YVR is getting rid of the experienced full-time wildlife control officers who prevent bird strikes – like the one in New York!
On March 1 the highly experienced full-time wildlife control officers who patrol Vancouver International Airport to guard against birds striking aircraft will be replaced by new untested part-time staff — who have never worked at YVR in these positions before.
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Airline Safety Inspections may be compromised
[News Release] Airline Inspection: the Public knows the Rules; does the Government?
The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE/PSAC) is the national union for Canada’s transportation inspectors. Civil aviation inspectors comprise a large and important segment of our membership.
With the recent report showing that the four major Canadian airlines had been requesting that Transport Canada transportation safety inspectors sign a confi dentiality agreement before proceeding with any inspection work, UCTE is now releasing the results of a poll it commissioned on the work of safety inspectors in the fi eld of aviation.
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Bird strikes can be devastating - even one small bird can cause a major accident
This past Saturday evening Baptist Med-Flight departed Memphis en-route back to Little Rock without a patient. Med Flight struck a flock geese around the Forrest City area and made an emergency landing. The pilot suffered some minor injuries and everyone was shaken up. Attached are the pictures from the incident and the associated damages that occurred to their aircraft. Med-Flight does not wear helmets and the crew is lucky the pilot's vision remained intact to land the aircraft.
PSAC demands independent inquiry into snow removal problems at YVR
Vancouver International Airport union demands independent inquiry into snow removal problems at YVR after learning new details concerning a jet crash in an early January snowstorm and damaged caused by plowed snow, while landing on runway that should have been closed; union releases crash photos.
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Airport bird-control officers unionize, employer loses work contract - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver International Airport declined to renew a long-standing contract to keep birds off its runways shortly after employees joined a union, and instead awarded the new contract to a non-union company without going to public tender.
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