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Old Dec 19, 2015 | 4:56 am
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i59bravo
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Originally Posted by canadiancow
My worst winter "delay" was in YYZ two years ago when everything hit the fan.
Ditto. YYZ really STB on that occasion. I would go into detail, but someone else has already fessed up to operational shortcomings.

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Originally Posted by WR Cage
YYZ does better unless its either an ice storm, especially freezing rain immediately followed by a cold snap. Alternately, if the Canadian Forces are called in by the Mayor; its pretty bad year. Unique to YYZ; there is no opportunity to flow traffic over another hub if weather disrupts operations for an extended period. Finally, the YYZ airport employee base is distributed over a much larger area than other Canadian cities which leads to dramatically lower available staff levels as many cannot get to work under major snow or ice storm.
In the January 2014 incident, a big part of the problem was the significant number of outdoor ground staff who didn't show up for work in the unpleasant cold.
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