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OT: Vacations

Hats off to those who do, but Im so happy my kids didn't show much interest in going to Disney at that age.

It always sounded like an overpriced nightmare to me.
 
I haven't traveled by air since covid, so maybe I missed a memo, but when did "we're too cheap to hire enough staff so we're delaying your flight" become something that isn't deeply embarrassing for your company and deemed an unacceptable excuse to share with customers?

This is a thing now?
 
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MindzEye said:
I haven't traveled by air since covid, so maybe I missed a memo, but when did "we're too cheap to hire enough staff so we're delaying your flight" become something that isn't deeply embarrassing for your company and deemed an unacceptable excuse to share with customers?

This is a thing now?
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Airlines have had a lot of staffing issues. They got rid of a bunch of people int he pandemic downturn, and haven't brought enough back to handle the high demand.
 
UWHabs said:
Airlines have had a lot of staffing issues. They got rid of a bunch of people int he pandemic downturn, and haven't brought enough back to handle the high demand.
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Sounds like easy enough stuff to fix over a reasonable amount of time if they prioritized it.
 
I believe you. I'm pretty sure this flight im sitting on right now had to call in a flight attendant on her day off. 1:20 delay and counting, haven't left the gate yet
 
MindzEye said:
I haven't traveled by air since covid, so maybe I missed a memo, but when did "we're too cheap to hire enough staff so we're delaying your flight" become something that isn't deeply embarrassing for your company and deemed an unacceptable excuse to share with customers?

This is a thing now?
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So the coles notes on post-covid travel is that everything is shittier than it was before.
 
Wayward DP said:
Most recent trip to Ottawa for work we spent more time sitting on the tarmac in Ottawa than in the air. While buddy across the aisle was symptomatic with covid, no less.
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Ouch. I don't wear masks very many places these days. I have my flomask with a brand new filter in on the plane though.
 
Yeah I have never stopped masking while traveling. At my peak was going back and forth to Ontario at least monthly, and I have comfortable enough masks (and I am pro-science). Easy decision.
 
Last March Air Canada delayed my flight 4 + hours each way to Orlando. The excuse? Umm something is wrong with the plane and we need to go to a warehouse and find a part for it. On the way back, the aircon wasn't working so it was a sauna in the plane. Clownshoes. Only upside was it paid for my flight to South America.
 
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