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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-07-14, Page 14• WITH MARGARET THOMO.SON ••••••,•t•4•••••••‘•••••••••”.•••••••••• ••••••••••• THROUGH 'THE SENTINEL FILES LOOKING BACKWARDS PAGE POURTIBEN IWWWWwwWWWiwavam HILL TALK . BY CRAWFORD DOUGLAS M.P. BRUCE-GREY ifiAftowi Ammo Well, as far as -anything can be considered definite here in Ottawa, it now appears likely, that the longest session of Parliament in the history of Canada will come •to a close sometime around the middle of the month, and in this, my final report ,to you from Ottawa, in this session of Parliament, I would like to put before you my 'thoughts on the question of bilingual air traffic services for the Province of Quebec. I stress, for the province of Quebec, for at no time to my knowledge has the government suggested that a bilingual policy apply anywhere else in Canada, with the possible exception 'of some time in the future to the national capital-region--of'Ottawa Hull. As you may or may not know, aircraft operate in controlled air- space under two different concepts of flight rules. L Visual Flight Rules , (VFR) in which the pilot is' responsible for maintaining ,separation and must avoid flight in cloud and 2. Inatrument Plight Rules (IFR) in which separation between aircraft is provided by air' traffic controllers and can be conducted for the most part in all weather conditions. Some of the most difficult separation problems 'arise when aircraft operate under both these concepts together, within the same control zone. Aircraft operating within control- led airspace or under IFR condi- tions must possess adequate radio equipment for communications with the control unit, since the means of communication is voice radio transmission, The operator . must also obtain a radio/telephone license restricted to aeronautical use. The obtaining of this certificate necessitates examina- tion aimed at a knowledge of operating procedures and testing of an English language phraseology sufficient for the purpose. Such. English language knowledge how-_ ever, is generally adequate to deaf ,= with unusual situations brought about by combinations of weather and mixtures of VFR/IFR traffic with their associated control prob- lems. As you can .see, the whole problem is therefore highly tech- nical and specialized in it approach. Now, what' is the situation in regards to Quebec. The Aeronaut- ics Act and the regulations issued pursuant to it do not specifically prescribe the use of either Enilish or 'French. However, they do provide the authority for the issuing of directives to pilots. It should be noted that not all airspace is controlled. For example, the low airspace in areas such 'as Northern Quebec, most of. Northern Canada and off-airvvays in Southern Canada • are not controlled. /1 The provision of air traffic control • service is accomplished through three basic types of facilities. a) The airport control tower providing service within a control zone of. 5 to 10 miles radius from the airport itself. b) The terminal control unit, providing service to arriving and departing, aircraft at one or more airportsmhere the density of traffic^ warrants. Examples of this are Toronto,• where the terminal control provides control' over Toronto Island, Downsview 13uttonville, Brampton, etc„ and Dorval . in Montreal providing', control service' for. Dorval, Mirabel and. several ' small airports in the Montreal. region. - ,c) Area control service providing service to aircraft en, route between• airports of which there are seven such centres serving all Canadian • airspace. The exercise of air traffic control is based on the principle of responsible and co-operative par- ticipation -by the aircraft: The operator is required to make 'his intentions known in advance to the air traffic control agency to comply with regulations to air surveillance by making position reports and to carry electronic devices which enhance detection such as trans ponders` and so on. Control is effected by the exercise of judgement based on data received at tire control unit. The majority of control functions are performed manually by the controller using radar where avail- able and communications. The system is an intensive one and fundamentally dependent upon the , interchange between pilot and controller of data and directives. This interchange is conducted by voice_ communications_ exclusively,_ although there are cases' where teletype is used as an intermediary between some remote ground stations. The operating •manuals' . prescribing the format of such directives are based on English language terminology. There is not any authorized phraseology for French language control messages to aircraft operating under IFR conditions at this time. When the use of French was introduced to the 5. Quebec airports for VFR opera- tions some two years ago, a French phraseology suitable , to airport control was established and distri- buted to all pilots and controllers at those airports, and I might say, was accepted wholeheartedly by all concerned at that time. The current 'situation, then is as follows. • a) In IFR control----English only is , authorized. b) In VFR control----English or French may be used at the option of. the pilot for communications with the control tower at Quebec, Baie Comeau, Sept Isles, St. Honore, St.' Jean, elsewhere English "only is authorized. c) situations of stress or emergency in the Province of Quebec, the pilot may use ,the French language, bin the gist of all transmissions must be repeated , in English for" the benefit of other pilots. • What then is the situation in other countries? . Firstly, in , France, French is normally used for air traffic control communications throughout the country. English is available to meet' the needs of international operations. In Belgium, English and Ftench are used. • In Italy, Italian is normally used throughout the country and English is available to meet the needs of international operations. In Germany, English is normally ' used throughout the country and speciar‘rrangements are made for thatse of German by nationals that are unilingu,a1 German. In Scandinavian