CAREER IN AVIATION-CANADA
Qatar Airways Cabin Crew Recruitment in Montreal, Canada-AIR000IX
Description
Is the working environment of a 9 to 5 routine something you would like
to make a thing of the past?
Our Cabin Crew will testify that it's not just a job, but a way of
life. The work can be demanding and strenuous but very rewarding.
Hours of work can vary, and include weekends, nights and public
holidays.
If you have what it takes and enjoy the freedom and responsibility of
using your own initiative, carry out your responsibilities with
confidence and minimal supervision, have a high level of personal
presentation, possess excellent communication skills, and above all be
attentive to individual client needs, then working for Qatar Airways
could be the career for you.
We are one of the fastest growing airlines in the world with an
expanding route network covering the Middle East, Far East, Africa,
Asia, Europe and America, with a modern fleet of A300, A319, A320,
A321, A330 and A340 aircrafts. We are soaring to greater heights by way
of expansion and progress and we are based in Doha, a modern commercial
centre and growing tourist destination.
Benefits
As you would expect from one of the world's best Middle-Eastern
airlines, the rewards and benefits are excellent. Here is just a
taste:
· Competitive TAX-FREE package
· Company provided furnished sharing accommodation
· Medical insurance
· Generous airline travel discounts
· Promising career prospects and personal development opportunities
This is a career opportunity to earn an excellent remuneration package,
travel the world and be a flying ambassador for Qatar Airways.
To be considered for this opportunity, you need to meet the following:
· Minimum age of 20 years
· Minimum arm reach of 212 cms (on tip toes)
· Minimum high school education/ O levels, with fluency in written and
spoken English (ability to speak other languages is an asset)
· An excellent level of health and fitness
· A willingness to relocate to Doha, Qatar
· An outgoing personality, good interpersonal skills and the ability to
work in a multi-national team environment
Please apply online attaching:
· An updated resume
· One recent passport and full-length colour photograph against a plain
(avoid white) background
· The dress code for the photographs is as follows:
Females: Business suit with knee-length skirt
Hair must be neat and tied back if long
Males: Business suit, shirt and tie
(Photo Format: Stand facing the camera, with one foot slightly
forward, hands relaxed by
the sides and a warm open smile)
· The images in the following formats: JPG/JPEG or GIF. (Note: Do keep
the size below 50KB).
Kindly note that selected candidates may be required to attend further
interview processes over consecutive days. We would also like to inform
you that all expenses and arrangements related to you attending any
Cabin Crew Recruitment Processes would be borne / made by you.
Apply onilne: www.qatarairways.com
Cabin Crew Recruitment in Vancouver,Canada-AIR000JS
Description
Is the working environment of a 9 to 5 routine something you would like to make a thing of the past?
Our Cabin Crew will testify that it's not just a job, but a way of life. The work can be demanding and strenuous but very rewarding. Hours of work can vary, and include weekends, nights and public holidays.
If you have what it takes and enjoy the freedom and responsibility of using your own initiative, carry out your responsibilities with confidence and minimal supervision, have a high level of personal presentation, possess excellent communication skills, and above all be attentive to individual client needs, then working for Qatar Airways could be the career for you.
We are one of the fastest growing airlines in the world with an expanding route network covering the Middle East, Far East, Africa, Asia, Europe and America, with a modern fleet of A300, A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 aircrafts. We are soaring to greater heights by way of expansion and progress and we are based in Doha, a modern commercial centre and growing tourist destination.
Benefits
As you would expect from one of the world's best Middle-Eastern airlines, the rewards and benefits are excellent. Here is just a taste:
· Competitive TAX-FREE package
· Company provided furnished sharing accommodation
· Medical insurance
· Generous airline travel discounts
· Promising career prospects and personal development opportunities
This is a career opportunity to earn an excellent remuneration package, travel the world and be a flying ambassador for Qatar Airways.
