Biography: John Gronlund
John Gronlund earned a university degree in Economics and worked in finance for 5 years before attending flying college. He began his flying career in Canada's arctic, flying Twin Otters on skis, floats, and tundra tires. From there, John was hired to fly the Dash 8 Q400 for Porter Airlines in their inaugural class of pilots in 2006. He became a Training Captain 2011, and the Manager of Pilot Training in 2014. More recently, John became the Director of Flight Operations, managing an operation of 29 Q400 and 280 pilots based in Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax.
Biography: Marie-Christine Gran
Marie-Christine Gran is Manager of the Employee Wellness and Assistance Programat Pratt & Whitney Canada, where she has been working since 1998. Recognized for her clinical expertise in the workplace, working with different types of organizations and employee assistance programs, she also has extensive experience in developing health promotion programs and corporate policies.
As a clinician, and a professional coach, trainer and speaker, she has received several awards of excellence for her work in the field of health and wellness, including the Pratt & Whitney Canada ‘‘President’s Award’’ (in 2015) for her outstanding contribution to the development of a corporate wellness culture, and the ‘‘Building our Future’’ award (in 2015 and 2012) for her contribution to mental health in the workplace.
Biography: Norbert Wallocha
Norbert started flying in 1983, and joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989. After having served nine years in the military, six of which were as a CP-140 Aurora pilot, he and his family decided to move to Lethbridge Alberta. He worked for Canadian Regional Airlines and Jazz until 2003, at which time he started working at Westjet Airlines.
Norbert has been involved in the Westjet Pilot Recovery Program (PRP) since 2010. He began as a Peer Monitor in 2012, and has been Chair – Westjet PRP since 2013.
Biography: Captain Murray Munro
Captain Murray Munro started his aviation career in 1984 after graduating from the Mount Royal College Aviation program. He spent the next six years flying in northern Canada and the high Arctic, spending most of that time flying a variety of aircraft from DeHaviland DH4 Caribous and Twin Otters to a handful of twin Beechcraft. The highlight of the northern experience was flying the non-ski equipped Caribou on a six week trip in the spring of 1986, where he flew logistical support for a US Navy research camp located on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean 235 miles of the north coast of Greenland.
In the spring 1990 Captain Munro joined the Air Canada family with his first airline job at Air BC. He has been with AirBC/Jazz for just over 27 years. Captain Munro first started in Pilot Assistance in the fall of 1990 as a pilot peer and has continued over time to his position today as chairman of the Pilot Assistance for ALPA Canada. Along with Captain Terry McTeer, Captain Munro was instrumental in the set up and operation of the Pilot Wellness Program at Jazz. Captain Munro has recently returned from Israel where he assisted the ALPA pilots of Israel set up their first Pilot Assistance program.
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