Originally Posted by YOWkid
And it's funny -- this type of Regulation doesn't exist for trains or buses -- so why should there be this double standard?
Because it is [or, at least, supposed to be] a totally different 'class' of service. To use an analogy, when sending something by a courier company such as UPS or FedEx, one's expectations are quite different than what they would be if they were sending the same item via Canada Post...