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Old Aug 10, 2018 | 4:17 pm
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yyz_atc_qq
 
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Originally Posted by YYC009
So you want airlines to have a lot more crew members to be deadheading around the globe every time there is a risk of weather. Hmmm. I guess ticket prices must go up to hire all these extra crew members. I also guess because it is weather planning, there is no DBC for the passengers that are being bumped for the crew to take up seats on the YYZYHZ flight?

Do you only want AC to be proactive for flights to/from Europe because of the EU law? If this was a YYZ-YHZ-YYT routing, you would be okay with AC cancelling YHZYYT and return YYTYHZ due to weather at YYZ?

At the end of the day we can discuss back and forth all day long. It's fun, honest. I love the discussion. But the OP has to decide if they want to wage this battle. It will be a battle. Is it worth the time and energy? I doubt it. But perhaps the OP will take it all the way and then we could have a new court precedence to set this all out in stone for us.
For the purposes of this thread, the only market that matters is EU-Canada since that's the only market where there are significant financial incentives to operate closer to on-time.
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