Three passenger airlines — Porter, First Nations Transportation and Buffalo Airways Ltd. — also were issued notices of suspension, the statistics show.

Valhalla wrote:As for Porter, apparently TC had some sort of problem with our SMS manual four years ago. The required changes have long since been made and approved by TC.

(Reuters) - Porter Airlines said on Tuesday that no imminent safety issues were involved in an incident some four years ago when it received a warning from Transport Canada inspectors charged with implementing new air safety rules.
Rather, the incident involved a previously approved maintenance manual that the small, regional airline was required to bring more into line with the federal body's newly minted safety management system (SMS), Porter Chief Executive Robert Deluce said.

The issue arose "in the early stages of our development, at a time when we were struggling to understand the implication of SMS. Today SMS is much better understood," Deluce told Reuters.

He said Porter was the first scheduled airline in Canada required to be fully SMS-compliant as its launch coincided with the unveiling of the new rules. Much bigger rivals, Air Canada ACb.TO and WestJet Airlines (WJA.TO: Quote), were given two to three years to phase in the rules, he said.

Postmedia group, which owns the National Post newspaper, reported on Monday that Porter had in the past faced the threat of being grounded for failing to comply with Transport Canada's air safety rules. It did not give details of what the issue involved had been or when it had occurred.

Closely held Porter, which was launched nearly five years ago, flies to short-haul destinations in Eastern Canada and the United States from the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, which is located just minutes from the city's center.

ILS26_Steep wrote:

Valhalla wrote:As for Porter, apparently TC had some sort of problem with our SMS manual four years ago. The required changes have long since been made and approved by TC.

An Porter's SMS system is still crap. The investigation process and implementation of a report is slow and a joke. They try to get the CP or OP on his time free from not doing his regularly scheduled in office/flying duties to go out and investigate.
I told them before. They got to get one guy to sit and specifically get paid to do strictly SMS report investigations, interviews with involved individuals and then come up with a plan of action to be presented at there regularly scheduled morning meetings were all management is in the same room and can approve of a new memo or notice or whatever. This they still haven't done yet!

Maybe someone in the office will read this and steal my idea! Which is ok cause its better than what they got!

ILS26_Steep wrote:You Betcha!

aroundthewing wrote:Will be interesting to see if this story appears in the CBC or G&M tomorrow. Any bets??

stupido wrote:

ILS26_Steep wrote:You Betcha!

Hey D.boy......God helps us all!!!!!

atlanticflyer wrote:

stupido wrote:

ILS26_Steep wrote:You Betcha!

Hey D.boy......God helps us all!!!!!

Hey Valhalla and Stupido, why dont you guys relax.....I'm D.B.H and I'm NOT ILS 26 Steep.....man oh man!
(P.S Thanks for automatically assuming that was me... )

And stupido, I think youre the one who may need help...

Later Boys

CCR wrote:WestJet has never been grounded by TC.