Canada - US Aviation: Airlines Respond to Weakening Demand | Aviation Market Analysis
c/world · u/kevowej635@lemmy.wtf · 104 points
c/world · u/kevowej635@lemmy.wtf · 104 points
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/sik0fewl@lemmy.ca · 2 points
What's old is new again.
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

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.
u/9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works · 2 points
I'm doing my part!
Cancelled a trip to the US in the summer
I'm out thousands of dollars tho, :(