UCTE Recommends SMS Changes to Transport Minister
November 4, 2009
OTTAWA – Today the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) released a report that is critical of the way in which Transport Canada is implementing its Aviation Safety Management System. In a report entitled, “Implementation of the Transport Canada Aviation Safety Management System – What’s Not Right and Why Change is Necessary” , UCTE shows how Transport Canada’s brand of SMS goes beyond that of other industrialized countries and beyond what the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) considers to be recommended practices.
UCTE has requested a meeting with the Minister of Transport, John Baird, to discuss the report and its recommendations. UCTE National President, Christine Collins, says, “SMS implementation has a direct impact on aviation safety in this country. For years now we have been voicing our concern with how Transport Canada has been implementing SMS. We hope this report can serve to renew a much needed dialogue with both the department and this Government. The time to have this dialogue is now.”
