The Countdown is On
Hi Everyone
The countdown is now on. In 170 hrs or so (give or take a few minutes) we should be winging our way south from Iqaluit to Ottawa. Five of us are so determined that we have got 2 tickets to get out of Cape Dorset, one on Kenn Borek for Thursday night and one for First Air Friday morning. I bought my First Air ticket way back in early September with the NTA contract number and since we are teaching until Thursday afternoon it was not leaving us much wiggle room as far as connections go. I had been thinking about the scenario for a few weeks as to what would happen if First Air cancelled coming into Cape Dorset because of weather. Would we get out in time to catch a connection to Ottawa? Would the flights be all full going to Moncton from Ottawa? Since that time other things have popped up. Would First Air have mechanical problems? Would they have pilots for the planes? Would the weather be too nice to fly? I think you get the picture. They seem to arbitrarily cancel flights whenever they feel like it. The flight due in last Friday a.m. did not get in till sometime around 5:00 pm Monday and then the straw that broke the camels back was the plane that was supposed to leave yesterday morning at 10:30 or so did not finally leave until 4:00 p.m. The situation for one of the staffs wives is that instead of getting into Newfoundland sometime today, she is not going to arrive until sometime early Tuesday morning. That, my friends, is one honkin pile of Christmas vacation used up sitting in airports and motels. That is the biggest inconvenience. Paying an extra $285 for a plane ticket and a motel room for the night in Iqaluit is a small price in order to get home on at the time planned. Besides, since I booked with the contract number they give us a refund if we cancel at least 2 hours before the flight. The first thing I will do when I get in to Iqaluit on Thurday night is go to the First Air desk and cancel the Cape Dorset to Iqaluit portion for Friday a.m.I am not going to get home any earlier but unless there is some huge weather related delay (which I certainly understand can happen)I will be getting home before Christmas. If you look on the Air Canada website and check flights you will see that from December 22nd to December 25th is sold out going to Newfoundland. The earliest you would get home is Boxing Day.
Have a great holiday everyone.
Blake
The countdown is now on. In 170 hrs or so (give or take a few minutes) we should be winging our way south from Iqaluit to Ottawa. Five of us are so determined that we have got 2 tickets to get out of Cape Dorset, one on Kenn Borek for Thursday night and one for First Air Friday morning. I bought my First Air ticket way back in early September with the NTA contract number and since we are teaching until Thursday afternoon it was not leaving us much wiggle room as far as connections go. I had been thinking about the scenario for a few weeks as to what would happen if First Air cancelled coming into Cape Dorset because of weather. Would we get out in time to catch a connection to Ottawa? Would the flights be all full going to Moncton from Ottawa? Since that time other things have popped up. Would First Air have mechanical problems? Would they have pilots for the planes? Would the weather be too nice to fly? I think you get the picture. They seem to arbitrarily cancel flights whenever they feel like it. The flight due in last Friday a.m. did not get in till sometime around 5:00 pm Monday and then the straw that broke the camels back was the plane that was supposed to leave yesterday morning at 10:30 or so did not finally leave until 4:00 p.m. The situation for one of the staffs wives is that instead of getting into Newfoundland sometime today, she is not going to arrive until sometime early Tuesday morning. That, my friends, is one honkin pile of Christmas vacation used up sitting in airports and motels. That is the biggest inconvenience. Paying an extra $285 for a plane ticket and a motel room for the night in Iqaluit is a small price in order to get home on at the time planned. Besides, since I booked with the contract number they give us a refund if we cancel at least 2 hours before the flight. The first thing I will do when I get in to Iqaluit on Thurday night is go to the First Air desk and cancel the Cape Dorset to Iqaluit portion for Friday a.m.I am not going to get home any earlier but unless there is some huge weather related delay (which I certainly understand can happen)I will be getting home before Christmas. If you look on the Air Canada website and check flights you will see that from December 22nd to December 25th is sold out going to Newfoundland. The earliest you would get home is Boxing Day.
Have a great holiday everyone.
Blake
posted by Living in Cape Dorset at 10:46 AM
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Good luck. I know how disheartening First Air connections can be...
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