Air traffic controllers say potential cuts at Nav Canada would put lives at risk
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OTTAWA — The union representing air traffic controllers says Nav Canada is mulling layoffs even if it receives a possible bailout from Ottawa.
Doug Best, who heads the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, warns that more job cuts would jeopardize passenger safety and cut critically needed workers.
Ray Bohn, CEO of Nav Canada, the non-profit body that runs the country’s civil air navigation service, told a parliamentary committee this month that its study of potential service reductions would go on independent of any federal relief package.
Best says more than 100 air traffic controllers are poised to lose their jobs if Nav Canada goes through with permanently closing seven control towers, leaving pilots to fend for themselves during takeoff or landing.
