ATAC’S 2016 NATIONAL AVIATION CONFERENCE ATAC’s 2016 Conference and Tradeshow members’ long time support of Hope Air. Marketing and Business”, “Filling the Gap was held in Vancouver on November 15-17. We measure the success of the Conference between Training and Programs”, and more. Members voted on a slate of 14 directors according to four major criteria. The first The feedback was very positive with many either seeking election or re-election to is the quality of the information shared participants claiming this was the best ATAC the Board. In the Large Carrier Category, during conferences, plenaries and breakout meeting to date. Abbotsford, Joe Sparling of , Steve Hankirk of sessions. The second criterion is the quality , Gord Johnston of of the networking opportunities offered by Mike Skrobica’s British Columbia, Canada Airways, Brock Friesen of , Peter the Conference. The third criterion is simple Retirement Scheiwiller of and Mark but sometimes the hardest to achieve. Did This year’s Gala Dinner gave us an opportun- Williams of were the people enjoy themselves? The final criterion ity to celebrate Mike Skrobica, ATAC’s CFO nominees selected by their category peers. is that it must be financially profitable for and Senior Vice President, who is retiring In the Regional Carrier Category, Eric ATAC. The feedback received indicates that after over 21 years at ATAC. Mike was hired Edmondson of , Douglas McCrea we have reached our goal on all counts. The at ATAC as Vice President of Finance but he of , Bob Lamoureux of tradeshow was sold out again this year and leaves as much more than that. Mike has EnviroTech Aviation and Heather McGonigal the atmosphere was buzzing with an upbeat become one of the most respected Subject of were the nominees selected attitude towards our industry. Matter Experts in Aviation Security in our by Regional Category Members. The Training industry, not only in Canada, but internation- Organizations nominated Lynne McMullen ATAC Flight Schools ally. He is also considered as a luminary in of Seneca College and Bob Connors of on the Move the field of facilitation and one of the fathers Waterloo Wellington Flight Center. Finally, Last fall, nine ATAC flight schools were in of the Airport Improvement Fee Agreement. the Industry Partners nominated Naomi Shenzhen promoting the FlyCanada brand Mike was also tasked with the thankless job of Nind of Gowling WLG and Patrick Coulter of to the China market. In addition to hosting a Acting President not once but three times. FlightSafety Canada. FlyCanada booth, flight schools attended the Before joining ATAC in 1996, Mike had The Board of Directors elected Heather Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) worked for , , Air McGonigal of Transwest Air in for annual conference. Immediately following this Ontario, First Air and Ptarmigan. a second term as ATAC Chair. The new ATAC mission in November four ATAC flight schools Although we will continue to call on Board also appointed Directors to a number attended the Pilot Careers Live Training Ex- Mike’s wealth of knowledge from time to of Board Committees including the Executive hibition at London Heathrow where they met time, we wish him the very best in retirement. Committee. Along with Heather McGonigal, some 1,500 students seeking pilot training from the 2016-17 Executive Committee is made up professional pilot schools. ATAC Conference of First Vice Chair Steve Hankirk of Canadian The main theme of the 2016 Conference Rebranding North, Second Vice Chair Eric Edmondson was “Innovation”. ATAC flight schools from Please note that the ATAC Conference of Air Georgian, Honorary Treasurer Quentin across Canada met for 3 days with an innovative and Tradeshow, to be held in Montreal on Smith of , Honorary approach to engaging participants. The entire November 6 -8, 2017, is being rebranded Secretary Dennis Cooper of Sky Wings program was interactive with participants re- going forward as the Canadian Aviation Aviation Academy, and Past Chair Tracy sponding to each of the presentations immedi- Conference and Tradeshow. Medve of KF Aerospace. ately by e-mail so that data could be captured ATAC IS PROUD TO WELCOME Jim Rogers of and ATAC’s and fed back to the audience over the 3 days. THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS very own Debbie Simpson were inducted Presentations and discussions represented as ATAC Lifetime Honorees. John Kane topics under broad headings such as SAVE THE DATE of Sunwing Airlines received the Paul “What has ATAC Done for me Lately?”, Mulrooney Memorial Award of Excellence “Keeping Up with Industry and Regulatory AirStart Avjet Holding Avjet Holding August 9-13, 2017 and ATAC won the Hope Air Outstanding Trends”, “Taming the Octopus” (Dealing Mississauga, ON Drummondville, QC Drummondville, QC Philanthropist Award in honour of all of its with Regulatory Burdens), “Innovation in

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