Kip Powick Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Watching the CBC and CTV news and naturally the Press gets a hold of some nut bar who knows absolutely nothing except he has paid for a ticket and AC/WJ refuses to fly him out on time JUST BECAUSE it is raining/snowing...read snow/rain/ice pellets/freezing rain. "I can't even get in touch with AC/WJ staff because apparently they are having a higher than normal call volume..these airlines really don't care about us, they have our money and we get to go when THEY decide. Time for the government to step in and straighten out these guys" And another guest/pax states.."Why are we all lined up here in the Terminal...look there are many airplanes just sitting out there...why are we not moving....those people at the gates just keep telling us that they can rebook us on a later flight...we planned this flight for months now we will not get there until tomorrow..if we are lucky " Good luck to all of you that have to be at the YYZ airport today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 How did the smart pax get to the airport???? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ice-storm-gta-power-outage-1.4619854 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st27 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 My favourite was a passenger, who when informed of a slight delay, wondered why they had to plough the runway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Kasey said: How did the smart pax get to the airport???? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ice-storm-gta-power-outage-1.4619854 Exactly. Average weekday winter storm car crash count for Toronto is about 400 (my source is in the auto repair appraisal biz. Every winter storm he’s says “ka-Ching”). Saturday’s optional day (for the majority) of driving hit a crash count somewhere near 550. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 1200 accidents in the GTA alone over the weekend. but hey planes don't drive right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 3 hours ago, boestar said: 1200 accidents in the GTA alone over the weekend. but hey planes don't drive right? What is average for a weekend in the GTA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 49 minutes ago, Fido said: What is average for a weekend in the GTA? Could not find numbers for a weekend but Quote What to do if you're in one of Toronto's nearly 200 daily traffic collisions According to Toronto Police, there were 70,004 traffic collisions in the city in 2016 Taylor Simmons · CBC News · Posted: Jan 11, 2017 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 28, 2017 Story Link:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/car-collisions-what-to-do-1.3929999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 18 hours ago, Fido said: What is average for a weekend in the GTA? No idea but 550 in a single day requiring police response is high. and then to repeat again on Sunday was just silly. People should realize that NOTHING sticks to ice. (Studded tires maybe). The problem was compounded by people removing their winter tires in favour of summer tires before the storm hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st27 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 It’s ok driving on ice....cars have 4 wd, awd, gps, sky activ techology, snow tires, anti skid etc. What they don’t have as standard equipment is common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, st27 said: It’s ok driving on ice....cars have 4 wd, awd, gps, sky activ techology, snow tires, anti skid etc. What they don’t have as standard equipment is common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I've said it before and I'll say it again. If common sense was truly common, we wouldn't need the term "common sense". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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