Form letter to Jean-Francois Mathieu, Chief Enforcement, TC

[ahramin]

This is starting to sound pretty Kafka to me. Time to crack this thing wide open and find out who is calling the shots and why.

[Cat Driver]

A good sign: Jean-Francois Mathieu will not dare put his signature on such a letter for he knows it does not tell the truth.

Don't ever make the mistake that these people really give a damn about right or wrong.

From my experience dealing with them the higher up the ladder in T.C. they are the more arrogant and stupid they are.

I have spent a lot of time in meetings with their top management and my honest opinion is they fit this description.

http://www.oregoncounseling.org/Handout ... nality.htm

P.S. :

The above is my personal opinion based on my experience dealing face to face with them.

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[55+]

A good sign: Jean-Francois Mathieu will not dare put his signature on such a letter for he knows it does not tell the truth.

Don't ever make the mistake that these people really give a damn about right or wrong.

From my experience dealing with them the higher up the ladder in T.C. they are the more arrogant and stupid they are.

I have spent a lot of time in meetings with their top management and my honest opinion is they fit this description.

http://www.oregoncounseling.org/Handout ... nality.htm

P.S. :

The above is my personal opinion based on my experience dealing face to face with them.

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Speaking from experience working there, I very much agree with your views. The working levels for the most part were good as I experienced it . However getting at the CAI-5 and the EX levels was something else. Some at those levels were so full of themselves, it got to be very funny.Also some of them had luck getting to those levels, they couldn't(and some didn't) make it in the industry. I am going back to the late 80's to the late 90's time frame

[Cat Driver]

Thanks 55+ for your comments.

Those of us who have worked in both sectors of the industry, the private sector and the government sector understand that it is the nature of the beast.

What separates democratic societies from dictatorships is the ability of the system to cull those who operate outside the law and rules, regardless of how high up they have managed to climb the ladder of power.

This effort by Gilles is gaining inertia and I believe there will be a train wreck within the power structure of TCCA.

I sometimes even dare to think that before I die there will be a change at the top and we will have someone at the top with integrity and I will get the $250,000 they owe me......

[Prairie Chicken]

Cat, & others, IMHO I don't see a change coming anytime soon, in TC, in government, in the world. Today, he who fights for what is right, and fights fair will never make it to a position of power. And if he ever does, he will then have to use every dirty trick to stay there. If you're not in power you can't effect change; and today it seems you won't attain power without fighting like a junk-yard dog.

For example: I was watching 60 Minutes last night. They did a follow up on a story from a few years back where they uncovered that US Congressmen were exempt from insider trading laws. in their positions theCongressmen had lots of opportunity to gain on equities with legislative changes coming. What would have gotten a corporate insider jailed was perfectly legal for the legislators. The outcry over the 60 Minutes show caused Congress to amend the law to prevent such activities. But last year Congress quietly changed the law again ... to make it once more profitable for the legislators to profit from their inside knowledge.

Then there is the police & government of India who fail to take action against their fellow rapists...

Another example, closer to home: The arrogance of Stephen Harper.

And then of course there is the ignorance of the people. Let's just see who wins the bi-election in NL. Will Peter Panashue be reelected?

So Cat & Gilles, while you may have right on your side, I wouldn't get too hopeful. I applaud the fight, and it will slow down those in power, but I doubt if it will change anything.

I wonder what the real reward, the real intent is, behind the government's position on the FLVC? If you were the government, why is it in their best interest to permit this? That's what you have to figure out, and change.

I believe the only way we can win is if we elect politicians whose philosophies are in line with our own (most of the time). But I suppose that's called democracy in this day & time ...

[Cat Driver]

So Cat & Gilles, while you may have right on your side, I wouldn't get too hopeful. I applaud the fight, and it will slow down those in power, but I doubt if it will change anything.

Conversely if people like us do not expose the rot at the top what are the chances it will be changed from within?

I wonder what the real reward, the real intent is, behind the government's position on the FLVC? If you were the government, why is it in their best interest to permit this? That's what you have to figure out, and change.

Well I'll take a stab at this.

Someone is making money and needs the support of someone in government to make the money? And someone in government can without fear of accountability make a sham of the law by breaking it?

I believe the only way we can win is if we elect politicians whose philosophies are in line with our own (most of the time). But I suppose that's called democracy in this day & time ..

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Sounds great.....you know of many that fit that mold?

[Prairie Chicken]

I agree Cat. Keep up the good fight.

Sadly, no, I don't know of too many these days. I used to like Harper, back in the day, but his arrogance has gone beyond belief. Even those who believe become corrupted once elected.

It hurts less when you stop hitting your head against a brick wall. Wrong attitude, I know.

