Gregory T. Connon - President

Greg Connon

Greg Connon was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He joined Air Canada’s Finance Branch fresh out of school in 1966.

Through his 35 years of service, Greg worked in various areas of the EnRoute Credit Card Bureau, UATP Credit Card Billings and Passenger Revenue Accounting.
During the 70’s he acquired a Certificate in Business Administration at Red River College and completed Air Canada’s Professional Management Development Program.

He held positions as Supervisor, Local Office Accounting, Manager, Agency Accounting and Manager, Interline Pricing. Then in 1998 his position changed to Manager, Industry Affairs & Interline Accounting which recognized his extensive role in the Revenue Accounting Airline Industry and the leadership role in the STAR Alliance. His professional industry activities included:

IATA Revenue Accounting Committee (Vice-Chairman)
 IATA Clearing House Panel Member
 ATA Revenue Accounting Committee (Chairman 1995 – 1996)
 ATA Airlines Clearing House Board of Directors (Past President)
 STAR Alliance AC Revenue Accounting Representative

In 1999 he was appointed A/Director, Passenger Revenue Accounting for 14 months and in October 2001 retired from the company.
Shortly after retirement, he was offered a position with IATA Financial Services in Montreal and in January 2002 assumed his position as Director, Clearing Services and Manager, IATA Clearing House.
This was a challenging time in his life with a new company, new city and an airline industry that was reeling from the economic effects of Sept 11th. His responsibilities, which included airline bankruptcies, resulted in many new demands requiring extensive travel throughout the world. However, one of the benefits for Greg and his wife Judy was living in downtown Montreal and enjoying all the great restaurants, festivals, shopping and urban life at its best!

Returning to Winnipeg and fully retired in 2005, life took on a much slower pace, but at the same time they became busy with family, travel, and many new interests.

Greg and his wife of 33 years have three grown children, Richelle, Rob and Curtis and are blessed with three grandchildren, Tehya 12, Riel 4, and Addison2.
Their cottage on Paddy Lake near Kenora, Ont, is where they spend the majority of their leisure time and other than various shorter trips, they have been wintering for Jan & Feb. in Mexico.
Interests include curling (especially the Pionairs National Curling bonspiels), boating, fishing, waterskiing, and photography.

Greg joined Pionairs in 2001and has attended local district meetings and the last three AGMs. He is honoured to be elected as National President and looks forward to his new challenge.

President's Duties

President

(as provided for under the Bylaws, Article 4, paragraph 4)
  • Responsible for the administration of Air Canada Pionairs.
  • Responsible to the membership for the management and operation of the organization.
  • Functions as the official liaison between the organization and Air Canada;
  • Approves disbursement of organization funds;
  • Along with the Treasurer has primary signing authority on all Bank Accounts
  • Calls and presides over all official meetings of the Executive Board and the organization;
  • Appoints all Directors-at-Large and define their duties as necessary
  • Appoints all Committees and define their duties as necessary;
  • Serves as an ex-officio member of all Committees
  • Shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which are normally the responsibility of the chief administrator.
  • Report to the membership on the activities of the organization and on future plans at least once each calendar year at the Annual General Meeting.
  • Acts as the presiding officer at the Annual General Meeting.
  • Signs all Membership Cards
  • Responsible for the activities of the Director-at-Large, Publicity & Liaison.