MAC Argues Against Sole Source Contracting

MAC has recently learned that Health Minister Theresa Oswald intends to award a contract for helicopter medevac services directly to the Alberta based firm STARS without going to public tender.  This action signals a lack of commitment to local aviation and perferential treatment for an out of province firm.  Manitoba has top level medevac nursing staff as well as top quality operators.  Click on the following link to see MAC's Letterto the Minister.  We would also encourage you to contact your MLA to register your displeasure.  Minster Theresa Oswald - STARS Contract.doc

Maintenance Release Statements

Some members have instructions printed at the front of their journey logs that are meant to reduce the amount of paper work.  This includes a statement about maintenance releases.  Recently during a PVI one of our members was told that using only the CAR’s reference to the wording for a maintenance release in the Journey Log was not acceptable.  MAC recommends that all members who use a statement in the front of the journey log with wording similar to this “a signature and stamp or license number in the journey log located after the details or work performed will constitute a maintenance release as per CAR 571 or 605 be changed to read after the words maintenance release “the described maintenance has been performed in accordance with the applicable standards of airworthiness.”