• July 06 / 2010

Date and location of Election:

• September 07 / 2010

Election to be held on Tuesday, September 07 from 07:00 – 19:00 at the Quality Inn, Halifax Airport, formerly the Halifax Airport Hotel. The usual monthly meeting to follow in the same location.

The monthly meeting for August has been canceled as allowed per the by-laws.

Any member entitled to receive an absentee ballot shall make written request to the Recording Secretary of the Local Lodge 1763 by delivering in person or mailing such request no later than thirty (30) days before the election, to:

Mike Scully- Recording Secretary
LL1763
11 Thornhill Dr.
Suite 238
Dartmouth , NS
B3B 1R9

Chuck Atkinson, President & Directing General Chairperson, wrote a letter to Minister Baird on March 24, 2010 concerning the aviation industry in Canada. … View Chuck Atkinson’s March 24th, 2010 letter.

Letter to the Honourable Finance Minister, James Flaherty:

Chuck Atkinson, President & Directing General Chairperson, wrote a letter to Minister Flaherty on October 23, 2009 concerning the Air Canada Public Participation Act (“The Air Canada Act”) … View Chuck Atkinson’s October 23rd, 2009 letter.

Letter to the Honourable Finance Minister, James Flaherty:

Chuck Atkinson, President & Directing General Chairperson, wrote a letter to Minister Flaherty on July 13 concerning Air Canada’s Heavy Maintenance Division “ACTS” … View Chuck Atkinson’s July 13, 2009 letter.

The Honourable Finance Minister, James Flaherty’s response:

Flaherty’s response to Chuck Atkinson’s July 13, 2009 letter.

District Lodge 140 bulletins:

A complete list of District Lodge Bulletins are available for viewing … DL 140 Bulletins.

Gordon Hurst, ret'd mechanic

With the assistance of IAMAW member, Stephen Helms, we have gathered some “real” news items that should bring about a daily smile. We hope you enjoy this rather eclectic collection of new articles.

• Aug. 14: JetBlue Flight Attendant Steven Slater: Is He a Hero to Airline Workers?- Wall Street Journal
• June 28: This Year, Aeroflot VIP Flyers Get a Calendar Full of Nude Flight Attendants.- Jaunted
• June 20: Too fat to fly to dying aunt.- News of the World
• June 20: Drunk driver steers onto runway as plane was about to land.- The Daily Mirror
• June 16: American 777 loses door at D/FW.- Sky Talk
• June 18: Human Heads Found In Boxes At Arkansas Airport.- CBS
• June 09: Illegal immigrant SURVIVES flight to Heathrow from Austria… stowed away inside landing gear of jumbo jet.- Daily Mail
• June 09: Two off-duty BA cabin crew ’caused fatal inferno at Bangkok hotel after lighting candles in their room’.- Daily Mail
• June 08: Proud Owner of Russia’s Largest Silicon Breasts Sues Airline.- Pravda
• May 02: BA caught short as all airliner’s toilets fail.- Associated Newspapers Ltd
• April 17: Who knew, a video of airline tivia.- Yahoo! News
• April 16: How Facebook ruined my career.- CANOE
• April 09: Ryanair Announces Pay to Pee Plan.- Self-catering-breaks.com
• April 08: Ryanair in stink over ticket ink.- The Sun
• April 06: Women try to take body on plane at Liverpool airport.- BBC
• April 01: Nigeria: Man crashes car into 737 aircraft.- thestar.com.my
• April 01: Unpaid Spanish air hostesses strip off for saucy calendar in protest.- Yahoo.com
• March 28: Drunk man sleeping in plane engine.- The Times of India
• March 01: Flight cancelled by air stewardess fight.- Cheapflights.co.uk

• Feb. 24 / 09: The NAFTA ShuffleHave you heard 71 Canada English
• Feb. 24 / 09: Le remaniement imposé par l’ALENAHave you heard 71 Canada French
• Feb. 24 / 09:: El Trastorno de NAFTAHave you heard 71 Spanish