglas DC6 was received by C.P.A.L. on Jan 17th 1953 and registered as
CF-CUO and commenced revenue service on the north Pacific on March 10th 1953.
This aircraft was used on the inaugural flight to Mexico and Lima from Toronto on
Oct 24th 1953. The route was extended to Buenos Aires on Jun 1st 1956 and to
Santiago on Sept 21st 1957.
Aircraft CF-CZE was used to inaugurate Montreal to Lisbon on May 30th 1057 and
Montreal to Madrid on Jun 6th 1957.
In 1953, C.P.A.L. applied to operate cargo flights Vancouver to Edmonton and bought
2 Douglas DC6A aircraft registered as CF-CUS and CUT. Trans-Canada Airlines
protested and the licence was denied. T.C.A. then bought 3 Bristol Freighters for this
service, but found it uneconomical - no doubt causing a certain amount of glee
at C.P.A.L.
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. From Vesta's in tray -
Remember this Guy?
IATA: A Ticket to Ride
"During the 1960s, John Lennon wrote '…She's got a ticket to ride…but she don't
care,'" said IATA Director General Pierre Jeanniot to the European Aviation Club in
Brussels, 14 September. He continued, "This song might be the rallying cry for the
development of the future European transport system where I believe it is both
desirable and feasible to have only one ticket to ride, on a quite complex intermodal
journey, without anyone having to care about reservations, connections/transfers,
further ticketing, baggage delivery or control authorities." Jeanniot pointed out that
most of today's major European air hubs are congested and that few major hubs are
being planned.
"This situation suggests that it is perhaps time to look at the development of regional,
secondary, hubs with good railway feeders.
Are you a passenger complaining about tiresome flight delays this past summer?
Guess what: it's your fault. That was one of the messages that came out of the
Senate Commerce Committee hearing today on what has been a summer of record
air traffic congestion — above the clouds and on the ground.
Among those who were criticized for flight delays were passengers who complain
about congestion but evince a “not-in-my-backyard” attitude to airport and runway
expansion. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., noted
that, at the 28 largest metropolitan airports, there have been only three new runways
built in the last 5 years.
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. May Day -
Les and Marguerite Tulett are planning to visit Paris, France and wonder who
would have an address of a reasonably priced hotel for overnight stopovers with pickup and delivery around CDG Paris?
Thanks, appreciate your regular NetLetter. Les Tulett
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. Terry's travel tips.
Brought to you by "Interlining Plus" formerly Canadian Interline Travel
...Vacations in Paradise!! Don't forget, Parents & Friends are welcome!
Repositioning (Boston to San Juan)
7 night - aboard the Splendor of the Seas - Oct 23, 2000
Inside stateroom from $260 us Ocean View stateroom from 310 us
BAHAMAS from $100
3 or 4 night Aboard the Sovereign of the Seas Inside from $100 us Ocean from $150 us
Sailing from Port Canaveral return October & November 2000 departures.
3 or 4 night Aboard the Majesty of the Seas Inside from $150 us Ocean from $200 us
Sailing from Miami return October & November 2000 departures.
3 or 4 night Aboard the Norwegian Seas Inside from $194 us Ocean from $244 us
Sailing from Miami return January, February & March 2001 departures.
EXOTIC CARIBBEAN
8 days Aboard the Tropical Inside from $480 us Ocean from $560 us
Sailing from Ft. Lauderdale return November 14, 2000
PANAMA CANAL
10 nights Aboard the Tropical Inside from $730 us Ocean from $800 us
Depart Ft. Lauderdale return December 12, 2000
2001 INTERLINE RATES
2001 Interline rate are here now for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity!
Call Now !!
Western Caribbean from $383 us Southern Caribbean from $405 us
Eastern Caribbean from $685 us Alaska from $585 us Mexico from $674 us
Call 1-800-665-3100 for more information.
All rates are per person double occupancy - taxes + port charges not included.
All Interline fares are at the discretion of the particular supplier and C.I.T. reserves
the right to secure and\or obtain alternatives to the above fares offered where
conditions warrant.
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. Smilie.
From Bernard Desanlis <
A husband and wife are travelling by car from Key West to Boston. After almost
24 hrs on the road, they are too tired to continue and decide to stop for a rest.
They stop at a nice hotel and take a room, but they only plan to sleep for four hours
then get back on the road. When they check out four hours later, the desk clerk
hands them over a bill for $350. The man explodes and demands to know why the
charge is so high. He tells the clerk that although it's a nice hotel, the rooms certainly
weren't worth the $350 rate. When the clerk tells him $350 is the standard rate, the
man insists on speaking to the manager. The manager listens to the man and then
explains that the hotel has an Olympic-sized swimming pool - and a huge conference
center that were available for the couple to use. He also explains they could have
taken in one of the shows for which the hotel was famous for. "The best entertainers
from New York - Hollywood and Las Vegas come here to perform," explains the
manager.
No matter what facility the manager mentions, the man replies " But we didn't use it!"
To which the manger replied, "It was there and you could have!" The manager is
unmoved and eventually the man gives up and agrees to pay. He writes out a check
and hands it over. The manager is surprised when he looks at the check. "But Sir,"
he says, "this check is only made out for $100!"
"That's right," said the man. "I charged you $250 for sleeping with my wife."
"But I didn't!" exclaims the manager.
"Well," the man replied "She was here, and you could have!"
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