To be considered for this opportunity, you need to meet the following:
· Minimum age of 20 years
· Minimum arm reach of 212 cms (on tip toes)
· Minimum high school education/ O levels, with fluency in written and spoken English (ability to speak other languages is an asset)
· An excellent level of health and fitness
· A willingness to relocate to Doha, Qatar
· An outgoing personality, good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a multi-national team environment
Please apply online attaching:
· An updated resume
· One recent passport and full-length colour photograph against a plain (avoid white) background
· The dress code for the photographs is as follows:
Females: Business suit with knee-length skirt Hair must be neat and tied back if long
Males: Business suit, shirt and tie
(Photo Format: Stand facing the camera, with one foot slightly forward, hands relaxed by
the sides and a warm open smile)
· The images in the following formats: JPG/JPEG or GIF. (Note: Do keep the size below 50KB).
Kindly note that selected candidates may be required to attend further interview processes over consecutive days. We would also like to inform you that all expenses and arrangements related to you attending any Cabin Crew Recruitment Processes would be borne / made by you.
Apply onilne: www.qatarairways.com
Cabin Crew Recruitment Campaign in Toronto, Canada-AIR000H6
Is the working environment of a 9 to 5 routine something you would like to make a thing of the past?
Our Cabin Crew will testify that it's not just a job, but a way of life. The work can be demanding and strenuous but very rewarding. Hours of work can vary, and include weekends, nights and public holidays.
If you have what it takes and enjoy the freedom and responsibility of using your own initiative, carry out your responsibilities with confidence and minimal supervision, have a high level of personal presentation, possess excellent communication skills, and above all be attentive to individual client needs, then working for Qatar Airways could be the career for you.
We are one of the fastest growing airlines in the world with an expanding route network covering the Middle East, Far East, Africa, Asia, Europe and America, with a modern fleet of A300, A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 aircrafts. We are soaring to greater heights by way of expansion and progress and we are based in Doha, a modern commercial centre and growing tourist destination.
Benefits
As you would expect from one of the world's best Middle-Eastern airlines, the rewards and benefits are excellent. Here is just a taste:
· Competitive TAX-FREE package
· Company provided furnished sharing accommodation
· Medical insurance
· Generous airline travel discounts
· Promising career prospects and personal development opportunities
This is a career opportunity to earn an excellent remuneration package, travel the world and be a flying ambassador for Qatar Airways.
To be considered for this opportunity, you need to meet the following:
· Minimum age of 20 years
· Minimum arm reach of 212 cms (on tip toes)
· Minimum high school education/ O levels, with fluency in written and spoken English (ability to speak other languages is an asset)
· An excellent level of health and fitness
· A willingness to relocate to Doha, Qatar
· An outgoing personality, good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a multi-national team environment
Please apply online attaching:
· An updated resume
· One recent passport and full-length colour photograph against a plain (avoid white) background
· The dress code for the photographs is as follows:
Females: Business suit with knee-length skirt
Hair must be neat and tied back if long
Males: Business suit, shirt and tie
(Photo Format: Stand facing the camera, with one foot slightly forward, hands relaxed by
the sides and a warm open smile)
· The images in the following formats: JPG/JPEG or GIF. (Note: Do keep the size below 50KB).
Kindly note that selected candidates may be required to attend further interview processes over consecutive days. We would also like to inform you that all expenses and arrangements related to you attending any Cabin Crew Recruitment Processes would be borne / made by you.
Apply online: www.qatarairways.com
Qatar Airways Cabin Crew Recruitment in Montreal, Canada-AIR000IX
Description
Is the working environment of a 9 to 5 routine something you would like
to make a thing of the past?
Our Cabin Crew will testify that it's not just a job, but a way of
life. The work can be demanding and strenuous but very rewarding.
Hours of work can vary, and include weekends, nights and public
holidays.
If you have what it takes and enjoy the freedom and responsibility of
using your own initiative, carry out your responsibilities with
confidence and minimal supervision, have a high level of personal
presentation, possess excellent communication skills, and above all be
attentive to individual client needs, then working for Qatar Airways
could be the career for you.
