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Nearly 2,000 Air Canada flights delayed, cancelled over long weekend (ca.news.yahoo.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 47 points 3 years ago (2 children)

If only Canada’s largest and oldest airline could have predicted Canada’s annual high travel periods…

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe yet another cash infusion from the government will help them remember.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago

    The privatization of Air Canada was a mistake

    In fact, the privatization of most Canadian crown corporations was a mistake

    From a government perspective, connecting remote areas has economic advantages through improved trade, better access to services, and eventually increased economic growth/more tax revenue. For private corporations, none of these advantages materialize.

    That's why China is able to afford a trillion dollars of debt to build HSR when nobody else can: it allows them to push economic growth away from tier 1 cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou) and towards tier 2 and tier 3 cities.

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  • [+] -11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, they should just pay to have extra planes sitting in a hanger all year that they only take out for high travel periods /s

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Maybe they shouldn't sell tickets to seats on planes that don't exist or aren't in service.

    That aside, many companies are now trying out the latest management craze... 'Run to fail'... That is, running equipment until it fails (and fucks everything up) is cheaper than doing regular maintenance. They don't care about the pressure and stress it puts on employees or customers, they just care that it saves a couple bucks.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Do you not understand that the supply (number of planes) is constant throughout the year, while the demand (number of fliers) fluctuates? If the supply enough planes for everyone to fly at peak times there's going to be tooons of empty seats throughout the rest of the year. They'd then need to raise everyone's ticket prices to pay for those extra empty planes, and people just aren't willing to pay the extra price for the convenience.

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    • [–] 20 points 3 years ago

    So... what's the news?

    AC has gone to absolute shit. I fly internationally and pay extra to not fly with them due to past experiences. They still owe me thousands of dollars for "lost" luggage and hotel nights last year and I hope to never fly with those bozos ever again. AC management being shit is one thing, the way the agents treat passengers is another level of insult.

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    [–] 17 points 3 years ago

    Air Canada ruined our vacation to Quebec last summer. Delayed 4 times then canceled the rebooked to Boston. Then canceled. Then a nightmare 3 hour queue for customer service just to give up and head back home. Can’t believe how unreliable and stressful the airlines have made travel.

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    Air Canada has been cancelling and delaying flights like crazy this year. Walking through the airports I can't count the number of times I overheard "Never booking AC again". Schedules changing ruins entire holidays or business trips...

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    [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And of course they don't have to compensate for anything

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    • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'll be flying for the first time in nearly 5 years later this month. It has a connecting flight. I feel like I'm going to spend a bunch of time in an airport.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    FYI, if there is any delay or cancellation there might be required compensation that they owe you, but you will have to ask.

    https://rppa-appr.ca/eng/compensation-flight-delays-and-cancellations

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    • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Well I have a flight with them Friday.

    Fuck.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I flew over the 1st on Delta. They canceled my itinerary 4 times. I got a refund finally but then I flew with American airlines. They kept bumping me and putting me in seats close to the bathroom, so I was face to face with smelly dicks and assholes for 12+ hours.

    I travel a lot and flying at this time is just unwise. Too many people, not enough flights.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Is it true that their pilots are on strike ?

    Saw a recent TikTok video of someone sharing their story of last minute canceled flights by AC

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    • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I'm so lucky I was flying with flair instead.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Airlines are getting so unreliable. Flair airlines kept passengers on the tarmac for 10 hours with no food and water onboard the other day as well.

    Corporations has lost focus, while the idea is that you are supposed to bring in money all the time, you also should want customers to be happy with your product so you have repeat customers.

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