14 degrees west

[the_siobhan]

I am supposed to be in New Brunswick right now. Porter cancelled our flight, apparently because they had a sick pilot who called in at the last minute. However, they still issued us boarding passes, and we didn't get told the flight was cancelled until we tried to go through security. BC returned to the check-in desk to find out what was going on, and during that time they continued to issue boarding passes people who then discovered that they had no plane mid-taking their shoes off.

This is my second Porter experience and the second time they have been not so on the ball. I gotta say I'm not so impressed.

Also, you know how I said I had an anxiety dream about a week ago that featured me forgetting my passport? Guess what I forgot to pack. I didn't actually need it for a domestic flight, but still.

So instead we went out to dinner. And I'll spend my weekend writing and drinking beer instead of eating seafood and looking at lighthouses. I'm sure D is disappointed not to have the house to himself for the weekend, I fully expected him to have adopted four more cats by the time I got home.

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[greylock]

I'm guessing: Budget airline?

Also, you know how I said I had an anxiety dream about a week ago that featured me forgetting my passport? Guess what I forgot to pack. I didn't actually need it for a domestic flight, but still.

I get you're like the World's Condom to the fetid Disunited States of FuckCo, but that you even thought of needing a passport to travel in Canada is strange to me.

I'm sure D is disappointed not to have the house to himself for the weekend, I fully expected him to have adopted four more cats by the time I got home.

"It me!"

[the_siobhan]

I'm guessing: Budget airline?

They are a small airline that does short-distance flights. They aren't really what I would think of as "budget" but they are cheaper because they don't fly out of Pearson, which is our international hub. (Pearson has the highest airport fees in the world outside of Japan.)

but that you even thought of needing a passport to travel in Canada is strange to me.

We don't need a passport to travel within Canada. It's more that I mentally associate it with getting on a plane. Also we're close enough to the border that flights that have to make an emergency landing may end up touching down state-side so having it is just good insurance.

[sabotabby]

Wow, Porter is such shit. The one time I flew on them, I was really impressed, but that was before I heard a million horror stories. I also think they underpay their staff, which is really not great when one's life is in their staff's hands.

Anyway, I'm sorry you couldn't get away.

You totally have a new cat, though. You just need to accept it.

[50ftqueenie]

I've flown with Porter many times and have had great experiences every time. It sucks that you've had such bad ones.

And you should totally let D adopt 4 more cats. :D