We are one of the fastest growing airlines in the world with an
expanding route network covering the Middle East, Far East, Africa,
Asia, Europe and America, with a modern fleet of A300, A319, A320,
A321, A330 and A340 aircrafts. We are soaring to greater heights by way
of expansion and progress and we are based in Doha, a modern commercial
centre and growing tourist destination.
Benefits
As you would expect from one of the world's best Middle-Eastern
airlines, the rewards and benefits are excellent. Here is just a
taste:
· Competitive TAX-FREE package
· Company provided furnished sharing accommodation
· Medical insurance
· Generous airline travel discounts
· Promising career prospects and personal development opportunities
This is a career opportunity to earn an excellent remuneration package,
travel the world and be a flying ambassador for Qatar Airways.
To be considered for this opportunity, you need to meet the following:
· Minimum age of 20 years
· Minimum arm reach of 212 cms (on tip toes)
· Minimum high school education/ O levels, with fluency in written and
spoken English (ability to speak other languages is an asset)
· An excellent level of health and fitness
· A willingness to relocate to Doha, Qatar
· An outgoing personality, good interpersonal skills and the ability to
work in a multi-national team environment
Please apply online attaching:
· An updated resume
· One recent passport and full-length colour photograph against a plain
(avoid white) background
· The dress code for the photographs is as follows:
Females: Business suit with knee-length skirt
Hair must be neat and tied back if long
Males: Business suit, shirt and tie
(Photo Format: Stand facing the camera, with one foot slightly
forward, hands relaxed by
the sides and a warm open smile)
· The images in the following formats: JPG/JPEG or GIF. (Note: Do keep
the size below 50KB).
Kindly note that selected candidates may be required to attend further
interview processes over consecutive days. We would also like to inform
you that all expenses and arrangements related to you attending any
Cabin Crew Recruitment Processes would be borne / made by you.
Apply onilne: www.qatarairways.com
Cabin Crew Recruitment in Vancouver,Canada-AIR000JS
Description
Is the working environment of a 9 to 5 routine something you would like to make a thing of the past?
Our Cabin Crew will testify that it's not just a job, but a way of life. The work can be demanding and strenuous but very rewarding. Hours of work can vary, and include weekends, nights and public holidays.
If you have what it takes and enjoy the freedom and responsibility of using your own initiative, carry out your responsibilities with confidence and minimal supervision, have a high level of personal presentation, possess excellent communication skills, and above all be attentive to individual client needs, then working for Qatar Airways could be the career for you.
We are one of the fastest growing airlines in the world with an expanding route network covering the Middle East, Far East, Africa, Asia, Europe and America, with a modern fleet of A300, A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 aircrafts. We are soaring to greater heights by way of expansion and progress and we are based in Doha, a modern commercial centre and growing tourist destination.
Benefits
As you would expect from one of the world's best Middle-Eastern airlines, the rewards and benefits are excellent. Here is just a taste:
· Competitive TAX-FREE package
· Company provided furnished sharing accommodation
· Medical insurance
· Generous airline travel discounts
· Promising career prospects and personal development opportunities
This is a career opportunity to earn an excellent remuneration package, travel the world and be a flying ambassador for Qatar Airways.
To be considered for this opportunity, you need to meet the following:
· Minimum age of 20 years
· Minimum arm reach of 212 cms (on tip toes)
· Minimum high school education/ O levels, with fluency in written and spoken English (ability to speak other languages is an asset)
· An excellent level of health and fitness
· A willingness to relocate to Doha, Qatar
· An outgoing personality, good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a multi-national team environment
Please apply online attaching:
· An updated resume
· One recent passport and full-length colour photograph against a plain (avoid white) background
· The dress code for the photographs is as follows:
Females: Business suit with knee-length skirt Hair must be neat and tied back if long
Males: Business suit, shirt and tie
(Photo Format: Stand facing the camera, with one foot slightly forward, hands relaxed by
the sides and a warm open smile)
· The images in the following formats: JPG/JPEG or GIF. (Note: Do keep the size below 50KB).
