Acknowledging an “incredible safety record” overall in Canadian and U.S. commercial air transport, some representatives of airline pilots, air carriers and government agencies involved in remote northern flight operations say the time has come for regional improvements. One initiative seeks to enhance airports and airline operations as growing traffic reflects high demand for scheduled service into, out of and over the isolated arctic reaches of both countries, says Peter Black, a Boeing 767 captain for First Air and chairman of the President’s Committee for Remote Operations. This working group, which was created in 2012 by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), held ALPA’s first Operations at Remote Airports Conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in May.
The committee has been assigned “to partner with our industry and government colleagues to provide first-hand operational experience, to work to identify ways to ensure continued safe operations, and to p…
