Olympian not happy with economy seating
Feb 26, 2018, 2:54 pm
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He's going to be 26 in September and began on the worldwide snowboard circuit when he was 13, including the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, so I don't agree that the "young kid" label applies. Some people might cut him some slack generally, but he was getting no love at all on Twitter after his initial tweet came out. And, yes, all will soon be forgotten.
Its hard to tell if he’s actually E75 or if that’s something they “give” to all the athletes. But regardless we’ve seen examples here where even SE don’t realize they can upgrade flights.
Or in his case, choose a preferred seat for free. Unless in Tango Tango, not Flex Tango. Or whatever they are called. It’s like AC want to make it difficult for us to understand and use our privileges.
Feb 26, 2018, 3:11 pm
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I am in the minority in this. Air Canada knowing lots of people coming back from Seoul including winning athletes, could have sent in extra jets to Korea. Aren't they Canadian Olympic Sponsors? Air Canada could have gotten some of that Olympic Glory by sending a handful of Air Canada private jets to those Olympic winners and their families that flies straight to their hometown with a hero's welcome (and clear it with Canadian Border Security without the need to depart). Air Canada could have added a few extra 787s to shuttle everyone by having foresight years ahead. See it as just cost of business or advertisement expense.
Feb 26, 2018, 3:14 pm
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I am in the minority in this. Air Canada knowing lots of people coming back from Seoul including winning athletes, could have sent in extra jets to Korea. Aren't they Canadian Olympic Sponsors? Air Canada could have gotten some of that Olympic Glory by sending a handful of Air Canada private jets to those Olympic winners and their families that flies straight to their hometown with a hero's welcome (and clear it with Canadian Border Security without the need to depart). Air Canada could have added a few extra 787s to shuttle everyone by having foresight years ahead. See it as just cost of business or advertisement expense.
Feb 26, 2018, 3:40 pm
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And here is how a classy airline (with full loads) handled it, and managed to get good press, and shove it in the face of the USOC's official sponsor (ie. their competition)
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...ampagne-toast/
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...ampagne-toast/
Feb 26, 2018, 3:46 pm
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Nobody likes a TPAC in Y. The problem is social media really and people not being aware of how it's a double-edged sword. In a way Twitter lets everyone be their own tabloid editor..you can try to whip up public sentiment in your favor but then you always risk the backlash...
Feb 26, 2018, 3:57 pm
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I am in the minority in this. Air Canada knowing lots of people coming back from Seoul including winning athletes, could have sent in extra jets to Korea. Aren't they Canadian Olympic Sponsors? Air Canada could have gotten some of that Olympic Glory by sending a handful of Air Canada private jets to those Olympic winners and their families that flies straight to their hometown with a hero's welcome (and clear it with Canadian Border Security without the need to depart). Air Canada could have added a few extra 787s to shuttle everyone by having foresight years ahead. See it as just cost of business or advertisement expense.
Feb 26, 2018, 4:36 pm
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Only so many people want to leave Korea. Its not like they are evacuating from Pusan.
Feb 26, 2018, 4:41 pm
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As I said, Olympic is a showcase. All the countries airlines are in Seoul bring their Olympic hero home and it's a show-off on how well you organize your resources. I wished air Canada was able to pull some inspiring gold-metal performance and not just their normal mediocre self.
Feb 26, 2018, 6:01 pm
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Check out Un tweet de Sébastien Toutant sur son vol de retour des Jeux olympiques passe mal (in french). The video captured his tweet and the article captured a number of the replies.
Feb 26, 2018, 6:10 pm
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And here is how a classy airline (with full loads) handled it, and managed to get good press, and shove it in the face of the USOC's official sponsor (ie. their competition)
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...ampagne-toast/
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...ampagne-toast/
Toutant's seemed like a genuine complaint, full of self-righteousness and entitlement. The US Curling Team's tweet appeared like a good-natured, tongue-in-cheek, half-serious "can't hurt to ask" opportunity for increased social media exposure for the team. This probably explains why the public reaction to each was so different (and why Toutant has deleted his original tweet).
So while I agree AC could have handled it better, I'm not sure Toutant would have been as gracious as the US Curling Team even if AC employed DL's exact playbook.
Feb 26, 2018, 6:11 pm
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To be fair, my perception of the two original tweets were quite different.
Toutant's seemed like a genuine complaint, full of self-righteousness and entitlement. The US Curling Team's tweet appeared like a good-natured, tongue-in-cheek, half-serious "can't hurt to ask" opportunity for increased social media exposure for the team. This probably explains why the public reaction to each was so different (and why Toutant has deleted his original tweet).
So while I agree AC could have handled it better, I'm not sure Toutant would have been as gracious as the US Curling Team even if AC employed DL's exact playbook.
Toutant's seemed like a genuine complaint, full of self-righteousness and entitlement. The US Curling Team's tweet appeared like a good-natured, tongue-in-cheek, half-serious "can't hurt to ask" opportunity for increased social media exposure for the team. This probably explains why the public reaction to each was so different (and why Toutant has deleted his original tweet).
So while I agree AC could have handled it better, I'm not sure Toutant would have been as gracious as the US Curling Team even if AC employed DL's exact playbook.
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