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Canada - US Aviation: Airlines Respond to Weakening Demand | Aviation Market Analysis

c/world · u/kevowej635@lemmy.wtf · 104 points

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u/frank@sopuli.xyz · 3 points

When I took a travel job in my early 20s I was handed some Canadian pins/luggage tags/etc for this exact reason.

I'm definitely still tempted to tell people I'm from Canada

u/HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 5 points

I remember a time when a lot of US backpackers would sew Canadian flags onto their packs so they could travel Europe in relative safety.

u/TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip · 4 points

Sorry to break it to you but Americans are identified by sound way before they are identified by sight

u/apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 11 points

I know more than a few Americans where I live that are wary to fly anywhere now that Chucko Fucko and Mr. Angry Mangled Inch are gutting Air Traffic Control.

u/corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 8 points

To be clear, we've been reluctant to connect through America for a while. It's just too much hassle and risk of getting a TSA droid on a bad day and missing a flight because of some guy's ego. So we often go around.

I watched the second tower fall with my own eyes. I was so ground-zero in the weeks following that I get PTSD from the nuts4nuts carts. I suffered troopies on the MTA platforms, thankful I profiled 'harmless'.

But America has been Too Much for about a decade. If I was going to Atlanta or Queens, okay. I'm not even connecting through LA, though, otherwise; and never, now. And YYZ burns brain cells, but that's where we are.

u/dogslayeggs@lemmy.world · 51 points

Jesus, I had heard that Canadians were starting to refuse to travel to the US, even if only for a layover. This is WAY more of a drop than I expected. Good on them for standing up for a good cause.

u/Shadow@lemmy.ca · 55 points

![](https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/e5492a73-9eda-4961-a5be-00e9afcdbca1.png)

That's a massive drop!

u/WhippetBowie@lemmy.world · 20 points

We were planning to road trip to the US in the summer with Bowie our dog.

The idea of a border agent getting anywhere near our dog is absolutely terrifying.

Trip cancelled, driving through small town Ontario instead.

u/Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 9 points

And for Americans traveling outside of the US -

If you want to have a relaxing vacation, iron-on Canadian flags are about $2 a flag.