August 4, 2020 National Executive Vice President Voting Procedures Electronic Voting for the National Executive Vice President position will commence Wednesday August 12th, 2020 at 12:00 EDT and will close at 12:00 EDT on Monday August 17th, 2020. The voting period for the election is 5 days as required by CATCA’s policy manual. Please note: […]
July 31, 2020 COVID Schedule Extension On March 20th the CATCA Executive Board and NAV Canada agreed to adopt modified schedules and suspend hours of work and scheduling provisions contained in the collective agreement. These modified schedules have been working well in most locations as traffic levels continue to remain well below pre-COVID levels. As […]
July 27, 2020 National Executive Vice President Nominations The nomination period for the National Executive Vice President position has closed. The following nominations have been received and validated. Scott Loder – Edmonton ACC Benoit Vachon – Montreal ACC Mr. Scott Shields has been appointed by the Executive Board as the Returning Officer for this election. […]
July 13, 2020 Call for Nominations: Executive Vice President The Executive Board (EB) met today and discussed the Presidential election results, effective immediately. Under the current circumstances (COVID-19) the EB passed a resolution suspending section 6.2 (b) of the Union’s Policy Book. The suspension of the clause will allow nominations to be made without a […]
July 13, 2020 National President Election Results Please be advised that Doug Best of Toronto Tower has won the election of CATCA National President. We wish Doug continued success in his endeavors and upcoming challenges. The Union would also like to thank Michael Wilkes of Toronto ACC for running in the election. On behalf of […]
July 10, 2020 Optimal Staffing Strategy Recently the CATCA Executive Board was briefed by the company on what they have called an Optimal Staffing Strategy and we are providing this update as information only. More details will be provided by NAV Canada as they develop and roll out the program. Management’s new strategy uses a […]
June 30, 2020 National President Election Voting Procedures Electronic Voting for the National President position will commence Wednesday, July 8, 12:00 EDT and close Monday, July 13, at 12:00 EDT. The voting period for the election is 5 days as required by CATCA’s policy manual. Please note: Voter lists Active members who do not have […]
June 25, 2020 OSFI Update – Commuted Values Members will recall from previous updates (April 7 and May 29) that OSFI had placed a temporary portability freeze on transfers from Federally Regulated Private Pension Plans. This had an impact on members ability to transfer the commuted value of their pension if eligible. This measure was […]
June 25, 2020 Provisional Licence Exemption On June 19th, 2020 Transport Canada issued an exemption to the expiry of the validity period of a provisional licence or rating. This exemption applies to currently valid provisional air traffic control licences with a validity period between March 10th, 2020 and September 30th, 2020. Air traffic controllers are […]
June 23, 2020 Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program Phase Three NAV Canada has informed CATCA it will be proceeding with phase three of the Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program. The intended completion time for phase three is July 23rd. The original June 30th deadline for the program was delayed as a result of CATCA and […]