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RiceBoy · 03-16-2002, 12:18 AM

I think Air Canada will survive, if not on their own, then definitely with some intervention, be it from the government or what have you. Unlike the United States, we only have one main flag carrier, and that's Air Canada, and I'm pretty sure the federal government won't let it die. Right now, there isn't anybody who can step into AC's shoes...Westjet appears to be on it's way, but they are still several years from getting there.

I think it's fairly well known that there is less training involved when changing a flight crew over to another airplane from the same manufacturer. In Air Canada's case, it's Airbus. Most of their Boeing aircraft were part of Canadi>n's fleet. Looks like they're hanging onto the 732's for a while longer, especially if they're moving some of them over to Tango. It will be a very sad day when the 744's are gone.

03-16-2002, 12:18 AM	#2
RiceBoy Collector Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Age: 35 Posts: 136	I think Air Canada will survive, if not on their own, then definitely with some intervention, be it from the government or what have you. Unlike the United States, we only have one main flag carrier, and that's Air Canada, and I'm pretty sure the federal government won't let it die. Right now, there isn't anybody who can step into AC's shoes...Westjet appears to be on it's way, but they are still several years from getting there. I think it's fairly well known that there is less training involved when changing a flight crew over to another airplane from the same manufacturer. In Air Canada's case, it's Airbus. Most of their Boeing aircraft were part of Canadi>n's fleet. Looks like they're hanging onto the 732's for a while longer, especially if they're moving some of them over to Tango. It will be a very sad day when the 744's are gone.