Kindly note that selected candidates may be required to attend further interview processes over consecutive days. We would also like to inform you that all expenses and arrangements related to you attending any Cabin Crew Recruitment Processes would be borne / made by you.
Apply onilne: www.qatarairways.com
Cabin Crew Recruitment Campaign in Toronto, Canada-AIR000H6
Is the working environment of a 9 to 5 routine something you would like to make a thing of the past?
Our Cabin Crew will testify that it's not just a job, but a way of life. The work can be demanding and strenuous but very rewarding. Hours of work can vary, and include weekends, nights and public holidays.
If you have what it takes and enjoy the freedom and responsibility of using your own initiative, carry out your responsibilities with confidence and minimal supervision, have a high level of personal presentation, possess excellent communication skills, and above all be attentive to individual client needs, then working for Qatar Airways could be the career for you.
We are one of the fastest growing airlines in the world with an expanding route network covering the Middle East, Far East, Africa, Asia, Europe and America, with a modern fleet of A300, A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 aircrafts. We are soaring to greater heights by way of expansion and progress and we are based in Doha, a modern commercial centre and growing tourist destination.
Benefits
As you would expect from one of the world's best Middle-Eastern airlines, the rewards and benefits are excellent. Here is just a taste:
· Competitive TAX-FREE package
· Company provided furnished sharing accommodation
· Medical insurance
· Generous airline travel discounts
· Promising career prospects and personal development opportunities
This is a career opportunity to earn an excellent remuneration package, travel the world and be a flying ambassador for Qatar Airways.
To be considered for this opportunity, you need to meet the following:
· Minimum age of 20 years
· Minimum arm reach of 212 cms (on tip toes)
· Minimum high school education/ O levels, with fluency in written and spoken English (ability to speak other languages is an asset)
· An excellent level of health and fitness
· A willingness to relocate to Doha, Qatar
· An outgoing personality, good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a multi-national team environment
Please apply online attaching:
· An updated resume
· One recent passport and full-length colour photograph against a plain (avoid white) background
· The dress code for the photographs is as follows:
Females: Business suit with knee-length skirt
Hair must be neat and tied back if long
Males: Business suit, shirt and tie
(Photo Format: Stand facing the camera, with one foot slightly forward, hands relaxed by
the sides and a warm open smile)
· The images in the following formats: JPG/JPEG or GIF. (Note: Do keep the size below 50KB).
Kindly note that selected candidates may be required to attend further interview processes over consecutive days. We would also like to inform you that all expenses and arrangements related to you attending any Cabin Crew Recruitment Processes would be borne / made by you.
Apply online: www.qatarairways.com
CANADA AVIATION NEWS
CANADA AVIATION NEWS
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ON HIS VISIT TO BRISTOL AEROSPACE LTD.
Winnipeg, Manitoba - Prime Minister Stephen Harper today made the following remarks during a visit to Bristol Aerospace Ltd., in Winnipeg:
“Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
“I want to not just thank Tony for that introduction. I also want to thank Tony as one of the key ministers. As Minister of Industry, he is one of the key ministers who has been spearheading on our government’s side this entire Joint Strike Fighter effort, so thank you, Tony, for the work that you’ve been doing on behalf of everyone here. I also want to extend my greetings to my friends and parliamentary colleagues, Vic Toews, to Steven Fletcher, to James Bezan, to our provincial colleagues who are present as well, to all of our friends who are here representing Magellan, Bristol, Lockheed-Martin, BAE Systems. Don, thank you for kicking us off, and finally, I’d like to especially express my appreciation to you, Murray, for hosting this gathering here today.
“As you all know, I’ve just spent a little time with some of your colleagues and employees, Murray, and I must tell you, as a Canadian, it makes me proud to see what you can make here, satellites, rockets. And, what we’re here to talk about today, aircraft components. High quality, precisely engineered products that work, and work with complete reliability, in the most demanding of environments.
