Wow, Air Canada Pilot Goes Berserk

Posted on November 19th, 2008 in Asides :: 2 Comments

And a flight attendant had to help land the plane. Crazy. Glad everyone was ok. It's strange that one person can't land a plane by themselves. I would have thought they could have.

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Ode To Air Canada’s Ass

Posted on January 20th, 2008 in Humour :: 15 Comments

I hate Air Canada, really I do. They have screwed me over so many times and are at least partially responsible for how much I hate flying these days. The last time they gave it to me was last year coming back from Boston. I arrived 90 minutes before my flight and was told that due to weather they were going to delay us a while in the airport. Since I was hungry and needed a beer, I said no problem. So, they booked me on a flight two hours later and said it would ...

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Air Canada Emergency Landing

Posted on January 10th, 2008 in Uncategorized :: 2 Comments

Just read that an Air Canada flight from Victoria to Toronto was forced to make an emergency landing in Calgary due to turbulence. Apparently the plane hit a patch of turbulence that sent a pile of people into the ceiling. I would have probably shit my pants had that happened on my flight. My last flight to Kelowna was pretty bad, and my glasses came off at one point, but thankfully my head didn't encountered the ceiling. Half a dozen passengers were badly injured after an Air Canada plane bucked in midair on a flight across Canada, probably ...

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Payback, Air Canada

Posted on May 8th, 2007 in Uncategorized :: 7 Comments

You thought this day would never come, didn't you Air Canada? All your posturing, your laughing. You may not remember us, but we sure remember you. Oh yes, we haven't forgotten the night we had together, have we precious? We remember landing in Toronto, coming back from a brief trip to Boston, so anxious to finally get into our own bed in Vancouver and fall asleep later that night. And dream. Yes, we dreamed once. Of fields and sunshine. But it took that from us. Yes, took it ...

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