The "Care-antee" Plane
Dec 13, 2010, 2:28 pm
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The "Care-antee" Plane
Has anyone else seen this aircraft? When we were on the taxi way in YVR on Dec. 7th we saw a WS aircraft with a new paintjob ("Care-antee" on one side and the French version on the other). It looked kind of neat. Does anyone know how many of these WS will have?
Dec 13, 2010, 2:55 pm
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Dec 13, 2010, 4:34 pm
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I've actually seen the plane during a short trip to Canada. I didn't realize it was WS metal at first. Had to look it over twice.
As of now they still only have one(WS' first logo jet). I don't know of any plans for more.
As of now they still only have one(WS' first logo jet). I don't know of any plans for more.
Dec 13, 2010, 5:31 pm
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I had to look more than once too. I was in an AC Jazz CRJ at the time so it took a fair bit of craning to get a look. The tail and the French on one side (covers the whole side in large script) threw me off as that is what I saw first.
Dec 13, 2010, 10:01 pm
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Truthfully, the color combination looks a lot better than WS's blue-green mess.
Dec 15, 2010, 5:53 pm
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Dec 15, 2010, 7:25 pm
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I'm pretty sure they'll do away with it at some point in the next year.
Dec 16, 2010, 6:08 pm
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Dec 16, 2010, 6:55 pm
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The primary reason the CareAntee came about was because an MP who had a bad experience on Air Canada in YVR during the snowstorm of 2008 was presenting a bill that was dubbed the Passenger Bill of Rights. Click on the link for more info: (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/...l-maloway.html
WestJet's response to this proposal was to put out its own promise, dubbed the CareAntee. As a side benefit, it promoted things we did that we felt we weren't getting credit for and things which differentiated us from Air Canada and our US counterparts.
As with most things in the airline industry, things changed. Most of you know about the second baggage fee that we recently announced - something we said we don't/wouldn't charge. There was a lot of outrage within the Company about this and rightfully and wrongfully so.
I personally don't like the CareAntee and yes, I think repainting is something I can accept.
WestJet's response to this proposal was to put out its own promise, dubbed the CareAntee. As a side benefit, it promoted things we did that we felt we weren't getting credit for and things which differentiated us from Air Canada and our US counterparts.
As with most things in the airline industry, things changed. Most of you know about the second baggage fee that we recently announced - something we said we don't/wouldn't charge. There was a lot of outrage within the Company about this and rightfully and wrongfully so.
I personally don't like the CareAntee and yes, I think repainting is something I can accept.