To get there, we intend to bring forward regulations governing individual employees in maintenance organizations. This would commit top management both economically and philosophically to the ongoing improvement of safety. In other words, Flight 2005 sees safety as a business issue. It challenges the industry to find the best ways to address that issue. In a region like the North, where air travel is so important to the people and to the economy, the steps taken to improve air safety are important to everyone.
Safety is important to the travelling public.
But so is the level of service they receive from the industry. The recent restructuring in the airline industry has brought this issue to the forefront, and I would be remiss if I did not say a few words about it. Airline Restructuring A great deal has happened in the 15 months since Air Canada was given the go-ahead to acquire Canadian Airlines. Air Canada has continued working to achieve full integration of Canadian Airlines and it has been meeting the commitments it made to me in December 1999. The first commitment was that Air Canada would continue to serve, for three years, all the communities that were being served at the time of the merger by both carriers and their wholly owned subsidiaries.