Was trying to get one of my dependants from CYHZ to CYYT last week and noticed flights were cancelled out of CYYT due WX so we were told…………. Well I got on my laptop into the NC flight planning site to see the CYYT WX as well as the RSC reports albeit it was down to ½ in snow and winds to 25kts and the TAF had VV down to 300ft tempo condition. O/k……. well whatever but back at the hotel I got into FlightAware and sure enough AC were launching off from CYYZ dct CYYT and WJ launched from CYHZ – CYYT as well as CYYZ dct CYYT at around same time we were told our flight was cancelled from CYYT.
Dependant got rescheduled later on in the evening on a flight from CYUL-CYHZ-CYYT, however was told at the airport by an AC person the company has an acute shortage of crews on certain types and any delays at all throws crew schedulers in a tizzy on duty times/reserves.