“It takes an exceptional piece of machinery to work flawlessly, high in the atmosphere, flying faster than sound, where the air is thin and where, they tell me, the temperatures are colder than Portage and Main in January.
“And, it takes people with exceptional skills and exceptional commitment to make these things. You are those exceptional people. So give yourselves a big round of applause. You are, in fact, one of Canada’s great strategic assets. And for you, ladies and gentlemen, we have a fitting job, a job of national importance – helping to provide our government with the tools it needs to defend our sovereignty, which is, after all, the very first duty of any Canadian government.
“As you all know, your plant has been chosen, and chosen competitively, to make components for the F-35 Lightning. We are here today to turn sod on a building, the Advance Composites Manufacturing Centre, where some of you will do this work. It’s an important milestone in a journey that began a long time ago, so long ago in fact that I think our friends in the Opposition – which was the Government at the time – have forgotten all about it.
“In 1997, Canada signed on to an international consortium to develop the Lockheed-Martin Lightning II. It did so after – after, I repeat – an exhaustive consideration of the alternatives for a CF-18 replacement at the end of this decade. Our predecessors chose the Lightning because they believed it was the best aircraft for Canada. A measure that we supported, because it was and is the right thing to do. So, I do find it sad to hear some in Parliament now expressing hesitations about buying the F35, or even talking openly about cancelling it, should they get the chance.
“Here’s the thing: for the last 13 years, through governments both Liberal and Conservative, Canada has been fully involved in the development, design and initial production phases of this world-class aircraft. Governments, beginning with our predecessors, have already put over $150 million of taxpayers’ money into it. The prototypes are in the air. So you have to ask yourself: why would you now consider buying something else?
“Today, there is nothing else like the F-35 Lightning. Its once and only serious competitor is now on static display in a Florida museum. And why would you risk leaving our Air Force with nothing to replace the CF-18s when they reach the end of their life? Nothing is not an option.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a political game. It is about lives and, as you know well, it is about jobs.
“You know, I could tell you a long story about the industrial and economic benefits of the F-35 program. How it’s the largest cooperative international program since the Second World War, involving our closest allies, and how there will be a huge production run – something like 5,000 aircraft. I can tell you that it means skilled jobs in this industry for a generation and potentially billions of dollars in production and ongoing maintenance.
“This investment in the F-35s will have huge economic benefits for all of Canada’s aerospace industry. In fact, last week, the President of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, Claude Lajeunesse, congratulated our government.
“In fact, because we’re part of the consortium, some 60 Canadian companies just like this already have development contracts. And it is because we are actually buying this aircraft ourselves, that Bristol Aerospace has this contract to build the horizontal stabilisers in this building that we are turning sod for today. That’s all because we’re inside the project. And if you’re on the outside, there will be nothing.
“Now, from a purely economic perspective, from the point of view of creating hi-tech jobs of positioning Winnipeg and Canada in the global aerospace industry, I say again, nothing is not an option. And cancelling these jobs is not an option.
“But this isn’t even just about high-technology and economic opportunity for Canada. Our decision to put the hard-earned money of Canadian taxpayers into the F-35 Lightning is based on the same principle that has underpinned every other major military purchase we have made.
“That principle is the needs of our country and the men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to serve those needs. And that need is for a general purpose force able to respond to a range of possible requirements in an unknowable future.
“Think about it this way. Our newest CF-18s will be 30 years old by the time we take delivery of the first F-35s. And what have we seen since we purchased the CF-18s? And who could have predicted it?
“When we ordered them in the early 1980s, the immediate need was deterrence in central Europe, during the Cold War. We didn’t know we would have to respond to a crisis in the Balkans. We didn’t know we would be fighting in the Persian Gulf. We didn’t know we would have 9-11 and of course the Afghanistan mission today.
“Meanwhile, we still have the responsibility to counter challenges to our own airspace. Unless of course, we are prepared to let somebody else do it for us. And of course this government is not prepared to let anyone other than Canada defend Canadian sovereignty. That’s just in the last 30 years. What about the next 30 years? In our troubled world, we can never know what threats or challenges our country will face. We can only know that it will almost certainly face some.
