GDR

Looks like it is official https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/westjet-co-founder-commits-to-airbus-a220-order-1.1109252

It will be interesting to hear the whole story on this. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44832235

This one tugs at the heart strings. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/plane-crash-mystery-yukon-bc-alaska

Interesting CBC report on the negotiations. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/westjet-alpa-meditors-fmcs-1.4676957

Just a word of caution. I bought as many AC shares as I could in my ESOP. It did do one thing for me in that, after CCAA, it meant that I wouldn't be paying any capital gains tax for a long time. My point is that if the company doesn't end well neither does your ESOP.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/aircraft-designed-to-minimize-jetlag-set-to-make-maiden-commercial-flight-1.3814705 It will give the 787 a run for it's money but the 787 does have a big head start.

I just can't let that go by. I did numerous NHL charters and never had a hint of a problem. The cabins were like they were after any other trip, and they treated the crew with respect.

Pretty aggresive http://business.financialpost.com/transportation/westjet-begins-selling-tickets-some-for-0-for-its-ultra-low-cost-carrier-swoop

Too bad. I only met him that one time but he was a really nice unassuming guy.

I ran into him while on vacation years ago in the Caribbean. Played tennis against him. It did not go well.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ It seems to be bad enough that the Westjet flight evacuated using the slides.

The end of the world is near. It is snowing in YYJ.

Back to this again. AC was not, repeat, not funded by the Canadian government. It was owned by the Canadian government and the government received dividends from the airline. As the company could not raise money privately it did get government loans which were all paid back with interest. The only thing AC received from the government was the maintenance hanger in YWG which was gifted to AC for political reasons which were that the airline was then committed to keeping the maintenance base in YWG. Greg

I'm not sure about the "hero" thing. Like Kip I flew a number of "Boxtop" missions into Alert and it was as much fun as I ever had flying. We didn't have GPS or usually even an ILS. The navigator could pick up the barrels on the end of the runway on the radar, we could get down low over the ocean and land. Mind you, landing a Herc in Alert is probably a bit easier than a C!17. )

Exciting ride for the passengers and just maybe for the pointy end as well. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-41798826/plane-tries-to-land-in-austria-storm-takes-off-again