COLLINS: If you travel at peak times, delays are inevitable
-
Share on Facebook
-
Share on Bluesky
-
Share on X
- Copy Link
EVERY TIME WE TRAVEL at a peak time, we should expect delays. You can’t avoid them, and if you want to avoid panic and frustration, don’t travel at those times.
Over the past few months, we’ve had all kinds of delays. It’s even more expected with a shortage of workers to handle baggage, pilot the planes, fuel the planes, host the passengers as flight attendants, and wave those flags back and forth to convince the pilot you know what you’re doing.
If you’re going to take all your worldly possessions with you, expect to have some of it go missing and accidentally get detoured to Tahiti instead of Regina. The luggage will enjoy the sun and sand while you travel the ring road to nowhere after filing a report about your missing bags.
Social media accounts are handling tons of posts complaining about airline service but have you seen how many bags are out there waiting to be picked up? And staffing is so tight it means another flight crew member has to be called in, or another baggage handler, and nothing moves until a full complement of staff is ready.
