John Tomkinson

Background

About John Tomkinson

Air Traffic Controller, Unit Procedures Specialist for NAVCANADA at the Edmonton Area Control Centre. Within the educational field, previously held positions include the Wetaskiwin Ward Trustee and Board Chair for St Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic School Division. Past Vice President for the Alberta Catholic Schools Trustees’s Association, Past Director on the Canadian Catholic School Trustees Association and the Alberta School Council’s Association. Within the aviation industry, I am a Unit Procedures Specialist (UPS) in Air Traffic Control for NAVCANADA at Edmonton Area Control Centre. Primary responsibilities include active ATC duties, Agreements, Procedures, and communication for the aviation community in the Edmonton area, and Alberta UAV operations. NAVCANADA is Canada’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) managing 12 million aircraft movements a year for customers in over 18 million square kilometres – the world’s second-largest ANSP by traffic volume. Our airspace stretches from the Pacific West coast to the East coast of Newfoundland and out to the centre of the North Atlantic, the world’s busiest oceanic airspace with some 1,200 flights crossing to and from the European continent daily. It also stretches from the busy U.S-Canada border with major international airports to the North Pole where aircraft fly polar routes to reach Asia. NAVCANADA is also the world’s first fully privatized civil air navigation service provider, created in 1996 through the combined efforts of commercial air carriers, general aviation, the Government of Canada, as well as our employees and their unions.