Please stop landing YYC-JFK at 5:30PM (rush hour)
Jul 29, 2016, 8:05 am
#1
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Please stop landing YYC-JFK at 5:30PM (rush hour)
OK Westjet, I know getting a slot in the Greater New York Area is tough, and for some stupid stupid reason you lost your LGA slot, and kept your JFK slot.
But listen - you leave Calgary YYC at 10AM daily and land at 5:30PM. Yes, rush hour. I know because I am on this frequently. No one is going into work that morning in YYC, so why not just leave a little earlier? Can't get a better slot? do something about it.
Landing at 5:30PM At JFK generally means 2.5 hours to get into the city from the time you land. No one likes sitting in traffic that long. Please get back LGA, EWR or any other slot. Sure, I can take the train, but in the summer I take my golf clubs. It is no fun hauling clubs and a travel case, plus a suit case around the subway system. Please, get a better landing slot in New York, and ideally get the hell out of JFK.
Rant Over.
But listen - you leave Calgary YYC at 10AM daily and land at 5:30PM. Yes, rush hour. I know because I am on this frequently. No one is going into work that morning in YYC, so why not just leave a little earlier? Can't get a better slot? do something about it.
Landing at 5:30PM At JFK generally means 2.5 hours to get into the city from the time you land. No one likes sitting in traffic that long. Please get back LGA, EWR or any other slot. Sure, I can take the train, but in the summer I take my golf clubs. It is no fun hauling clubs and a travel case, plus a suit case around the subway system. Please, get a better landing slot in New York, and ideally get the hell out of JFK.
Rant Over.
Jul 29, 2016, 12:19 pm
#2
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: YXY
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After many years of avoiding JFK, I ended up there recently thanks to IRROPS and protection on other carriers.
JFK was much worse than I had remembered. They don't even have airside shuttles between the terminals! What the Phugg?
It's LGA or EWR for me, thank you.
JFK was much worse than I had remembered. They don't even have airside shuttles between the terminals! What the Phugg?
It's LGA or EWR for me, thank you.
Jul 29, 2016, 1:05 pm
#3
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Doesn't Westjet still have multiple daily YYZ-LGA frequencies? They can't fly YYC-LGA because of the range restrictions on LGA, so it's EWR or JFK. AC already does YYC-EWR, so it makes sense why they wouldn't want to go head to head with AC/UA*A there...
Jul 29, 2016, 10:30 pm
#4
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Airline scheduling is not as trivial as some people seem to think it is. One flight cannot be taken in isolation. Move that flight earlier, and some other flight probably has to be removed from the schedule. I don't think you have enough influence to have them do that just so you can go golfing.
Plus, for anyone continuing to Europe, JFK is a far better option than EWR or LGA.
Plus, for anyone continuing to Europe, JFK is a far better option than EWR or LGA.
Jul 30, 2016, 10:24 pm
#5
Join Date: Dec 2008
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OK Westjet, I know getting a slot in the Greater New York Area is tough, and for some stupid stupid reason you lost your LGA slot, and kept your JFK slot.
But listen - you leave Calgary YYC at 10AM daily and land at 5:30PM. Yes, rush hour. I know because I am on this frequently. No one is going into work that morning in YYC, so why not just leave a little earlier? Can't get a better slot? do something about it.
Landing at 5:30PM At JFK generally means 2.5 hours to get into the city from the time you land. No one likes sitting in traffic that long. Please get back LGA, EWR or any other slot. Sure, I can take the train, but in the summer I take my golf clubs. It is no fun hauling clubs and a travel case, plus a suit case around the subway system. Please, get a better landing slot in New York, and ideally get the hell out of JFK.
Rant Over.
But listen - you leave Calgary YYC at 10AM daily and land at 5:30PM. Yes, rush hour. I know because I am on this frequently. No one is going into work that morning in YYC, so why not just leave a little earlier? Can't get a better slot? do something about it.
Landing at 5:30PM At JFK generally means 2.5 hours to get into the city from the time you land. No one likes sitting in traffic that long. Please get back LGA, EWR or any other slot. Sure, I can take the train, but in the summer I take my golf clubs. It is no fun hauling clubs and a travel case, plus a suit case around the subway system. Please, get a better landing slot in New York, and ideally get the hell out of JFK.
Rant Over.
Jul 30, 2016, 10:27 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 797
OK Westjet, I know getting a slot in the Greater New York Area is tough, and for some stupid stupid reason you lost your LGA slot, and kept your JFK slot.
But listen - you leave Calgary YYC at 10AM daily and land at 5:30PM. Yes, rush hour. I know because I am on this frequently. No one is going into work that morning in YYC, so why not just leave a little earlier? Can't get a better slot? do something about it.
Landing at 5:30PM At JFK generally means 2.5 hours to get into the city from the time you land. No one likes sitting in traffic that long. Please get back LGA, EWR or any other slot. Sure, I can take the train, but in the summer I take my golf clubs. It is no fun hauling clubs and a travel case, plus a suit case around the subway system. Please, get a better landing slot in New York, and ideally get the hell out of JFK.
Rant Over.
But listen - you leave Calgary YYC at 10AM daily and land at 5:30PM. Yes, rush hour. I know because I am on this frequently. No one is going into work that morning in YYC, so why not just leave a little earlier? Can't get a better slot? do something about it.
Landing at 5:30PM At JFK generally means 2.5 hours to get into the city from the time you land. No one likes sitting in traffic that long. Please get back LGA, EWR or any other slot. Sure, I can take the train, but in the summer I take my golf clubs. It is no fun hauling clubs and a travel case, plus a suit case around the subway system. Please, get a better landing slot in New York, and ideally get the hell out of JFK.
Rant Over.
Being the expert that you are, you should be able to figure out why.
