Book: The language of the skies: the bilingual air traffic control conflict in Canada

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The language of the skies: the bilingual air traffic control conflict in Canada

By Borins, Sandford F. ; Institute of Public Administration of Canada

Imprint:	Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983
Series:	Canadian public administration series = Collection Administration publique canadienne
Topic:	Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
Subject:	Language policy -- Canada , Air traffic control, Bilingual -- Political aspects -- Canada , Air traffic control, Bilingual -- Québec (Province)
Language:	English
ISBN:	0773504036, 0773504028
Added:	2009-12-03

Table of Contents   The language of the skies: the bilingual air traffic control conflict in Canada   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 Watch   Minority 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 Object   Confrontation 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 20   The 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 Inquiry   The 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   11. Conclusions and Implications   The Nature of Linguistic Conflict   The Ambivalent Role of Government   The Role of Personality   The Public, the Elite, and the Viability of Canada   APPENDIXES   A. The Memorandum of Understanding   B. Aviation Terminology   C. Organizational Acronyms   NOTES