Canada: Transport minister calling on Canada’s airlines to ensure pilots are fit to fly

In the wake of the arrest of a pilot who was tested at 3 times the legal alcohol limit before he was removed from a cockpit in Calgary, Canada’s transport minister is addressing confusion among airlines and regulators about measures to ensure pilots are fit to be behind the controls of aircraft with hundreds of passengers on board. The federal transport minister, Marc Garneau, is said to be “very concerned” by the incident in Calgary. "In order to ensure the highest safety standards, he is writing to all passenger airline companies that operate in Canada asking them to confirm that their protocols and Safety Management Systems are up to date and being enforced ‎with all required resources, including measures designed to confirm pilots’ fitness to fly,” Garneau’s director of communications, wrote Wednesday. <br/>