Rubberbiscuit wrote:Dear BD,
Cancer, eh! What do you think the result of all airlines undercutting each others fares over the last decade did for the industry? What do you call it when competitors are suing each other back and forth to give each other bad names! If that is not cancer on the Canadian aviation world I don’t know! Then there was the competition bureau. Ha ha ha! That was our useless Government's attempt at curing some of the cancer with an aspirin. Until the Government steps in and starts regulating fares there will be a dog eat dog world out there like I said before.
Undercutting for the last decade? Competitors suing? Competition bureau? Government to regulate fares? Dog Eat Dog world?
I believe its called deregulation.
The long and short of it;
In 1978 it came into affect in the United states, In Canada deregulation in the late 80's early 90's came too late for Wardair. Other chartered carriers companies like Nationair, Worldways, Royal, Canada 3000, Airtransat surged into old routes that Air Canada/Canadi<n decided not to service, or code shared them with other international scheduled carriers.
Deregulation’s intent(s) was to provide a competitive environment for the benefit of the traveling public and to service routes that have been dropped by direct service to destination(s). The fallout of this is now we find ourselves in an environment of a cut throat industry where it was never to be the intention of creating such a hostile industry where we find ourselves in today.
Had Canadia<n never mismanaged their affairs and Air Canada never was made to assume this carrier no matter what the politicians and excecs tell us, the WestJets and JetsGo would never ever be as large as they now. Air Canada and the Canadian government were caught with their panties down. The theory of Deregulation did not account for this sceanario!!! Never say never I always say.
Side note: Why was Air Canada "forced" to assume Canadia<n? Well my little JetsGo peasants
Despite what you have been fed by THE FEDS and AC officials....imagine what would happen to a current government in power that would let a national carrier go under and the loss of all those jobs. No it was not because of routes it was because of national embarrsment of a governing political party. The Opposition would be ALL over it and the funny thing is that if they would have been in power they would have done it the same way with AC/CND merge.
So now 'cancer' companies like JetsGo are creating a 'dangerously' hostile environment. It's not being competitive; it's not filling in abandoned routes. It's degrading the industry and the LIFESTYLE we ALL aspire to attain. It's simply a cancer to the industry. Dec 23/24 has shown the fragility of its infrastructure. So, if on the surface and in the eyes of the public this infrastructure collapse from counter agents to crews over worked...the whole company is stretched too thin...and as a professional yourself in the industry you know very well something is going to give. And when it does...it's going to be tragic.
Now you can pick this post of mine apart (and I know you will) but you are simply suffering from is simply a 'battered spouse' syndrome. Everyone sees and knows it's a problem...and it has to stop but if you don't recognize it...well you're part of the problem.
You defend a company and a man that is laughing at you all. Where else can one get his employees to pay to work? Where do I sign up for that AND STILL BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT? Observing some of the JetsGo crews and their demeanor...they don't look happy. In fact they look tired, over worked, and just pain miserable people.
AC crew ALL look miserable as well...but they are well rested and have enough time off to chill out at their summer cottages or weekend skii condos.
Fly safe
