The collaboration betweenWASCO and air car-
riers such as First Air goes beyond the reactive
process of reporting hazards after they have
occurred but proactively to assess and man-
age infrastructure challenges as well. Speers
knows first hand the infrastructure challenges
facing Canada’s northern airports. Operating a
fleet of 4 jets and 13 turbo-props, First Air flies
between Ottawa, Edmonton, Montreal and
Winnipeg to northern hubs in Iqaluit, Rankin
Inlet and Yellowknife and
onward to 31 northern
and remote communities
throughout Nunavut and
Northwest Territories.
For remote communities served by northern
airports, reliability is essential but often not
easy to achieve. Speer describes a common
thread amongst the northern airports as such:
“It’s a syste
identify prob
resources to fi
otherwise all a
operating i
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10 BUSINESS ELITE CANADA | JULY 2018
