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Bigtime · 11-24-2011, 06:56 AM

There are a lot of rumours about Thomas Cook being in financial trouble, if something should go south that could leave WS without a 757 from them. I'm sure in light of these rumours they are working up a 'Plan B' should that occur.

With regards to the service last year, I thought a lot of the problems were the fact that the 757 went mechanical quite a few times. So flights were delayed 24 hours or more, which of course cost people vacation time (and they weren't too happy about that).

That is still why I will fly AC to Hawaii, should an aircraft go mechanical it will be much quicker for AC to get a replacement aircraft than WS with this wet-lease arrangement. In January that is exactly what happened, the 763 that operated HNL-YYC had a mechanical issue that forced them to shutdown an engine and divert to YVR. That aircraft was going to operate the OGG-YYC flight the next evening (our flight). Instead of a delay or cancellation AC just sent one of their upgraded 763's to operate the flight. Nobody (except an avgeek like myself) even had a clue of what transpired for that to occur.

11-24-2011, 06:56 AM	#238
Bigtime Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Calgary Exp:	There are a lot of rumours about Thomas Cook being in financial trouble, if something should go south that could leave WS without a 757 from them. I'm sure in light of these rumours they are working up a 'Plan B' should that occur. With regards to the service last year, I thought a lot of the problems were the fact that the 757 went mechanical quite a few times. So flights were delayed 24 hours or more, which of course cost people vacation time (and they weren't too happy about that). That is still why I will fly AC to Hawaii, should an aircraft go mechanical it will be much quicker for AC to get a replacement aircraft than WS with this wet-lease arrangement. In January that is exactly what happened, the 763 that operated HNL-YYC had a mechanical issue that forced them to shutdown an engine and divert to YVR. That aircraft was going to operate the OGG-YYC flight the next evening (our flight). Instead of a delay or cancellation AC just sent one of their upgraded 763's to operate the flight. Nobody (except an avgeek like myself) even had a clue of what transpired for that to occur. Last edited by Bigtime; 11-24-2011 at 06:59 AM.