Usually someone hi-jacks the Guv's posts to attack his proposed L1011 airline! But this time we have been given a lesson in Canadian politics/history and business!
Unfortunately, Canadian aviation has been poorly served by politics and politicians. Too many important decisions have been made by politicians for purely political reasons.
This latetest buyout (guess who I work for!)
is just the last in a long string of political interference. The purchase was approved by Ottawa on many conditions, not the least of which was a guarantee of jobs , for a specific period. That period, for managment and other non union employees, ends
Mar.31 2002. I will up the estimate of job losses after Mar. 2002 to 10000 ,plus.
No airline, or any other business, can survive when forced to carry thousands of unproductive employees.
The above posters have also displayed typical Canajun,Eh! attitudes...bring in the
foreigners to run our routes, and refuse to fly Air Canada, but will endure the veal stalls of C3 et al in protest. Does anyone
really think American will operate Halifax to
Stephanville at charter rates?