HAC's Members Elect New Directors |
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On April 13th, 2010 in Quebec City, HAC members elected five new Directors and re-elected Grant Louden. HAC congratulates Grant and the new Board members! Contact information for all of your Directors can be found here. |
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People-In-Motion on HAC's Committees |
A number of changes to HAC's Committee Executive took place at the Convention in Quebec City including changes on the Oil & Gas Committee and the Safety Committee. HAC welcomes the new Chairs and Vices! A complete list of Committee Chairs and their new Board Liaison contacts can be found here.
HAC's practice is to ask all Board members to serve as the Board liaison to at least one of the committees to ensure that the HAC Board remains in tune with Committees issues, needs, and recommendations - New Board Liaisons are also included in the link above.
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HAC Adopts Position on Proposed CAR 607 for State Operators |
On May 3rd, 2010 HAC prepared a written submission on the subject of a proposed new Section of the CARs for State Operators. This difficult issue is divisive among different segments of HAC's operator-members and the position was crafted following lengthy discussions at HAC's Board.
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Canadian Joint Helicopter Safety Analysis Team (JHSAT) Releases Year 2000 Report |
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The Canadian JHSAT team recently released their report on their analysis of the Year 2000 Accidents. The team is part of a larger International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) project aimed a reducing the global accident rate for helicopters by 80% by the year 2016. Read More
The Canadian JHSAT has been working on the report for two years and it contains a variety of recommendations aimed at reducing the Canadian helicopter accident rate. HAC congratulates the JHSAT team and conveys the industry's thanks for their hard work! The JHSAT team members and their company affiliations are:
Bill Taylor - Transport Canada Co-Chair
Sylvain Seguin - Canadian Helicopters Co-chair
Brian MacDonald - TSB
Bill Jupp - Transport Canada Certification (retired)
Major Martin Leblanc - DFS (Directorate of Flight Safety)
Major Jeep Regnier - DFS (Directorate of Flight Safety)
Jack Suttle - Bell Helicopters (retired)
Rob Gallagher - Skyline Helicopters
Grant Louden - Skyline Helicopters
Guy Bonaud - Turbomeca
Gary Krebs - Eurocopter
The next step will be for HAC to help populate and establish the Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation Team (JHSIT) who will examine the means to implement the JHSAT recommendations. |
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Effective June 1st, 2010, HAC will be moving from the CBAA facilities to our own independent office. Our new address is:
HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION OF CANADA130 Albert Street
Suite 500
Ottawa Ontario
K1P 5G4
The email contact information for Fred Jones and Barb Priestley (our new Office Manager) will remain the same.
Please stand-by for our new office phone number. |
