Watching the caos at YVR only serves to reinforce my intention to never again fly Air Canada. The support for costomers is non existant. Air canada free for four years and counting.

Actually they maybe flying out of PG okay but they are not gettting to where they are headed. I took a friend to the airport to go to Vancouver and the plane ended up in Kelona...so much for the wonderful airlines...they can't even get you back to where you started from...
And it wasn't air canada either....this time....so they are both pretty much useless in my opinion....this is why I never fly.....

I fly whoever is cheaper. Usually it's Westjet. When the weather sucks, this kind of stuff happens. Bad timing.

bad timing...maybe, but you would think the airlines would return the people back to PG where they started from not send them off to who knows where for who knows how long...

Unusual weather conditions. If they crashed you could really complain.

That is a pleasant thought Lamb.
You have a good Christmas too....

My comments are purely showing how silly this story is....
sure the flights are leaving prince george...
and no they weren't on time for the most part...
but they weren't getting to where they were supposed to go either...

Let's say you want to drive to Vancouver. 8, 9, 10 hours depending on who drives. You hear the Coquihalla is closed, but the Canyon is open. Duffy Lake road is iffy as well.

Do you stay at home? Or do you take a plane to fly over the bad roads?

So, you know things change over time, drive, and listen to the radio on the way. You prepare yourself to stay overnight someplace if need be.

I have driven in questionable weather. Nice here. Nice there. But, in between, questionable. Then when one gets there, such as Cache Creek, you have to ask the locals which of three main routes to Vancouver are open since the radio really does not tune into that to any extent.

The traveller has to figurer it out for him or herself. Don't make assumptions, know what the options are, and what might be the consequences. We have still not been able to control the weather. Maybe next century.

Another good reason to put in a high speed train between here and Vancouver with adequate snow sheds. 3 hrs at 300+kph. Run by electricity, built by our own Bombardier.

Gus highspeed trains!!! And where would those billions come from?

Gus is rich I guess...maybe offering to pay for this...

My concern isn't that the planes can't get to where they were going due to weather, or the fact that weather will stop vehicle travel either...that happens..no problems....been there befor and may be there again.....but....

My point was that the airlines should return to point of origin if they can, and in this case they could, rather than land in some other airport.....

but in the end, the flight got to Vancouver....about 15 hours late....not bad....at least they tried and Air Canada , well they are unworthy of comment...

The high speed train for around here was just a teaser. In a country that can't even build a high speed train in "natural" corridors that are supported by such transpotation systems in Europe - Toronto to Montreal; Calgary to Edmonton; Vancouver to Seattle - why would one ever build such a system?

Even Vancouver/Whistler would make a lot of sense for a train that would take one hour to Whistler, especially if there was a 200km+ train between Seattle and Vancouver. Many Alpine resorts in Europe have excellent local rail systems. I understand that a TALGO system, such as is used through the Pyranees between France and Spain would be able to use the existing railbed.

Of course, it would take 3 hours to cross a border since the line would be considered a prime terrorist corridor by the USA.