“That is why we bought the C-17s, the new Hercules transports and the new helicopters. In every case, some questioned why we bought them, and in every case, their need has become evident even more quickly than we anticipated. They have given us the capacity to act, whether it is to fulfil our mission in Afghanistan, or respond to humanitarian needs at home and abroad, in Newfoundland or in Haiti as recent examples.
“Now, we need the F-35 Lightning, with all its remarkable capacities of stealth and performance, so that whatever we ask our Air Force in the future, and governments of the future, I guarantee you, regardless of political stripe will ask our men and women in uniform to undertake dangerous tasks. When that comes, we need to have the modern aircraft those men and women need, an aircraft that gives our fighting men and women the best possible chance to do their job against the worst the world can throw at them and come home as safely as is humanly possible.
“That is why we’re buying the F-35 Lightning. And that is why you help build them.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I have immensely enjoyed visiting with you today, and I want to spend a little bit of time before we go meeting some more of you. I just want to thank you for the work you do for our country.
“Your jobs and your industry are critical to our future as a country and we mean to make sure that you keep working.
“Thank you very much.”
PM SUPPORTS CANADA’S AEROSPACE SECTOR
“With the economic recovery still fragile, the hard working men and women of Canada’s aerospace industry can rest assured that the federal government is on their side,” said Prime Minister Harper. “Our government’s investment in the F-35 fighter jet is expected to bring sustained employment to Canadian companies for the next 40 years.”
Bristol Aerospace LTD of Winnipeg, a division of Magellan Aerospace Corporation, has secured a contract to manufacture complex composite assemblies for the horizontal tail section of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. This line of work on the Joint Strike Fighter program could increase employment at the company by up to 100 people over time. The company is one of more than 60 Canadian companies, research laboratories and universities benefitting from the Joint Strike Fighter Program.
“By replacing an aircraft at the end of its lifespan, our Government is not only continuing our proven record of standing with our Forces, we are also making direct investments in the Canadian economy and creating skilled jobs for Canadian workers,” added the Prime Minister.
Our government recognizes that the aerospace industry and workers are a key high-tech resource within the Canadian economy and essential to the prosperity of working families and communities across the country.
AIR CANADA REPORTS RECORD SEPTEMBER LOAD FACTOR
For the month of September, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 82.2 per cent on a consolidated basis with Jazz (from which Air Canada purchases regional capacity), versus 79.7 per cent in September 2009, an increase of 2.5 percentage points. System traffic increased 11.7 per cent on a system wide capacity increase of 8.4 per cent.
"I am very pleased to report a record load factor of 82.2 per cent for the month of September, on a consolidated basis with Jazz," said Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer. "These record load factor results are attributable to our commitment to deliver an award-winning product and to an increased utilization of our existing fleet as we pursue strategic opportunities in international markets. Led by over 21 per cent traffic growth in the Pacific, we recorded an increase in traffic in all markets - our tenth consecutive month of year-over-year traffic increases - for a system wide traffic increase of 11.7 per cent. I want to thank all our employees, throughout the company, for delivering on our service commitment to customers and meeting once again our Customer Satisfaction Objectives for the month."
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ON HIS VISIT TO BRISTOL AEROSPACE LTD.
Winnipeg, Manitoba - Prime Minister Stephen Harper today made the following remarks during a visit to Bristol Aerospace Ltd., in Winnipeg:
“Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
“I want to not just thank Tony for that introduction. I also want to thank Tony as one of the key ministers. As Minister of Industry, he is one of the key ministers who has been spearheading on our government’s side this entire Joint Strike Fighter effort, so thank you, Tony, for the work that you’ve been doing on behalf of everyone here. I also want to extend my greetings to my friends and parliamentary colleagues, Vic Toews, to Steven Fletcher, to James Bezan, to our provincial colleagues who are present as well, to all of our friends who are here representing Magellan, Bristol, Lockheed-Martin, BAE Systems. Don, thank you for kicking us off, and finally, I’d like to especially express my appreciation to you, Murray, for hosting this gathering here today.
