Originally Posted by
Bytepusher
and how often exactly does this happen? Even in the Jazz days before YTZ upgraded the ILS closing YTZ was fairly rare, of the 250 odd flights I made in and out of there over three years I had maybe 10 outright cancellations and about 1/2 of them YYZ was cancelled as well. More pointedly how often is YTZ socked in and YYZ running regularly? YTZ gets less snow than YYZ usually, the problem there is high winds or fog. Reality is bad weather is going to make a harrowing trip regardless of the airport or carrier used, and while it's annoying the Porter process is better than what Jazz used to do when they were are YTZ, just bus you up to YYZ and dump you out at the curb.
Don't know the stats, of course. The one time I flew Porter was just fine, and most of the time I fly AC is just fine too. The one time my wife flew Porter, she was 3 hrs delayed due to weather on the way down (while the AC flights to YYZ had only minor delays) and bused up with significant confusion on the way back. One or two weeks ago I shared a cab in Ottawa with someone who had just come in on Porter, also bused up to YYZ and then socked (just like me on AC) with another 2 hour delay.
My point was not to get into these interminable Porter vs AC wars, but just that if the requester wants the most comfortable trip for his 80 year old relatives, he should watch for this eventuality and help them if needed. I think chances are they'll have a great trip whether on Porter, AC, or Via1.