Travel chaos continues as Canadian airlines, airports top global list of delays over long weekend

[daftandbarmy]

Cancelled an entire holiday over rental cars. Pure unobtainium….

My 9D rented a U-Haul min-bus in Calgary ... lots of those available apparently!

 

[YZT580]

Brugge is nice.

Just sayin…

great beer

 

[dapaterson]

For a planned trip this summer, booked the car, then booked airlines and accommodation....

 

[Quirky]

A trip back out to BC looks more and more appealing in a gas guzzling SUV than air travel. $800 in gas Vs $1500 in plane tickets, plus lost luggage and cancelled flights.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Possibly coming to an airline near you: job action...

Airline SAS says survival at stake as pilot strike grounds flights​

Wage talks between Scandinavian airline SAS (SAS.ST) and its pilots collapsed on Monday, triggering a strike that puts the future of the carrier at risk and adds to travel chaos across Europe as the peak summer vacation period begins.

The action is the first major airline strike to hit when the industry is seeking to capitalise on the first full rebound in leisure travel following the pandemic.

It follows months of acrimony between employees and management as the airline seeks to recover from the impact of lockdowns without taking on costs it believes would leave it unable to compete.

Airline SAS says survival at stake as pilot strike grounds flights

Wage talks between Scandinavian airline SAS and its pilots collapsed on Monday, triggering a strike that puts the future of the carrier at risk and adds to travel chaos across Europe as the peak summer vacation period begins.

www.reuters.com

 

[Brad Sallows]

two years of pent-up demand

Root cause, right there.

 

[Quirky]

Root cause, right there.

Travelers forgot how to airport, according to Algebra.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Travelers forgot how to airport, according to Algebra.

Losers. They should have kept vacationing during covid like politicians did. Then we wouldn't be in this mess.

 

[QV]

We just need to do big government even harder. That ought to solve all issues.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Travelers forgot how to airport, according to Algebra.

That's me. I forgot I had a full waterbottle in my carry on bag twice during one trip.

I suck

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

A trip back out to BC looks more and more appealing in a gas guzzling SUV than air travel. $800 in gas Vs $1500 in plane tickets, plus lost luggage and cancelled flights.

I just moved from Victoria to Northern Ontario by myself. Cost me roughly:

$1100.00 gas
$900.00 accommodations (stayed at AIRBNB mostly)
$600.00 food
$2000.00 U-Haul Trailer (Large one)
$300.00 for boxes

Less than $5000.00 all total to move halfway across the Country on my own dime.

How's that for economical

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I just moved from Victoria to Northern Ontario by myself. Cost me roughly:

$1100.00 gas
$900.00 accommodations (stayed at AIRBNB mostly)
$600.00 food
$2000.00 U-Haul Trailer (Large one)
$300.00 for boxes

Less than $5000.00 all total to move halfway across the Country on my own dime.

How's that for economical

You spend 300.00 on boxes? Loser!

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

You spend 300.00 on boxes? Loser!

Home Depot moving kit. Well worth it

 

[lenaitch]

Home Depot moving kit. Well worth it

Isn't that what the used box bin at the local grocery store is for?

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Isn't that what the used box bin at the local grocery store is for?

Or costco! They give that shit away!

 

[lenaitch]

Home Depot moving kit. Well worth it

Forgot to add, don't recycle the boxes. We did something similar (not HD, some moving company if I recall) and sold them on Kijiji and made a good chunk of our money back.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

Isn't that what the used box bin at the local grocery store is for?

I'm willing to pay for the convenience of having them dropped on my doorstep

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I'm willing to pay for the convenience of having them dropped on my doorstep

You and your “conveniences”…

 

[RangerRay]

This whole airport fiasco brings me back to a dead horse I like to flog: Canada’s and the provinces’ lack of state capacity to, you know, protect the realm. With COVID,wildfires, flooding, passports, airports, war in Ukraine, Canadian governments seem to be incapable to respond to these events in a competent and timely manner. The only thing Canadian governments can do, it seems, is shovelling money out the door. The folks at The Line also harp on this. Is the purpose of a state not to protect the realm from all threats? Many other countries with bigger problems than ours seem to get this. They don’t seem to lack state capacity to deal with crises, it seems we are especially bad at it, unless it involves send money.

People are starting to notice that we suck at this. Our governments better start getting their shit wired tight before the next crisis happens.

 

[dapaterson]

One other observation: even pre COVID, Air Canada and Pearson were a terrible combination that almost made Atlanta seem like a tolerable hub.