“As you all know, I’ve just spent a little time with some of your colleagues and employees, Murray, and I must tell you, as a Canadian, it makes me proud to see what you can make here, satellites, rockets. And, what we’re here to talk about today, aircraft components. High quality, precisely engineered products that work, and work with complete reliability, in the most demanding of environments.
“It takes an exceptional piece of machinery to work flawlessly, high in the atmosphere, flying faster than sound, where the air is thin and where, they tell me, the temperatures are colder than Portage and Main in January.
“And, it takes people with exceptional skills and exceptional commitment to make these things. You are those exceptional people. So give yourselves a big round of applause. You are, in fact, one of Canada’s great strategic assets. And for you, ladies and gentlemen, we have a fitting job, a job of national importance – helping to provide our government with the tools it needs to defend our sovereignty, which is, after all, the very first duty of any Canadian government.
“As you all know, your plant has been chosen, and chosen competitively, to make components for the F-35 Lightning. We are here today to turn sod on a building, the Advance Composites Manufacturing Centre, where some of you will do this work. It’s an important milestone in a journey that began a long time ago, so long ago in fact that I think our friends in the Opposition – which was the Government at the time – have forgotten all about it.
“In 1997, Canada signed on to an international consortium to develop the Lockheed-Martin Lightning II. It did so after – after, I repeat – an exhaustive consideration of the alternatives for a CF-18 replacement at the end of this decade. Our predecessors chose the Lightning because they believed it was the best aircraft for Canada. A measure that we supported, because it was and is the right thing to do. So, I do find it sad to hear some in Parliament now expressing hesitations about buying the F35, or even talking openly about cancelling it, should they get the chance.
“Here’s the thing: for the last 13 years, through governments both Liberal and Conservative, Canada has been fully involved in the development, design and initial production phases of this world-class aircraft. Governments, beginning with our predecessors, have already put over $150 million of taxpayers’ money into it. The prototypes are in the air. So you have to ask yourself: why would you now consider buying something else?
“Today, there is nothing else like the F-35 Lightning. Its once and only serious competitor is now on static display in a Florida museum. And why would you risk leaving our Air Force with nothing to replace the CF-18s when they reach the end of their life? Nothing is not an option.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a political game. It is about lives and, as you know well, it is about jobs.
“You know, I could tell you a long story about the industrial and economic benefits of the F-35 program. How it’s the largest cooperative international program since the Second World War, involving our closest allies, and how there will be a huge production run – something like 5,000 aircraft. I can tell you that it means skilled jobs in this industry for a generation and potentially billions of dollars in production and ongoing maintenance.
“This investment in the F-35s will have huge economic benefits for all of Canada’s aerospace industry. In fact, last week, the President of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, Claude Lajeunesse, congratulated our government.
“In fact, because we’re part of the consortium, some 60 Canadian companies just like this already have development contracts. And it is because we are actually buying this aircraft ourselves, that Bristol Aerospace has this contract to build the horizontal stabilisers in this building that we are turning sod for today. That’s all because we’re inside the project. And if you’re on the outside, there will be nothing.
“Now, from a purely economic perspective, from the point of view of creating hi-tech jobs of positioning Winnipeg and Canada in the global aerospace industry, I say again, nothing is not an option. And cancelling these jobs is not an option.
“But this isn’t even just about high-technology and economic opportunity for Canada. Our decision to put the hard-earned money of Canadian taxpayers into the F-35 Lightning is based on the same principle that has underpinned every other major military purchase we have made.
“That principle is the needs of our country and the men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to serve those needs. And that need is for a general purpose force able to respond to a range of possible requirements in an unknowable future.
“Think about it this way. Our newest CF-18s will be 30 years old by the time we take delivery of the first F-35s. And what have we seen since we purchased the CF-18s? And who could have predicted it?
