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Pilots, you've been replaced.

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/westjet-passe ... -1.6291153

Definitely feels like it can't get much worse.... wonder if they even served peanuts on the bus?
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accountant wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:35 pm Pilots, you've been replaced.

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/westjet-passe ... -1.6291153

Definitely feels like it can't get much worse.... wonder if they even served peanuts on the bus?
I thought they had enough planes/crew/maintenance to cover their basics routes ?
Someone lied to me?
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Better than being stranded. Not ideal, but they got to their destination only 8 hours late.

Seems like the media is really hunting for a story if this is the worst thing that happened in Canadian aviation this week.
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1 hour flight vs 9 hour bus ride at least.

No offer to refund fare.

Nothing.

Why even book? You're more likely to get to your destination with Flair or Lynx than westjet.
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accountant wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:47 pm 1 hour flight vs 9 hour bus ride at least.

No offer to refund fare.

Nothing.

Why even book? You're more likely to get to your destination with Flair or Lynx than westjet.
The pax paid an airline fare and got a bus ride for the same price?

I would decline that on principle
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rando wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:05 pm Better than being stranded. Not ideal, but they got to their destination only 8 hours late.

Seems like the media is really hunting for a story if this is the worst thing that happened in Canadian aviation this week.
Are you high on the koolaid?

What in the world makes you think it’s “not ideal” to book a plane ticket for a 1ish hour flight to be stuck on a bus for 8 for the same cost?
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As crappy as it is, I am pretty sure most people appreciated getting home that same night as opposed to the next day.
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Dronepiper wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:10 pm As crappy as it is, I am pretty sure most people appreciated getting home that same night as opposed to the next day.
Doubtful. Happy they got home? Yes.

Happy they weren't being refunded for their flights? No.

WJ screwed this up royally. Reputational cost keeps getting smashed. Pretty soon they will be worse than Spirit / Frontier, and that's saying alot.
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We beheading to Regina?
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For anyone that has ever driven Calgary to Regina on Trans Canada, you know exactly how crap that road is during the winter. No thanks. Put me in a hotel in YYC and I'll go the next day. I think the bus was available for those that wanted it. I don't think anyone was forced to take it.
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co-joe wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:02 pm We beheading to Regina?
Wow, that is in spectacularly poor taste.
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Actually that is hilarious.
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The whole situation is hilarious..planes, trains and automobiles. Too bad John Candy is no longer with us..
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Donald wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:06 pm
co-joe wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:02 pm We beheading to Regina?
Wow, that is in spectacularly poor taste.
What no personal attacks today Donald? You grow some class all of a sudden or just cut down on drinking and posting?
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co-joe wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:42 pm
Donald wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:06 pm
co-joe wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:02 pm We beheading to Regina?
Wow, that is in spectacularly poor taste.
What no personal attacks today Donald? You grow some class all of a sudden or just cut down on drinking and posting?
Hahaha. That's why I keep coming back to AVCanada. Never a dull moment.
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