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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.

Publication Info. Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Canadian public administration series = Collection Administration publique canadienne.
Canadian public administration series.
Note Co-published by Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 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""
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Subject Air traffic control, Bilingual -- Québec (Province)
Air traffic control, Bilingual.
Air traffic control, Bilingual -- Political aspects -- Canada.
Canada.
Language policy -- Canada.
Language policy.
Canada -- English-French relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
Other Form: Print version: Borins, Sandford F., 1949- Language of the skies. Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983 (DLC) 83214911
ISBN 9780773560864 (electronic book)
0773560866 (electronic book)
0773504028
9780773504028
0773504036
9780773504035