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Author Borins, Sandford F., 1949-

Title The language of the skies : the bilingual air traffic control conflict in Canada / Sandford F. Borins
Published Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Series Canadian public administration series = Collection Administration publique canadienne
Canadian public administration series.
Contents CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. The Technological and Occupational Context -- The Development of Air Traffic Control into the Fifties -- Air Traffic Control in the Sixties, Seventies, and Beyond -- Air Traffic Control as an Occupation -- The Airline Pilot's Work -- 2. French in the Air: The First Steps -- The English Tradition -- The Growth of the French Fact in Quebec Aviation -- The Lisson Report and the Logic of the Official Languages Act -- The First Skirmishes -- 3. Bilingual Air Traffic Control�Pro and Con
The Listening WatchMinority Rights or Minority Assimilation? -- International Standards -- Controller Workload -- Heavy Traffic -- The Stray Unilingual Francophone Pilot -- 4. The Battle for Bilingualism: The Early Victories -- Birth of an Organization -- The Response to AQCNA -- Mid-1974 to Mid-1975: A Year of Growing Tensions -- BILCOM: The Research, the Report, the Reaction -- 5. From Angry Words to Clenched Fists -- Consultation about the BILCOM report -- A Summer of Discontent -- Keith Spicer's Initiative
Lang, Cloutier, and McLeish: Between an Irresistible Force and an Immovable ObjectConfrontation at the Montreal Centre -- 6. A Conflict on Many Fronts: January to June 1976 -- Introduction -- Implementation: January to March 1976 -- The Publicity Campaign: The Safety Symposium -- Collective Bargaining: Toward Conciliation -- CATCA and CALPA Prepare for Battle -- The Conciliation Process -- Implementation: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back -- The Final Contract Negotiations: Divide and Conquer -- 7. The Strike against Bilingualism
On Collision Course: June 7�June 20The Strike against Bilingualism -- 8. The Turning Point: July 1976 to January 1977 -- Introduction -- The Political Reaction in Quebec -- Across Two Solitudes: The Response of the English Press -- The Struggle for Bilingualism: New Initiatives -- CATCA and CALPA: Winning Victories But Losing the War -- AGAQ: The Struggle Intensifies -- Enter the Commission of Inquiry -- CATCA and CALPA on the Defensive -- 9. Towards a Solution: The Commission's Initial Hearings and Interim Report -- Introduction
The Initial Hearings of the Commission of InquiryThe Commission's Interim Report -- In the Aviation Community -- 10. Tying Threads Together: The Problem Resolved -- Introduction -- The Simulation Exercises -- Reconciliation within the Aviation Community -- The BICSS Reports -- The Commission's Second Set of Hearings: February and March 1979 -- The Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry -- The Cabinet Decision and Industry and Public Reaction -- Implementation and Key Actors' Retrospections -- The Future of Bilingual Air Traffic Control
Notes Co-published by Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Air traffic control, Bilingual -- Québec (Province)
Air traffic control, Bilingual -- Political aspects -- Canada
Language policy -- Canada
Air traffic control, Bilingual -- Political aspects -- Québec (Province)
TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- Commercial.
TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- General.
Air traffic control, Bilingual
English-French relations in Canada
Language policy
Mehrsprachigkeit
Sprache
Sprachpolitik
Zweisprachigkeit
Flugsicherung
SUBJECT Canada -- English-French relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019305
Subject Canada
Québec
Québec
Kanada
Form Electronic book
Author Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
ISBN 9780773560864
0773560866