[Gilles Hudicourt]

I guess that all those who sent registered mail complaints to TCCA about the FLVC issued to foreign pilots for flying revenue flights on Canadian carriers being illegal have received an unsigned letter by now. All these replies have common traits:

1) Jean Francois Mathieu, chief enforcement officer at TCCA does not reply to registered mail he receives.
2) Although your letter of complaint was long, detailed and had many of references to the CARs and other official documents and publications, the reply was short, brief and made no reference to CARs or any other of the material quoted in the complaint.
3) The letter you received in reply was not signed and had no name at the bottom.
4) But worse yet, the other particularity these replies had in common is that they contained no file number, no RDIMS number as they should have according to TTCA's own internal regulations.

If we were to refer to TCCA's own website here: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/o ... 40-389.htm

we could read :

Directive No. 40
Original

Policy Objective:

To set out clear accountabilities for the life cycle management of information within Civil Aviation primarily through implementation of Records, Documents and Information Management System (RDIMS) into day-to-day operations.

Background:

Each day the staff of Civil Aviation makes decisions based on documents and communicates their decisions thoughts and ideas thorough documents. The efficient storage and retrieval of these documents is vital in continuing our work and in documenting where we have been.

Information is a strategic asset, which must be preserved to sustain the integrity of the Civil Aviation Program for the next generation. Services provided to internal and external stakeholders are information-based. Management of information is an integral part of program and service delivery and is therefore subject to the good governance and accountability.
To be compliant with the information laws and policies of the Government of Canada, the Department must now ensure that TC employees use RDIMS to manage electronic documents. Using RDIMS will ensure that information is readily located, accessible, shareable and disposed of in accordance with the Access to Information, Privacy and National Archives Acts and Transport Canada’s Information Management Directive. It will also provide productivity benefits to the Department by saving time and effort in locating, retrieving and validating information objects and thereby contributing to sound knowledge management principles.

RDIMS was not implemented smoothly within Civil Aviation nationally. Additional guidance to ensure its proper use to collectively manage electronic information within the specific business environments is still required. While the application has been installed and training has been provided to all Civil Aviation employees, there are still opportunities to further integrate RDIMS principles and practices into the daily activities of the Civil Aviation Program.

A dedicated National Civil Aviation RDIMS Working Group with representatives from all Functional areas and Regions has been established to assist in the successful implementation of RDIMS in Civil Aviation. This Working Group, in conjunction with Civil Aviation management and staff, has been tasked with assisting in the development of best practices and protocols to ensure RDIMS is implemented smoothly and effectively into the Civil Aviation operating environment.
Policy Statement:

Civil Aviation shall implement RDIMS for information management in accordance with Departmental directives and policies to ensure the effective and efficient retention and retrieval of documentation and information.

Application:

This directive applies to all employees of Transport Canada Civil Aviation and activity areas of the Civil Aviation Service Line.

Has anyone noticed an RDIMS number on any of the replies you received ? I don't think so. You know why ? So your complaint and the reply you received can just vanish into this air. And it will.

I will file an ATIP with TC this week to obtain a copy of all complaints received by the chief Enforcement officer at TCCA and by the CAIRS system, and all replies sent with regards to FLVCs, I wouldn't be surprised to receive a reply stating that no such records exists.

I will keep you posted.

[Cat Driver]

1) Jean Francois Mathieu, chief enforcement officer at TCCA does not reply to registered mail he receives.

For a few dollars you can have a law firm send a registered letter to this guy.

Of course that does not mean you will get a reply......but that would then open the door to have the law firm contact the Minister of Transport and ask why one of T.C.'s top management refuses to communicate with his employers.

Just a suggestion.

[Gilles Hudicourt]

I wrote to Transport Canada telling them the FLVC were illegal and was brushed off with three lines of text.

I encouraged everyone who thought, as I did, that the FLVCs were illegal to also write to TC to express their concerns and all all brushed off with the same few lines of text.

I have now discovered that back in March 2013, the ALPA Canada board had also complained to Transport Canada that the FLVCs were illegal. They too were brushed off with a polite letter.

None of the replies any of us received from Transport Canada to claim that the FLVCs were legal invoked the CARs in argument or made reference to any regulations. Our arguments were just ignored.

TC just stated that they consider an FLVC issued to a foreign licensed pilots under CASS 421.07(2)(j) to represent a Canadian Licence issued under Part IV. End of the story.

Will the insurance underwriters buy such an argument if and when they are ever faced with a multi-million dollar insurance claim involving a foreign licensed pilot performing revenue flights from Canada at the controls of a Canadian registered aircraft ?

We will have to wait for such a case to materialize before we ever know.

Some people chose to live dangerously when they could have it so easy..........

What should be the course of action now ?

[ahramin]

What should be the course of action now ?

Pretty obvious no? Change the government. To accomplish that we're going to need to continue pushing this in the media as much as possible.