Hugh Danford

Fly At Your Own Risk

Topics: 
Aviation safety, Transport Canada, Kirsten Stevens, Justice Moshansky, SMS, Hugh Danford
Rating: 
5
The Walrus - Fly At Your Own Risk

Why is Transport Canada moving toward self-regulation for the country's airlines?

Carol Shaben – November 2009

THE WIDOW

IN A SMALL BALLROOM at the Best Western Hotel near Vancouver's airport, Kirsten Stevens, a tattooed single mother of three, rises to take the podium, her hands trembling. Dressed casually in black cords and an emerald green shirt, the forty-two-year-old resident of Campbell River, BC, known as the Widow to many in attendance, stands out from the suit-clad presenters who preceded her. Petite-just five feet three and 115 pounds-with a barely tamed bob of cinnamon-coloured hair and brown eyes, she surveys the audience from behind stylish cat's-eye glasses.

Riding on Risk

Topics: 
Aviation safety, Transport Canada, TSB, Kirsten Stevens, Videos, Hugh Danford, Sam Garito
Rating: 
5
Fifth Estate: Riding on Risk

CBC's flagship investigative reporting program examines the government's oversight of the industry and finds troubling problems at every turn: airport security rules flouted with impunity and inspectors' reports ignored; fatal crashes simply not investigated; pilots with appalling safety records allowed to continue flying; and employees terrified to blow the whistle on what they see going on, for fear of career-ending reprisals.

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