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Ed Storrie joined TCA in 1954 with the Defense Contract in Winnipeg and he joined Winnipeg Finance Computer Section as a Programmer/Analyst in 1962.
Ed accepted the position of Project Manager in the newly formed Computer and System Services Branch, Montreal in 1970 and in 1972 he was promoted to Manager Computer Operations at the Dorval base.
He moved to Toronto in 1979 to manage the Computer Operations for Res II and also managed the Via Rail reservation system. In 1983 Ed accepted the position of Manager System Security (system Wide)
Ed retired from Air Canada January 1985, after 31 years.
He then joined the Ontario Provincial Government as a Security Administrator for the Ministry of Government Services in 1985 and 1990 retired again, this time from the Provincial Government.
Pionairs:
Ed joined Air Canada Pionairs when he retired from Air Canada in 1985. From 2001 to 2003 he served as Second Vice-President on the National Executive with President Fraser O’Shaughnessey. He was primarily responsible for maintaining the Membership database, with Changes, Cancellations, Obits and new Members. He also assisted in hotel negotiations, district visits, Executive Board presentations to the Board of Directors, and duties as assigned.
In 2004 Ed was elected as the District Director for Central Ontario and later in the year once again assumed responsibility for the Membership data base as Membership Coordinator for the National Executive.
From April 2003 Ed assumed the task of Treasurer for the Pensions and Benefits Committee chaired by Bill Rowe during Air Canada's CCAA restructuring period. This included responsibility for accepting, depositing and keeping track of over 5,300 individual donations and from this provided the data base for the individual pro-rata donation refund letters. He was responsible for issuing all necessary cheques for all the expenses of the old P&B Committee, and the pro-rata refund donations as requested by the those donors who have asked for refunds.
Ed also served as Membership Chairman on the Executive Board in 2007 under President Norma Dawson and accepted the 1st V.P. position with the passing of Gord Dalziel. He was offered and accepted the position as Director, Membership for another term on the National Board in 2009.
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