“When we ordered them in the early 1980s, the immediate need was deterrence in central Europe, during the Cold War. We didn’t know we would have to respond to a crisis in the Balkans. We didn’t know we would be fighting in the Persian Gulf. We didn’t know we would have 9-11 and of course the Afghanistan mission today.
“Meanwhile, we still have the responsibility to counter challenges to our own airspace. Unless of course, we are prepared to let somebody else do it for us. And of course this government is not prepared to let anyone other than Canada defend Canadian sovereignty. That’s just in the last 30 years. What about the next 30 years? In our troubled world, we can never know what threats or challenges our country will face. We can only know that it will almost certainly face some.
“That is why we bought the C-17s, the new Hercules transports and the new helicopters. In every case, some questioned why we bought them, and in every case, their need has become evident even more quickly than we anticipated. They have given us the capacity to act, whether it is to fulfil our mission in Afghanistan, or respond to humanitarian needs at home and abroad, in Newfoundland or in Haiti as recent examples.
“Now, we need the F-35 Lightning, with all its remarkable capacities of stealth and performance, so that whatever we ask our Air Force in the future, and governments of the future, I guarantee you, regardless of political stripe will ask our men and women in uniform to undertake dangerous tasks. When that comes, we need to have the modern aircraft those men and women need, an aircraft that gives our fighting men and women the best possible chance to do their job against the worst the world can throw at them and come home as safely as is humanly possible.
“That is why we’re buying the F-35 Lightning. And that is why you help build them.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I have immensely enjoyed visiting with you today, and I want to spend a little bit of time before we go meeting some more of you. I just want to thank you for the work you do for our country.
“Your jobs and your industry are critical to our future as a country and we mean to make sure that you keep working.
“Thank you very much.”
PM SUPPORTS CANADA’S AEROSPACE SECTOR
Winnipeg, Manitoba - Prime Minister Harper today demonstrated unwavering support for Canada’s aerospace sector by helping to break ground on the construction of Bristol Aerospace Limited’s new Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre. Tony Clement, Minister of Industry; Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety; and Steven Fletcher, Minister of State (Democratic Reform), joined the Prime Minister at the announcement.
“With the economic recovery still fragile, the hard working men and women of Canada’s aerospace industry can rest assured that the federal government is on their side,” said Prime Minister Harper. “Our government’s investment in the F-35 fighter jet is expected to bring sustained employment to Canadian companies for the next 40 years.”
Bristol Aerospace LTD of Winnipeg, a division of Magellan Aerospace Corporation, has secured a contract to manufacture complex composite assemblies for the horizontal tail section of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. This line of work on the Joint Strike Fighter program could increase employment at the company by up to 100 people over time. The company is one of more than 60 Canadian companies, research laboratories and universities benefitting from the Joint Strike Fighter Program.
“By replacing an aircraft at the end of its lifespan, our Government is not only continuing our proven record of standing with our Forces, we are also making direct investments in the Canadian economy and creating skilled jobs for Canadian workers,” added the Prime Minister.
Our government recognizes that the aerospace industry and workers are a key high-tech resource within the Canadian economy and essential to the prosperity of working families and communities across the country.
AIR CANADA REPORTS RECORD SEPTEMBER LOAD FACTOR
For the month of September, Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 82.2 per cent on a consolidated basis with Jazz (from which Air Canada purchases regional capacity), versus 79.7 per cent in September 2009, an increase of 2.5 percentage points. System traffic increased 11.7 per cent on a system wide capacity increase of 8.4 per cent.
"I am very pleased to report a record load factor of 82.2 per cent for the month of September, on a consolidated basis with Jazz," said Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer. "These record load factor results are attributable to our commitment to deliver an award-winning product and to an increased utilization of our existing fleet as we pursue strategic opportunities in international markets. Led by over 21 per cent traffic growth in the Pacific, we recorded an increase in traffic in all markets - our tenth consecutive month of year-over-year traffic increases - for a system wide traffic increase of 11.7 per cent. I want to thank all our employees, throughout the company, for delivering on our service commitment to customers and meeting once again our Customer Satisfaction Objectives for the month."
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