An Air Canada pilot vented his frustrations over air traffic controller shortages on a recent flight, telling passengers to write their MPs to address ongoing delays at the country's airports.
The pilot on a Vancouver-Montreal flight on Saturday vented over the intercom, with a CBC reporter capturing a portion of his message announcing a 50-minute delay.
In the message, he says that the air traffic controller sector — which is operated by private company Nav Canada — was understaffed, and sick calls had meant there was a holdup at the airport that day.
7 Comments
Bleys@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1y
News headlines way overuse the verb “slam”, but even if they didn’t, my first reading of this title makes it sound like the pilot “slammed” the plane literally.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
Pilot calmly describes the hold up.
Bozo newspaper: slams!!!!!
Owljfien@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
I had to reread it as I thought it was saying he slammed the plane into air traffic control
TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 1y
But privatization makes things better and cheaper! 🙄
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 1y
From Wiki:
Looks like another privatization success story. At least its structure doesn't seem predatory.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 1y
The gov doesn't control Nav Canada since the latter is a private company driven by shareholder profit.
The gov could fine Nav Canada for improperly staffing essential services in a negligent kind of fashion, I'm sure. That could drive them to stop fucking around.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
It's NOT a private company as you're portraying it.
It is a statutory, non-profit, non-share capital corporation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nav_Canada