Honestly, and no offense to the author as I don’t believe any was intended, but I can’t believe this is even a topic for discussion in 2007. Are you going to avoid a role that my be historically held women, such as a nurse, because of public perception? Or a roles traditional held by persons from other races or ethnicities (can’t even think of any actually)?

As for political correctness, I agree, balance is required. But this is a public forum attended by people from around the world, and “shirt lifter” just isn’t appropriate. Again, would the same be said about women or visible minorities?

Has there ever been a survey or study of homosexuals in the aviation industry? Not to my knowledge. These observations are perceptual, not factual (regardless of first hand stories – there are gay men and women in every profession).

Finally, this post should be pulled, even though its genuiness was obvious, it just has no place in a forum belonging to a publishing company with the reputation and stature as Key Publishing.

So who is going to T2 in the above diagram? Are they reconstructing?

I think I’m the only Canadian to respond on the topic. I’ve flown them so many times, many of which were to LHR from YYZ (763/744).

Air Canada are not too bad compared with other carriers. They definitely beat the US carriers, however, not as good as BA or QF. No, they don’t have the personal entertainment systems yet, though the A350 fleet (which is not being sold–to my knowledge) will have them in the next twelve months.

The staff are generally a bit older, though I’ve been pleasantly surprised with some younger staff of late. Leg room is not great, but food is pretty good. You only pay for “extras” on domestic legs.

They have express check-in at Canadian airports (love it), not sure about the UK.

The carrier has really turned things around in the past twenty-four months and survived some truly rocky moments. I recommend “The View from the Top: The Truth About Air Canada” by its CEO, Robert Milton.

I can’t believe how many people have flown AC.

Also, many legacy carriers are flying into more accessible airports (central airports) making the difference in price potentially more attractive. Legacy carriers are also nailing the market on travellers who are transiting to international flights. Throw frequent flyer programs into the mix and their “economy” has many more advantages over the no frills model.

When I worked (briefly–thanks for shutting down YYZ) at BA, many people would also choose the World Traveller Plus. This was a great idea on BA’s behalf. Alot of middle class travellers can afford better than economy but don’t have the resources to go to full blown business class.

No frills, in my opinion, is really only for the passenger flying on a bare bones budget or those living in more rural places who don’t want to travel to an urban airport. There is clearly a huge market for this type of traveller (students, low income, etc.), and the arena has made flying holidays more accessible than ever, but I think if those with the means to make a choice between the two products can, they will always choose legacy.

What is fractional ownership?

Air Canada’s First Embraer

It’s on Airliners.net. If someone can attach it, that would be cool. Not very savvy in the attaching department.

Stephen

There was a request in Canadian papers yesterday for people who were on these flights to come forward with their stories. I guess one flight was bound for Halifax and the other to Toronto. One departed from London according to our paper, though the airport was not specified.

Nice variety.