Not learning the majority language after 13 years is not a reflection of Montreal; it is a reflection of his arrogant insensitivity.
No significance!! Have you been reading the Montreal media?? The posts on this site? Air Canada's image is in the toilet..in large measure because of him and his appointment. Different competence required from that of an engineering firm? I agree. Air Canada is consumer driven.., and his pathetic promise to learn French (after 13 years of total negligence) fools no-one, and is definitely driving away customers from one of AC's major hubs.
And, if his unilingualism is acceptable because he is still head and shoulders above any bilingual candidate, it has yet to be proven. We have just learned that, under his watch, AC has the worst on-time record of the 10 major North American airlines.
Time for the Board to do its job...and have him replaced. Like others, I blame the Board, but if he was a person of integrity, he would never have accepted the position.