The father of a young woman in a small-plane crash in the Okanagan says the launch last week of an aviation-safety campaign inspired by the circumstances of the tragedy is 91裸聊视频渁 good start91裸聊视频� promising.91裸聊视频�

After advocating for regulatory changes for years 91裸聊视频� and even though this announcement hasn91裸聊视频檛 quelled that drive 91裸聊视频� Greg Sewell said he is hopeful the education effort will save lives.

91裸聊视频淚t wasn91裸聊视频檛 what I was pushing for,91裸聊视频� the South Surrey resident said Monday. 91裸聊视频淭hen I realized, education is the way to go91裸聊视频� as opposed to legislation at this time, to have a better impact on safety reform.

91裸聊视频淚f you regulate, a lot of (private pilots) aren91裸聊视频檛 listening anyway.91裸聊视频�

The three-year campaign was announced in Kelowna on June 24, at the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association91裸聊视频檚 2017 Convention and Trade Show.

According to information on COPA91裸聊视频檚 website, it is 91裸聊视频渁imed at educating pilots, passengers and the general public on key areas related to safety in general aviation.91裸聊视频�

Sewell said he was advised of the campaign in February, during a meeting in Vancouver with Transport Canada officials, and was invited at that time to be part of a task force to track its progress.

Exactly how it will work has not been finalized, but its intent is to set a baseline 91裸聊视频渟o we can see, are they getting it?91裸聊视频� Sewell said. 91裸聊视频淚f they are, maybe there91裸聊视频檚 no need to regulate.91裸聊视频�

Sewell and his wife Fran have been pushing for changes since their daughter Lauren died after the private Piper Twin Comanche she was travelling in with her boyfriend crashed at the Brenda Mines site near Kelowna on Aug. 13, 2012.

Smith 91裸聊视频� who was also raised on the Semiahmoo Peninsula 91裸聊视频� died on impact; Lauren, 24, suffered an unsurvivable head injury and died the next day.

The coroner told the Sewells that Lauren would have likely survived had she been wearing a shoulder harness; in a report issued in 2014, it was recommended such planes be retrofitted.

The following August, Sewell launched a website () calling on Transport Canada to act on repeated recommendations from the Transportation Safety Board and the Coroners Service, and mandate that such crafts manufactured prior to July 1978 be retrofitted.

That same month, Transport Canada officials said the change was 91裸聊视频渘ot practical91裸聊视频� and would endanger passengers.

91裸聊视频淢ost of these aircraft structures are not robust enough to support shoulder restraints in the event of a crash,91裸聊视频� a senior communications advisor told Peace Arch News by email at the time.

The harnesses are mandated only in small aircraft (with nine passenger seats or less) manufactured after Dec. 12, 1986., but have been recommended for older aircraft repeatedly over the past two decades in both TSB and coroners91裸聊视频� reports

Sewell said he believes a strongly worded email that he sent to Minister of Transport Marc Garneau in May 2016 91裸聊视频� criticizing the ministry91裸聊视频檚 inaction 91裸聊视频� was key in driving the latest announcement.

91裸聊视频淚 just ripped him a new one, because he was totally dismissive91裸聊视频� of an earlier email regarding proposed changes around shoulder harnesses, Sewell said.

Of seven suggested reforms, six 91裸聊视频渃ould91裸聊视频檝e saved (Lauren91裸聊视频檚) life, had action been taken.91裸聊视频�

In presenting his case to Transport Canada officials in February, Sewell said he set side-by-side photos of his father and Lauren 91裸聊视频� both at the same age 91裸聊视频� to drive home his point.

91裸聊视频淗e came back safe,91裸聊视频� Sewell said of his father, who flew multiple bombing missions during the Second World War.

91裸聊视频淢y daughter goes up for the first time in her life, in a small private plane, and never makes it back. Him giving his life to the service and her counting on government to have the proper safeguards in place.

91裸聊视频淚f you91裸聊视频檙e going to fly by the seat of your pants, then don91裸聊视频檛 be taking innocent passengers. That91裸聊视频檚 what happened to my daughter.91裸聊视频�

Sewell was in Kelowna for the June 24 announcement, and told PAN he could sense his daughter91裸聊视频檚 approval.

91裸聊视频淚 find it ironic that this national campaign would be launched so close to where the accident occurred, and felt her spiritual presence during the announcement telling me, 91裸聊视频榞ood work, Dad. You never quit91裸聊视频�,91裸聊视频� he said.

Monday, Sewell noted that COPA president Bernard Gervais privately acknowledged the potential impact of the campaign 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频渁t the end of this campaign, her memory will have saved countless lives.91裸聊视频