Very in depth look at the situation!however the real problem is that Canadians belive its their God given right to fly to Cuba , stay drunk for a week and fly back, all for $400, the charter outfits to fulfill these expectations are all engaged in a "race to the bottom" to make it happen. If my math is right this is the number twelve to go down the tube in ten years! Thear are other players in this mess now, US outfits picking up Canadian pax at airports just South of the border, I was clearing customs last winter at one of these places, the runways were quite contaminated with the white stuff and I noted that the aircraft picking up the Canadian pax did not have the "M Chine" nose tires as required in such conditions, {this to prevent crud being projected into the engines} I mentioned this to the crew, only to be told they had never heard of such a requirment, so we dug into the books and there it was in bold red print under "limitations!" You get what you pay for folks!
Last edited by clunckdriver; 3rd April 2010 at 13:20.