[ACARS] Air Canada and it's problems

[Fletcher]

Hi All ,
         After watching Wardair/Canada Worldwide/Nationair/Canada 3000 and Canadian Airlines and many more disappear one wonders
were it will all end - How can a Airline come to owe 13 Billion Dollars YES that's BILLION !!!  Sorry guys I think Air Canada will
have to go because no matter how they try to restruture they can never find 30 Billion !!   -  It's all to do with Unions / Pensions
and of cause Buy Outs !!  If Air Canada had left Canadian Airlines alone and not been so greedy Canadian Airlines may have made it -
And then look at Canada 3000 - It was known way before Sept 11th that they were having trouble - They moved a lot  of people but no
help came their way .
         Then we have Westjet  -  They came right up the middle and are a success - So what does Air Canada do - they wanted them
out of the way too  !!!  Ha but not to be !!  - no matter how many low cost airlines Air Canada makes its self into it will never
work !! and why  UNIONS !!  Westjet is Union free ( Think the Pilots are in the Union)  they work on shares which the employees buy
into . Also they are a happy  young bounce of Kids - even the Captains !! They make you feel like they what you on their flights and
it's not unusual for Clive Beddoe to be seen cleaning up a Plane for the turn around trip !!
          I remember the first flight Westjet made out of Calgary - it took off at 8:00 am for Vancouver . The aircraft was one of
three ex Canadian B737-275's . Just as he was handed over to departure control a voice came over the radio which said " May Westjet
always be in Black Ink "  often wondered who had said that !! but it sure came true - Then the Canadian Transport tried to close
them down with some Maintenance problem they said Westjet had - I once again wondered who was behind all that - was it Air Canada !!
or some arm of them trying to sink them before they go a hold of the Canadian Western market - well as we see it did not work  .
         There are problems being in Long Haul which Southwest or Westjet don't do - Airlines in the Long Haul business may have to
go like Peoples Express did a few years ago - Not much different than Southwest Airlines or Westjet do these days . It will be very
interesting to see how all this is going turn out but for sure we are going to see some very big changes .  Looking at the big
picture Sabena and Swissair were Flag Carries and they are gone so if Air Canada goes I am sure some one else will be in there like
a dirty shirt to pick up the slack - BUT WHO is the big question - Will it be the big Airlines from the States . Is  this the
beginning of the end for Canadian Flag carriers - I think so as I can not see past this 13 BILLION debt  just think what the
interest on that would be a month !!  one could probably buy a Airline with what it costs !!
         When we look at the airlines from the past they owned their aircraft , now Airlines lease - Air Canada is no exception -
they don't own very much anymore - They sold their Aircraft even their Booking systems etc - in fact they are trying to sell every
thing which is not nailed down - sooner or later they don't have anything left to sell - Tango / Zip and Jazz are up for sale but
have no buyers - All these Air Canada low cost airlines were put in place to sink the competiotion but never worked - All it's done
is to push them into thicker red ink .
          Think they should be like Eastern Airlines - when they hit the wall they asked the employees to work with management so
the Airline could turn it's self around    -  of cause it did  then Management hit the employees in the face and down went Eastern .
         Watch the news as the spin starts !!  - This is going to be a big one - how will the Canadian government handle it - How
can it bail out one with out hurting another - Tax's is all the government can think about  and were does all this money go too !!
I think it's time they cut the Tax's so the Airlines can see a brighter future not only in the airline business but all modes of
Travel  . But as usual the little Guy will pay the bill and have very little say in the matter .
        Thank goodness for ACARS - we can watch all the Airlines pop up on our screens but Air Canada many be not one of them soon
!!
Take Care
Tony
Ladysmith
Vancouver Island
B.C.
Canada




Tony Fletcher
Ladysmith B.C.
Vancouver Island
B.C.Canada
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