countries, Eng- lish is the language normally used. However, special arrangettienta are, made for non-English , apeaking pilots upon their initial contact with the control body. In Spain, Spanish is the language normally used throughout the country. English is available to meet the needs of international operations. • In Eastern " Europe, national languages are normally used, but English is available to meet the 'needs of international air opera- tions. Etwocontrol (the upper area control centre at Maastrecht -1:1017' land) is the centre thatprovides air traffic services in English for the upper air space of Belgiurn, Luxemburg and Northern Germ- any. This then is the situation with respect to what air traffic control is all about, and the situation, that we find in other parts of the world, • with respect to' two • language operations. What then, is the government •proposing and where do I stand on the situation? 1. French air traffic services in the Province of Quebec first came into being in 1974. Not one alleged air safety incident has been validated relating to the. introduction of that bilingual air traffic service in VFR conditions. This year, the government proposed that:the French language service be extended to two more airports, Mirabel and Dorval in Montreal and also on an .IFR basis. However, this would only take plade after a complete investigation through a simulator so that such a move would be consistent with present safety standards set down by MOT. No intention was indicated at that time, nor at any time since, that a bilingual service would be -extended- elsewhere---outside--of- Quebec, with the exception of the Ottawa-Hull area which sees traffic of both English speaking and French speaking pilots.. Following the air strike, the government also 'proposed that a Commission .cof three judges be appointed to also report on the safety aspect of the. proposal, upon receiving the report of the • MOT's inveatigations into this aspect of bilingual IFR control. The Government has also agreed that following the report by the three judge commission, a motion would be put', into the House of Commons, open to a free vote that would institute bilingual, IFR con- trol •in the Province of Quebec, if the proposal was proven to be safe. This then is what has been proposed. My stand on this situation is- this. I feel that unilingual FrancOphone pilots fly- ing within the confines of Quebec should have the right to• receive instructions from control zones within the' province in their own language, just as much as' uniling- ual German pilots; in Germany, French pilots in Frande 'or Spanish pilots in Spain; if it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that it is safe within the confines of Canad- ian MOT -safety standards, which have been recognized as the highest in the world. I support the government in this proposal. I fully believe 'in the concept of bilingualisni; that wher- ever they may be in Canada, people of the two founding races, French and English 'have the right to receive information in either of the two languages should they require them. As a unilingual English speaking Canadian, L expect to •be able to receive those services in English in the Province of Quebec. How then, can I deny a unilingual , Franco- phone the right to receive the same consideration in his' own Province, in French, which • I demand in English. 4 I repeat again, the government, has not and is not seeking a French language air traffic service, outside of the immediate Quebec area. /How can we, as fair thinking Canadians in Ontario, B,C., ta, Nova Scotia and other provinces deny fellow Canadians the, rights that we ourselves hold so precious. Give it some thought, 20 'YEARS' AGO JULY 1956 Lineups for the Lucknow Inter- Mediate ball teanri was Al Baker c, Jadk Chin 2nd, Don MacIntyre cf, Dow ThomPson 1st, Grant Chis- holm P, Neil. McColl 3rd, Hugh MadMilla.n ss, George Anderson lf, Bill Fisher rf, Tom Pritchard rf, Doug Haldenby If. Bethel United Church on High- way 21 observed their Centennial. Ray MacMillan of Redwing, in the Thornbury area, was engaged as bookkeeper at the Lucknow Co-op. Per capita acreage of every man, woman and child in Ashfield and West Wawanosh was 31 acres. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Bain •of the 6th concession of Kinloss Township hbserved their 60th wedding anni- versary. 40 YEARS AGO The, Sentinel carried a story as folloWs, "It is not uncommon tO, fear of certain animals mothering the young of another animal, but never before have we heard of a female dog willing to rear suckling pigs. But Alex and Ken' Purves of R. R.' 1 Lucknow own such a dog, which did not hesitate to assume caring for the overflow from an especially large litter of pigs. However, other means were used to get' the young pigs past "the baby stage" and now they are able to look after themselves. 60 YEA RS AGED JULY 1916 Word was received here that Finlay McInnes' was missing in action after the heavy German attack upon Canadians defending Ypres; when our army suffered about . 6000 Casualties. He • had enlisted. at Winnipeg while out west on a harvester's excursion the previous year. The McGarry House closed in Lucknow after serving as a hotel for over sixty years. Lucknow ; which once had six hotels„ had dromd to one. 'The changing times and local option was given as the prime reason for their demise. HOPE IT WORKS They say contentment is better than riches, but most people are willing to take chances. N.W.MOK14 THE LUCKNQW SENTINEL,, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1976 . JULY 1936 The West VVawanosh Wolves, a baseball •team in the Maitland League named the following play- -1-51rif —Forari, TomTodd, Stewart Lavis, Gordon' Miller, Neely . Todd, Alex 'Hackett, Fred McQuillin, Reg Lavis, Stan Todd, Ross McPherson. Arrangements were made for Hon. Duncan• Marshall, provincial minister of agriculture, to open the LucknoW Fall Fair. s- • • Either of these Clay Liquid Manure Handling Systems can move a Month's manure in a single day. Either inject manure into fields or spread in controlled 25 to' 35 foot swathes. 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