Off the usual path..

Gonna try and remain calm while I type this, and any and all comments are welcome, even from the lurkers who pass by and don't say shite all...

This whole Jetsgo fiasco has caused a multitude of chaos for everyone. I honestly and sincerely am sorry for those that have been left stranded in various locales because of them and for the crews that had no clue and had been left in also those same various locales whilst Michel LeBlanc gets to run away without so much as a blink of an eye.

There are many people out there that keep insisting the federal government step in to assist those left stranded, or even the illogical suggestion run the airline for 48 hrs. I, as a tax payer, not as an airline employee, am fucking sick and goddamn tired of my tax dollars being used to bail out Air Canada every fucking time they are mismanaged and run into the ground.

The Jetsgo employees had not been paid in ages and the pilots had to resort to using cash or their own credit cards to get airport services such as fuel (thats pretty important to fly a plane), deicing (thanks to Air Ontario, we know how important that is) and lav services (thanks, but I'll pass on smelling shit for 5 hrs). Can you expect these same pilots and crews to give a rats ass really, about those that are screwed? Probably not. So would they come back to work for 48 hrs for the federal gov't to rescue people? Probably not.

In Dec, financials for Jetsgo had been made public. This is a privately owned entity and not required to make their financials known. So any speculation was just that. At that time, they were in serious financial do-do and even then it wasn't sure they'd make it through the Christmas season.

When you make a significant purchase, such as a car, a 52" plasma tv, something with a brand name and a warranty, do you not investigate your purchase? Do you not do some research into what it is that you're investing your hard earnt cash into it? So when suddenly without (public) warning, the company that made your car/plasma tv/brand name product goes out of business and you need warranty service, do you expect the federal government to step in and take care of warranty service for you? Are you going to expect Ford to repair your Kia for no charge?
Do you expect Air Canada and WestJet to honour your Jetsgo tickets when neither are affiliated with each other or Jetsgo?

And then bitch at everyone because you think because there is only two large airlines that we're inflating the prices every day?? Umm no.
Yesterday on the news, for the first time ever, Robert Milton (CEO Air Canada), said something logical and I was stunned. Granted, there are first times for everything, however I'm sure he had someone write this for him.. "The general public has been spoilt by the low airfares that have been artificially low because of some crazy business plan of Michel LeBlanc's, so yes, airfares will appear to be higher, but in actuality, they are just not seat sale'd to death."

How many times does one person get to take millions of dollars, turn it into a company, fuck the general public over and get to do it again? LeBlanc and Michael Copeland (Corel, Mitel etc) are two prime examples, and the Canadian investing public let them get away with it!

Michel LeBlanc, you are the weakest link, goodbye.